高级英语第一册unit6 blackmail
高级英语第一册 第六单元习题答案
高级英语 (D1002001)> 看看课程文档 > ADVANCED ENGLISH BOOK I > UNIT 6 BLACKMAIL >第六单元习题答案第六单元习题答案第六单元习题答案I . Q&A1)Yes, he did, because he wanted to make themmore anxious.2)Because she didn't like her maid and secretary to know what they would talk to the detective.3)Because he thought that he knew their secret and that he was in an advantageous position.4)She found a note made but not destroyed by her husband.5)He found that on the night the couple entered the hotel through the basement instead of the lobby,both very much shaken.6)A brush trace is a mark left on something whenlightly touched or rubbed.7)Ogilvie came to talk with them rather than go to report to the police.8)They had to spend one day or two investigatingin the suburban areas.9)Because every repair shop had been told to repo rt to the police when a car needing fixing like theirs came in.10)She thought that was safe for them by making use of the detective's avidity.11)Originally, the detective asked for ten thousand only to keep silent and not to report to the police. But now the Duchess was asking him to drive their car north and she was ready to offer such a large su m. She knew the detective was greedy. Given so mu ch money, he would do as she told him to.12)Yes, Ogilvie accepted the Duchess' offer.Ⅱ . PARAPHRASE1)The house detective's small narrow eyes looked her up and down scornfully from his fat face with a heavy jowl.2)This is a pretty nice room that you have got.3)The fat body shook in a chuckle because the m an was enjoying the fact that he could afford to do whatever he liked and also he was appreciating the f act that the Duchess knew why he had come.4)He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. now, he lowered the pitch. When he spoke5)Ogilvie spat out the words, throwing away his p oliteness. pretended6)The Duchess was supported by her arrogance co ming from parents of noble families with a history o f three centuries and a half. She wouldn't give up ea sily.7)It's no use. What you did just now was a good attempt at trying to save the situation.8) "That's more acceptable," Ogilvie said. He lit a nother cigar, "Now we're making some progress. "9)...he looked at the Duchess sardonically as if he wanted to see if she dared to object to his smoking.10)The house detective made noises with his tong ue to show his disapproval.Ⅲ. See the translation of the text.IV. FULL WORDS FOR SHORTEN1)advertisement 2)brassiere 3)doctor 4)refrigerator 5)gymnasium 6)high fidelity(radio, photography, etc. ) 7) intercommunication syste m 8)liberation 9)memorandum 10)microp hone 11)modern 12)permanent wave 13)p oliomyelitis 14)popular-song 15)preparatory (s chool) 16)professor 17)sister 18)televisio n 19)veterinarian 20)zoologicalV. PHRASES INTO ENGLISH1)a half-finished letter 2)a half-closed window 3)a piece of half-baked bread 4) a half-tur ned body 5) a well-appointed hotel 6)well-be haved pupils 7)well-chosen words 8)well-fed children 9)well-informed sources (people) 10) high-flown languageVI. MAKE SENTENCES1)sound (v.) His words sound lofty and pretentiou s.2)figure (v.) Commerce figures largely in the pros perity of the city.3)go (n.) He is always on the go from early morning till late at night.4)try (n.) He didn't succeed in his first try, but he kept on jumping.5)dust (v.) They are dusting6)square(v. ) He squared his the crops with insect icide. shoulders to show his determination．7)good(n．)Overworking yourself will do more har m than good．8)head(v．)On hearing that，he headed straight for the gate without looking back．9)make(n．)I don't like a bicycle of this make．10)reason(v．)If you reason from false premises．h ow can you expect the conclusion to be sound?Ⅶ. REPLACE WORDS1)real 2)of no use／useless 3)are making s ome progress／ are accomplishing something 4)ex plain it exactly and in detail 5)what happens6)deduce/reason out 7)started for 8)upset 9)a quick examination or inspection 10)need／occasion 11)observes／notices 12)bribed 1 3)wealthy／well—to—doⅧ. REPLACE WORDS1)surveyed 2)gaze 3)swept 4)flipped5)chuckled 6) shot out 7)spat forth these words8)sprang to her feet 9)clasped lO)swung around 11)detect 12)staredⅨ. EXPLAIN THE SENTENCES1)sardonic重在嘲讽，sarcastic重在嘲笑。
高级英语第一册unit6 blackmail
关于pick up
1.to get better, stronger, etc: to improve 改善，好转 Trade usually picks up in the spring.贸易一般在春
天回升。
2. to start/continue again重新开始、继续 Let’s ~ where we left off yesterday.咱们从昨天停 下来的继续吧。 3. to put things away and make things neat, especially
“知道这种技术的人并不多。可是在这件案子上，我想还不需要用 到这种技术。你的车一只前大灯破碎，装饰圈也不见了。
Ain’t any doubt they’d match up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. Qh yeah, I shoulda told you, there’s plenty of blood, though it don’t show too much on the black paint.” 毫无疑问，他们一定会将你的车子和那件案子联 系起来，不需要验证擦痕和血迹，他们就能断定 你的车就是肇事车。哦，我还应该告诉你们，你 们的车身粘了大量的血迹，虽然在黑漆面上看不 大出来。
Paragraph43~You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it is shiny like a car fender, say, an’it leaves a mark the same way as fingerprints. fender : n(汽车等的）防护板，挡泥板;壁炉 围栏；（船只的)碰垫
高级英语第一册unit6 blackmail
The crowed hurled at the police . 人群大骂警察。
辨析：throw，cast，fling , heave, hurl ，pitch ,toss
throw 普通词，使用广泛，仅指用力抛掷，不涉及动作 方式或感情色彩。 cast 常可与throw互换，指迅速扔出一个重量较轻的物 体。 fling 用力抛摔，或因感情激动而粗暴地或漫无目的地扔 东西。 heave 指把重物举起后扔出 hurl 通常指用力投掷，动作迅猛，所投掷的距离也较远 。 pitch 指随意地轻轻地掷或扔，侧重方向性和有明确目标 。 toss 指无目的轻轻地随意地扔，所投掷的东西一般较轻 。
Let us learn the lessons already taught by such cruel experience . Let us redouble our exertions , and strike with united strength while life and power remain . (parallelism)(repetition ,Biblical style ) Repetition : It is a major rhetorical strategy in which sth. is doubly mentioned for producing emphasis clarity ,or emotion ,effect ,especially in oral speech.
这些是战争和镇压的工具-王权采取的最后的辩论手段。
metaphor
A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse.
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Structural Analysis -- part 3 • Part 3. The Dirty Deal
• Section 1. Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans. ( Her husband asked...You people are hot). • Section 2. The interior monologue of the Duchess. (The Duchess ...Or had they? ) Her judgement, analysis and calculation of the situation, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, the pros and cons.
Setting
• The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.
Plot
• Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott, the assistant general manager, is trying every means he could to save it. Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.
Section 1
6). fray: to cause a person's temper, nerves, etc. to become worn out His nerves were frayed by the noises in the street. 7). Bedlington terrier：贝德林顿小长毛狗 • wolfdog 狼狗, hound 猎狗, • Pekinese 京吧, pug-dog 狮子狗, • bull dog 牛头犬
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• Some Features of Hailey‟s Writings
• Each of his novels is set in a different industry or commercial environment and includes, in addition to dramatic human conflict, all of the information about the way that particular environment functions, and how it affects both the society and the people in it. • Stories of U.S.A. (1965-1969) • Be serious about popular literature, three years per book. • Arthur Hailey, who has died at his home in the Bahamas aged 84, was one of the most commercially successful authors of all time, producing 12 books which sold more than 170 million copies, were translated into some 40 languages, and brought him tens of millions of dollars. Most of his books have been made into films and Hotel was made into a long-running television series. Hailey's fiction was not of the sort that inspired doctoral theses. • Multi-character/event/climax, yet fixed time/location.
