Unit 3 Blackmail

Unit 3 BLACKMAIL

Aims of teaching

1. the comprehension of the text

2. the mastery of the vocabulary and the language points

3. the familiarization with the language and the writing techniques

Important and difficult points

1. Slangy and ungrammatical expr essions such as ―pretty neat set-up‖, ―now

then‖, ―ain‘t‖ and etc.

2. The transition from mental monologue of the Duchess and the dialogue

between her and Ogilvie.

3. The function of the stage property --- cigar.

I. Background information

Title of the novel: Hotel

Setting:

The story happened in a hotel named St. Gregory /'greg ri/ in New Orleans, Louisiana which is in the south of US.

Main character of the novel: Peter McDermott, assistant general manager Main characters in this part of the novel:

Ogilvie: chief house officer

the Duke of Croydon: newly appointed British ambassador to the United States the Duchess of Croydon: wife of the Duke

a prostitute called lady friend by Ogilvie

Plot:

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 statesman 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 present text.

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At one o'clock 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 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 ending.

One of the guests, who looked old and sick, turned out to be a millionaire. Earlier he was seriously ill 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 or suspense. (thrill: to cause sudden strong feeling of joy, fear, excitement, pleasure etc. that seems to flow round the body like a wave) Others can be called cop-criminal novels, detective novels. The main purpose is for entertainment, amusement. Very often this kind of novels contain a lot of action, usu. suspension, not very much deep thought, without moral intention, not considered classic.

The basic technique is to make the whole story of crime into sth. like a jigsaw puzzle(拼板游戏). You can not see the outcome until the final part is put in.

II. Vocabulary

blackmail ( n.) :the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make known unpleasant facts about a person or group敲诈；勒索

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suite ( n.) :a group of connected rooms used as a unit，such as an apartment 一套房间

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cryptic ( adj.) :having a hidden or ambiguous meaning；mysterious隐蔽的，秘密的；神秘的

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fray ( v．) :make or become weakened or strained(使)变弱；(使)紧张

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dispatch ( v．) :send off or out promptly，usually on a specific errand or official business(迅速地)派遣，派出(常指特别差事或公事)

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errand ( n.) :a trip to carry a message or do a definite thing，esp. for someone else差事(尤指为别人送信或办事)

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piggy ( adj. ) : like a pig；gluttonous猪一般的；贪婪的(=piggish)

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sardonic ( adj.) :bitter，scornful(used of smile or laughter)disdainfully or bitterly sneering，ironic or sarcastic讥讽的；嘲笑的／sardonically adv．

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gross ( adj.) : big or fat and coarse—looking；corpulent；burtly肥胖的，臃肿的；粗壮的

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jowl ( n.) :the fleshy，hanging part under the lower jaw下颚的下垂部分

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encompass ( v．) :shut in all around；surround；encircle 围绕，环绕

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flip ( v．) :toss or move with a quick jerk；flick(用指等)轻弹；轻拂

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decor ( n.) :[Fre.]decoration[法语]装饰，装璜

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obese ( adj. ) :very fat；stout；corpulent过度肥胖的；肥大的

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appreciative ( adj.) :feeling or showing appreciation欣赏的；有欣赏力的；有眼力的；有鉴赏力的

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incongruous ( adj.) :lacking harmony or agreement; incompatible不和谐的；不调和不相容的；自相矛盾的

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falsetto : ①n．an artificial way of singing or speaking，in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice假声(说、唱)②adj.假声的；用假声唱的

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emission ( n.) :the act of sending out or giving forth(heat，light，smell)；the action of uttering(sound)(热、光、气味等的)散发，放出；(声音等的)发出

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spit ( v．) :eject，throw(out)，emit，or utter explosively喷出，吐出；激烈地说出

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savagery ( n.) :savage act，behavior，or disposition；barbarity暴行；残忍；凶猛

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blandness ( n.) :being mild and soothing温和，和蔼；文雅

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adversary ( n.) : person who opposes or fights against another；opponent敌手；敌方；对手

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high—tail ( v.) :[colloq．]leave or go in a hurry；scurry off (chiefly in high—tail it )[口]匆忙离开，匆忙走开；迅速撤退；迅速逃走(主要用于high—tail it)

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blink ( v．) :wink(the eyes)rapidly；cause(eyes)to wink眨(眼)；使眨(眼)

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inbred ( adj.) : innate or deeply instilled天生的，生来的，先天的

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flicker ( v．) :move with a quick，light，wavering motion摇曳，摇动，晃动

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interject ( v．) :throw in between；interrupt with打断；插入，插(话)

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clasp ( v．) :hold tightly(with the arms or hands)；grasp firmly握住；紧握

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conceal ( v．) :put out of sight；hide把……藏起来，隐藏，隐匿

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puff ( v．) :blow，drive，give forth，etc．in or with a puff or puffs(一阵阵地)吹；喷出

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leastways ( adv．) :(chiefly dial．)leastwise；anyway(多用于口语)至少；无论如何

