Unit-3-Blackmail课件

AdvancedEnglish《高级英语》主编：张汉熙外语教学与研究出版社BlackmailBrainstormingBackgroundTextStudy•LanguagePoints•ComprehensionQuestions•TextAnalysisandAppreciationExercisesTasksafterClassBrainstormingBrainstormonsynonymouswordsofblackmail.Extort:obtainbyforce,violenceE.g.,Thepoliceusedtorturetoextortconfessionfromhim.Racketeer:(colloq)getmoneybydeceiving,threateningMakealistofEnglishnobleranks.King/queenDuke&duchessMarquis&marquisEarlViscountBaron贵族爵位（peerages）分为公爵（Duke）、侯爵（Marquis或Marquees）、伯爵（Earl）、子爵（Viscount）和男爵（Baron）5个等级。原来贵族爵位都是世袭的，而且只能有一个继承人。长子是法定继承人。只有在贵族没有儿子的情况下，其爵位才能由首先达到继承年龄的直系后代来继承。自1958年以后，才允许将非继承性的“终身贵族爵位”（Lifepeerages）授予某一个人。对公爵、公爵夫人（Duchess）尊称为“Grace”。直接称呼时用“YourGrace”（大人、夫人），间接提及时用“His（Her）Grace”。用在信封或信的开头可尊称为“HisGracetheDuckof．．．”（公爵大人……）或“HerGracetheDuchessof．．．”（公爵夫人……）。侯爵、伯爵、子爵和男爵都可以称为“Lord”（勋爵）。直接称呼时，都可称“YourLordship”。间接提及时可用“Lord＋姓”或“Lord＋地名”。信封上或信的开头分别称“MyLordMarquis”或“MyLord”（主要用于伯、子、男爵）公爵、侯爵、伯爵的长子在他们的父亲没死之前，即没有继承其父亲爵位之前，也可称之为“Lord”（勋爵），但不是贵族。公爵、侯爵的次子以下的儿子，可以终身称之为“Lord”（勋爵）；对伯、子、男爵的次子以下的儿子可称“Honorable”（尊敬的）。他们也都不是贵族。侯爵夫人（Marchioness）、伯爵夫人（Countess）、子爵夫人（Viscountess）、男爵夫人（Baroness）均可称之为：“Lady”（夫人），即用“Lady＋丈夫的姓或丈夫勋称中的地名”。公爵、侯爵、伯爵的每一个女儿也都可称为“Lady”，即可用“Lady＋授予名＋姓”。如果她结了婚，就用丈夫的姓代替自己的姓，但仍称为“Lady”（夫人），即使丈夫无爵位，是个普通的“先生”，也可称为“Lady”。如果丈夫有了爵位，那她就要选用相应的誉称。除了贵族爵位以外，还有别的一些誉称，对爵士则尊称为“Sir”（爵士）。具体做法是“Sir＋授予名＋姓”或“Sir＋授予名”，但作为爵士头衔，Sir绝不可只用于姓前。BackgroundAboutthewriterAboutthenovelHotel1.AbouttheauthorArthurHaileyistheauthorofanumberofbestsellingnovels.BorninLuton,England,in1920,thewaseducatedinEnglishschoolsuntilagefourteen.Afterabriefcareerasanofficeboy,hejoinedtheBritishRoyalAirForcein1939andservedthroughWorldWarII,risingthroughtherankstobecomeapilotandflightlieutenant.In1949HaileyemigratedtoCanada,wherehewassuccessivelyarealestatesalesman,businesspapereditorandasalesandadvertisingexecutive.Hebecame,andstillisaCanadiancitizen.HemakeshishomeatLyfordCayintheBahamas.AbouttheauthorIn1956ArthurHaileyscoredhisfirstwritingsuccesswithaTVdrama,FlightintoDanger,whichlaterbecameamotionpictureandanovel,RunwayZero-Eight(1958).ThesensationalHaileybestsellersincludeTheFinalDiagnosis(1959).InHighPlaces(1962),Hotel(1966),Airport(1968),Wheels(1971),TheMoneychangers(1975).AbouttheauthorThoughaCanadianhimself,hesetthesceneofmostofhisworksintheUntiedStates.Eachofhisbooksdealswithoneparticularfieldofsociety.Thisismadeclearbythetitlesofhisbooks.ItisthispeculiarityofhisthatisofvaluetothosewhoareeagertolearnaboutcontemporaryAmericansociety.2.AboutthenovelHotelTheSt.GregoryHotelisthelargestinNewOrleans,Louisiana.For4daysfromMondayeveningtoFriday,thehotelgoesthroughasuccessionofdramaticevents.Withthehotel’smortgageduebytheweekendandwithnochanceofgettingfurtherrenewal,theowner,warrenTrent,reluctantlymakesuphismindtosellhishoteltoachainhotelowner,CurtisO’keefe.AboutthenovelHotelPeterMcDermott,theassistantgeneralmanager,hastotackleseveralotherknottyproblems:handlinganattemptedrapewhichhasoccurredinoneofthehotel’srooms;catchingaprofessionalthiefoperatinginthehotel;pacifyingawholeconventionofseveralhundreddentiststhatthreatentoleaveinprotestagainstthehotel’sobjectiontoputtingupamemberoftheconvention–ablackdoctor.ThenthereistheDukeofCroydon.TheDukeisaninternationallyfamousstatesmanandthenewly-appointedBritishambassadortoWashington.HeandhiswifeoccupythebestsuiteinSt.Gregory,OnMondayeveningwhiledrivingbackwithhiswifefromagamblinghouse,theDukeknocksdownawomanandherchild.Botharekilled.TheDukeandtheDuchess,however,driveaway.Thehit-and-runbecomestopsensationalnewsinNewOrleans.Thehotel’schiefhousedetectiveOgilvienoticesthebatteredcarwhenitcomesback.AboutthenovelHotelInsteadofreportingthistothepolice,hegoestoseetheDukeandtheDuchess.Hepromisestokeepquietaboutwhatheknowsandasksforalargesumofmoneyinreturnforthefavour.TheDuke,nowtotallyatalossastohowtoact,hidesbehindtheskirtsofhiswife.TheDuchessunderstandsthattogetthemselvesoutofthismess,thecarhastobedrivenoutofthesouthwherepeoplearealertedaboutthehit-and-run.SosheofferstopayOgilviemorethanhehasaskedonconditionthathedrivesthecartoChicagoupinthenorth.Thegreedydetectiveagrees.Atoneo’clockThursdaymorningOgilviegetsthecaroutofthegarage.Heisseenleavingbyonepersononly.ByPeterMcDermott,theassistantgeneralmanager,Thoughitstrikeshimasodd,Peterdoesnotlinkthisupwiththehit-and-rununtillatethatafternoonwhenhewitnessesthefuneralofthetwovictimsoftheaccident.Hecontactspoliceheadquartersrightaway.AboutthenovelHotelBythistime,OgilviehascrossedLouisianaandMississippi,drivingbynightandconcealingthecarbyday.Hethinksthateverythingisgoingsmoothly,littleknowingthatheisaalreadybeingfollowedbytheHighwaypatrolcruisers.InTennessee,heiscaughtandsentbacktoNewOrleans.AtfirsttheDuchesstriestodenyeverything,butdoesn’tsucceedinconvincingthepolice.TheDukethendecidestogoovertopoliceheadquartersbeforetheycomeforhim,wishingtosavethelittleshredsofdecencyleftinhim.Hetakesanelevatortogodown.Thiselevatorwhichhasbeenoutoforderforsometimeandbadlyinneedofrepairbreaksdown.Asitgoesdown,onesetofclampsholdsandtheotherfails.Theelevatorcartw