高级英语Lesson-3

Lesson3BlackmailArthurHailey本单元作者：颜静兰陈彦会Book1外语教学与研究出版社FOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGANDRESEARCHPRESSContentsPartOne:Warm-upPartTwo:BackgroundInformationPartThree:TextAppreciationPartFour:LanguageStudyPartFive:ExtensionPartOne—Warm-upⅠ.VideoWatchingⅡ.BrainstormingⅢ.DiscussionⅣ.LearningObjectivesⅠ.VideoWatchingWatchthevideoclipanddescribeit.Ⅱ.BrainstormingMakesomepredictionsaboutthetexttobelearned.DirtydealRobberyLootKidnappingHouse-breakingTheftMurderHighjackGangsterdomⅢ.Discussion1.Canyouforeseewhatisinstoreforthehousedetective?2.WhichaspectsarerevealedoftheAmericansociallifeinthisexcerpt?3.Inwhatwaywouldyouliketocontinuethestory?Ⅳ.LearningObjectives1.Toknowthe3rd-personnarrativetechnique.2.Tobeacquaintedwithsomeliteraryterms.3.Tolearntousewordstodescribecrimes.4.Toappreciatethelanguagefeatures.5.Tolearntowriteastoryaboutdirtydeals.Ⅰ.AbouttheAuthorⅡ.HotelⅢ.JaguarⅣ.IrishBayouⅤ.NewOrleansⅥ.TheAmericanSouthPartTwo—BackgroundInformation•ArthurHailey(5April1920–24November2004)wasaBritish/Canadiannovelist,whoseworkshavesoldmorethan170millioncopiesin40languages.•ThoughaCanadianhimself,hesetthesceneofmostofhisworksintheUnitedStates.Ⅰ.AbouttheAuthor•Mostofthenovelsaresetwithinonemajorindustry,suchashotels,banksorairlines,andexploretheparticularhumanconflictssparked-offbythatenvironment.Theyarenotablefortheirplainstyle,extremerealism,basedonmonthsofdetailedresearch,andasympatheticdown-to-earthherowithwhomthereadercaneasilyidentify.•RunwayZero-Eight(1958)–in-flightmedicalemergency,causedbyfoodpoisoning.ThisstorystartedastheCBCTVmovieFlightintoDanger,thenbecamethe1957ParamountPicturesmovieZeroHour!,andwasfinallypublishedasthenovelRunwayZero-Eight.•TheFinalDiagnosis(1959)–hospitalpoliticsasseenfromthepathologydepartment•InHighPlaces(1960)–ColdWarErapoliticsinNorthAmerica•Hotel(1965)–hotels•Airport(1968)–airportpolitics•Wheels(1971)–automobileindustry•TheMoneychangers(1975)–banks•Overload(1979)–powercrisisinCalifornia•StrongMedicine(1984)–pharmaceuticalindustry•TheEveningNews(1990)–newscasters•Detective(1997)–investigationpoliticsA1965novelbyArthurHailey.ItisthestoryofanindependentNewOrleanshotel,theSt.Gregory,anditsManagement’sstruggletoregainprofitabilityandavoidbeingassimilatedintotheO’Keefechainofhotels.Ⅱ.HotelThenovelwasadaptedintoamoviein1967,andin1983AaronSpellingturneditintoatelevisionseries,airingforfiveyearsonABC.IntheTVseriestheSt.GregoryHotelwasmovedfromNewOrleanstoSanFrancisco.Ⅱ.HotelⅢ.JaguarⅣ.IrishBayouThecityisnamedafterPhilipped’Orléans,DukeofOrléans,RegentofFrance,andiswellknownforitsdistinctFrenchCreolearchitecture,aswellasitscrossculturalandmultilingualheritage.Ⅴ.NewOrleansNewOrleansisalsofamousforitscuisine,music(particularlyasthebirthplaceofjazz),anditsannualcelebrationsandfestivals,mostnotablyMardiGras.Thecityisoftenreferredtoasthe“mostunique”inAmerica.Ⅴ.NewOrleansⅥ.TheAmericanSouthPartThree—TextAppreciationⅠ.TextAnalysis→Introduction→Theme→TextOrganization→FurtherUnderstandingⅡ.WritingDevices→LanguageStyle→RhetoricalDevicesⅢ.SentenceParaphraseⅠ.TextAnalysisIntroduction•“Blackmail”isapieceofnarration,takenfromArthurHailey’snovelHotel,whichfeaturesmultipleunfoldingplotlineswhichtakeplaceoverfivedays.ThetextabouttheDukeandDuchessofCroydonisoneofsuchplotlinestakingplaceinthehotel.Ⅰ.TextAnalysis•Thetwobasictypesofnarrationarethefirst-personandthethird-person.Thefirst-personnarrator“I”issomeonewhoisinvolvedinthestory.Forthethird-personnarration,therearetwokinds:oneisthe“omniscient”andtheotherislimitedthird-personnarration.Ⅰ.TextAnalysis•InthenovelHotel,the“omniscient”third-personnarrativevoiceisused.Thenarratoristotallyoutsidetheevents.Thisnarratorcannotonlytellthereadereverythingpertinenttothestory,nomatterwhenitoccurred,whereithappenedorwhodidit,butalsocanenterthemindsofthecharacters,revealinghowtheythoughtandfelt.Ⅰ.TextAnalysis•Character:Inastoryornovel,apersoniscalledacharacter.Therearemaincharactersandminorcharacters,withthemaincharactersgettingmoreattentionfromthewriterandreaderalike.Ⅰ.TextAnalysis•Inthisstory,therearethreepeople:theDuke,theDuchessandOgilvie.wecanseetheDuchessplaysamoreimportantrolethantheothertwo.Whenreadingastory,wereadforcharactersamongotherthingsandpayattentiontocharacterization.•Characterization:thewaytheauthordepictsandportrayscharacters.Ⅰ.TextAnalysis•Characterizationmaybeachievedthroughdescribingthecharactersinvariousways,includinghowtheylook,whatkindofplacetheylivein,whatclothes,furniture,cars,etc.theyhave,andmostimportantly,whattheysay,doandthink.•Theycanbeflatortwo-dimensional,androundedorthree-dimensional.Ⅰ.TextAnalysisThetextcentersontheconfrontationbetweentheCroydonsandthehoteldetectiveOgilvie.•Lyingbehindthehigher-classlifeisamixtureofwickedness,misery,struggleanddirtydeals.•CrisesexposeHumanity’sweakness.ThemeⅠ.TextAnalysisTextOrganization•Part1(Paras.1-3):ThispartintroducesthemeetingofthehousedetectiveOgilviewiththeDukeandtheDuchess.•Part2(Paras.4-22):ThispartdescribestheCroydon’shit-and-runaccident,Ogilvie’sblackmailing,theDuke’sbreakdownandtheDuchess’