高级英语第一册
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
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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 / no
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. t in a mould:
When you take a picture, you t your body, your countenance ...in a certain way. That is to t 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, e
tc., co nsidered 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 tenly compelling, marked by arrogant assurance, dominating. This word is related to imperial.
The whole ntence can be paraphrad as follows:
Her handsome high-cheekboned features were t in a way which shows her imperial characte r.
102. respite: a short period of pau or rest, during a time of great effort pain, or trouble, a ti me of relief (as from labour, suffering or war) or delay (as before ntencing 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 rentment
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 caud the entire hou 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 ot her others on a thread, esp. round the neck for ornament.
She is wearing a string of green beads.
背景知识
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 hou 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 c ould to save it.
Several events happened during the week with the prent text as part of it.
The Duke of Croydon was an internationally famous statesman and the newly appointed Britis h ambassador to Washington. They occupied the best suite of the hotel.
Monday evening, the Duke went to the gambling hou. Later, his wife pursued and found hi m. On their way back, the car Jaguar knocked down a woman and her child. Both killed.
Then we have the prent text.
...
At one o'clock Thursday morning, Ogilvie drove the car north. But he was en leaving the hot el by McDermott. Later in the afternoon, McDermott witnesd the funeral of the two victims of the accident. He suddenly realized the relation between the two events and contacted police.
Ogilvie was caught in Tenne and nt back to New Orleans.
The Duke decided to go to the police to confess his crime (to surrender himlf / to give hims elf up). But he was hurled out the elevator due to the breakdown of it. He hit the cement ground a nd died instantly.
