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Text Appreciation
I. Text Analysis
1. General Analysis 2. Structure 3. Further Discussion
II. Sentence Paraphrase
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deadly enemy without lifting a finger.
Setting: a French hotel room
Protagonists: Ausable, Fowler, Max and a waiter
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II. Espionage and Related Terms
1. spy
1. 间谍
2. espionage
2. 侦察、谍报
3. international spy 3. 国际间谍
4. double agent
4. 双重间谍
5. secret agent
• Halloween is one of the world's oldest holidays, celebrated in several countries around the globe including the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Mexico, Latin America, and Spain.
Daily Accumulation Warming-up
Background Information
Text Appreciation
Origins Celebration Games the ancient Celtic peoples, the New Year was celebrated on November 1st of every year. This date marked the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter.This time of year was often associated with human death.
Celebration Games
• Carving Jack-O's-Lanterns • Trick-or-Treat • Ghost Tours • Costume Parties • Visiting Haunted Attractions
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Jack-O's-Lantern
• One story about Jack, an Irishman, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was singy with his money. So he was sent to hell. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Santan), so he was kicked out of Hell and make to walk the earth forever carring a lantern.
Ausable was, for one thing, fat… Though he spoke French
and German passably, he had never altogether lost the
Plot of the story Setting of the story Protagonists of the story
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For reference.
Plot: Ausable appears helpless, but he gets rid of his
strong, muscular, vigorous, lusty, sagacious, calm, toughminded, handsome, observant, attractive (irresistible to women), intelligent, good at fighting, several languages,versatile, perfect
dark-eyed beauty; luxury villa or hotel; advanced facilities: special pistol, luxury car, watch, clothes etc. mysterious missions, romantic, exciting, thrilling, danger, adventures etc.
I. The Author and the Text
• The text first appeared in Cillier's on June 17, 1939 and was later included in Mystery and More Mystery, which was edited by Robert Arthur and published by Rondom House in 1963.
• The antient Celts believed on the night before the new year, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred as the dead search for the afterlife. And the dead would be dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops.
HalloweenOct. 31
• The festivals would frequently involve bonfires , into which bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.
5. 秘密特工
6. secret service
6. 特工处
7. special agent
7. 特工
8. intelligence
8. 情报
9. intelligence agency9. 间谍机构
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III. FBI, CIA and MSS
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局 take on investigative assignments CIA Central Intelligence Administration
How Ausable outwits Max and
Part 3 (paras.17—26) about: makes him jump on the
“balcony”.
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Further Discussion about the Story
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warming-up
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• 2. What do you think a secret agent usually equiped with and what does he usually experience?
impressions of Ausable.
♣ Try to turn the passage into a little play and act it
out. (Assignment After Class
)
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I. Text Glimpse ♣ What was Fowler’s first impression of Ausable? ♣ How did Fowler get his first thrilling experience of the day? ♣ How did Ausable deal with the situation? ♣ How did Ausable finally outwit Max?
Ausable didn’t fit the description of any secret agent…(para.1)
Ausable was not at all what a secret agent should look like.
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Trick-or-Treat
Trick-or-Treat, is for children on or around Halloween in which they proceed from hourse to house in costumes, asking for treats such as confectionery with the question, "Trick or treat" The "trick" part of "trick or treat" is an idle threat to play a trick on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.