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smug (adj.):narrowly contented with one‘s own accomplishments，beliefs，morality，etc．；self—satisfied to an annoying degree沾沾自喜的；自鸣得意的；自满的

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tuck ( v．) :put into a secluded or isolated spot把……放入隐蔽或隔离的地方；使隐蔽；(收)藏起

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cluck ( v．) :make a low，sharp，clicking sound，as of a hen calling her chickens or brooding；utter with such a sound(母鸡唤小鸡时的)咯咯叫，作咯咯叫声；(人)咯咯地叫；咯咯地说

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reproving ( adj. ) :expressing disapproval of指摘的；非难的／reprovingly adv．----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

hunch ( n.) :[colloq．]a feeling about something not based on known facts；premonition or suspicion[口]预感，预兆；疑心

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jockey ( n.) :[Am．slang]one who operates a specified vehicle，machine，etc．[美俚](某种车辆的)驾驶员；(机器等的)操作者

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bust ( v．) :[slang]burst or break[俚](使)爆裂，(使)击破

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despairing ( adj.) :feeling or showing despair；hopeless绝望的，没有希望的／despairingly adv．

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shrug ( v．) :draw up(the shoulders)，as in expressing indifference，doubt，disdain，contempt，etc．(为表达冷漠、无奈等)耸肩

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twig ( v．) :[Brit．colloq．]observe；notice[英口]观察；注意

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discreet ( adj.) :careful about what．one says or does；prudent：keeping silent or preserving confidences when necessary (言行)谨慎的；慎重的；考虑周到的／discreetly adv．

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holler ( v．) :[colloq．]shout or yell[口]叫喊，呼喊

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oafish( adj.) :stupid愚蠢的，笨拙的

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grotesque (adj.) :ludicrously eccentric or strange；ridiculous；absurd；fantastic 怪僻的；荒谬的；滑稽可笑的

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unequivocal ( adj.) :not equivocal；not ambiguous；plain；clear不含糊的；不模棱两可的；明确的；明白的

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bulbous (adj.) :shaped like a bulb；fat and round(often derog．)球茎形的；又肥又圆的(常用作贬义)

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countenance ( n.) :the face；facial features；visage脸,面孔;面貌，面容，容貌，脸色

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peremptory (adj. ) :intolerantly positive；dictatorial；dogmatic；imperious高傲的；武断的；专横的；强制的／peremptorily adv．

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rivet ( v．) :fix or hold(the eyes，attention，etc．)firmly(把目光、注意力等)集中于……

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imperious (adj.) : overbearing；arrogant；masterful，domineering傲慢的；专横的；盛气凌人的

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respite ( n.) :an interval of temporary relief or rest暂时的休息；暂时的喘息

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whiplash (adj. ) : showing resentment and ill humor by morose，unsociable withdrawal愠怒的，闷闷不乐的／sullenly adv．

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vacillation ( n.) :he state of wavering in mind；hesitation；indecision犹豫；踌躇

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dally ( v．) :be slow or waste time闲荡；延误

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bulge ( v．) :swell or bend outward；protrude or project膨胀，肿胀；鼓起，隆起，突出

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beady ( adj.) :(esp．of an eye)small，round，and glittering like a bead(尤指眼睛)似珠子般小而亮的

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Expressions

put out: stop sth．burning熄灭

例：I threw water over him．desperately trying t0 put out the flames．我

往他身上泼水，拼命地想扑灭他身上的火焰。

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take one‘s time(doing sth．或to do sth．或about sth．): do sth．slowly不着急，慢慢(做事)

例：You can take your time coming to See me．你不用着急来看我。

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on a hunch: based on feeling and for which there is no proof凭预感例：Few people are wiHing to stake their reputation on a hunch．很少

有人愿意贸然用名声冒险。

III. Detailed Study of the Text

1. blackmail: the obtaining of money or advancement by threatening to make

known unpleasant facts about a person or group

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

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.

If you sell the article at that price, the profit will be excessive.

excessive profit 暴利

fray:

a. to cause rope, cloth etc. to become thin or worn by rubbing, so that loose

threads develop.

His shirt is frayed at the neck / elbows.

frayed button holes

b. to cause a person's temper, nerves, etc to become worn out

His nerves were frayed by the noises in the street.

5. eventually: in the end, especially after a lot of delays, problems, or argument.

6. dispatch: (fml) to send away / off with promptness for a particular reason or in order to carry out a particular task

The cruiser despatched boats to rescue the survivors.

He dispatched his breakfast and left. 他匆匆忙忙吃晚饭离开了。

7. errand: a short journey made to get sth. or to carry a message

I have no time to run errands for you!

I've got a few errands to do in town.

8. terrier: any of several types of small active dogs, originally used for hunting (for pictures, see Longman)

wolfdog 狼狗, hound /au/ 猎狗, Pekinese 京吧, pug-dog 狮子狗, bull dog 牛头犬etc.

9. tension:

a. the degree of tightness or stiffness of a wire, rope, etc.

Here: nervousness, anxiety, worry or pressure

The doctor said that tension made her ill.

b. mental strain or excitement, condition when feelings are tense. an anxious, untrusting or possibly dangerous relationship between people or countries. There was a lot of tension in the air at the meeting.

