Unit 4 The Midnight Visitor Key to Exercises

the midnight visitor概括
"The Midnight Visitor"是一个神秘的故事，讲述了一个女孩在深夜神秘消失，然后又在数小时后重新出现，但她的行为和态度与以前完全不同。

她的母亲非常担忧，因为她开始表现出一种令人不安的行为，让她的家人和朋友感到震惊。

这个故事是一个悬疑和惊悚的故事，让读者对女孩的身份和她的经历感到好奇。

故事中充满了神秘和超自然元素，让读者感到紧张和兴奋。

同时，故事也探讨了人性的复杂性和心理的复杂性，让读者对人性有了更深入的思考。

总的来说，"The Midnight Visitor"是一个非常有趣和引人入胜的故事，适合所有喜欢悬疑和惊悚的读者。

Lesson 11 The Midnight VisitorRobert ArthurTeaching objectives1.To get students to know something about the author and secret agents.2.To guide students to understand and appreciate the text.3.To help students to master the key words, phrases and sentences.4.To foster the four basic skills of students.Teaching contents1.Background information about the author and secret agents2.Key words, phrases and discourses in the text.3.Writing styles and techniques of the text.4.Discussions and debates about the topic.Teaching techniquesTo integrate several different teaching methods and techniques: elicitation; explanation; illustration and discussion.Teaching proceduresI Background (50 minutes)1. About the author:Robert Arthur was born on November 10, 1909, at Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, the Philippines. Arthur graduated from the University of Michigan in 1930 with a B.A. in English. After working as an editor at one of the Publications, he returned to the University of Michigan where he received his M.A. in Journalism in 1932.He then moved to New York City, where he lived in Greenwich Village. (美国纽约市作家等聚居的)格林威治村During this time, he began to work as a writer and editor for detective magazines. Between 1930 and 1940, his stories were published in a great variety of detective stories, such as Wonder Stories, Detective Fiction Weekly, Mystery, Thrilling Detective, Startling Stories, Collier's, The Phantom Detective.2. About secret agentsIn this lesson we’ll read about a secret agent or international spy. Have you ever seen Hollywood movies of secret agents. Which movie or secret agent impressed you most? I think 007 movies are most amazing. Do you agree? Are you attracted by James Bond. What is James Bond like?young, strong, handsome, attractive, irresistible to women, intelligent and having infinite powerIn contrast to 007, what is the image of the secret agent called Ausable in our text? Can you describe him? Fat, sloppy, unhealthy, no guns, no threat to anybody, no linguistic genius,nothing mysterious, nothing romantic, nothing excitingBeing a secret agent so far away from the commonly accepted image, what is it that makes Ausable so uncommon?In the case of Ausable, the most outstanding feature must be his wisdom, his presence of mind （镇定，沉着）and his quick wit. He is not strong physically, but he can beat his enemy. He is fat and slow, but he reacts very quickly. He carries no weapon, but he has an excellent brain which is more powerful than any magic weapon. He appears helpless, but he gets rid of his deadly enemy without lifting a finger. There is no shooting or fighting, but the battle of wits is even more exiting and appealing.It is precisely this commonness that makes him so uncommon. The author is very clever in portraying him in this way in contrast to the general image because it makes the story fresh, unexpected and dramatic.II Structure analysis (30 minutes)Part I (1--5) tells who Ausable is and why Fowler wants to see him.In this part our impression of Ausable is no different from Fowler’s. Therefore, like Fowler, we as readers arenot at all prepared for what is to happen next.Part II (6--16) describes the unexpected visit of Ausable’s adversary Max.This gives Fowler as well as us a great start. Ausable also says he is totally unprepared, but in fact he is very calm. He talks as if he has admitted defeat. Actually he is already laying out a plan to deal with the situation. This is why he keeps talking about the balcony.Part III (17--28) tells us how Ausable outwits Max and makes him jump onto the “balcony”III. Detailed analysis (100 minutes)A. Sentence paraphrasing (40 minutes)1. Ausable didn’t fit the description of any secret agent.→Ausable was not at all what a secret agent should look like.2. … hardly a setting for a romantic figure.→…not the kind place suitable for a romantic person like a secret agent3. I was…dealing in espionage and danger.→I was a secret agent, engaged in spying and such dangerous work.4. Before long you will see a paper…into official hands.→…Soon you will see a document/a report come to me and when I receive that paper, I’ll place it in the hands of the proper authorities. By that time I will have fulfilled my task/mission.5. It will be safer in my hands than in yours.→We can assume that Max is an Eastern German defending the secret document of new Russian missiles. The question here is not in whose hands it will be safer. It is a life-and-death struggle.6. I’m going to raise the devil with the management this time.→He was making up a story, which turned out be a trap for Max.7. It was an ordinary window, against which now the night was pressing blackly.→The night was pressing against the window blackly or threateningly.B. Language points (70 minutes)1. thrillIf something gives you a thrill, it gives you a sudden feeling of great excitement, pleasure, or fear.Give sb a thrillI can remember the thrill of not knowing what I would get on Christmas morning...It's a great thrill for a cricket-lover like me to play at the home of cricket.VERB V n, V +at/to +nIf something thrills you, or if you thrill at it, it gives you a feeling of great pleasure and excitement.The movie thrilled us..The children will thrill at all their favourite characters.thrill with joyWe thrilled at the good news.2. disillusion V To free or deprive of illusion.使人清醒，使人梦想破灭n.The condition or fact of being disenchanted.醒悟；理想破灭：处于醒悟的状态或事实n.觉醒; 幻灭be disillusioned with对...大失所望illusion幻影[象] ; 幻觉, 幻想; 错觉; 错误的印象[概念]; 假象an optical illusion视错觉cherish the illusion that ...错误地认为...have no illusion about ...对...不存幻想3. romanticOf, relating to, or characteristic of romance.Given to thoughts or feelings of romance.Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love:a romantic atmosphere.Imaginative but impractical; visionary:romantic notions.Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitiousromantic tales [adventures]传奇式的故事[冒险]romantic scenes富于浪漫色彩的情景[景色]a romantic scheme不现实的计划a romantic report 夸大的报道4. gloomyalmost dark: a gloomy hotel room/ a gloomy dayhopeless, cheerless: My future seems gloomy.take a gloomy view offeel gloomy5. deal indeal in从事于; 经营, 做...买卖make/do a deal with与...做成一笔交易; 与...达成协议That's a deal.就这么办, 一言为定。

The Midnight Visitor 深夜访客Ausable did not fit the description of any secret agent Fowler had ever read about . Following him down the corridor of the gloomy French hotel where Ausable had a room , Fowler felt disappointed . It was a small room on the sixth floor ,and hardly a setting for a romantic figure .奥斯鲍根本不像书中见过的任何特工。

跟着他走在这个法国小旅馆昏暗的走廊上，方罗感到很失望。

奥斯鲍的房间在六楼，很狭小，一个浪漫的角色不应该是这样的背景。

Ausable was , for one thing , fat . Very fat . And then there was his accent . Though he spoke French and German passably , he had never altogether lost the New England accent he had brought to Paris from Boston twenty years ago .首先，奥斯鲍很肥，非常肥，讲话还带有浓重的口音。

他的法语和德语还说的过去，但二十年前从波斯顿带到巴黎的新英格兰口音还没舍得丢。

"You are disappointed ," Ausable said wheezily over his shoulder . "You were told that I was a secret agent , a spy , dealing in espionage and danger . You wished yo meet me because you are a writer , young and romantic . You thought you would have mysterious figures in the night , the crack of pistols , drugs in the wine .""你很失望吧，”奥斯鲍边走边气喘吁吁的说。