Lesson 3 Blackmail
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阿瑟·黑利
1.负责旅馆保安工作的奥格尔维探长在他那个神秘的电话里说好一个钟头将来到克罗伊敦夫妇的套房里来，事实上过了两个小时才到。结果，当外面门上的电铃终于微弱地嗡嗡响起时，公爵夫妇的神经都紧张到了极点。
2.公爵夫人亲自去开门。之前她找借口把女仆打发了出去。那个圆脸的男秘书，见到狗就怕得要死，公爵夫人狠心地让他去遛遛贝德林顿狼犬。但这两个人随时都会回来，一想到这类，公爵夫人的紧张情绪就放松不下来。
3.奥格尔维吐着烟雾进了屋。到了起居室的时候，公爵夫人直直得盯着这个大肥佬嘴里抽了一半的雪茄，“我老公和我都讨厌浓烟味，请你把它灭了好吧?”
4.探长长着厚厚的双下巴，脸上的猪双眼讥讽地查看了公爵夫人一眼。然后他扫视了一圈这个宽敞豪华、设施完备的房间，看到公爵这个时候背朝窗户神色茫然地面对着他们。
5.“你们这套房间布置得倒挺讲究的呢。”奥格尔维慢条斯理地取出那叫人讨厌的雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后把烟蒂扔向右侧的装饰性壁炉，但没扔进来，烟蒂掉到地毯上，他也不在乎。
6.公爵夫人绷紧了嘴唇，尖刻地说，“我想你不是来谈论房间装饰的吧。”
7.他表示赏析地轻声笑起来，肥胖的身子跟着抖动。“不是的，夫人，当然不是!不过我确实喜欢优雅的东西。”他压低了他那别扭的尖嗓音接着说，“譬如像你们那辆小轿车，就是停在旅馆这八的那辆，是美洲豹牌的吧?”
8.“嗯!”这声音不像是从克罗伊敦公爵嘴里发出来的，倒像是从鼻子中呼出来的。他的夫人立刻瞪了他一眼以示警告。
9.“大家的车子碍你啥事了?”
10.公爵夫人的话好像给探长提了醒，探长的态度立刻就变了。他忽然问道，“这儿还有别的人么?”
11.公爵回答道，“没。大家早就把他们都打发出去了。”
12.“还是检查一下的好。”这个大胖子动作出奇地快，打开所有些门往里看，对整个套房前前后后地搜查了一遍。显然他对整套房间的布局是非常了解的。最后他第三打开外面的房门又关上，认可地回到了起居室。
13.公爵夫人坐在一张直靠背椅上，奥格尔维还是站着。
14.“我说，”他开口了，“你们两个肇事后逃跑了吧。”
15.她直视着他的双眼。“你在胡扯些什么?”
16.“别装了，夫人。这不是闹着玩儿。”他掏出一支新雪茄，把烟头咬掉。“报纸你们已经看过了吧，电台里也不断地广播呢。”
17.克罗伊敦公爵夫人那本来非常苍白的双颊变得通红。“你的话真是太恶心，太荒唐了……”
18.“你给我——闭嘴!”奥格尔维忽然粗鲁地脱口而出，他此时凶相毕露，先前装出的那副和蔼劲儿荡然无存。他全然没把公爵放在眼里，居然把那支还没有点燃的雪茄在他们的鼻子底下晃了一晃。“你听我说，尊敬的阁下。这事儿目前闹得满城风雨——警察，市长，所有些人都了解了。一旦他们查出昨夜的事是哪个干的，是哪个撞去世了那孩子和她的妈妈，然后却逃之每天，他们必然会严加惩处，不管肇事者是哪个，也不管他们有着多么显赫的爵位。目前我了解了真相，倘若我照章办事的话，没等你眨眼，警察就来了。但我要讲讲公道，所以先到你们这儿来听听你们我们的想法。”他的猪双眼眨巴了几下，随即沉下脸来。“如果你们想被抓走，就直说吧。”
19.克罗伊敦公爵夫人依仗着三个半世纪祖传下来的傲慢天性，并没随便低头。她猛地一下跳了起来，怒容满面，灰绿色的双眼里喷射出火光，直瞪瞪地逼视着一堆肥肉的探长。熟知她的人都会被她的声调吓得矮掉半截。“你这下流的无赖，敢在我这儿撒野!”
