Blackmail-(2011).ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,Blackmail,Arthur Hailey,Arthur Hailey,About the Author,(1920-2004),Arthur Hailey is the author of a number of,best-selling novels.,Born April 5,1920 in Luton,England,he was educated in,English schools,until age,14,.After a brief career as an office boy,he joined the British,air force,(RAF)in 1939,and served through World War II,.,About the Author,(1920-2004),In 1949,he emigrated to,Canada,.Arthur Hailey decided to become a full-time author in 1956 following the success of his original television drama FLIGHT INTO DANGER.For the next few years,he wrote teleplays for such legendary dramatic series.Soon after,Hailey became a novelist.In 1969,he moved to,Bahamas,for theres no income tax.In,1979,Arthur Hailey announced his retirement.At this time,he discovered he was very ill and underwent a quadruple bypass heart operation.The surgery was a tremendous success,leaving Mr.Hailey feeling invigorated and bursting with creative energy,Works,Hailey is a well-known bestseller writer.,FLIGHT INTO DANGER,险中行,(,1956,),Runway Zero-Eight,零八跑道,(,1958,),The Final Diagnosis”,最后诊断,(,1959,),In High Places,身居要职,(,1961,).,Hotel,大饭店,(,1965,),Airport,航空港,(,1968),Works,Wheels,汽车城,(,1971,),The Moneychangers,钱商,(,1975),Overload,超负荷,(,1979,),STRONG MEDICINE“,烈药,(,1984,),“Detective”,侦探,(,1997,).,Hotel(1968),The luxurious-but debt-plagued-St.Gregory Hotel in New Orleans faces a battle for survival,while its staff,guests and prospective buyers generate behind-the-scenes romance,power plays,blackmail and betrayal.,Plot:,Peter McDermott,the manager of a New Orleans hotel,is managing the hotel at a particularly problematic time.,He must deal with his tough boss,business headaches,thieves,and a variety of demanding guests.For one thing,business has been on the decline and the owner,Trent,needs to raise enough money to save the hotel by modernizing it.Action has to be taken quickly because a ruthless hotel magnate is desperately trying to get his hands on the business.And to make the situation even more hectic,a union chief is at odds with Trent over the owners unwillingness to unionize his workers.McDermotts work isnt made any easier by his bosss whites-only guest policy.,Meanwhile,the guests have their own troubles-including the Duke of,Croydon,who is blackmailed by the hotels detective after getting involved in a hit-and-run accident.,Before,Blackmail,The Duke is an internationally famous statesman and the newly-appointed British ambassador to Washington.He and his wife occupy the best suite in St.Gregory.On Monday evening while driving back with his wife 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 hotels chief house detective Ogilvie notices the battered car when comes back.Instead of reporting to the police,he goes to see the Duke and the Duchess,Type of Writing,This kind of novels are called,thrillers,(,惊险小说,).,Generally defining,a thriller is a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue,(,阴谋,),adventure or suspense.,Type of Writing,They can also be called,cop-criminal novels,detective novels.,The main purpose is for entertainment,amusement.Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action,usu.suspension,not very 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(,拼图玩具,).You can not see the outcome until the final part is put in.,What makes a good novel?,Characters,leading characters:protagonist(,主角,支持者,),antagonist(,对手,);,minor characters;,characterization(,人物性格塑造,),settings,:,place,time,plot,:,list of incidents(plotless novelsa series of meaningless incidents or a description of character),(Basic situation rising action climax end of the problem),What makes a good novel?,conflicts,(the conflicts between the protagonist and antagonist),theme,(distinguish the difference between theme and main idea),main idea concerns the content of the story.Theme deals with the purpose of the writing,and tries to reveal implied meaning behind the story.It is the basic idea abstracted from the fusion of setting,characters,and plot.,tone,:,attitude of the writer towards the subject,E.g.,The Dream of Red Mansion,main idea,:it tells a story about Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu,theme,:it discloses the inevitable declining of feudalism.,Textual analysis,Read the text and try to find out each corresponding element in the text,Characters,Settings,Plot,Conflicts,Theme,Textual analysis,Characters:,Major/Leading characters:,Ogilvie(the chief detective of the hotel),The Duchess(a lady of high social class),Minor character:,the Duke of Croydons,Setting,:,Place:at a suite(Croydons suite)at a hotel(St.Gregory Hotel)in the city of New Orleans,Louisiana(a southern state of USA),Time:Tuesday(pp82,p.100),Setting:,Setting:,Textual analysis,Plot:,Basic