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1、高级英语第一册高级英语第一册 lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解课文详解 2 detail study、背景、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习知识、文章结构及修辞学习 2008-02-11 12:11:18| 分类： 默认分类 | 标签： |字号大中小 订阅 高级英语第一册 lesson6 Blackmail 课文详解 2 detail study、背景知识、文章结构及修辞学习2007 年 01 月 01 日 星期一 下午 11:4896. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and roundbulbou
2、s dome / nose97. peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without question, impolitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates.to hold or fasten with or as if with rivetscf: glare, stare, fix99. feature: any of the noticeabl
3、e parts of the facea man with Oriental featuresHer mouth is her worst feature / best feature, like a cherry.100. set in a mould:When you take a picture, you set your body, your countenance .in a certain way. That is to set in a mould.(A lame one-eyed king taking a picture)mould (Am.E) = mould (Br.E)
4、: character, distinctive nature, a persons character, nature, etc., considered as having been shaped by family type, education, training, experience, etc.Be cast in a mould of a particular kind means to have the characteristics, attitudes, behaviour or lifestyle that are typical of that kind of pers
5、onbe made / cast in mould of He is made in his fathers mould. (He has the same personality and character as his fathers) 101. imperious: in tensely compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This word is related to imperial.The whole sentence can be paraphrased as follows:Her handsome hig
6、h-cheekboned features were set in a way which shows her imperial character.102. respite: a short period of pause or rest, during a time of great effort pain, or trouble, a time of relief (as from labour, suffering or war) or delay (as before sentencing or executing).The patient said he never had any
7、 respite from the pain.Sentence sb. to death with 2-years respite.103. bore: make a hole inThis machine can bore through solid rock. 104. swallow: to take back, to keep from expressing or showing, to accept without questioning, protest or resentmentto swallow ones words: take back what was said105.
8、sullen: silently bad-tempered, unforgiving, dark, gloomylook sullen, to wear a sullen look106. comply: act according to a demand, order, ruleto comply with the law / regulations107. vacillation: hesitation, uncertainty, waver, continuous changing of ones opinionsThis word implies prolonged hesitatio
9、n resulting from ones inability to reach a decisionHe vacillates between accepting & not accepting.The earthquake caused the entire house vacillate.108. dally: to waste time or be slowDont dally or well be late.dally over ones work109. bulge: to swell out as a result of the pressure from within110.
10、bead: small ball of glass or other material with a hole through it for a string worn with other others on a thread, esp. round the neck for ornament.She is wearing a string of green beads. 背景知识Background informationTitle of the novel: HotelSetting: The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory /gr
11、eg ri/ in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.Main character of the novel:Peter McDermott, assistant general managerMain characters in this part of the novel:Ogilvie: chief house officerthe Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United Statesthe Duchess of Croydon:
12、 wife of the Dukea prostitute called lady friend by OgilviePlot: Gregory was now at the brink of bankruptcy, but Peter McDermott is trying every means he could to save it.Several events happened during the week with the present text as part of it.The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous sta
13、tesman and the newly appointed British ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel. 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.Then we have the p
14、resent text.At one oclock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. But he was seen leaving the hotel by McDermott. Later in the afternoon, McDermott witnessed the funeral of the two victims of the accident.He suddenly realized the relation between these two events and contacted police.Ogilvie
15、was caught in Tennessee and sent back to New Orleans.The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himself / to give himself up).But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground and died instantly. Anyway, the novel had a pleasant endi
16、ng.One of the guests, who looked old and sick, turned out to be a millionaire. Earlier he was seriouslyill and was saved by McDermott and his girl friend. To show his gratitude and to repay the hotel staffs kindness, he bought the hotel and appointed McDermott executive vice president of the hotel.This kind of novels are called thrillers. Generally 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