20.奥格尔维虽然有股自信劲儿，也不禁为之一震。但在这个时候克罗伊敦公爵插话了：“你如此更不是个方法，老婆子。按探长的话试一试也好。”他面向奥格尔维说道：“你刚刚说的大家撞人的事是真的，肇事者是我，是我开车撞死那小女孩的。”
21.“这才像话，”奥格尔维说着点燃了那支刚掏出来的雪茄。“大家这才谈到点子上。”
22.克罗伊敦公爵夫人累了，以认输的姿势颓然坐回到椅子上。她的手在颤抖，为了掩饰，她双手握在一块，问道：“你都了解些什么?”
23.“好吧，那我可说了。”探长慢慢腾腾地，一边悠然地吐出一团青色的雪茄烟雾，一边瞟向公爵夫人，眼里的嘲弄仿佛故意要激起她的反感似的。但公爵夫人只不过厌恶地皱了皱鼻子，一声不吭。
24.奥格尔维手指着公爵说：“昨晚入夜不久，你去了爱尔兰海湾的林迪娱乐城。你是开着你们那辆心爱的美洲豹去的，并且还携带一个情妇。假如你不挑眼的话，至少，我猜你会这么称她的。”
25.说到这儿，奥格尔维携带坏笑看了看公爵夫人。见此情形，公爵厉声道：“说下去!”
26.“好啊”——那张自鸣得意的胖脸又转了回来——“据我所知，你赌钱赢了一百，然后全花在夜店里。你筹备同一些有头有脸的人物再赌一百，这个时候你夫人坐出租车赶到了那儿。”
27.“你是如何了解这所有的?”
28.“实话告诉你吧，公爵——我在这个城市和这个旅馆呆了很久了。到处都有我的朋友。我帮他们，他们也帮我。譬如说告诉我什么地方发生了些啥事儿，住在这个旅馆的大家所做的事情，但凡有点儿出格的，极少能瞒得过我。大部分旅客回我了解。”都不了解我会知道他们的事，他们也不认识我。他们以为我们的那些小秘密不为人知，有的也确实不为人知——可是这一回我了解。”
29.公爵冷冷地说，“原来是这样。”
30.“有一件事我想弄了解。我生性好奇，夫人，你是怎么样猜到他的去处的呢?”
31.公爵夫人说道，“既然你了解得这么多….…告诉你也无所谓了。我老公习惯在打电话时做记录，而打完电话后一直忘了尽销毁掉。”
32.探长连连咂嘴，责备地说：“公爵，这种习惯未免太不小心了，瞧它给你带来多大的麻烦。那样,我估计下面你开车携带夫人一块回家了。尽管后来的结果表明，假如她来开车，可能不会出事。”
33.“我夫人不会开车。”
34.奥格尔维了解了似的点了点头。“这个是了解了。反正，我估计你当时是已经喝醉了，但还好……”
35.公爵夫人打断了他的话：“这么说你并不了解实情!你了解的事情都不可以一定!你拿不出任何真凭实据来证实……”
36.“夫人，但凡需要证实的，我都能证实。”
37.公爵提醒夫人，“老婆子，还是先让他把话说完吧。”
38.“就是嘛，”奥格尔维说道。“坐好了听我讲。昨天夜里，我看见你们进去的——为了防止经过门厅，你们走的是地下室，而且两个人看着都是惊魂未定的样子。我那时也刚进去，就想了解是什么问题儿。我说过了，我这生活性好奇。”
39.公爵夫人吸了一口气，“说下去。”
40.“昨晚深夜，撞人的消息传开了。我预感到是你们，就悄悄地去车库里检查了一下你们的汽车。你们大概没注意到—它刚好停在远处一个角落里，又隐藏在一个柱子后面，其他司机开车经过根本看不到。”
41.公爵舔了舔嘴唇。“我想目前停车地方已经不重要了。”
42.“但你或许会在那儿留下点蛛丝马迹，”奥格尔维承认道。“不管如何说，我的发现促进我去侦察了一番——警察局的人和我相熟，我去询问了一下。”他停下来吐了口烟，公爵和夫人则静静地等候着。雪茄烟头发出红光时，他对它细看了一眼，又接着说下去。“他们那儿有三件东西做为追查的线索。一个前灯的框圈，那肯定是撞到那孩子和女性时从车上掉下来的；一些前灯玻璃的碎片；另外通过检查那孩子的衣服，他们判断车上应该有一种摩擦痕迹。”
43.“一种什么?”