高级英语第一册lesson6-Blackmail-课文详解2-detail-study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习
高级英语第一册lesson6-Blackmail-课文详解2-detail-study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习高级英语第一册lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解2 detail study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习2008-02-11 12:11:18| 分类：默认分类| 标签：|字号大中小订阅高级英语第一册lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解2 detail study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习2007年01月01日星期一下午11:4896. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and roundbulbous dome / nose97. peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without questi on, impolitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates.to hold or fasten with or as if with rivetscf: glare, stare, fix99. feature: any of the noticeable parts of the facea man with Oriental featuresHer mouth is her worst feature / best feature, like a cherry.100. set in a mould:When you take a picture, you set your body, your countenance ...in a certain way. That is to set in a mould.(A lame one-eyed king taking a picture)mould (Am.E) = mould (Br.E): character, distinctive nature, a person's character, nature, et c., considered as having been shaped by family type, education, training, experience, etc.Be cast in a mould of a particular kind means to have the characteristics, attitudes, behavio ur or lifestyle that are typical of that kind of personbe made / cast in mould ofHe is made in his father's mould. (He has the same personality and character as his father' s)101. imperious: in tensely compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This wo rd is related to imperial.The whole sentence can be paraphrased as follows:Her handsome high-cheekboned features were set in a way which shows her imperial char acter.102. respite: a short period of pause or rest, during a time of great effort pain, or trouble, a t ime of relief (as from labour, suffering or war) or delay (as before sentencing or executing).The patient said he never had any respite from the pain.Sentence sb. to death with 2-years' respite.103. bore: make a hole inThis machine can bore through solid rock.104. swallow: to take back, to keep from expressing or showing, to accept without question ing, protest or resentmentto swallow one's words: take back what was said105. sullen: silently bad-tempered, unforgiving, dark, gloomylook sullen, to wear a sullen look106. comply: act according to a demand, order, ruleto comply with the law / regulations107. vacillation: hesitation, uncertainty, waver, continuous changing of one's opinionsThis word implies prolonged hesitation resulting from one's inability to reach a decisionHe vacillates between accepting & not accepting.The earthquake caused the entire house vacillate.108. dally: to waste time or be slowDon't dally or we'll be late.dally over one's work109. bulge: to swell out as a result of the pressure from within110. bead: small ball of glass or other material with a hole through it for a string worn with other others on a thread, esp. round the neck for ornament.She is wearing a string of green beads.背景知识Background informationTitle of the novel: HotelSetting:The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory /'greg ri/ in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.Main character of the novel:Peter McDermott, assistant general managerMain characters in this part of the novel:Ogilvie: chief house officerthe Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United Statesthe Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Dukea prostitute called lady friend by OgilviePlot:Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could to save it.Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed Br itish ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel.Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling house. Later, his wife pursued and found him. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed.Then we have the present text....At one o'clock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. But he was seen leaving the hotel by McDermott. Later in the afternoon, McDermott witnessed the funeral of the two victims o f the accident. He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police.Ogilvie was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans.The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give hi mself up). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement groun d and died instantly.Anyway, the novel had a pleasant ending.One of the guests, who looked old and sick, turned out to be a millionaire. Earlier he was s eriously ill and was saved by McDermott and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and to repay t he hotel staffs' kindness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.This kind of novels are called thrillers. Generally defining, a thriller is a work of fiction or dr ama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense. (thrill: to cause sudden strong feeling of joy, fear, excitement, pleasure etc. that seems to flow r ound the body like a wave)Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for enterta inment, amusement. Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not v ery much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.The basic technique is to make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle. You c an not see the outcome until the final part is put in.文章结构Structural and stylistic analysisPart 1. PreludeThe chief house officer...Ogilvie remained standing {p.84 (old book, ditto)}.Section 1. The chief house officer...that both might return at any moment.The setting, main characters, and the suspension.Section 2. A wave of cigar smoke...Ogilvie remained standing.The preliminary encounter between the house detective and the Croydons.Part 2: Process of unveiling the crimeNow then...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).Section 1. Now then...Now we're getting somewhere (p. 86).First round of clash. the Duke confessed his crime.Section 2. Wearily, in a gesture...I can prove all I need to (p.87).Second round of clash. Ogilvie spelt out what he found out about the activity of the Croydo ns and tried to confirm all the detailed. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.Section 3. The Duke cautioned...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).The Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime. The conviction was undeniabl e.Part 3. The Dirty DealSection 1. Her husband asked...You people are hot (p.91).Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans.The possibility of not being found.Section 2. The Duchess ...Or had they? (p. 93)The interior monologue of the Duchess. Her judgement, analysis and calculation of the situ ation, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, the pros and cons.Section 3. (The Duchess faced Ogilvie... the silence hung (p. 94)The Duchess' decision to gamble on the greed of the house detective.Section 4. The ending.The dirty deal reached.修辞学习RHETORICMetaphor:...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone ...withered......self-assurance...flickered...The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind. Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI’ll spell it out.Euphemism:...and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the barthey'll throw the book,...Onomatopoeia:appreciative chuckleclucked his tongue。
(教育)高级英语第6课blackmail说课讲解
Arthur Hailey(1920-2004)
• ●Born in England • ●Began his writing career while an RAF (British
Royal Air Force) pilot during the Second World War • ●Became a Canadian citizen as well as British • ●Hailey’s novels have been published in thirtynine languages • ●Most of his books have been made into films or TV series
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objectives
• To understand the whole text • To learn the Character analysis • To comprehend the implied meaning
The text
Structure analysis
Background information
• Born in Lupton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the • Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 • until 1947, when he went to live in Canada. After working at a • number of jobs and writing part-time, he became a writer full• time during 1956, encouraged by the success of the CBC • television drama, Flight into Danger (in print as Runway Zero • Eight). Following the success of Hotel during 1965, he moved • to California; in 1969, he moved to the Bahamas to avoid • Canadian and U.S. income taxes, which were claiming 90% of • his income.
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BlackmailArthur Hailey--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary –who was terrified of dogs –to exercise the Bedlington terriersn. . Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fa t man’s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out."The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face. His gaze moved on to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room, encompassingthe Duke who faced them uncertainly, his back to a window."Pretty neat set-up you folks got.” Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it.The Duchess's lips tightened. She said sharply, imagine you did not come here to discuss décor ". The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle . "No, ma'am, can't say I did. I like nice things, though." He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice." Like that car of yours. The one you keep here in the hotel. Jaguar, ain't it?""Aah!" It was not a spoken word, but an emission of breath from the Duke of Croydon. His wife shot him a swift, warning glance."In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”As if the question from the Duchess had been a signal, the house detective's manner changed. He inquired abruptly, "Who else is in this place?"It was the Duke who answered, "No one. We sent them out.""There's things it pays to check." Moving with surprising speed, the fat man walked around the suite, opening doors and inspecting the spacebehind them. Obviously he knew the room arrangement well. After reopening and closing the outer door, he returned, apparently satisfied, to the living room.The Duchess had seated herself in a straight-backed Ogilvie remained standing."Now then," he said. "You two was in the hit-'n-run ."She met his eyes directly." What are you talking about?""Don't play games, lady. This is for real." He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end, "You saw the papers. There's been plenty on radio, too."Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydon's cheeks. "What you are suggesting is the most disgusting, ridiculous...""I told you –Cut it out!” The words spat forth with sudden savagery , all pretense of blandnessgone. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted cigar under his adversary 's adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. Now I know what I know, and if I do what by rights I should, there'll be a squad of cops in here so fast you'll hardly see 'em. But I come to you first, in fairness, so's you could tell your side of it to me." The piggy eyes blinked, then hardened. " 'f you want it the other way, just say so."The Duchess of Croydon – three centuries and a half of inbred arrogancebehind her – did not yield easily. Springing to her feet, her face wrathful, gray-green eyes blazing, she faced the grossness of the house detective squarely. Her tone would have withered anyone who knew her well. “You unspeakable blackguard ! How dare you!”Even the self-assurance of Ogilvie flickered for an instant. But it was the Duke of Croydon who interjected, "It's no go, old girl. I'm afraid. It was a good try." Facing Ogilvie, he said, "What you accuse us of is true. I am to blame. I was driving the car and killed the little girl.""That's more like it," Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar. "Now we're getting somewhere."Wearily, in a gesture of surrender, the Duchess of Croydon sank back into her chair. Clasping her hands to conceal their trembling, she asked. "What is it you know?""Well now, I'll spell it out." The house detective took his time, leisurely putting a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. But beyond wrinkling her nose in distaste, she made no comment. Ogilvie pointed to the Duke. "Last night, early on, you went to Lindy's Place in Irish Bayou. You drove there inyour fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. Leastways, I guess you'd call her that if you're not too fussy."As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess, the Duke said sharply, "Get on with it!""Well" –the smug fat face swung back –"the way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables, then lost it at the bar. You were into a second hundred – with a real swinging party – when your wife here got there in a taxi. ""How do you know all this?""I'll tell you, Duke – I've been in this town and this hotel a long time. I got friends all over. I oblige them; they do the same for me, like letting me know what gives, an’ where. There ain't much, out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don't get to hear about. Most of ’em never know I know, or know me. They think they got their little secret tucked away , and so they have – except like now."The Duke said coldly, "I see.""One thing I'd like to know. I got a curious nature, ma’ am. How'd you figure where he was?"The Duchess said, "You know so much... I suppose it doesn't matter. My husband has a habit of making notes while he is telephoning. Afterward he often forgets to destroy them. ”The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly . "A little careless habit like that, Duke – look at the mess it gets you in. Well, here's what I figure about the rest. You an' your wife took off home, you drivin', though the way things turned out it might have been better if she'd have drove.""My wife doesn't drive."Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "Explains that one. Anyway, I reckon you were lickered ( = liquored ) up, but good..."The Duchess interrupted. "Then you don't know! You don't know anything for sure! You can't possibly prove...""Lady, I can prove all I need to."The Duke cautioned, "Better let him finish, old girl.""That's right," Ogilvie said. "Just sit an' listen. Last night I seen you come in – through the basement, so's not to use the lobby. Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you.Just come in myself, an' I got to wondering why. Like I said, I got a curious nature."The Duchess breathed, "Go on.""Late last night the word was out about the hit-'n-run. On a hunch I went over the garage and took a quiet look-see at your car. You maybe don't know – it's away in a corner, behind a pillar where the jockeys don't see it when they're comin' by."The Duke licked his lips. "I suppose that doesn't matter now.""You might have something there," Ogilvie conceded . "Anyway, what I found made me do some scouting -- across at police headquarters where they know me too." He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. When the cigar tip was glowing he inspected it, then continued. "Over there they got three things to go on. They got a headlight trim ring which musta come off when the kid an’ the woman was hit. They got some headlight glass, and lookin’ at the kid's clothin', they reckon there'll be a brush trace. ""A what?""You rub clothes against something hard, Duchess, specially if it's shiny like a car fender, say, an' it leaves a mark the same way as finger prints. The police lab kin pick it up like they do prints –dust it, an’ it shows.""That's interesting," the Duke said, as if speaking of something unconnected with himself. "I didn't know that.""Not many do. In this case, though, I reckon it don't make a lot o' difference. On your car you got a busted headlight, and the trim ring's gone. Ain't any doubt they'd match up, even without the brush trace an’ the blood. 0h yeah, I should a told you. There's plenty of blood, though it don't show too much on the black paint.""Oh, my God!" A hand to her face, the Duchess turned away.Her husband asked, "What do you propose to do?"The fat man rubbed his hands together, looking down at his thick, fleshy fingers. "Like I said, I come to hear you, side of it."The Duke said despairingly , "what can I possibly say? You know what happened." He made an attempt to square his shoulders which did not succeed. "You'd better call the police and get it over.""Well now, there's no call for being hasty ." The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. "What's done's been done. Rushing any place ain't gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither. Besides, what they'd do to you across at the headquarters, Duke, you wouldn't like. No sir, you wouldn't like it at all. " The other two slowly raised their eyes."I was hoping," Ogilvie said, "that you folks could suggest something."The Duke said uncertainly, "I don't understand." "I understand," the Duchess of Croydon said. "You want money, don't you? You came here to blackmail us."If she expected her words to shock, they did not succeed. The house detective shrugged. "Whatever names you call things, ma'am, don't matter to me. All I come for was to help you people out of trouble. But I got to live too.”"You'd accept money to keep silent about what you know?""I reckon I might.""But from what you say," the Duchess pointed out, her poise for themoment recovered, "it would do no good. The car would be discovered in any case.""I guess you'd have to take that chance. But there's some reasons it might not be. Something I ain't told you yet." "Tell us now, please."Ogilvie said, "I ain't figured this out myself completely. But when you hit that kid you was going away from town, not to it.""We'd made a mistake in the route," the Duchess said. "Somehow we'd become turned around. It's easily done in New Orleans, with the street winding as they do. Afterward, usin g side streets, we went back. ”"I thought it might be that," Ogilvie nodded understandingly. "But the police ain't figured it that way. They’re looking for somebody who was headed out. That's why, right now, they're workin' on the suburbs and the outside towns. They may get around to searchin' downtown, but it won't be yet. ""How long before they do?""Maybe three, four days. They got a lot of other places to look first.""How could that help us --- the delay‘?""It might," Ogilvie said. "Providin' nobody twigs the car – an' seein' where it is, you might be lucky there. An' if you can get it away.""You mean out of the state?"”"I mean out o’ the South.""That wouldn't be easy?""No, ma'am. Every state around – Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, all the rest'll be watching for a car damaged the way yours is."The Duchess considered. "Is there any possibility of having repairs made first? If the work were done discreetly we could pay well. "The house detective shook his head emphatically. "You try that, you might as well walk over to headquarters right now an' give up. Every repair shop in Louisiana's been told to holler 'cops' the minute a car needing fixin' like yours comes in. They'd do it, too. You people are hot." The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. It was essential, she knew, that her thinking remain calm and reasoned. In the last few minutes the conversation had become as seemingly casual as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself. She intended to keep it that way. Once more, she was aware, the role of leadership had fallen to her, her husband now a tense but passive spectator of the exchange between the evil tat man and herself. No matter. What was inevitable must be accepted. The important thing was to consider all eventualities. A thought occurred to her."The piece from our car which you say the police have. What is it called?""A trim ring.""Is it traceable?"Ogilvie nodded affirmatively. "They can figure what kind o' car it'sfrom --- make, model, an' maybe the year, or close to it. Same thing with the glass. But with your car being foreign, it'll likely take a few days.""But after that," she persisted, "the police will know they're looking for a Jaguar?""I reckon that 's so. "Today was Tuesday. From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best. With calculated coolness the Duchess reasoned: the situation came down to one essential. Assuming the hotel man was bought off, their only chance -- a slim one -- lay in removing the car quickly, If it could be got north, to one of the big cities where the New Orleans tragedy and search would be unknown, repairs could be made quietly, the incriminating evidence removed. Then, even if suspicion settled on the Croydons later, nothing could be proved. But how to get the car away?Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would be hazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection. There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous . And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.Or had they?The Duchess faced Ogilvie. "How much do you want?"The abruptness took him by surprise. "Well ... I figure you people are pretty well fixed."She said coldly, "I asked how much."The piggy eyes blinked. Ten thousand dollars."Though it was twice what she had expected, her expression did not change. "Assuming we paid this grotesque amount, what would we receive in return?"The fat man seemed puzzled. "Like I said, I keep quiet about what I know.""And the alternative ?"He shrugged. "I go down the lobby. I pick up a phone. ""No," The statement was unequivocal . "We will not pay, you."As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the house detective's bulbous countenance reddened, "Now listen, lady Peremptorily she cut him oft. "I will not listen. Instead, you will listen to me." Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high cheek boned features set in their most imperious mold. "We would achieve nothing by paying you, except possibly a few days' respite . You have made that abundantly clear." "That's a chance you gotta...""Silence!" Her voice was a whiplash. Eyes bored into him. Swallowing, sullenly , he complied .What came next, the Duchess of Croydon knew, could be the most significant thing she had ever done. There must be no mistake, no vacillation or dallying because of her own smallness of mind. When you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid. She intended to gamble on the fat man's greed. She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt.She declared decisively, "We will not pay you ten thousand dollars. But we will pay you twenty-five thousand dollars. " The house detective's eyes bulged."In return for that," she continued evenly, "You will drive our car north.”Ogilvie continued to stare."Twenty-five thousand dollars," she repeated. “Ten thousand now. Fifteen thousand more when you meet us in Chicago. " Still without speaking, the fat man licked his lips. His beadyeyes, as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. The silence hung.Then, as she watched intently, he gave the slightest of nods.The silence remained. At length Ogilvie spoke. "This cigar bother in' you, Duchess?"As she nodded, he put it out.(from Hotel, 1965)BLACKMAIL 修辞手法/ RHETORICRHETORICMetaphor:...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone ...withered......self-assurance...flickered...The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI’ll spell it out.Euphemism:...and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the barthey'll throw the book,...Onomatopoeia:appreciative chuckleclucked his tongue词汇(Vocabulary):the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apartment 一套房间----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:having a hidden or ambiguous meaning；mysterious隐蔽的，秘密的；神秘的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make or become weakened or strained(使)变弱；(使)紧张----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:send off or out promptly，usually on a specific errand or official business(迅速地)派遣，派出(常指特别差事或公事)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing，esp. for someone else差事(尤指为别人送信或办事)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: like a pig；gluttonous猪一般的；贪婪的(=piggish)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:bitter，scornful(used of smile or laughter)disdainfully or bitterly sneering，ironic or sarcastic讥讽的；嘲笑的／sardonically adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: big or fat and coarse—looking；corpulent；burtly肥胖的，臃肿的；粗壮的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the fleshy，hanging part under the lower jaw下颚的下垂部分----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:shut in all around；surround；encircle 围绕，环绕----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:toss or move with a quick jerk；flick(用指等)轻弹；轻拂----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Fre.]decoration[法语]装饰，装璜----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:very fat；stout；corpulent过度肥胖的；肥大的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing appreciation欣赏的；有欣赏力的；有眼力的；有鉴赏力的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible不和谐的；不调和不相容的；自相矛盾的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: ①n．