You feel the tension in the room when the two opponents faced each other. International tension should be reduced when this agreement is signed.

10. accompany: to go with as on a journey, happen or exist at the same time as

Lightning usually accompanies thunder.

I'll be very glad to accompany you to the church.

11. pointedly: directly, in a noticeable and often unfriendly way, sharply expressed or shown

12. offensive: causing unpleasant or hurting feelings

to have an offensive manner / language

n: attack

spring offensive, counter offensive

offend: to hurt the feelings of

His words offended me.

13. piggy eyes: small eyes lost in the mess of flesh.

piggy: dirty, greedy

You are a pig (dirty, greedy, ill-mannered)

I've made a pig of myself.

14. sardonically: disdainfully, showing a feeling of being too good or important to consider a matter or person seriously, scornfully, cynically

15. gross: unpleasantly fat, vulgar, not refined

gross weight / net weight

16. jowl: the lower part of the side of the face, esp. loose skin and flesh near the lower jaw.

17. gaze: steady fixed look

18. appoint: to provide with complete and elegant furnishings or equipment well / badly / luxuriously appointed room.

19. encompass: to surround on all sides, to form a circle about, enclose

The enemy encompassed the city.

cf: compass: an instrument for showing direction

a pair of compasses: a V-shaped instrument used for drawing circles

20. set-up: the arrangement of furniture

21. flip: to send sth. spinning, often into the air by striking with a light quick blow.

22. butt: large thick or bottom end of sth.

(slang) the part of the body on which a person sits.

23. d cor: Fr. the ornamental furnishing and arranging of a place. esp. a room, house or stage

24. appreciative: showing admiration, pleasant, understanding

cf: appreciate:

The importance of oceanography（海洋学）is not as well appreciated.

25. chuckle: laugh inwardly or quietly, to make a continuous gently sound resembling suppressed merry, happiness, quiet laugh with close mouth

26. incongruous falsetto voice:

incongruous: not in harmony or agreement with, not harmonious, absurd,

inappropriate

behaviour incongruous with the principles

incongruous colours

A modern building that looks incongruous that old fashioned village falsetto: unnaturally high voice by a man, esp. in singing

car:

saloon: motor car with wholly enclosed space for 4-7 passengers.

sedan: saloon car for 4 persons or more.

limousine: motor car with an enclosed body, the driver‘s seat being separated sports coupe [?kupei] 2-seater saloon car

estate car / station wagon (waggon) saloon car with an enlarged body (as Peugeot)

convertible: touring car with a folding hood

jeep: useful on rough road, great freedom of movement

van: Covered road vehicle for carrying goods and sometimes people

coach: a bus used for long-distance travel or touring

double-decker: bus with two floors

cf: caravan: a vehicle that can be pulled by a car, which contains apparatus for cooking, beds for sleeping, etc and in which people can live, usu for holidays.

27. emission: the act of sending out heat, light, smell, sound, etc.

the emission of light from the sun

the emission of heat from a fire

If you sit by the hearth, you can sense the emission of the fire.

28. apparently: it seems that, as it appears, easily seen or understood, plain, obviously

29. disgusting: strong feeling of dislike caused by an unpleasant sight, sound or smell, or by bad behaviour, highly distasteful

What a disgusting smell / behaviour.

30. ridiculous: silly, absurd

31. blandness: gentle or polite in manner or talk

32. adversary: a person or group to whom on is opposed, opponent or enemy. Connotation: active hostility

Do as adversaries do, strike mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

cf: rival: a person with whom one competes. rival in love

33. your high-an-mightiness: used for ridicule, mockery

Your Majesty （陛下）: to emperor, empress, king, queen

Your Highness （殿下）: to prince, princess

Your Grace（大人）: to duke, duchess, archbishop

Your Mightiness (大人): to marquis, marquise / marchioness (Br.); count / earl (Br.), countess; viscount, viscountess; baron, baroness

Your Excellency（阁下）: to governor, ambassador, archbishop, premier Your honour （阁下）: to judge:

34. high-tail: (colloq.) run away in a hurry

35. throw the book:

If you throw the book at sb., you accuse them of every offence that is possible in a particular situation, or give them the greatest punishment that you are allowed to.

36. fancy: higher than the usu. reasonable price, not ordinary, fine

fancy cake / fruit / skating / birds

37. inbred: natural, possessed by a person from birth

inbred good manners

breed: to breed cows

China artificially breeds 10 pandas in 2002.

38. arrogance: pride and self-importance shown in a way that is rude and disrespectful to others.

I dislike him for his arrogance.

The boss's son is arrogant to all the employees.

39. spring: to jump, bound, bounce

an object, usu. a length of metal wound around, which tends to push, pull, or twist against a force and return to its original shape

40. wrath: (lit.) great anger, indignation, outrageous

41. wither: to cause sth. to become dry, faded, or dead

to cause sb. to be covered with shame or confusion

Flowers withered in the cold.

The hot sun withered all the plants.

