TheintroductionofHOTEL解说.pptVIP

Brief introduction of the novel Hotel?is a 1965 novel by?Arthur Hailey. It is the story of an independent?New Orleans?hotel, the St. Gregory, and its managements struggle to regain profitability and avoid being assimilated into the OKeefe chain of hotels. About Blackmail Blackmail is taken from Arthur Haileys novel Hotel. The novel is very popular and was made into a movie in 1967 and turned into a TV series in 1983 that ran for five years. The novel was adapted into a movie in 1967 In1983?Aaron Spelling?turned into a?television series. The brief introduction of the author 阿瑟.黑利是一个传统的现实主义手法继承者，出生于英国卢顿，长期侨居美国。他以善于描写当代美国社会现实著称，而且对现实的反映比较真实。年轻时，曾在卢顿当过办公室勤杂员和办事员；第二次世界大战爆发时，他才十九岁，参加了英国皇家空军，任飞行员和空军上尉。1947年，他移居加拿大，先后做过房地产、商业杂志编辑、推销和广告经理人员等。另一方面，阿瑟.黑利比较深入实际生活，在写每一部作品前，他都要进行大量的社会调查研究，广泛收集材料。1979年，正式宣布退休，定居于巴哈马群岛。 Summary This novel is divided into five chapters: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. It narrates what happened in a American hotel within five days in the form of a diary, exposing the realities of contemporary American capitalist society. 《大饭店》描写了美国南部新奥尔良一家豪华的大饭店，由于老板沃伦.特伦特因循守旧，管理不善，跟不上时代的发展，结果负债累累，而被迫出售的故事。通过对这家饭店的描述，反映了美国资本主义社会形形色色的弊端和痼疾：旅馆巨臂弱肉强食，侦探人员敲诈勒索，饭店职工贪污盗窃，黑人遭到种族歧视，上层贵族卑鄙无耻，富家子弟腐化堕落，富商少女精神空虚，饭店惯窃贪婪无厌……所有这一切，可以说是当时腐朽的美国资本主义社会的一个缩影。阿瑟.黑利在他的这部作品里也塑造了几个可爱的人物。例如小说中的主人公彼得.麦克德莫特，在黑利的笔下，是一个年富力强、精通业务、事业心强、富有远见的经理人员。另外，如认真负责的厨师长安德烈.雷米尔、忠心耿耿的垃圾工人布克.特.格雷厄姆，作者都作了比较深入的描述，给人以深刻印象。 character Plot Monday :The Duke and Duchess arrived the hotel because they want to find someone to be their witness to prove that they were at the hotel tonight. While on the road, a seven-year-old girl was hit by a car and her mother was also badly injured and had been sent to hospital. The police was checked the suspicious car. Tuesday Wednesday When the detective is ready to go, Peter see him. At night, the Duke knew that he would be the ambassador to Washington, so, he decide to stay to response the interview and the Duchess to go Chicago lon