an artificial way of singing or speaking，in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice 假声(说、唱)②adj.假声的；用假声唱的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the act of sending out or giving forth(heat，light，smell)；the action of uttering(sound)(热、光、气味等的)散发，放出；(声音等的)发出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:eject，throw(out)，emit，or utter explosively喷出，吐出；激烈地说出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:savage act，behavior，or disposition；barbarity暴行；残忍；凶猛----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:being mild and soothing温和，和蔼；文雅----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: person who opposes or fights against another；opponent 敌手；敌方；对手----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]leave or go in a hurry；scurry off (chiefly in high—tail it )[口]匆忙离开，匆忙走开；迅速撤退；迅速逃走(主要用于high—tail it)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:wink(the eyes)rapidly；cause(eyes)to wink眨(眼)；使眨(眼) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: innate or deeply instilled天生的，生来的，先天的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:move with a quick，light，wavering motion摇曳，摇动，晃动----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:throw in between；interrupt with打断；插入，插(话) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:hold tightly(with the arms or hands)；grasp firmly握住；紧握----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put out of sight；hide把……藏起来，隐藏，隐匿----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:blow，drive，give forth，etc．in or with a puff or puffs(一阵阵地)吹；喷出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(chiefly dial．)leastwise；anyway(多用于口语)至少；无论如何----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:narrowly contented with one’s own accomplishments，beliefs，morality，etc．；self—satisfied to an annoying degree沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的；自满的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put into a secluded or isolated spot把……放入隐蔽或隔离的地方；使隐蔽；(收)藏起----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make a low，sharp，clicking sound，as of a hen calling her chickens or brooding；utter with such a sound(母鸡唤小鸡时的)咯咯叫，作咯咯叫声；(人)咯咯地叫；咯咯地说----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:expressing disapproval of指摘的；非难的／reprovingly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]a feeling about something not based on known facts；premonition or suspicion[口]预感，预兆；疑心----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Am．slang]one who operates a specified vehicle，machine，etc．[美俚](某种车辆的)驾驶员；(机器等的)操作者----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[slang]burst or break[俚](使)爆裂，(使)击破----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing despair；hopeless绝望的，没有希望的／despairingly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:draw up(the shoulders)，as in expressing indifference，doubt，disdain，contempt，etc．(为表达冷漠、无奈等)耸肩----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Brit．colloq．]observe；notice[英口]观察；注意----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:careful about what．one says or does；prudent：keeping silent or preserving confidences when necessary (言行)谨慎的；慎重的；考虑周到的／discreetly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]shout or yell[口]叫喊，呼喊----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:stupid愚蠢的，笨拙的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:ludicrously eccentric or strange；ridiculous；absurd；fantastic怪僻的；荒谬的；滑稽可笑的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:not equivocal；not ambiguous；plain；clear不含糊的；不模棱两可的；明确的；明白的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:shaped like a bulb；fat and round(often derog．)球茎形的；又肥又圆的(常用作贬义)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the face；facial features；visage脸,面孔;面貌，面容，容貌，脸色----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:intolerantly positive；dictatorial；dogmatic；imperious高傲的；武断的；专横的；强制的／peremptorily adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:fix or hold(the eyes，attention，etc．)firmly(把目光、注意力等)集中于……----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: overbearing；arrogant；masterful，domineering傲慢的；专横的；盛气凌人的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:an interval of temporary relief or rest暂时的休息；暂时的喘息----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: showing resentment and ill humor by morose，unsociablewithdrawal愠怒的，闷闷不乐的／sullenly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:he state of wavering in mind；hesitation；indecision 犹豫；踌躇----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:be slow or waste time闲荡；延误----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:swell or bend outward；protrude or project膨胀，肿胀；鼓起，隆起，突出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(esp．of an eye)small，round，and glittering like a bead(尤指眼睛)似珠子般小而亮的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<短语 (Expressions): stop sth．burning熄灭例： I threw water over him．desperately trying t0 put out the flames．我往他身上泼水，拼命地想扑灭他身上的火焰。
Unit_6_BLACKMAIL
BLACKMAIL 修辞手法/ RHETORICRHETORIC Metaphor:...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone ...withered......self-assurance...flickered...The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind. Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI’ll spell it out.Euphemism:...and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the barthey'll throw the book,...Onomatopoeia:appreciative chuckleclucked his tongue词汇(Vocabulary):the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apartment一套房间----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:having a hidden or ambiguous meaning；mysterious隐蔽的，秘密的；神秘的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make or become weakened or strained(使)变弱；(使)紧张----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:send off or out promptly，usually on a specific errand or official business(迅速地)派遣，派出(常指特别差事或公事)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing，esp. for someone else差事(尤指为别人送信或办事)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: like a pig；gluttonous猪一般的；贪婪的(=piggish)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:bitter，scornful(used of smile or laughter)disdainfully or bitterly sneering，ironic or sarcastic讥讽的；嘲笑的／sardonically adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: big or fat and coarse—looking；corpulent；burtly肥胖的，臃肿的；粗壮的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the fleshy，hanging part under the lower jaw下颚的下垂部分----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:shut in all around；surround；encircle 围绕，环绕-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:toss or move with a quick jerk；flick(用指等)轻弹；轻拂----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Fre.]decoration[法语]装饰，装璜----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:very fat；stout；corpulent过度肥胖的；肥大的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing appreciation欣赏的；有欣赏力的；有眼力的；有鉴赏力的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible不和谐的；不调和不相容的；自相矛盾的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: ①n．an artificial way of singing or speaking，in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice假声(说、唱)②adj.假声的；用假声唱的-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the act of sending out or giving forth(heat，light，smell)；the action of uttering(sound)(热、光、气味等的)散发，放出；(声音等的)发出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:eject，throw(out)，emit，or utter explosively喷出，吐出；激烈地说出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:savage act，behavior，or disposition；barbarity暴行；残忍；凶猛----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:being mild and soothing温和，和蔼；文雅----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: person who opposes or fights against another；opponent 敌手；敌方；对手----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]leave or go in a hurry；scurry off (chiefly inhigh—tail it )[口]匆忙离开，匆忙走开；迅速撤退；迅速逃走(主要用于high—tail it)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:wink(the eyes)rapidly；cause(eyes)to wink眨(眼)；使眨(眼) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: innate or deeply instilled天生的，生来的，先天的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:move with a quick，light，wavering motion摇曳，摇动，晃动----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:throw in between；interrupt with打断；插入，插(话)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:hold tightly(with the arms or hands)；grasp firmly握住；紧握----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put out of sight；hide把……藏起来，隐藏，隐匿-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:blow，drive，give forth，etc．in or with a puff or puffs(一阵阵地)吹；喷出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(chiefly dial．)leastwise；anyway(多用于口语)至少；无论如何----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:narrowly contented with one’s own accomplishments，beliefs，morality，etc．；self—satisfied to an annoying degree沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的；自满的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:put into a secluded or isolated spot把……放入隐蔽或隔离的地方；使隐蔽；(收)藏起----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:make a low，sharp，clicking sound，as of a hen calling her chickens or brooding；utter with such a sound(母鸡唤小鸡时的)咯咯叫，作咯咯叫声；(人)咯咯地叫；咯咯地说-------------------------------------------------------------------------------:expressing disapproval of指摘的；非难的／reprovingly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]a feeling about something not based on known facts；premonition or suspicion[口]预感，预兆；疑心----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[Am．slang]one who operates a specified vehicle，machine，etc．[美俚](某种车辆的)驾驶员；(机器等的)操作者----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[slang]burst or break[俚](使)爆裂，(使)击破----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:feeling or showing despair；hopeless绝望的，没有希望的／despairingly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:draw up(the shoulders)，as in expressing indifference，doubt，disdain，contempt，etc．(为表达冷漠、无奈等)耸肩---:[Brit．colloq．]observe；notice[英口]观察；注意----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:careful about what．one says or does；prudent：keeping silent or preserving confidences when necessary (言行)谨慎的；慎重的；考虑周到的／discreetly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:[colloq．]shout or yell[口]叫喊，呼喊----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:stupid愚蠢的，笨拙的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:ludicrously eccentric or strange；ridiculous；absurd；fantastic怪僻的；荒谬的；滑稽可笑的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:not equivocal；not ambiguous；plain；clear不含糊的；不模棱两可的；明确的；明白的---:shaped like a bulb；fat and round(often derog．)球茎形的；又肥又圆的(常用作贬义)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:the face；facial features；visage脸,面孔;面貌，面容，容貌，脸色----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:intolerantly positive；dictatorial；dogmatic；imperious 高傲的；武断的；专横的；强制的／peremptorily adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:fix or hold(the eyes，attention，etc．)firmly(把目光、注意力等)集中于……----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: overbearing；arrogant；masterful，domineering傲慢的；专横的；盛气凌人的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:an interval of temporary relief or rest暂时的休息；暂时的喘息----------------------------------------------------------------------------------: showing resentment and ill humor by morose，unsociable withdrawal愠怒的，闷闷不乐的／sullenly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:he state of wavering in mind；hesitation；indecision犹豫；踌躇----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:be slow or waste time闲荡；延误----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:swell or bend outward；protrude or project膨胀，肿胀；鼓起，隆起，突出----------------------------------------------------------------------------------:(esp．of an eye)small，round，and glittering like a bead(尤指眼睛)似珠子般小而亮的----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<短语(Expressions): stop sth．burning熄灭例：I threw water over him．desperately trying t0 put out the flames．我往他身上泼水，拼命地想扑灭他身上的火焰。
高级英语Unit6 blackmail
Ogilvie Help you out of trouble, but I got to live Would accept money to keep silent
blackmail
Duchess
It would do no good The car would be discovered in any case It would not be easy to leave the South. The possibility of repairing the car at first?
Paraphrase
• You people are hot.(L.213,Para74) • Paraphrase: You two are wanted by the police. • Translation:他们被警局通缉。(反语)
• It seems they are discussing and try to work out a solution to a problem together.