Her scornful look withered her opponent.

Time can not wither her beauty.

42. unspeakable: that can not be described in words, inexpressibly bad, evil blackguard: villain, a wicked unhonourable person

43. flicker: wave, tremble, to move backwards and forwards unsteadily, Here: hesitate

44. interject: to make a sudden remark between others.

Interject carries extremely strong implication of abrupt or forced introduction. The word is often employed in place of 'said' in introducing a remark, statement, or question that forms more or less as in interruption or addition

(to interrupt means to cut or break the flow of sth. continuous such as the speech of others)

45. It's no go. What you are trying to do wouldn't work

It's a go.

accuse: to charge sb. with doing wrong or breaking the law, typically personal and immediate, suggests directness and sharpness

accuse sb. of sth.

The police accused him of murder.

I don't think anyone can accuse me of not being frank.

the accused

Several of the accused were found guilty / not guilty / innocent.

blame: consider sb. responsible for sth. bad. criticize

blame sb. for sth.

I don't blame you. I blame myself.

Bad workman often blame their tools.

I don't blame you for being cautious. (Your being cautious is understandable)

be to blame: be guilty of

Who is to blame for the failure?

I regard myself as very much to blame.

You are not to blame (It's not your fault).

to blame sth. on sb.

He blamed his failure on his teacher.

Don't blame our defeat on the weather.

blame, n.: responsibility for sth. bad.

Your are clear of all blame.

The accountant accepted the blame for the miscalculation

I'm going to take all the blame on myself.

46. wearily: (specific) very tired, unable to suffer any more of the same thing, unwilling to continue，exhausted

tired: general term, use up strength or patience, over exertion, bored

47. conceal: hide

These two words are exchangeable. While hide is a general term, conceal suggests intuition to hide, to refuse to let others know.

The snow hides all the ground.

The robber concealed the weapon under his coat.

You can't conceal the truth.

to conceal one's displeasure

48. spell out: literally, to write or say a word letter by letter, literarily, to explain in the most detailed way to spell out the government's plans

49. challenge: to call sb. to compete again St one in a fight, to call one to competitive action or effort, to test the abilities of a person

50. wrinkle: to cause to from into lines, folds

51. bayou: (in South-Eastern US) any of various bodies of water with slow current and lots of water plants

52. fussy: nervous and excitable about small matters, too much concerned about details

fuss: (It's uncountable, but often goes together with 'a') unnecessary nervousness or excitement

There is no need for fuss.

There is sure to be a fuss about...

Don't make so much (a) fuss.

Don't fuss. Stop fussing!

She is too fussy about her clothes.

He is impatient of bureaucratic fuss.

53. smug: goo pleased with oneself, showing too much satisfaction with one's qualities, position, etc.

He looks smug about knowing the answer.

54. swing: (of sth. having one end or one side fixed and the other free) move to and fro, forward & backward or in a curve a swing (qiuqian), a swing(ing) door

swinging: lively & up-to-date, gay and full of life, fashionably free & modern, esp, on sex life

55. oblige:

a. require s

b. to do sth., compel

We were obliged to work for him without pay, obliged to feed scores of his tame birds on our wretched crops.

b. to so sth. for sb. as a favour

Please oblige me by closing the door

Could you oblige me by preparing the text in advance?

Could you oblige me with a match / stamp / cigarette...

56. What gives: (sl) What is going on?

57. out of the way: improper, wrong, unusual

58. tuck away: put or push into a convenient position, to put into a convenient narrow space for protection, safety, etc.

tuck your shirt inside the trousers

have the bottles of wine tucked away under the bed.

59. cluck: to make a clicking sound with the tongue, to express interest or concern

60. reproving: blaming, accusing

to reprove to scold or correct usu. gently or with kindly intent, to express disapproval

61. mess: the state of disorder or untidiness

62. lickered up = liquored up, to have drunk alcoholic liquor excessively, drunk (cf: Don't drive when intoxicated.)

cf:

beverage: (fml) liquid for drinking, esp. one that is not water, medicine or alcohol

liquor: strong alcoholic drink, such as whisky, Maotai,...

chaser: mild drink, taken after hard liquor, such as beer

wine: alcoholic drink made from fruit, esp. grape

soft drink: non-alcoholic drink, such as soda pop, coca cola

63. I reckon you were lickered up, but good...

reckon: (infml) guess, suppose, calculate without counting exactly

I guess that you were not only intoxicated, but you were dead drunk.

Here GOOD is used as an intensive

a good 200 pounds (good—at least)

a good long time (good – quite相当地)

We waited for a good hour. 我们等了整整一个小时。

64. caution: to warn against possible danger, to warn sth. bad already done, often with the threat of future punishment for doing it again with the stress laid on advice.

The weather-broadcaster cautioned us about the icy roads.

He was cautioned to speak as a little as possible.

65. basement: the part (rooms) of a house which is below the street level

66. lobby: a passage inside the building which leads from the entrance

67. hunch: intuitive guess or feeling, suspect, strong intuitive feeling concerning a future event or result

68. pillar: general term for tall upright usu. round post made usu. of stone

cf:

column: architectural term, a pillar supporting sth.

