英语专业高级英语第一册第四单元PPT.pptVIP

Advanced English;Unit 4;Warm-up Exercises;Learning Points;I. Background Information; 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;Writing Features;2. Hotel;II. Introduction to the Passage ;Introduction to the Passage;III. Preview Questions;IV. Text Analysis;Part I: Introductory paragraph Time: 2 hours after Ogilvia made a phone call, Tuesday Place: Croydons suite Characters: protagonist: duck duchess antagonist: the detective Ogilvia ;Event: Ogilvia paid a visit to the Croydons suite The background of the conflict: The couple of the Croydons killed a kid and the mother by their car the night before and ran away;Part II: Developing paragraph the whole process of the conflict 1. Ogilvia wanted to blackmail the couple and promised to keep silent about the accident 2. Ogilvia asked for $ 10,000 but was rejected 3. The duchess offered $25,000 to Ogilvia for driving their car away from the hotel ;Part III: conclusion Ogilvia accepted the Duchess’s offer. ;Special Difficulties 1. Understanding the colloquial, and even slangy English 2. Analyzing and commenting on the three characters ;Character analysis;Theme;V . Effective Writing Skills ;VI. Exercises;Thank you