After the unveiling of the fact
Duchess Duck desperate
A hand to her face
Words and phrases
• head out:离去，出发，启程 • get around to: to find the necessary time to do sth. 抽出时间做某事，考虑某事 • twig: to suddenly understand or realize sth. (突然地)理解，明白，意识到 discreet: careful about what one says or does; prudent言行谨慎的 • emphatic: be given with force to show that is important 强调的，有力的 • holler: to shout loudly, yell 叫喊
高级英语第一册unit6 blackmail
象生动地呈现在读者面前。在与公爵夫人较量处于 上风之时，他对她的称呼是‚lady‛、 ‚your highan'-mightiness‛(阁下)、‚nla’roll‛(女士)，这些称 呼虽为敬语，但联系出现的语境，却使读者不得不 联想到旅馆探长洋洋得意、不怀好意、充满嘲讽与 讥笑这样一个插科打诨的形象。此时的称呼语恰恰 凸显出他当时的强势地位。随着情节的发展，在小 说的结尾，旅馆警长被公爵夫人高价收买，达成肮 脏交易时，他对公爵夫人的称呼改为‚Duchess‛。 从旅馆探长对公爵夫妇称呼语的不断变化上，再一 次暗示这场较量最后将以旅馆探长的妥协而告终， 他将重新回到其卑微的弱势社会角色，公爵夫人也 将重新回到她高高在上的强势社会角色。
4)hunch[口]: a feeling that sth is true even though you do not have any evidence to prove it 预感，直觉 SYN：premonition[pri:mə'nɪʃn] 预感，预兆，征兆 suspicion[sə'spɪʃn] 怀疑，疑心 I have a hunch that …我有预感…… To follow /back your hunches 凭直觉做事 Eg：I had a hunch （that）you’d be back. 我有预感你会回来。 on a hunch：凭直觉，凭本能=on intuition 5)look-see: (slang俚语) a quick look or inspection 6)jockey[美俚]：驾驶员，操纵者；欺骗，图谋不轨， car jockeys 泊车的人 DJ：disc jockey（广播电台）流行音乐播音
word, term ,phrase ,expression, idiom word :指单词、词、字 eg：He uses a lot of long words . 他使用了很多长词。
高级英语第一册unit6 blackmail
• Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlighted
cigar under his adversary 's nose. "You listen to me, your high-an'-mightiness. This city's burnin' mad – cops, mayor, everybody else. • adversary: a person who opposes or fights against another；opponent敌手；敌方；对手 • Here ―the Duchess‖. Ogilvie knew that the Duchess was the stronger character of the two and it was she that he had to deal with, she was his enemy. • Connotation隐含义: active hostility.
• Cigar：随着事情的发展，雪茄也在欧吉维 探长的手中不断变化
• When they find who done that last night, who killed that kid an' its mother, then high-tailed it, they'll throw the book, and never mind who it hits, or whether they got fancy titles neither. • high—tail ( v.) :[colloq.]leave or go in a hurry； scurry off (chiefly in high—tail it )[口]匆忙离开， 匆忙走开；迅速撤退；迅速逃走 • throw the book:. charge or punish sb. as severely as possible or permitted • 严惩；严厉处罚/斥责 • To throw the book is an idiom, in which the word book means the law book. Metonymy(转喻). • fancy: of superior grade; fine优良的；好的：
张汉熙高级英语第一册第6课 课件
Detailed study
• If you sell the article at that price, the profit will be excessive. • excessive profit
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• fray: a. to cause rope, cloth etc. to become thin or worn by rubbing, so that loose threads develop • frayed button holes • His shirt is frayed at the neck / elbows.
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• 14. sardonically: disdainfully, showing a feeling of being too good or important to consider a matter or person seriously, scornfully, cynically
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• 8. terrier: any of several types of small active dogs, originally used for hunting (for pictures, see Longman) • *image – 1* 狗图
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• wolfdog 狼狗, • hound 猎狗, • Pekinese 京吧, • pug-dog 狮子狗, • bull dog 牛头犬
etc.
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• 9. tension: (Here) anxiety, nervousness, worry • The doctor said that tension made her ill. • an untrusting or possibly dangerous relationship • International tension should be reduced when this agreement is signed.
高级英语第一册Unit 6 Blackmail
Unit 3 BlackmailIII. A detailed study of the text:1. the chief house officer., Ogilvie, who had declared he would…took twice that time:The chief house officer, Ogilvie, gave the Croydons a mysterious telephone call telling them he would pay them a visit an hour later, but actually he appeared at their suite two hours later.1) chief house officer: Hotels in the U.S. employ detectives to take care of hotel security, called …house dicks‟, dignified appellation—house officer.2) Suite: a set of rooms. A suite in a hotel is usually expensive. The suite the Croydons are staying in is St. Gregory Hotel‟s largest and most elaborate, called the Presidential Suite, which has housed, according to the book, a succession of distinguished guests, including visiting presidents and royalty.3) Cryptic telephone call: The message over the phone was brief and with mysterious implications.4) Actually took twice that time: He was slow in coming because he wanted to create the impression that he was a busy and important man and to keep the Croydons on tenterhooks.2. the Duke: (in Britain) a nobleman , whose rank is just below that of a prince. Below the duke are the marquis, earl, viscount and baron.3. the Duchess: wife or widow of a duke, or a woman with a rank equal to that of a duke4. the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed: The nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were worn out by the long wait, were over-strained. Both the Duke and Duchess were extremely nervous. More examples with the word fray:Clothes frayed at the neck, knees, etc.Frayed cuffs, button-holes, etc.Tempers become frayed.5. the muted buzzer: muted to render the noise of the bell less harsh and strident6. she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand: They sent her out to get her out of the way; the …errand‟ being just an excuse, a trip which was not necessary. Obviously the talk between Ogilvie and the Croydons had to be kept a secret.7. the moon-faced made secretary: the use of male before secretary is to avoid possibility of the reader‟s assuming otherwise, for commonly in the U.S. secretaryship is the female profession. Note: male nurse, man servant, but woman doctors, woman pilot. …Moon-faced‟ means having a round face. The young man‟s appearance is in keeping with his timid character(fear of pet animals).8. cruelly instructed: …cruel‟ because they knew the secretary was terrified of dogs. They could easily have found some other errand for him.9. to exercise the Bedlington terriers: to walk the dogs, to take the dogs out and give them some exercise. The Bedlington terrier is a breed of blue or liver-coloured, woolly-coated, active, typically small dogs, the terriers are a status symbol showing that the Duchess is no ordinary dog owner. And the fact that they can keep dogs in a hotel suite proves they are very important people.10. Her own tension was not lessened … : Ogilvie had telephoned to say that he would be at the suite in an hour. The Duchess made arrangement for the maid and the secretary to be away when he called. But he was an hour late, and the maid and the secretary might return at any moment. The Duchess knew this and it made her nervous.11. A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in: to smoke a cigar in the presence of a ladywithout asking for permission is impolite and being familiar. He comes into the room smoking his cigar. Ogilvie is a coarse, vulgar, and uneducated fellow and because he thinks he has theCroydons under his thumb he doesn‟t give a damn to what they may think or f eel. The Duchess …looked pointedly‟, that is, directly and sharply at the cigar, trying to intimidate him with hersuperior social position.12. Would you kindly put that out: a period instead of a question mark, indicating it is said in afalling tone, meant to be a command, not a polite request13. piggy eyes: small, narrow eyes lost in the mass of flesh. Ogilvie is one of the …bad guys‟ in thisnovel. He has piggy eyes, a gross jowled face, an obese body, speaks in falsetto, is vulgar, unscrupulous, ill-mannered, to the point of throwing his cigar on the carpet. Some examples with the word pig:Don‟t be a pig (Don‟t be greedy.)He is a pig. (He is a dirty, greedy or ill-mannered person.)I‟ve made a pig of myself. (I‟ve eaten too much.)14. survey ed her sardonically: He looked her up and down scornfully because he had evidence oftheir crime up his sleeve and felt sure that in a moment he would be able to humble her and bring her to her knees. Note the different meanings of the following words:sardonic: being scornful, cynicalsarcastic: intending to hurt the feelings, to inflict pain by deriding, tauntingsatirical: intending to make a person or thing appear foolish or absurdironical: a humorous or sarcastic form of expression in which the intended meaning of what is said is directly opposite to the usual sense.15. to sweep the spacious, well-appointed room: His glance passes swiftly over the big,excellently furnished and arranged room.16. who faced them uncertainly: Besides having a weak character, the Duke is over fond of liquorand other men‟s wives ,and so is submissive to the Duchess, herself a woman of strong character,a known public figure and cousin of the queen . After the road accident , it was the Duchess whomasterminded the cover-up and the Duke wasn‟t quite sure of what to say to Ogilvie or what to do ,he was afraid of messing things up.17. “Pretty neat set-up you folks got: Ogilvie‟s language is ungrammatical, vulgar and slangy, Neatis slangy, meaning nice, fine; a general term of approval. Set-up, a noun, meaning arrangement of furniture, etc. A better educated person might say: “ This is a pretty nice room that you have got.”For Ogilvie‟s ungrammatical language, see Note 4 to the text.Here are some more examples from the text:Whether they got fancy titles neither—whether they had fancy title or notI seen you come in —I saw you come inThe kid and the woman was hit —were hit…f she‟d have drove—if she had driven, etc.18. an ornamental fireplace: a fake one, not for use. It is there to add to the décor of the suite.cf. an ornamented fireplace: a highly decorated one19. He missed: His cigar butt did not fall inside the fireplace as he had intended it to .20. I imagine you did not come here to discuss décor:I suppose you did not come here merely to discuss the arrangement of the furniture and