英语专业高级英语第一册第四单元.ppt

Advanced English Unit 4 ? Blackmail by Arthur Hailey Warm-up Exercises Morning Report Reciting Assignment Check Learning Points I. Background information II. Introduction to the passage III. Preview Questions IV. Text analysis V . Effective Writing Skills VI. Exercises I. Background Information A. Arthur Hailey 1. Life the author of a number of bestselling novels Born in Luton, England, in 1920 educated in English schools until age fourteen After a brief career as an office boy, he joined the British Royal Air Force in 1939 and served through World War II, rising through the ranks to become a pilot and flight lieutenant. In 1949 Hailey emigrated to Canada, where he was successively a real estate salesman, business paper editor and a sales and advertising executive and then became a Canadian citizen. In 1956 Arthur Hailey scored his first writing success with a TV drama. Flight into Danger, which later became a motion picture and a novel, Runway Zero-Eight (1958). Bestsellers The Final Diagnosis (1959) In High Places (1962) Hotel (1966) Airport (1968) Wheels (1971) The Moneychangers (1975) translated into 27 languages and widely read all over the world Writing Features Though a Canadian himself, he set the scene of most of his works in the United States. Each of his books deals with one particular field of society. This is made clear by the titles of his books. They are valuable to those who are eager to learn about contemporary American society. 2. Hotel  II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: a piece of narration - character - actions - conflicts - climax - denouement Introduction to the Passage 2. Structure : -- introduction -- development -- climax -- conclusion III. Preview Questions 1. Did Ogilvie deliberately delay his call at the Croydon’s suite? Why? 2. Why did the Duchess send her maid and secretary out?