现代大学英语1-unit-4-Midnight-Visitor-自编课件

unit4RobertArthurSecretagentQ&AHaveyoueverreadanystoriesorseenanymoviesofsecretagents?Whoisthebest-knownimageofasecretagent(spy)everinvented?Whatisyourimpressionofasecretagent?Q&AyoungstronghandsomeirresistibletowomanextremelyattractiveintelligenthavinginfinitepowersQ&ARobertArthur(1909-1969)BornonNov.10,1909inthePhilippinesHediedonMay2,1969inPhiladelphia1930-1940:hisstoriesaboutDetectiveFictionIn1959,workingintelevisionandwritingscriptsforTheTwilightZone.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TheCentralIntelligenceAgency(CIA)wascreatedin1947withthesigningoftheNationalSecurityActbyU.S.PresidentTruman.CIAwastocoordinatethenation’sintelligenceactivitiesandcorrelate,evaluateanddisseminateintelligencethataffectsnationalsecurity.TheCIAisanindependentagency,responsibletothePresident,providingnationalsecurityintelligencetoseniorUSpolicymakers.TheDirectorofCentralIntelligence(DCI)servesastheprincipaladvisertothePresidentandtheNationalSecurityCouncil(NSC)onallmattersofforeignintelligencerelatedtonationalsecurity.OnJuly26intheyear1908,duringthePresidencyofTheodoreRoosevelt,AttorneyGeneralCharlesBonaparteordered9newlyhireddetectives,13civilrightsinvestigators,and12accountantstotakeoninvestigativeassignmentsinareassuchasantitrust,peonage,andlandfraud.Ninety-sixyearslater,thatsmallgroupof34investigatorshasgrownintoacadreofover28,000employees.TheFBIalsoparticipatedinintelligencecollection.Itshighlyskilledandinventivestaffcooperatedwithengineers,scientists,andcryptographersinotheragenciestoenabletheUnitedStatestopenetrateandsometimescontroltheflowofinformationfromthebelligerentsintheWesternHemisphere.Becauseofitsbroadmandate(授权),theFBIisoneofthemostpowerfulandcontroversialagenciesinthegovernment.苏联国家安全委员会(克格勃)thegovernmentagencyoftheUnionofSovietSocialistRepublics(USSR)inchargeoftheSovietpoliticalpolicefrom1954to1991.TheKGBwasofficiallydisbanded（解散）whentheUSSRcollapsed.Duringthecoldwar,boththeFBIandtheCIAconcentratedtheirattentionprimarilyonKGBoftheUSSR.Plot:Setting:Protagonists:Ausableappearshelpless,buthegetsridofhisdeadlyenemywithoutliftingafinger.aFrenchhotelroomAusable,Fowler,MaxandawaiterWhoisthesecretagentinthetext?Whatwashedescribedinthetext?(keywordsinnextpage)Doyouthinkhefitthedescriptionsofasecretagent?Beingasecretagentsofarawayfromthecommonlyacceptedimage,whatisitthatmakeshesouncommon?(keywordsinnextpage)sloppyfatunhealthycarriesnogunsnolinguisticgeniusnothingmysteriousnothingromanticnopistolfirenodark-eyedbeautiesnothingexcitingWhatwashedescribedinthetext?InthecaseofAusable,themostoutstandingfeaturemustbehis____,hispresenceofmindandhisquickwit.Heisnot____physically,buthecanbeathis____.Heisfatand____,buthereactsveryquickly.Hecarriesno____,buthehasanexcellentbrainwhichismorepowerfulthananymagicweapon.Heappearshelpless,buthegets____ofhisdeadlyenemywithoutliftingafinger.Thereisnoshootingorfighting,butthebattleof____isevenmoreexitingandgripping.InthecaseofAusable,themostoutstandingfeaturemustbehiswisdom,hispresenceofmindandhisquickwit.Heisnotstrongphysically,buthecanbeathisenemy.Heisfatandslow,buthereactsveryquickly.Hecarriesnoweapon,buthehasanexcellentbrainwhichismorepowerfulthananymagicweapon.Heappearshelpless,buthegetsridofhisdeadlyenemywithoutliftingafinger.Thereisnoshootingorfighting,butthebattleofwitsisevenmoreexitingandgripping.Ausableisportrayedinthewayincontrasttothegeneralimageofaspybecauseitmakesthestory_________,___________and_________.freshunexpecteddramaticWisdomismorepowerfulthananyweapon.Neverjudgeapersonbyhisappearance.Firstimpressionscouldbemisleading.Hewholaughslast,laughslongest.p.80Ex.2Fowlerfeltdisappointed.Itwas…hardlyasettingforaromanticfigure.(para.1)hardlyasettingforaromanticfigure:notthekindofplaceforaromanticpersonlikeasecretagentfigure:n.a.symbolforanumberb.diagramc.humanformd.person,esp.personofinfluenceExamples:Hehasanannualincomeofsixfigures.Theblackboardiscoveredwithgeometricalfigureslikesquaresandtriangles.Isawafigureapproachinginthedarkness.AlexandertheGreatisagreathistoricalfigure.Fowlerfeltdisappointed.Itwas…hardlyasettingforaromanticfigure.(para.1)WhywasFowlerdisappointed?Inthefollowingtext,whichwordswillhelpyoutofindtheanswer?Ausablewas,foronething,fat.Veryfat.Andthentherewashistwentyyearsago.(para.2)foronething…foranother…:foronereason..foranotherreason…“Youaredisappointed,”Ausablesaidwheezilyoverhisshoulder.(para.3)Wheezilyoverhisshoulder:vividdescriptionYouthought…thecrackofpistols,drugsinthewine.(para.3)drugsinthewine:putdrugsinsb’swinetomakehimfallasleep.Ausablewassofatthathehaddifficultybreathing.….insteadofhavingmessagesslippedintohishandbydark-eyedbeauties…..(para.4)havesth.donebysb:sbisdoingstheg:Soonwe’llhaverailwayextendedtoLhasa.slipintoone’shand:toputintoone’shandq