otherdecorations of this suite. What she meant was “Speak your mind. Don‟t waste time.” Shepurposely used the word décor, imagining Ogilvie would be awed. Unlike Ogilvie, the Duchess always speaks the Queen‟s English, using strictly grammatical structures and choosing her words carefully, sometimes to the extent of being pompous.21. an appreciative chuckle: mainly self appreciative. When a hotel employee goes to a guest‟sroom, usually he goes there on business and no familiarity is allowed. But here Ogilvie was enjoying the fact that he could afford to do whatever he liked. He loved being in a position oftemporary supremacy. Also he appreciated the fact that the Duchess was no fool. She knew why he had come.22. He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice:He had an unnaturally high-pitched voice. When he spoke now, he lowered the pitch.incongruous: this falsetto voice sounded funny coming from a thickset man like Ogilvie.23. Jaguar: a brand of very expensive British made sports car.24. “Aah”: Now the Duke knew what the man was there for. The sound escaping his lips showed thatthe Duke was startled and perhaps a bit relieved that things had now come out in to the open. 25. a warning glance: The Duke had made a blunder the night before by mentioning the car in frontof the hotel‟s assistant general manager when his wife was trying hard to establish something of an alibi. Now the wife was warning him not to blunder again.26. “ In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”: I can hardly imagine how our carcould in any way concern you. Why are you so interested in our car?27. “Who else is in this place?”: first indication that he did not come with an honest purpose, forwhy should he desire secrecy28. It was the Duke who answered: the Duke realized that Ogilvie had found them out as soon ashe heard that the latter was coming to talk to them. He didn‟t think what the Duchess had done or would do could improve the situation. So he was eager to cooperate with Ogilvie.29. We sent them out: another blunder, as good as admitting that they knew what Ogilvie had comefor and that they had things to hide.30 .it pays to check: to be profitable or worthwhile to check. Otherexamples: 1)It pays to think before you speak.2) It‟ll pay to keep a diary in English.31. surprising speed:surprising because you wouldn‟t expect a fat man like him to move quickly32. “Now then”: used to call attention or to express a warning or protest33. “You two was in that hit-…n-run”: you two are guilty of that hit-and-run accident. Hit-and-run isusually used to describe a driver who flees from the scene of an accident in which he is involved.34. She met his ey es directly: to pretend that she was innocent of what he accused her of andtherefore dared to take up the challenge35. “ This is for real.”:I‟m not joking. This is something serious.For real:(slang) meaning real, really36. bit off the end : In order to light up a fresh cigar one end of it has to be clipped. Coarse peoplelike Ogilvie just bit it off.37. “There‟s been plenty on radio, too.”: there have been a lot of reports about the accident on theradio, too.38. Two high points of colour:the Duchess‟ cheeks flu shed, not evenly, but around the cheekbones. She was upset and a bit scared. But at the moment she was pretending indignation.39. cut it out: (colloquial) to stop what she was doing, i.e. pretending they were innocent40. The words spat forth: According to grammar, it should be:” the words were spat forth”, or“Ogilved spat out the words”. Perhaps the author here wants to make it more dramatic by having “the words” following right after what he had just said, instead of saying” he spat our the words”.Als o, “the words spat forth” is more forceful and vivid than” the words were spat forth.”41. all pretense of blandness gone: nominative absolute construction with a noun phrase plus a past participle. Ogilvie threw away his pretended politeness.Some other examples of the same construction from the text:his eyes sardonically on the Duchess( n.+prepositional phrase)you driving (pron.+ present participle)her poise for the moment recovered(n.+pastparticiple)42. Ignoring the Duke, Ogilvie waved the unlight ed cigar under his adversary‟s nose: he knewthat the Duchess was the stronger character of the two and it was she that he had to deal with, do she was his enemy.43. your high-an‟-mightiness: high had mighty: very proud,(the correct way to address a Duke or aDuchess is “ your Grace”). Ogilvie addressed her this way in imitation of “your Highness”, to mock her haughty attitude.44. burnin‟mad: burning mad; very angry45. high-tailed it: (colloquial) leave in a hurry, scurry off46. they‟ll throw the book, and never mind who it hits:they‟ll deal out the maximum inpunishment , to apply the full force of the law and they will not care who will be punished in the case. To throw the book is an idiom, in which the word book means the law book. It refers to the book. Here Ogilved follows the metaphor through.47.if I do what by rights I should, … you‟ll hardly see ‟em: if I do what I should do in justice(that is ,to report what I know to police headquarters), a group of policemen will come over here very fast, s o fast that you wouldn‟t be able to see them moving.48. so‟s: so as , so that49.‟f you want it the other way: if you refuse to tell me the truth and prefer to have the law tointerfere50. The Duchess of Croydon—three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her—didnot yield easily: The Duchess was supported by her arrogance coming from parents of noble families who belonged to the nobility for more than three hundred years. So she did not give in easily.51.she faced the grossness of house detective squarely: She stood up boldly and rebuked thecoarse vulgarity of the house detective.52.blackguard: scoundrel, villain53.flickered: wavered54.It‟s no go, old girl. It was a good try.”:It‟s no use. What you did just now was a good attempt attrying to save the situation. Here the phrase no go is a colloquialism, meaning not possible;without use or value. Old girl is an informal way of addressing one‟s wife.55.“ That‟s more like it. “: said when a second thing said by the other person sounds moreacceptable, plausible, or less objectionable than the first one56.“ Now we‟re getting somewhere.”:Now we‟re making some progress, accomplishing something57.“ I‟ll spell it out.”:I‟ll tell you frankly and in detail.58.The house detective took his time: It is the second time that Ogilvie has done so , both times tomake the impact of what he is going to say on the Croydons even stronger.59.as if challenging her objection: as if openly daring her to object to his smoking a cigar, as shehad done earlier; as if he wanted to see if the Duchess dared to object to his smoking.60.But beyond wrinkling her nose I distaste, she made no comment: She only wrinkled her noseto show her dislike for the offending cigar smell, but did not rebuke him.61.Lindy‟s Place: a gambling joint, a gambling nightclub, a casino62.Irish Bayou: bayou[′beiu:] a French word ,a marsh. New Orleans was colonized by the French, soa lot of places there have French names.63.fancy Jaguar: Fancy here means expensive and superior model(car).64.leastways, I guess you‟ll call her that if you‟re not too fussy: I guess if you are not tooparticular about what words to use, at least you‟d call her your lady friend. Here Ogilvie is trying to get at him. It‟s more than obvious that he was not really with a friend, but a high class whore. 65.As Ogilvie glanced, grinning, at the Duchess: Ogilvie is rubbing it in ,enjoying himself over thewounded pride of an arrogant wife.66.The way I hear it, you won a hundred at the tables then lost it at the bar: From what I hear,you won a hundred dollars in gambling and then spent the money drinking.67.You were into a second hundred-with a real swinging party: You were beginning to spendanother hundred dollars of your own( the hundred won in gambling had already been spent) to treat a merry and lively party.68.There ain‟t much out of the way, which people who stay in this hotel do, I don‟t get to hearabout: If anybody who stays in this hotel does anything wrong, improper or unusual, I always get to know about it. There isn‟t much that can escape me.Out of the way: improper, wrong, unusual69.I suppose it doesn‟t matter:You already know so much, I might as well tell you this, it won‟tmake much difference now.70.clucked his tongue reprovingly: He made noises with his tongue to show his disapproval. Howcan you be so careless! The expoliceman was playacting, gloating over their misfortune.71.took off home: left for home72.the way things turned out : judging from what happened later73.Explains that one: This fact explains why you were driving in your sodden state: driving when youwere drunk.74.lickered up : liquored up, drunkCompare:liquor: an alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum(neat whiskey)wine: mainly grape wine(sweet or dry wine)soft drinks: non-alcoholic, like soda popchaser: a mild drink, taken with or after liquor75.Then you don‟t know: The Duchess thought it was all Ogilvie‟s conjecture and that he didn‟treally have any evidence against them. She thought he didn‟t have any case against them.76.Looked right shaken, too, the pair of you: You two looked extremely upset (shocked).77.Just come in myself an‟ I got to wondering why: I had just come in myself and began towonder why (you two looked shaken).78.the word was out: The news about the accident was spreading around. Some expressions withword:a word of advice(warning)say a good word for sb.have a word with sb. (talk with sb.)have words with(quarrel)give sb. one‟s word(promise)Be as good as one‟s word/break one‟s word/a man ofhis word in so many wordsword for word79.On a hunch I went over to the garage: As I suspected and felt there was