69. concede: reluctantly accept sth. as true, it usu. suggests the strength of the opponent's argument.

You admit unwillingly that your opponent is right, what he says is true.

to concede a point in an argument

to concede a game, contest, argument means to end it by admitting that you can no longer win

I conceded that an error had been made.

"Maybe there is some truth in it," he conceded.

cf: admit: It stresses reluctance to grant or concede and refers rather to facts than to their implications

to admit a charge only means to admit the fact but not the view-point which the charge implies

to admit his crime / one's fault / one' error

confess: say or admit, often formally (that one has done wrong, committed a crime, etc)

The prisoner refused to confess (his crime).

I must confess I did not expect a speech about oyster here.

70. trim: material used for ornament

to decorate sth. with ribbons, laces, or ornaments

71. bust: to smash, break as with force

I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it.

(of the police) raid (a house) or arrest sb

Mickey was busted for drug smuggling.

(phr. v) bust up (infml.) (esp. of a married couple) quarrel and separate

It was his drinking that busted up their marriage.

(infml.of burst)break into pieces with a scattering of contents.

cf: crack: make a sudden sharp sound as that of ice or glass

bust: n.

1 sculpture of a person's head, shoulders and chest

2 (a)woman's breasts; bosom. (b) measurement round a woman's chest and

72. take on a musing note:

take on: begin to have an appearance

These insects can take on the colour of their surroundings.

Her eyes took on a hurt expression.

muse: to think deeply, forgetting the world around

His words sounded as if he was in deep thought.

73. poise: good judgement and self-control in one's action, combined with a quiet belief in one's abilities

The diver poised on the edge of the high board.

The gymnast poised on the balance beam.

She has perfect poise of mind & body, never seems embarrassed.

A good hostess should have a lot of poise.

turn sb / sth round: face in a different direction

Turn round and let me look at your back.

Turn your chair round to the fire.

74. get around to: find the necessary time to

I haven't been able to get around to reading your essay. I'll read it tonight. After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.

75. twig: (Br. sl.) (sl of thieves) notice, understand the meaning of, understand

76. discreet: careful, having good judgement in conduct, prudent, This word stresses the power of control

77. may (might, could) as well: with equivalent or comparable effect, with the same result

You may just as well wait upstairs.

You might as well stay with us here.

You might as well talk to her in person.

78. holler: (colloq.) cry, shout, call

You could hear grandma hollering Ned from the upstairs window.

79. seemingly: according to what appears, usu. opposed to what actually is so

a seemingly good luck / a seemingly nice person

He is seemingly very intelligent, but in fact he isn't.

80. casual: not serious, careless

a casual manner / remark / glance / handshake

An attractive woman always get seemingly casual glances on the street.

81. eventuality: possible esp. unpleasant or surprising event, result or outcome, possibility

He is ready for any eventuality.

82. trace: to find out the origins of sth., to find out how sth. first began

83. slim: poor, slight, not considerable

84. incriminating: showing or proving the involvement of a crime

85. oafish:

oaf: stupid, ungraceful person, esp. male

Why did she marry that great oaf?

86. roadblock: a bar or other objects used for closing a road to stop traffic

fall victim: victim

He soon fell victim to her charms.

Our people will never fall victims to fascism.

87. hazardous: of an activity which contains risk or danger from sth. beyond control. This word contains strong implication of dependence on chance while

RISKY implies voluntarily taking danger.

hazard n.,v.: danger; risk

Smoking is a serious health hazard.

Wet roads are a hazard to drivers.

Rock-climbers are hazarding their lives.

I don't know where he is but I could hazard a guess.

risk n.,

Is there any risk of the bomb exploding?

Persons swimming beyond this point do so at their own risk. The whole future of the company is at risk.

risk one's health, fortune, neck (ie life)

risk failure

risky adj. (-ier, -iest)

jeopardy: n. (idm) in jeopardy: in danger of harm, loss or destruction

A fall in demand for oil tankers has put/placed thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry in jeopardy.

Danger, jeopardy, hazard, risk mean either the state or fact of being threatened with loss of life or property or with serious injury to one‘s health or moral integrity or the cause or source of such a threat.

Danger is the general term and implies contingent evil in prospect but not necessarily inescapable.

Jeopardy implies exposure to extreme or dangerous chances. The term is much used in law in reference to persons accused or serious offenses, being tried in court, and therefore exposed to the danger of conviction and punishment.

Hazard implies danger from something fortuitous or beyond one‘s control, it is not so strong a term as Jeopardy.

Risk, more frequently than hazard implies a voluntary taking of doubtful or adverse chances.

88. complication: complicated situation

Sth. complicated is so complex that it is exceedingly difficult to understand, explain, solve or to deal with

Sth. complex is made up of so many different interrelated parts or elements that it requires deep study of expert knowledge to deal with it. Not like complicated, it does not imply a fault or failure.

Sth. intricate is hard to follow out because its parts are interwinding or interlacing.

