高级英语blackmail课文讲解

高级英语（下）

Lesson One What’s Wrong with Our Press? 课文要义（Main idea of the text）

As a printed - word woman, the author tries to point out the disadvantages and problems remain in the press by making a contrast with television based on the date out of a survey. Having sharply criticized the partisan bit and the abuse of the sacred right entrusted to the press: to inform a free people. Marya Mamies has reached a conclusion that the press will be hopeless and useless unless it has to make some dramatic changes even th

(高级英语课文 翻译)

Book 1 Lesson 3 Blackmail

敲诈 --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

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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

自己写的赏析

Blackmail

About the author.

This novel is written by Arthur Hailey.He is a bestsellers novelist. Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, Hailey served in the Royal Air Force from the start of World War II during 1939 until 1947, when he went to live in Canada. Hailey's last novel, Detective(1997), is a mystery told from the perspective of a Miami homicide detective. This detective also happens to be a former Catholic priest who has lost his religion; the work deals with themes of religion and questions the Catholic Church

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Lesson One The Company in Which I work 我工作的公司

By Joseph Heller

In the company in which I work , each of us is afraid of at least one person .

我工作的公司里，每个人都至少害怕一个人。

The lower your position is , the more people you are afraid of .

职位越低，所惧怕的人越多。

And all the people are afraid of the twelve men at the top who helped found and build the company and now own and direct it .

所有的人都害怕那十二位顶层上司，他们帮助创建了这个公司，而且现在仍然大权在握。All these twelve men are elderly now and drained by time 歲月滄桑and success of energy and ambition .

所有这十二位都已经上了年纪，而且岁月的沧桑和对成功的执著追

Lesson Five Trifles (Part One) 琐事（第一部分） 苏珊·格拉斯珀尔

人物

乔治·亨德森，县法官 亨利·彼得斯，司法官

路易斯·黑尔，附近的农场主 彼得斯夫人 黑尔夫人 场景

约翰·赖特的农场里现已闲置的房屋中的厨房。这是一间阴暗的厨房，人离开时尚未收拾整齐——洗涤槽下有没洗的煎锅，装面包的盒子外面有一块面 包，桌子上有一块擦桌布——还有其他未干完活儿的迹象。后侧，大门打开，司法官走上，身后跟着县法官和黑尔先生。司法官和黑尔先生是中年人，县法官是个年 轻人，三个人都穿着臃肿，立刻走向炉火。他们的身后跟着两个女人——前面的司法官夫人，她身材略显瘦长却很结实，面庞消瘦，而且紧张不安。后面是黑尔夫 人，她身材高大，模样平时还称得上令人愉快，但现在却心烦意乱，一进屋就惊恐地四处张望。两个女人缓缓地走进房间，紧挨在一起站在门边。 县法官：（搓着双手）这儿感觉不错。到炉火这边来吧，女士们。

彼得斯夫人：（向前迈了一步后）我不——冷。 司法官：（解开外套，从炉边走开，仿佛以此标志着开始了公务）黑尔先生，在我们移动任何东西之前，你向亨德森先生讲讲你昨天早晨来这

Teaching Notes to Lesson 5 The One Against the Many Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Notes to Guide to Reading

1. Brief introduction to the author

Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), influential U.S. historian noted for his liberal politics and histories of the presidencies of Andrew Jackson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In addition to his scholarly work, Schlesinger took an active political role in Democratic Party politics. He was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and two National Book Awards. Schlesinger was the son o

Blackmail

Arthur Hailey

1 The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear at the ○

Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.

2 The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an ○

invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary – who was terrified of dogs – to exercise the Bedli

实用标准

Blackmail

Arthur Hailey

1 The chief house officer, Ogilvie, who had declared he would appear ○

at the Croydons suite an hour after his cryptic telephone call actually took twice that time. As a result the nerves of both the Duke and Duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded.

2 The Duchess went to the door herself. Earlier she had dispatched her ○

maid on an invented errand and, cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary – who was terrified of dogs – to exercise the

Why Don't We Complain?

It was the very last coach and the only empty seat on the entire train， so there was no turning back. The problem was to breathe. Outside the temperature was below freezing. Inside the railroad car the temperature must have been about 85 degrees. I took off my overcoat， and a few minutes later my jacket， and noticed that the car was flecked （饰以斑点） with the white shirts of the passengers. I soon found my hand moving to loosen my tie. From one end of the car to the other， as we rattled through Westchest