something wrong, Iwent over to the garage to inspect.hunch: a feeling about something not based on known facts: premonition or suspicion. The meaning derives from the superstition that it brings good luck to touch a hunch-back.I have a hunch that …: I rather think that…80.look-see: (slang) a quick look or inspection81.jockeys: usu. professional rider in horse-races, here it means persons who park cars or trucks ina storage garage, also called car jockeysdisc jockeys: radio or TV broadcaster who introduces performances and comments on records or tapes of light popular music.82.I suppose that doesn‟t matter now: Now that our secret has been discovered, whether thejockeys see the c ar or not doesn‟t matter now.83.You might have something there: There might be a point in what you say.84.Over there they got three things to go on: At police headquarters, they have three clues to basetheir investigation on.85.dust it, an‟ it shows: Sprinkle some kind of powder on the car fender and the brush trace showsup.86.Ain‟ any doubt they‟d match up, even without the brush trace an‟ the blood:I haven‟t anydoubt, there isn‟t any doubt that the trim ring that had come off the car and the buste d headlight will correspond. That will be enough for the police to identify the car even without the brush trace and the blood on the car fender.ain‟t: (colloquial) am not, is not, are not, has not, have not.87.Oh, my God: Ogilvie mentioned the blood stain casually as if it was not important, or it had justcome to his mind. In fact he had been saving it to the last moment as a death blow to theCroydons. He succeeded in achieving this effect.88.square his shoulders: to show he is ready to face the consequences, he is brave, not afraid ofwhat is to come89.took on a musing note: his voice sounded as if he was deep in thought. He was going to put allhis cards on the table now that he had made it sufficiently clear to the Croydons that they were in his hands.90.Rushing any place ain‟t gonna bring back the kid nor its mother neither: ungrammatical. Itshould be: Rushing to any place( to police headquarters)isn‟t going to make the kid and its mother come to life again. Note the double negative here, which is used in uneducated speech.91.The other two slowly raised their eyes: it began to dawn on them that the detective had nointention of handing them over to the police.92.But I got to live too: a stock phrase when someone is asking to be given money or is accused oftrying to extract too much money93.Tell us now, please: first civil word from the Duchess. She realizes it is best for her to cooperate.94.we‟d become turned round: We lost our way, we were going in a direction opposite to the onewe intended to take.95.who was headed out:more sense of completion than “was heading out”. It means they had takenthat direction and had gone some distance in that direction. Somebody who was driving away from the town.96.the outside towns: small towns around a big city ,here outside New OrleansOutlying towns would be more common.97.get around to: to get started on, esp. after a delay98.it won‟t be y et:That won‟t take place yet.99.Providin‟ nobody twigs the car: It should be: Provided (or providing) that nobody notices the car.Twig: (from thieves‟ slang) observe, notice100.an‟ seein‟ where it is, etc.: If you are lucky nobody might notice your car since it is away in a corner behind a pillar of the hotel garage.101.An‟ if you can get it away: And if you can get the car away, you might not be suspected at all. 102.to holler “cops”:to cry “police”, to call the police103.You people are hot; Your are now wanted by the police.104.kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind: She kept firm and tight control of her mind which is working quickly. Here the Duchess is thinking quickly but at the same time keeping her thoughts under control, not letting them run wild.105.It was essential that her thinking remain calm and reasoned: it was very important for her to t hink calmly and logically. Note the subjunctive mood in the “that” clause.Other examples:1) 1) It is natural that beginners should make such mistakes.2) 2) It is essential that everybody take part in it.106.as if the discussion were of some minor domestic matter and not survival itself: as if the discussion were about some unimportant domestic matter, not concerned with life and death 107.her husband now a tense but passive spectator: Nominative absolute construction with a noun plus a noun. Her husband watched anxiously and nervously, incapable of taking an active part.108.Same thing with the glass: With the glass( as with the trim ring)the police can trace the make ,model and year of the car.109.calculated coolness: She was not cool, in fact, her mind was racing, but she deliberately appeared to be cool.110.a slim one: (colloquial) a small chance111.incriminating evidence: evidence that might prove sb. Guilty of a crime112.highway patrol: police cars on highway patrol duty113.to fall victim to some sharp-eyed policeman: to be seen and arrested by an observant and alert policeman114.it might be done: They might succeed in escaping. The plan might work.115.but no more than waiting here for certain detection: To drive the car north would be risky, but not more risky than to wait here, because if they did nothing, they would surely be discovered. 116.back roads: out-of-the-way, unfrequented roads.117.an unlikely route:not a route that ordinary people would take; a route which the police didn‟t think they would be likely to take118.other complications: other factors which would make it difficult for them to drive the car north themselves119.secondary roads: roads not of primary importance whose classification and maintenance vary according to township, county, and state regulations120.adept at using maps: skilled in using mapsExamples1)He is adept in photography.2)He is adept at (or in) taking pictures.121.their speech and manner would betray them: Their speech and manner would reveal the ir identity.betray: reveal unknowingly, or against one‟s wishesExamples:1) He said he had stayed indoors all day, but his shoes betrayed him.2) His face betrayed his fear.122.Or had they?: second thought which contradicts the first one.Had they (the risks) to the taken?The Duchess suddenly realized that they didn‟t have to take the risks of driving the car north themselves.Other examples:He must buy that book. Or must he ?(He didn‟t have to.)If it had been anyone else, he would have agreed. Or would he? (Maybe not.)123.pretty well fixed: quite rich, wealthyfixed: (colloquial) supplied with something needed, esp. money, e.g. well fixed for life124.As the Duke of Croydon shifted uneasily, the hosue detective‟s bulbous countenance reddened:Both the Duke and detective thought the Duchess had refused the offer. The Duke felt very uneasy; he‟d rather pay the money too keep Ogilvie quiet.Ogilvie was about to protest and threaten her again.125.Eyes bored into him:looked at him steadily, sharply and searchinglybore: make a hole in ,used here figuratively126.swallowing: to refrain from retorting because he is somewhat cowered by the Duchess127.her own smallness of mind: her own meanness or weakness of mind. What she is about to do may be extremely significant to her and her husband. She has to take a big chance, to dosomething very daring, so she must be bold, resolute and decisive. She has to rise to theoccasion.128.when you were playing for the highest stakes, you made the highest bid: Stake and bid are gambling terms. Here the sentence means: You had to pay the highest price when yourreputation and career were at stake.129.gabmle on the fat man‟s greed:She would take a chance on this fat man‟s greed.130.She must do so in such a way as to place the outcome beyond any doubt: She would offer him so much money as to make it return, no matter how dangerous the job might be.131.eyes bulged: with greed132.watched intently: To the Duchess, it was a question of survival itself. Only if Ogilvie agreed to drive their car north would they have a chance to get out of the mess unscathed.133.“This cigar botherin‟ you ,Duchess?”:If this cigar is bothering you, I‟ll put it out. This shows that he is willing to comply with the Duchess‟ wishes.。
高级英语第一册Unit6_Blackmail 2PPT课件
-mail surface mail 水陆路信件；普通平信邮件 airmail 航空邮件 e-mail junk mail垃圾邮件；邮寄宣传品 blackmail black~ ivory ~ball
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~-letter day 凶日，不吉利的日 子 ~ list黑名单；沉船登记簿 ~ man ~ magic魔法；巫术 ~ jack/flag 闪锌矿；铁闪锌矿； 黑旗（表示囚犯已被处决）； 海盗旗；黑旗令（赛车可能有 故障） ~ hearted黑心的；黑心肠的； 心黑；坏心肠的 ~ heart黑心；黑心病 ~guard adj. 粗鄙的；满口脏 话的 n. 恶棍；说脏话的人 vt. 辱骂vi. 捣乱；耍流氓
declare: to make known publicly, explicitly, formally, or officially, according to rules, customs, etc. 声明; 表明[书面] *Our government has tonight declared war against/on Germany. *Jones was declared the winner of the fight. *I declare Tom Sawyer elected! *I declare the 2nd session of the preliminary meeting of CPC opens!
blackmail: the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or a group blackmail sb. into doing sth. He had blackmailed her into sailing with her. His former mistress tried to blackmail him. We do not pay blackmail. Some people use emotional blackmail. 情感勒索 The rascal tried to blackmail the clerk into helping him draw the money, but he failed.勒索店员
高级英语 lesson6 blackmail(1-5段)
同根词：
词根：declare adj. declared公然的；公开宣布的 declarative宣言的；陈述的，说明的 n. declaration（纳税品等的）申报；宣布；公告；申诉书 declarer申报者；宣言者
词语辨析：
advertise, broadcast, announce, proclaim, publish, pronounce, declare 这组词都有“宣布，公开”的意思，其区别是：
fray[freɪ]
n. 1 争论；争斗 enter/join the fray 加入争辩 At 71,he has now retired from the political fray. 他现年71岁，已经退出了政治角逐。 They were ready for the fray. 他们准备好了争斗。 2 (Fray)人名；(法)弗雷；(德)弗赖；(匈)弗劳伊 3 (织物、绳索等的)破损处，绽裂处 vt. 1 使磨损；使紧张；使急躁 frayed cuffs 磨破的袖口 Relations between us have become frayed through a series of misunderstandings.