89. terrain: a region or a stretch of land, esp. with regard to its natural features or suitability for some special purpose, as used in warfare.

90. adept: highly skilled, understanding the mysteries of some art or craft

be adept in music / playing games

cf:

expert: successful experience, broad knowledge of one's subject, distinguished achievement

91. betray: to reveal unknowingly or against one's will

Her red face betrayed her nervousness.

His accent betrayed that fact that...

The footprints betrayed the presence of a stranger.

92. conspicuous: noticeable, attracting attention

A traffic sign should be conspicuous.

She is conspicuous because of her trendy clothes.

Lincoln is a conspicuous example of a poor boy who succeeded.

93. abruptness: sudden, unexpected, rough

(Notice here involves a sudden change of topic of conversation. They were talking about the police' search of a car. The question "How much do you want?" is followed by the Duchess' interior monologue)

94. grotesque: absurd, strange & unnatural so as to cause fear or be laughable, exaggerated in an unpleasant way so that it is frightening or ridiculous

95. unequivocal: having a meaning that cannot be misunderstood or doubted, unambiguous, leaving no doubt.

96. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and round bulbous dome / nose

97. peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without question, impolitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience 98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates.

to hold or fasten with or as if with rivets

cf: glare, stare, fix

99. feature: any of the noticeable parts of the face

a man with Oriental features

Her 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): character, distinctive nature, a person's 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 person

be made / cast in mould of

He is made in his father's mould. (He has the same personality and character as his father's)

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 high-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 respite from the pain.

Sentence sb. to death with 2-years' respite.

103. bore: make a hole in

This machine can bore through solid rock.

104. swallow: to take back, to keep from expressing or showing, to accept without questioning, protest or resentment

to swallow one's words: take back what was said

105. sullen: silently bad-tempered, unforgiving, dark, gloomy

look sullen, to wear a sullen look

106. comply: act according to a demand, order, rule

to comply with the law / regulations

107. vacillation: hesitation, uncertainty, waver, continuous changing of one's opinions

This word implies prolonged hesitation resulting from one's inability to reach a

decision

He vacillates between accepting & not accepting.

The earthquake caused the entire house vacillate.

108. dally: to waste time or be slow

Don't dally or we'll be late.

dally over one's work

109. bulge: to swell out as a result of the pressure from within

110. 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.

IV. Structural and stylistic analysis

Part 1. Prelude

The chief house officer...Ogilvie remained standing {p.84 (old book, ditto)}. Section 1. The chief house officer...that both might return at any moment.

The setting, main characters, and the suspension.

Section 2. A wave of cigar smoke...Ogilvie remained standing.

The preliminary encounter between the house detective and the Croydons. Part 2: Process of unveiling the crime

Now then...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).

Section 1. Now then...Now we're getting somewhere (p. 86).

First round of clash. the Duke confessed his crime.

Section 2. Wearily, in a gesture...I can prove all I need to (p.87).

Second round of clash. Ogilvie spelt out what he found out about the activity of the Croydons and tried to confirm all the detailed. The Duchess tried to win back the upper hand.

Section 3. The Duke cautioned...the Duchess turned away (p. 89).

The Croydons realized that they were convicted of the crime. The conviction was undeniable.

Part 3. The Dirty Deal

Section 1. Her husband asked...You people are hot (p.91).

Eliminating the possibility of having the car repaired in New Orleans.

The possibility of not being found.

Section 2. The Duchess ...Or had they? (p. 93)

The interior monologue of the Duchess. Her judgement, analysis and calculation of the situation, weighing the advantages and disadvantages, the pros and cons.

Section 3. (The Duchess faced Ogilvie... the silence hung (p. 94)

The Duchess' decision to gamble on the greed of the house detective.