44.“公爵夫人，倘若你把衣服和硬物摩擦，特别和汽车防护板这种光滑闪亮的硬物摩擦时的话，上面会留下类似指纹的痕迹。警察局的化验室像提取指纹一样处置这种痕迹——涂上药粉、痕迹便显现出来了。”
45.“这倒挺新鲜的，”公爵仿佛是在谈论什么与己无关的事情似的。“我以前可不了解。”
46.“了解的人不多。不过，在这件案子上，我想那也没多大关系。你们车上有一只前灯打碎了，框圈也掉了。警察必然会觉得你们的车子就是肇事车。即便没发现擦痕和血迹也会这么觉得。哦，我还忘了对你说们，车上有很多血迹，尽管在黑漆表面上不如何明显。”
47.“天哪!”公爵夫人一手捂着脸，转过身去。
48.她的老公问道，“依你看该如何解决?”
49.大胖子搓着双手，低下头看着自己那又大又肥的手指。“我刚刚已经说过，我是来先聽你们的想法的。”
50.公爵绝望地说，“我还能怎么说呢?你什么都了解了。”他想挺起胸来，可就是挺不起来。“你还是公告警方来处置此事容吧。”51.“其实呢，这事也不需要着急。”他那别扭的尖嗓音里携带一种沉思的声调。祸已经闯了，再急也不可以让那孩子和她的妈妈复生。况且，公爵，你是不会喜欢警察局的处置的。真的，阁下，你绝不会喜欢的。”
52.公爵夫妇听完这话后慢慢抬起了双眼。
53.“我倒是期望，”奥格尔维说，“你们两个能想出点儿什么方法来。”
54.公爵迟疑地说：“我听不知道。”
55.“我听了解了，”克罗伊敦公爵夫人说。“你想要钱，是否?你是来这儿敲诈大家的。”
56.她如果想以这话来震慑住他们的话，那她的期望就落空了。探长只耸了耸肩。“随你如何说，夫人，我不在乎。我来这儿的目的是为了帮你们摆脱困境，但我也要吃饭呀。”
57.“你得了钱便对你所了解的事守白如瓶吗?”
58.“或许会吧。”
59.“但照你所说的来看，”此刻公爵夫人已恢复了往日镇定自若的神态，她指出，“那根本没用，反正车子早晚会让人发现的。”
60.“那你们也只能去试试看看了。不过车子也未必会被发现，有的状况我还没有对你们讲呢。”
61.“快说吧。”
62.奥格尔维说，“有的状况我一个人也还没完全弄了解。撞到那孩子时，你们的车子是往城外开，而不是往城里开的吧。”
63.“大家走错了路，”公爵夫人说道。“不知为何方向弄反了。新奥尔良的街道弯弯曲曲，是比较容易走错方向的。后来大家是从小路绕回来的。”
64.“我想也是如此的，”奥格尔维点了点头，表示了解了。“但警方却没想到这样的情况，他们正在搜查那些开车去城外的人。所以，他们这会儿只正在郊区和城外小镇里进行搜索。他们也会会回头搜索市区，但眼下还不会来。”
65.“他们多长时间会回来呢?”
66.“三四天将来吧。他们先要搜不少地方。”
67.“那又有哪些用呢——拖延几天而已?”
68.“或许会有用，”奥格尔维说。“只须没人注意到你们的车子—无人发现它停在什么地方，放在那儿可能比较安全。只须你能把它弄走。”
69.“你是说弄出这个州去?”
70.“我的意思是离开南方。”
71.“没那样容易吧?”
72.“是困难，夫人。每个邻州—得克萨斯、阿肯色、密西西比、亚拉巴马与其余各州都会密切注意一辆损毁得象你这辆一样的车子。”
73.公爵夫人想了想。“能不能先维修一下呢?修得好的话，大家会出大价钱。”
74.探长使劲摇着头。“那样的话，还不如目前就去警察局投案自首。路易斯安那州境内的每一家维修厂都已接到公告，一旦发现像你们那样需要维修的汽车，要立即向警方报告。汽车维修店会报警的，你们的事大家都了解。”
75.克罗伊敦公爵夫人极力控制自己那脱缰野马般的的思绪。她了解维持自己头脑的冷静和理智至关要紧。适才那几分钟的谈话氛围好像变得很随便，仿佛所讨论的只不过一些不重要的家常琐事 而并不是人命关天。她想就这么谈下去。她第三意识到，她需要担当起唱主角的责任。此时此刻，她正在和这个恶毒的肥佬之间的买卖，而她的老公只不过一名紧张而被动的旁观者。无所谓，是祸躲不过。重要的是提前考虑好所大概性。她忽然想出了一个主意。
76.“你说警方拿到了大家车上掉下来的一件东西，叫什么来着？”
77.“框圈。”
78.“它会成为追查的线索吗?”