situation,:,the hit-n-run,Ogilvie has found the evidence,Rising action:,Ogilvie goes to see the Duke and Duchess in order to get money(blackmail).He shows his evidence to them.Ogilvie controls the situation and plays with it.,Textual analysis,Dramatic turn(climax):,the Duchess makes the offertakes the control,Outcome:,Ogilvie takes the offer,Textual analysis,The conflicts,(,the problemthe end of the problem),Crime,:,Duchess:she tries to deny the fact,Ogilvie:he presents the evidences of crime one by one.,Money:,Ogilvie:he wants to get large sum of money on the condition that he keeps quiet of what he knows about the crime.,Duchess:she wants to make full advantage of Ogilvies greed.She may offer more money than he had asked on the condition that he drives the car(the very evidence of the crime)to Chicago.,Structural Analysis,Part I.Prelude(para.1-para.13),Section 1.(para.1-para.2):,the setting and the suspension,Section 2.(para.3-para.13):,The preliminary encounter between the house detective and the Croydons.,Structural Analysis,Part II:Process of unveiling the crime(para.14-para.47),Section 1.(para.14-para.21):,First round of clash.The Duke confessed his crime.,Section 2.(para.22-para.36):,Second round of clash.Ogilvie spelt out what he had known about the activities of the Croydons and tried to confirm all the details.The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.,Section 3.(para.37-para.47):,The conviction was undeniable.,Structural Analysis,Part III:The dirty deal,(para.48-para.109),Section 1.(para.48-para.74):,Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans.,Section 2.(para.75-para.86):,The interior monologue of the Duchess.Her judgement,analysis and calculation of the situation,weighing the advantages and disadvantages.,Section 3.(para.87-para.106):,The Duchess decision to gamble on the greed of the house detective.,Section 4para.107-para.109):,The ending.The dirty deal reached.,The End of the Story(Blackmail),At one oclock 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 of 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 himself up).But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it.He hit the cement ground and died instantly.,The End of the Novel(Hotel),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 seriously ill and was saved by McDermott and his girl friend.,To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs kindness,he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.,Detailed study,Explain the title,When someone tries to get money from you or make you do what they want by threatening to tell other people your secrets,Detailed study,What is a chief house officer?,What does the word“declare”imply?,What is a suite?,Did Ogilvia deliberately delay his call at the Croydons?Why?,How did the Croydons feel while waiting for Ogilvias arrival?,Name the five ranks of nobility in England.,duke,marquis(,侯爵,),，,earl(,伯爵,),，,viscount(,子爵,),，,baron(,男爵,),Detailed study,How did the Croydons prepare for Ogilvias visit?Why?Why did the Duchess send her maid and secretary out?,What does the first sentence of the third paragraph show about Ogilvie?,How did the Duchess show her superior social position?,Describe Ogilvies appearance and his voice.What kind of character is suggested by such description?,What does the word“uncertainly”indicate about the Duke?,Explain“Pretty neat set-up you folks got.”,What does paragraph 5 suggest about Ogilvies manners?,Do you think she deliberately use the word“dcor”?Why?,How do you understand“in an appreciative chuckle”?,Why did Ogilvie suddenly lower his voice?,Paraphrase“In what conceivable way does our car concern you?”,What blunders did the Duke make?,Why do you think Ogilvie was being deliberately offensive to the Croydons in the beginning?,What did the Duchess mean when she said“What are you talking about?”,Detailed Study of the Text,Your Grace,（大人）,:to duke,duchess,archbishop,Your Mightiness,(,大人,):to marquis,count,viscount,baron,baroness:,Your Highness,（殿下）,:to prince,princess,Your honor,（阁下）,:to judge,Your Majesty,（陛下）,:to emperor,empress,king,queen,Your Excellency,（阁下）,:to governor,ambassador,archbishop,premier,Detailed Study of the Text,throw the book,If you throw the book at sb.,you accuse them of every offence that is possible in a particular situation,or give them the greatest punishment that you are allowed to.,inbred,:,natural,possessed by a person from birth,inbred good manners,Detailed Study of the Text,spring,:,to jump,bound,bounce,wrath,:(lit.)great anger,indignation,outrageous,wither,:to cause sth.to become dry,faded,or dead,The hot sun withered all the plants.,unspeakable,:that can not be described in words,inexpressibly bad,evil,Detailed Study of the Text,blackguard,:villain,a wicked un-honorable