加封为阿基坦公爵。为突出公爵特殊地位，以后多年里除 女王配偶和王子外，其他王亲均不许称王，最高可获公爵 爵位。随后，爱德华三世及其继承人又先后建立了兰开斯 特公国（1351年）、克拉伦斯公国（1362年）、约克公国 和格洛斯特公国（1385）、赫里福德公国（1397）、贝特 福德公国（1413）和萨默塞特公国（1443）等。这些公国 的领有人都是王室宗亲，他们得到高级爵位后，在贵族中 鹤立鸡群，威势不凡，为以后争夺王权、扰乱朝纲、制造 战乱埋下了隐患。自从1483年建立诺福克公国以后，公爵 爵位开始授予王亲以外者，但很少建立公国。而且能获此 最高爵位者多是军功显赫的统帅。行政界政务家即使任职 多年，政绩昭著，也难获此殊荣。 在正规场合公爵也穿深红色的丝绒外套，帽子上镶四 条貂皮。其冠冕上有一个金环，上饰8枚红色金叶片。国 王则称公爵为“我们真正可信和最为敬爱的伙伴。”
高级英语上册课件6
Though a Canadian himself, he set the scene of most of his works in the United States. Each of his books deals with one particular field of society. This is made clear by the titles of his books. It is this peculiarity that made his works valuable to those who are eager to learn about contemporary American society. Our text is
from a gambling house, the Duke knocks down a woman and her child. Both are killed. The Duke and the Duchess, however, drive away. The hit-and run becomes top sensational news in New Orleans. The hotel’s chief house detective Ogilvie notices the battered car when it comes back. Instead of reporting this to the police, he goes to see the Duke and the Duchess. He promises to keep quiet about what he knows and asks for a large sum of money in return for the favor.
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• Arthur Hailey
• Blackmail ( n.) :the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索 ;（盗匪征收的）保护费;免 抢税 ( vt. )胁迫;勒索;敲诈;讹诈 • 随着故事的发展,作者对“讹诈”的对象进行巧妙 置换,从而使故事结局发生戏剧性逆转--由“侦探 长对公爵夫妇的讹诈”转为“公爵夫妇对侦探长 的讹诈”,旅馆警长由掌握罪证主动出击的强势 交际角色到被动服从的弱势社会角色的转换， 公爵夫人由被讹诈的弱势交际角色到强势社会 角色的回归,揭露社会权力拥有者对弱势阶层的 统治和控制。
• 6. the moon-faced male secretary: (line.9) • the moon – faced male用了暗喻的修辞。 在此暗指男秘书比较怯懦阴柔， 公爵夫妇 可以随时把他解雇。 • The use of male before secretary is to avoid possibility of the reader‟s assuming otherwise, for commonly in the U.S. secretaryship is the female profession.
• ① The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.
• ③ A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. When he had followed her to the living room, the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man‟s mouth. “My husband and I find strong smoke offensive. Would you kindly put that out."
. Metaphor：以此物隐喻彼物，将某一事物以另一 个与其相似的事物来表达，是一种含蓄的比喻， 暗示有比较，但又不充分说出这种比较。 the key to the mystery(即解开奥秘的方法就像开 门的钥匙一样)； the light of knowledge(知识之光)； to have a stone face(表情呆板) 隐喻不用比喻词，但可以用be动词或者只用逗号、 破折号将本体和喻体连起来。 The green plant is a kind of food factory. (把绿色 植物说成一种食物工厂。)
• 公爵夫人亲自去开门。此前她早已借故把女仆支 开，并且狠心地给那位脸儿圆圆的、见到狗就怕 得要死的男秘书派了一个要命的差事，让他牵着 贝德林顿狼犬出去散步。想到这两个人随时都会 回来，她自己的紧张情绪怎么也松弛不下来。
• 4. she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand: (line.7-8) 她已借故把女仆支开 dispatch ( v．) :send off or out promptly，usually on a specific errand or official business(迅速地)派遣，派 出(常指特别差事或公事) errand ( n.) :a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing，esp. for someone else差事(尤指为别人送信 或办事); • . 5. cruelly instructed: (line.8) • “cruel”（狠心的） because they knew the secretary was terrified of dogs. They could easily have found some other errand for him.
• 负责饭店保安工作的奥格尔维探长打了那个神秘 的电话，本来说好一个小时后光临克罗伊敦夫妇 所住的套房的，可实际上却过了两个小时才到。 结果，当外间门上的电铃终于发出沉闷的嗡嗡声 时，公爵夫妇的神经都紧张到了极点。
• 1.The chief house officer……suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time : (line.1-4) suite ( n.) :a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apartment一套房间;（同类物 的）系列 eg. a suite of dining-room furniture一套餐厅家具 cryptic ( adj.) :having a hidden meaning； mysterious隐蔽的，秘密的；神秘的 eg .a cryptic remark含义隐晦的话 Ogilvie :(notice that the name itself sounds awkward, awful):他故弄玄虚，在警察还没有行动 逮捕之前，亲自来访敲诈公爵夫妇，玩弄伎俩， 一副小人得志的嘴脸。
• 随着奥格尔维进屋的是一团雪茄烟雾。当他随着 她走进起居室时，公爵夫人目光直射着这个大肥 佬嘴里叼着的那烧了半截的雪茄。“我丈夫和我 都讨厌浓烈的烟味，您行行好把它灭了吧!”
• 9. A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in:(line.12)随着奥格尔维进屋的是一团雪茄烟雾 • Accompany (vt.) +n.陪伴；伴随 • (vi.)+by/with+n.在…..陪伴下 • Company (v.)陪伴；交往 (n.)公司；同伴 • “随着奥格尔维进屋的是一团雪茄烟雾。”这是一个 典型的拟人句子，不仅表现出奥格尔维是一个不 懂规矩的人，也使这一系列与烟有关的动作前后 呼应，形成本文一个鲜明的线索。同时间接地表 达了他与公爵夫人的强弱势关系，奥格尔维对烟 的控制对文章的节奏起着至关重要的作用。
• 公爵夫人对香烟的反应 • 根据社会道德规范，在未经女士的同意下就抽烟是 及为不礼貌的行为。而奥格尔维抽烟进来，说明他 把公爵及公爵夫人不放在眼里，公爵夫人的回答很 礼貌，显示出其尊贵的地位，与奥格尔维拉开距离 Would you kindly put that out.此为祈使句，且句号 接在疑问句后面，表达的是不折不扣的命令，表明 了公爵夫人对欧吉维的强烈不满。公爵夫人是受过 教育的高阶层人物，她出生高贵，想要在气势在压 倒他，以此达到她不受奥格尔维威胁的目的。 • 探长奥格尔维是伴随着雪茄(cigar)出场的，而在整 篇文章中，雪茄始终贯穿文章，不断重复出现。从 奥格尔维挑衅的抽烟到最后自觉的灭到香烟这一过 程，奥格尔维达到了其勒索的目的。
• 3. the muted :(line5) mute adj.无声的，哑的 muted P.P作adj. 声音减轻的 a muted voice 轻的声音 Muted to render the noise of the bell less harsh and strident沉闷的嗡嗡声
• ② The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary – who was terrified of dogs – to exercise the Bedlington terriers. Her own tension was not lessened by the knowledge that both might return at any moment.
• 7. to exercise the Bedlington terriers:(line.10) • to walk the dogs to take the dogs out and give them some exercise. • The Bedlington terrier（德林顿狼犬） is a breed of blue or liver-coloured, wooly-coated, active, typically small dogs. The terriers are a status symbol showing that the Duchess id no ordinary dog owner. And the fact that they can keep dogs in a hotel suite proves they are 奥格尔维自认为掌握了物证(丢在车库的 捷豹车沾满血迹和碎车灯)，知道公爵犯事 后来对公爵勒索，他一副小人得志的心理， 故意拖延时间。可见，在第一个见面回合较 量中，他控制着局面，掌握着主动权，处于 强势交际角色。 • ②公爵夫妇犯下了罪行，内心惶恐，认为等 待的时间难熬，此时为弱势地位。
• 2.the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed:(line.4-5) • 公爵夫妇的神经都紧张到了极点。 fray ( v.) make or become strained (使)紧张； Tempers began to fray in the heat.天热时人容易脾 气急躁。 (v.)磨损 This cloth frays easily.这块布太不经磨. the nerves were frayed 是本句主干，用了暗喻手法。 将nerves 比喻为可以磨损的东西，fray指磨损布 边等，在此引申为“（使）紧张”。这是一段隐 喻，它很明显的向我们透漏了公爵夫人有自己不 可告人的秘密，同时为下文做了铺垫。.