高级英语第一册第六课教学教案.ppt

Lesson 6
Blackmail

Arthur Hailey
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Teaching Objectives
1. learn the words/phrases and understand thesidential Suite.
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Plot:
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.
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Plot:
Then we have the present text.
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Type of writing
This kind of novels are called defining, a thriller is a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure or suspense.
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Type of writing
Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement.
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Type of writing
Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.
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Type of writing
The basic technique is to make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle. You can not see the outcome until the final part is put in.
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Detailed study
1. blackmail: the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group
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Croydon: The name of a manor supposed to belong the Duke
Duke / Duchess
marquis(marquess)/ marchioness
count / countess
viscount / viscountess
baron / baroness
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2. suite: a set or 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.
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3. cryptic: hidden, secret, mysterious
4. excessively frayed
excessive: derog. too much, too great, too large
Excessive rainfall washes out valuable minerals from the soil.
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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