person,flicker,:,to move backwards and forwards unsteadily.Here:hesitate,interject,:to make a sudden remark between others,Interject,carries extremely strong implication of abrupt or forced introduction.,Interrupt,means to cut or break the flow of sth.continuous such as the speech of others,Detailed Study of the Text,Its no go.,What you are trying to do wouldnt work.,A,GO,is an attempt at doing sth.,I always wanted to have a,go,at football.,Detailed Study of the TextPart Two,Appreciation,:(After the evidence is shown,the relative strength of the two sides changes),On the Duchesss side,:,struggling(,挣扎,),yet is declining in power,The Ogilvie side,:,growing gradually strong,and then taking the dominating position,Can you find all of the sentences in the text to show this?,Detailed Study of the Text,Discussion about the three evidences;,Which evidence is the most important?,How does Ogilvie arrange the three evidences in his words?,Detailed Study of the Text,wearily,:very tired,unable to suffer any more,unwilling to continue,，,exhausted,wrinkle,:to cause to form into lines,folds,Lindys Place,:a casino,a gambling house,fussy,:,nervous about small matters,too much concerned about details,She is very fussy about her personal appearance.,Detailed Study of the Text,smug,:showing too much satisfaction with ones qualities,position,etc.,He looks smug about knowing the answer.,swinging,:lively&up-to-date,gay and full of life,fashionably free&modern,esp.,on sex life,oblige,:to do sth.for sb.as a favor,Please oblige me by closing the door.,Detailed Study of the Text,What gives,:(sl)What is going on?,out of the way,:improper,wrong,unusual,Paraphrase,the,sentence,“There,aint,much”,tuck away,:put or push into a convenient position,to put into a convenient narrow space for protectionsafety,etc.,tuck your shirt inside the trousers,cluck,:to make a clicking sound with the tongue,to express interest or concern,Detailed Study of the Text,reproving,:blaming,accusing,to reprove,:to scold or correct usu.gently or with kindly intent,to express disapproval,clucked his tongue reprovingly,:,he made noise with his tongue to show his disapproval.How can you be so careless!Ogilvie is gloating over their misfortune.,Detailed Study of the Text,hunch,:,intuitive guess or feeling,suspect,strong intuitive feeling concerning a future event or result,直觉,scout,:to observe,examine,or survey in order to obtain information(such as the movement of the enemy)Boy/Girl Scouts,trim,:material used for ornament,to decorate sth.with ribbons,laces,or ornaments,Detailed Study of the Text,Part,Three,Appreciation,Unlike the situations in the previous two parts,the conversation,tends to become friendlyand it goes on in a somewhat casual way.Ogilvie and Duchess are more like friends than rivals.It seems they are discussing and try to work out a solution to a problem together.,The end of round three:,the conversation is,with less gun-powder and more friendly,Detailed Study of the Text,square ones shoulders/jaw,:to put into a shape with straight line and right angles,挺胸（以示轻蔑）,Detailed Study of the Text,take on a musing note,:,take on,:begin to have an appearance,These insects can take on the color of their surroundings.,muse,:to think deeply,forgetting the world around,His words sounds as if he was in deep thought.,Detailed Study of the Text,Question,:,what,does,he,think,about?,Answer,:,He was going to put his cards on the table now that he had made it sufficiently clear to the Croydons that they were in his hands.It is the time for him to express his purpose of visit.,Detailed Study of the Text,poise,:good judgment and self-control in ones action,combined with a quiet belief in ones abilities,The gymnast poised on the balance beam.,get around to,:find the necessary time to,I havent been able to get around to reading your essay.Ill read it tonight.,Detailed Study of the Text,twig,Br.sl.)(sl of thieves)notice,understand the meaning of,understand,discreetly,:,careful about what one says or does;prudent,holler,:(colloq.)cry,shout,call,You could hear grandma hollering Ned from the upstairs window.,Detailed Study of the TextPart,Four,Appreciation,By making full use of Ogilvies greed,Duchess seizes the opportunity to turn the defeat into victory(,反败为胜,).,A thought occurred to her.:,What is the thought?,Answer:she will grasp the precious chance to take back the dominating role by making use of his greedy appetite.,Detailed Study of the Text,Analysis:,remember the,function of cigar,for Ogilvie?,Now it is unnecessary for him to do that any more,because he gets more than he has expected and they are friends rather than rival.So he“put it out”.,The end of Round Four,:O,gilvie is under of the control of Duchess,and they are partners now.,Detailed Study of the Text,eventual