旅游与文化 翻译

旅游与文化I Part I 1．charming autumn scenery in a most fresh air and clear weather 秋高气爽，秋色宜人 2．the 15th General Assembly Session of the World Tourism Organization 世界旅游组织第15届全体大会3．to travel ten thousand li and read ten thousand books 读万卷书，行万里路 4．enriching themselves mentally and physically 承天地之灵气，接山水之精华 5．tourist arrival 旅游人数 6．foreign currency receipts 外汇收入 7．outbound tourists 出境旅游人数 8．unique, rich and varied tourism resources 得天独厚的旅游资源 9．World Cultural and Natural Heritages sites 世界文化遗产地和世界自然遗产地 10．t o add radiance and charm to each other 交相辉映 11．a thriving modern metropolis 繁华的现代化大都市 12．a patchwork of cottages 村舍星罗棋布 13．t o exist side by side 鳞次栉比 14．I nternational Architecture Exhibition 万国建筑博览会 15．c lock towers and turrets , marble pillars 钟塔、角楼和大理石柱 16．e ach representing a distinctively individual appearance 风格迥异，各领风骚 17．t he rainy season 梅雨季节 18．t o linger longer 留连忘返 19．e xcellence, elegance and the best quality 卓越超群，富丽堂皇，一流质量 20．e mbroidery, inlaid lacquer 刺绣，金漆镶嵌 21．g old and silver jewelleries, water-color woodblock prints 金银首饰，木刻水印 22．c arvings in jade, ivory, bamboo and woven bamboo baskets 玉雕、牙雕，竹雕，竹编筐篮 23．b ird cages, lanterns 鸟笼灯笼 24．d ouble-sided embroidery and sandal wood fans from Suzhou 双面绣和苏州的檀香扇 25．t erracotta teapots from Yixing, and clay figures from Wuxi 宜兴的陶制茶壶和无锡的泥人 26．t he Peach Blossom Fair 桃花节 27．t he Daci Temple Fair 大慈寺庙会 28．t he Chengdu Tourism Festival 成都旅游节 29．a place blessed with favorite climate, fertile land, rich resources and outstanding talents 物华天宝，人杰地灵30．s uperb artistic style of aiming at catching the sprit of the landscape 写意山水 31．a rtistic gems 艺术瑰宝 32．U NESCO Heritage Committee 联合国教科文组织遗产委员会 33．t he list of World cultural heritage 世界文化遗产名录 34．b ronzeware 青铜器 35．b amboo, wood and lacquer ware 竹木漆器 36．i nscribed bones and tortoise shells 甲骨 37．s eals 玺印 38．a rchaeology 39．r estoration room 文物修复馆 旅游与文化II Part II景点描述常用语 Match work: 雄伟壮丽imposing 灯火辉煌glittering

高级英语Blackmail文段分析

Blackmail, the lesson we’ve learned, is an excerpt [ek's?:pt, 'eks?:pt]from the novel Hotel, written by Arthur Hailey. And today, I will show u guys my understanding of the image which runs through the passage, the cigar smoke from the detective, Ogilvie. So, what’s the purpose of the author to describe this? What kind of meaning this image implies? What’s its function? Now, here we go. In general, there’re several points. First, the cigar smoke is a reflection of the detective’s character, a person who is impolite and vulgar ['v?lɡ?]. Second, the behavior of the detective with the cigar implies the change of the situation between the duchess and the detective. Last, if you are careful enough, u will notice that the whole conversation last within 2 cigars, showing this is an emergency. As we move on, I will do some detail explanations base on related paragraphs. Para 3: A wave of cigar smoke accompanied Ogilvie in. The image of smoke is always considered to be neutral ['nju:tr?l] or even negative. This sentence describes the ve ry first time Ogilvie’s appearance, the author use the cigar smoke to let us feel that Ogilvie is an uninvited guest with unfriendly purpose. Para 5: Taking his time, Ogilvie removed the offending cigar, knocked off the ash and flipped the butt toward an ornamental fireplace on his right. He missed, and the butt fell upon the carpet where he ignored it. This is a series of moves that done by Ogilvie after hearing the disapproval towards his cigar from the Duchess. Even Ogilvie agreed to put off the cigar, but he was actually unwilling to do so. His cigar is offensive, so do his behavior. All he had done is nothing but disrespect. Para 16: He took out a fresh cigar and bit off the end. Para 21: He lit the fresh cigar. Para 23: The house detective took his time, leisurely puffing a cloud of blue cigar smoke, his eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection. As the conversation becoming closer and closer to the point, Ogilvie was sure about what kind of serious crime the noble Croydons ['kr?id?n] had committed. Thinking of being the upper hands in the negotiation named as blackmail, Ogilvie began to smoke again; he knew that the Du ke and Duchess had to put up with it even they didn’t like his smoking. The reason is he was the advantage side, and he knew exactly the secret the couple wanted to hide. Para 42: He paused to puff again at the cigar as his listeners waited silently. P ara 108: At length Ogilvie spoke. “This cigar botherin’ you, Duchess?” As the story goes, the powerful Duchess tried to turn things around, she offered a big sum of money far more than the Ogilvie wanted and attempted to use Ogilvie’s greedy to help them fix the car in a proper way. Situation changed, now the initiative was back to the Duchess. Finally, Ogilvie agreed the deal, and he returned to be modest and humble.

《论语十则》——《中国文化经典研读》(整理)

《论语十则》——《中国文化经典研读》（整理） 1 子曰:“君子食无求饱，居无求安，敏于事而慎于言，就(1)有道(2)而正(3)焉，可谓好学也已。” 【注释】 (1)就:靠近、看齐。 (2)有道:指有道德的人。 (3)正:匡正、端正。 【译文】 孔子说:“君子，饮食不求饱足，居住不要求舒适，对工作勤劳敏捷，说话却小心谨慎，到有道的人那里去匡正自己，这样可以说是好学了。” 2 2?4 子曰:“吾十有(1)五而志于学，三十而立(2)，四十而不惑(3)，五十而知天命(4)，六十而耳顺(5)，七十而从心所欲不逾矩(6)。” 【注释】 (1)有:同“又”。 (2)立:站得住的意思。 (3)不惑:掌握了知识，不被外界事物所迷惑。 (4)天命:指不能为人力所支配的事情。 (5)耳顺:对此有多种解释。一般而言，指对那些于己不利的意见也能正确对待。 (6)从心所欲不逾矩:从，遵从的意思;逾，越过;矩，规矩。 【译文】 孔子说:“我十五岁立志于学习;三十岁能够自立;四十岁能不被外界事物所迷惑;五十岁懂得了天命;六十岁能正确对待各种言论，不觉得不顺;七十岁能随心所

