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1、现代大学英语精读1第四课 midnight visitor Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. -author -author -date-dateR einforcementT ext AnalysisThe Midn
2、ight VisitorB ackgroundW arming upUnit 4Questions / ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesWBTRUnit 4Warming upThe Midnight VisitorWarming upQuestions / Activities Have you ever seen a spy movie, or read a spy story? What is it? Do you like it? Why? WBTRWhat is a spy like? What is your general impressi
3、on of a spy? Look at the prompts (提示) and pictures on the next slide and try to think of as many words as possible to describe people who work as a secret agent.Age, appearancePersonality TasksResponsibilities Reasons The Midnight VisitorYoung or old?Handsome or ordinary-looking?AdventurousCourageou
4、s Intelligent Shrewd精明的精明的Presence of mindCollect and pass on significant information Recruit new agentsFor money?For ambition? For patriotism?They live in a secret world of deception, fraud欺骗欺骗, and sometimes violence.Espionage The Midnight VisitorEspionage Fr. spying Espionage(谍报): the secret coll
5、ection of information, or intelligence, that the source of such information wishes to protect from disclosure. Intelligence(情报):evaluated and processed information needed to make decisions. Intelligence generally has a national security connotation and therefore exists in an aura(光环) of secrecy. An
6、Example British intelligence agents secretly intercepted (截获) conversations of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his New York offices last year.CIA中央情报局 Central Intelligence Agency Mainly for gathering secret information that may bear on national security Created in 1947 The CIA also coordinates
7、the activities of the United States intelligence community, which includes agencies such as the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). In addition, the CIA takes overall responsibility for gathering information from other U.S. intelligence agencies, analyzing the s
8、eparate pieces of information from each source, and providing a recommendation to the president of the United States and the presidents advisers.FBI美国联邦调查局 Federal Bureau of Investigation Chief investigative agency of the United States federal government and a division of the U.S. Department of Just
9、ice The primary responsibility for counterespionage activities within the US., coordinating its work with the CIA, which is responsible for such operations outside the US. FBI It also provides services to other law enforcement agencies, including fingerprint identification, laboratory analysis of cr
10、iminal evidence, police training, and access to a centralized crime information database. Because of its broad mandate (授权), the FBI is one of the most powerful and controversial agencies in the government. The bureau traces its origins to 1908, when the attorney general appointed a small group of i
11、nvestigators within the Department of Justice.KGB苏联国家安全委员会(克格勃) Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (State Security Committee) the government agency of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in charge of the Soviet political police from 1954 to 1991. The KGB, the last in a series of Soviet
12、security agencies dating from 1917, was officially disbanded解散when the USSR collapsed. During its years of operation the agencys main directive was to protect the Soviet regime from internal and external threats by means of a vast police and spy network. During the cold war, both the FBI and the CIA
13、 concentrated their attention primarily on KGB of the USSR. 1. spy 2. espionage 3. international spy 4. double agent 5. secret agent 6. secret service 7. special agent 8. intelligence 9. intelligence agency10. counterintelligence agency11. spy movies12. detective stories13. undercover agent or under
14、cover operation 1. 间谍间谍 2. 侦察、谍报侦察、谍报 3. 国际间谍国际间谍 4. 双重间谍双重间谍 5. 秘密特工秘密特工 6. 特工处特工处 7. 特工特工 8. 情报情报 9. 间谍机构间谍机构10. 反间谍机构反间谍机构11. 间谍片间谍片 12. 侦探故事侦探故事13. 秘密的地下工作者秘密的地下工作者/活动活动Do you know these terms?Check-on Preview Do you like the story? Why/Why not? Read aloud the sentences/paragraphs you like best
15、and say why. What is the story about? How do you understand the historical background against which the story was set? What have you found about the source of this article? Give the meaning/ the definition of the following words and expressions (p.270): official hands, course, drama, a start, manage
16、ment, to take a chanceWBTRWarming upObjectivesBy the end of the lesson, students are expected to be able to retell how Ausable defeated his adversary(敌手, 对手)Max. be able to make character analysis of Ausable, Max and Fowler. be able to use the key words, phrases, expressions, and grammar items corre
17、ctly and appropriately. know more about the author, detective stories and related information about secret agents.WBTRWarming upBackgroundGenreAuthorBWTRUnit 1The Midnight VisitorBackgroundAuthorHis LifeBWTRBorn on Nov. 10, 1909 in the Philippines Got his B.A. in 1930 at the Univ. of MichiganGot his
18、 M.A. in journalism in 1932 1930-1940, his stories was published in Wonder Stories, Detective Fiction Weekly, Mystery, The Illustrated Detective Magazine, Street & Smiths Detective Story Magazine, Amazing Stories, The Shadow, Street & Smith Mystery Reader, Detective Tales, Thrilling Detective, Doubl
19、e Detective, Startling Stories, Colliers, The Phantom Detective, Argosy Weekly, Unknown Worlds, and Black Mask. Robert ArthurBackgroundHis WorksAuthorBWTR1940s to 1960s: He also wrote radio scripts and TV series. His career as a writer for radio came to an end during the McCarthy era. In 1959, he wo
20、rked in television and wrote scripts for The Twilight Zone.1960s: he was involved in editing a series of anthologies for younger readers.He died on May 2, 1969 in Philadelphia at the age of 59. Elements of a Short Story Setting Characters: protagonist vs. antagonist Conflicts Climax Theme Suspense I
21、ronyGenreBackground How is a spy story similar to or different from a detective story?GenreBackgroundA spy story vs. a detective story Both have complicated plots so that the reader remains as puzzled as the characters within the story. Both are like a puzzle and the climax of the story is the solut
22、ion of the puzzle. The bulk (大部分内容) of the narrative concerns the logical process by which the investigator follows a series of clues to this solution. Suspense is used a lot. A spy story is mainly concerned with international intrigue(阴谋)and politics; while a detective story is usually concerned wi
23、th local crimes.DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeUnit 1Text AnalysisTWBRThe Midnight VisitorText AnalysisStructure1Para. 1-5Who Ausable was and why the young writer Fowler was disappointed with him2Para. 6-23How Ausable developed a plan to deal with his adversary Max and what he did to throw Max off gu
24、ard3Para. 24-28How Ausable finally outwitted Max and made him jump onto the so-called balcony and kill himselfTWBR Wisdom is more powerful than any weapon. Never judge a person by his appearance. First impressions could be misleading. He who laughs last, laughs longest.Text AnalysisThemeText Analysi
25、sDetailed AnalysisMain IdeaSentence ParaphraseWords & ExpressionsExercisePart I Part II Part III TWBRText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWhen and where did the story happen?Who was Fowler? Why did he follow Ausable to his room?What was his first impression of Ausable? Why did Fowler feel disappointed with
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