《现代大学英语精读1》第四课 midnight visitor

TheMidnightVisitorReinforcementTextAnalysisTheMidnightVisitorBackgroundWarmingupUnit4Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWBTRUnit4WarmingupTheMidnightVisitorWarmingupQuestions/Activities•Haveyoueverseenaspymovie,orreadaspystory?Whatisit?•Doyoulikeit?Why?WBTRWhatisaspylike?•Whatisyourgeneralimpressionofaspy?Lookattheprompts(提示)andpicturesonthenextslideandtrytothinkofasmanywordsaspossibletodescribepeoplewhoworkasasecretagent.Age,appearancePersonalityTasksResponsibilitiesReasonsTheMidnightVisitorYoungorold?Handsomeorordinary-looking?AdventurousCourageousIntelligentShrewd精明的PresenceofmindCollectandpassonsignificantinformationRecruitnewagentsFormoney?Forambition?Forpatriotism?Theyliveinasecretworldofdeception,fraud欺骗,,andsometimesviolence.EspionageTheMidnightVisitorEspionage•[Fr.]spying•Espionage(谍报)：thesecretcollectionofinformation,orintelligence,thatthesourceofsuchinformationwishestoprotectfromdisclosure.•Intelligence(情报)：evaluatedandprocessedinformationneededtomakedecisions.Intelligencegenerallyhasanationalsecurityconnotationandthereforeexistsinanaura(光环)ofsecrecy.AnExample•Britishintelligenceagentssecretlyintercepted(截获)conversationsofU.N.Secretary-GeneralKofiAnnaninhisNewYorkofficeslastyear.CIA中央情报局•CentralIntelligenceAgency•Mainlyforgatheringsecretinformationthatmaybearonnationalsecurity•Createdin1947•TheCIAalsocoordinatestheactivitiesoftheUnitedStatesintelligencecommunity,whichincludesagenciessuchastheDefenseIntelligenceAgency(DIA)andtheNationalSecurityAgency(NSA).•Inaddition,theCIAtakesoverallresponsibilityforgatheringinformationfromotherU.S.intelligenceagencies,analyzingtheseparatepiecesofinformationfromeachsource,andprovidingarecommendationtothepresidentoftheUnitedStatesandthepresident’sadvisers.FBI美国联邦调查局•FederalBureauofInvestigation•ChiefinvestigativeagencyoftheUnitedStatesfederalgovernmentandadivisionoftheU.S.DepartmentofJustice•TheprimaryresponsibilityforcounterespionageactivitieswithintheUS.,coordinatingitsworkwiththeCIA,whichisresponsibleforsuchoperationsoutsidetheUS.FBI•Italsoprovidesservicestootherlawenforcementagencies,includingfingerprintidentification,laboratoryanalysisofcriminalevidence,policetraining,andaccesstoacentralizedcrimeinformationdatabase.•Becauseofitsbroadmandate(授权),theFBIisoneofthemostpowerfulandcontroversialagenciesinthegovernment.•Thebureautracesitsoriginsto1908,whentheattorneygeneralappointedasmallgroupofinvestigatorswithintheDepartmentofJustice.KGB苏联国家安全委员会(克格勃)•Komitetgosudarstvennoybezopasnosti(StateSecurityCommittee)•thegovernmentagencyoftheUnionofSovietSocialistRepublics(USSR)inchargeoftheSovietpoliticalpolicefrom1954to1991.•TheKGB,thelastinaseriesofSovietsecurityagenciesdatingfrom1917,wasofficiallydisbanded解散whentheUSSRcollapsed.•Duringitsyearsofoperationtheagency’smaindirectivewastoprotecttheSovietregimefrominternalandexternalthreatsbymeansofavastpoliceandspynetwork.•Duringthecoldwar,boththeFBIandtheCIAconcentratedtheirattentionprimarilyonKGBoftheUSSR.1.spy2.espionage3.internationalspy4.doubleagent5.secretagent6.secretservice7.specialagent8.intelligence9.intelligenceagency10.counterintelligenceagency11.spymovies12.detectivestories13.undercoveragentorundercoveroperation1.间谍2.侦察、谍报3.国际间谍4.双重间谍5.秘密特工6.特工处7.特工8.情报9.间谍机构10.反间谍机构11.间谍片12.侦探故事13.秘密的地下工作者/活动Doyouknowtheseterms?Check-onPreview•Doyoulikethestory?Why/Whynot?•Readaloudthesentences/paragraphsyoulikebestandsaywhy.•Whatisthestoryabout?•Howdoyouunderstandthehistoricalbackgroundagainstwhichthestorywasset?•Whathaveyoufoundaboutthesourceofthisarticle?•Givethemeaning/thedefinitionofthefollowingwordsandexpressions(p.270):–officialhands,course,drama,astart,management,totakeachanceWBTRWarmingupObjectivesBytheendofthelesson,studentsareexpectedto•beabletoretellhowAusabledefeatedhisadversary(敌手,对手)Max.•beabletomakecharacteranalysisofAusable,MaxandFowler.•beabletousethekeywords,phrases,expressions,andgrammaritemscorrectlyandappropriately.•knowmoreabouttheauthor,detectivestoriesandrelatedinformationaboutsecretagents.WBTRWarmingupBackgroundGenreAuthorBWTRUnit1TheMidnightVisitorBackgroundAuthorHisLifeBWTR•BornonNov.10,1909inthePhilippines•GothisB.A.in1930attheUniv.ofMichigan•GothisM.A.injournalismin1932•1930-1940,hisstorieswaspublishedinWonderStories,DetectiveFictionWeekly,Mystery,TheIllustratedDetectiveMagazine,Street&Smith’sDetectiveStoryMagazine,AmazingStories,TheShadow,Street&SmithMysteryReader,DetectiveTales,ThrillingDetective,DoubleDetective,StartlingStories,Collier’s,ThePhantomDetective,ArgosyWeekly,UnknownWorlds,andBlackMask.RobertArthurBackgroundHisWorksAuthorBWTR1940sto1960s:HealsowroteradioscriptsandTVseries.HiscareerasawriterforradiocametoanendduringtheMcCarthyera.In1959,heworkedintelevisionandwrotescriptsforTheTwilightZone.1960s:hewasinvolvedineditingaseriesofanthologiesforyoungerreaders.HediedonMay2,1969inPhiladelphiaattheageof59.•ElementsofaShortStory•Setting•Characters:protagonistvs.antagonist•Conflicts•Climax•Theme•Suspense•IronyGenreBackground•Howisaspystorysimilartoordifferentfromadetectivestory?GenreBa