欲而不越出规矩。” 3 子曰:“由(1)，诲女(2)，知之乎,知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。” 【注释】 (1)由:姓仲名由，字子路。生于公元前542年，孔子的学生，长期追随孔子。 (2)女:同汝，你。 【译文】 孔子说:“由，我教给你怎样做的话，你明白了吗,知道的就是知道，不知道就是不知道，这就是智慧啊～” 4.颜渊、季路侍(1)。子曰:“盍(2)各言尔志。”子路曰:“原车马，衣轻裘，与朋友共，敝之而无憾。”颜渊曰:“愿无伐(3)善，无施劳(4)。”子路曰:“愿闻子之志。”子曰:“老者安之，朋友信之，少者怀之(5)。” 【注释】 (1)侍:服侍，站在旁边陪着尊贵者叫侍。 (2)盍:何不。 (3)伐:夸耀。 (4)施劳:施，表白。劳，功劳。 (5)少者怀之:让少者得到关怀。 【译文】 颜渊、子路两人侍立在孔子身边。孔子说:“你们何不各自说说自己的志向,”子路说:“愿意拿出自己的车马、衣服、皮袍，同我的朋友共同使用，用坏了也不抱怨。”颜渊说:“我愿意不夸耀自己的长处，不表白自己的功劳。”子路向孔子说:“愿意听听您的志向。”孔子说:“(我的志向是)让年老的安心，让朋友们信任我，让年轻的子弟们得到关怀。” 5 子曰:“知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。” 【译文】

高级英语第六课Blackmail译文

第六课 讹诈 阿瑟?黑利 负责饭店保安工作的欧吉维探长打了那个神秘的电话，本来说好一个小时后光临克罗伊敦夫妇所住的套房的，可实际上却过了两个小时才到。结果，当外间门上的电铃终于发出沉闷的嗡嗡声时，公爵夫妇的神经都紧张到了极点。 公爵夫人亲自去开门。此前她早已借故把女仆支开，并且狠心地给那位脸儿圆圆的、见到狗就怕得要死的男秘书派了一个要命的差事，让他牵着贝德林顿狼犬出去散步。想到这两个人随时都会回来，她自己的紧张情绪怎么也松弛不下来。 随着欧吉维进屋的是一团雪茄烟雾。当他随着她走进起居室时，公爵夫人目光直射着这个大肥佬嘴里叼着的那烧了半截的雪茄。“我丈夫和我都讨厌浓烈的烟味，您行行好把它灭了吧!” 探长那双夹在面部隆起的肉堆中的猪眼睛轻蔑地将她上下打量了一番。接着，他便移动目光，对这个宽敞豪华、设备齐全的房间扫视了一周，看到了那位正背朝窗户、神色茫然地望着他们的公爵夫人。 “你们这套房间布置得倒挺讲究的呢。”欧吉维慢条斯理地从口中拿下雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后将烟蒂扔向靠右边的一个装饰性壁炉，但他失了准头，烟蒂掉到地毯上，他也不去管它。公爵夫人的嘴唇绷得紧紧的。她没好气地说道，“我想你该不是为谈论房间布置到这儿来的吧。” 他乐得咯咯直笑，肥胖的身子也跟着抖动起来。“不是的，夫人，怎么会呢!不过，我确实喜爱高雅的东西。”他压低了他那极端刺耳的尖嗓音接着说，“比如像你们那辆小轿车，就是停在饭店的那辆，美洲虎牌，是的吧?” “噢!”这声音不像是从口中说出来的，倒像是从克罗伊敦公爵鼻子中呼出来的。他的夫人马上瞪了他一眼，以示警告。 “我们的车子与你有什么相干呢?” 公爵夫人的这句问话似乎是个信号，一听到这个信号，探长的态度马上就变了。他猝然问道，“这儿还有别的人么?” 公爵回答道，“没有。我们早把他们都打发出去了。”

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

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

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 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11:48 96. bulbous: shaped like a bulb, swelling and disgustingly fat and round bulbous dome / nose 97. peremptorily: (fml) showing an expectation of being obeyed at once and without questi on, impolitely and unfriendly, commanding, insisting obedience 98. rivet: metal pin for fasten plates. to hold or fasten with or as if with rivets cf: glare, stare, fix 99. feature: any of the noticeable parts of the face a man with Oriental features Her 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): character, distinctive nature, a person's character, nature, et c., 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, behavio ur or lifestyle that are typical of that kind of person be made / cast in mould of He is made in his father's mould. (He has the same personality and character as his father' s) 101. imperious: in tensely compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This wo rd is related to imperial. The whole sentence can be paraphrased as follows: Her handsome high-cheekboned features were set in a way which shows her imperial char acter.

翻译中国文化和历史

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