79.奥格尔维点头一定。“他们能查出它是从哪种汽车上掉下来的—生产商，车型，或许还能查出出厂年份，或者是大致的出厂时间。那车灯玻璃碎片也可以起到同样用途。但因为你们的车子是外国的，查起来可能得花几天的工夫。”
80.“几天过后，”她追问道，“警方就会了解他们要找的是一辆美洲豹吗?”
81.“我想是如此。”
82.今天是星期二。依据这家伙所讲的状况，他们最多只能拖到星期五或星期六。盘算过后，公爵夫人发现了当下问题的重点。假使买通了这个探长，他们唯一的机会——很渺茫的机会—就是飞速将汽车弄走。若能弄到北方某个城市里去，那儿大家不了解新奥尔良发生的车祸和警方的搜查行动，车子就能神不知鬼不觉地在那里修好，如此罪证也就消灭了。那样,即便将来再怀疑到克罗伊敦夫妇头上，也找不到什么证据。但车子怎么样才能弄走呢?
83.毫无疑问，这个粗俗的探长说的是真话：要想把车子开到北方，沿途所要经过的各州都会像路易斯安那州一样警惕和注意的，所有些公路巡警都会留神注意一辆前灯破损、没框圈的车子，或许还会设有路障。比较容易被目光锐利的警察抓到。
84.但这还是大概做得到的。只须可以夜间行车，白天把汽车隐藏起来。有很多地方离得远远的高速公路，没警察看守。如此做风险非常大，但总比坐以待毙好。他们可以走乡间小道，为掩人耳目，也可以选择不大会有人走的路线。
85.但还存在其他的一些麻烦……目前该对那些问题加以考虑了。走小路需要要熟知地形才行，克罗伊敦夫妇可不熟知地形，而且他们两个对看地图都不如何在行。另外，行车途中不可以不停车加油，到时候他们的言谈举止会暴露我们的身份而引人注意。不过……这类险是非冒不可的。
86.非冒不可吗?
87.公爵夫人面对着奥格尔维。“你要多少钱?”
88.这猝然的问话让奥格尔维吃了一惊。“唔……我想你们家是很有钱的。”
89.她冷冷地说：“我问你要多少。”
90.探长那双猪双眼眨巴了一下。“一万USD。”
91.尽管这数目比她所预料的多了一倍，她却不动声色。“如果大家付了如此一笔巨款，能得到哪种回报呢?”
92.大胖子好像被这话问糊涂了。“我已经说过，我可以对自己了解的所有严守秘密。”
93.“如果大家不付钱呢?”
94.他耸了耸肩。“我下楼到门厅里去，打电话。”
95.“不，”话说得斩钉截铁。“大家不会付钱给你。”
96.克罗伊敦公爵不安地移动着身子，探长那滚圆的脸涨得通红。“听我说，夫人……”
97.她专横地打断他的话。“我不听，你给我听着。”她紧紧盯住他的脸，漂亮、高颧骨的脸上一副极为傲慢的神态。“大家即便付钱给你也没什么用，顶多也只不过拖延几天时间罢了。你把这一点已经讲得非常了解了。
98.“你们有机会………”
99.“住口!”她双眼死死地盯住他，厉声呵斥道。他忍气吞声，绷着脸不吭气了。
100.克罗伊敦公爵夫人了解，下面的事或许会是她一生中所做的最重大的事。决不可以出半点差错，不可以因我们的见识狭隘而犹豫不决或举棋不定。要想赢大钱，就得下大注。她想对这大胖子的贪心赌一把，而且要恰如其分，才能保证万无一失。
101.她果断地宣布，“大家不会付给你一万USD，但大家会付给你二万五千USD。”
102.探长的眼珠子都鼓起来了。
103.“作为回报，”她不动声色地继续说道，“你得把大家的汽车开到北方去。”
104.奥格尔维依旧瞠目结舌。
105.“二万五千USD，”她重复道。目前先付一万，等你到芝加哥与大家碰面时再付一万五。”
106.大胖子舔了舔我们的嘴唇，依旧一言未发，那双圆圆的小双眼直盯住她的眼睛，仿佛不相信似的。一阵沉默。
107.后来，在她目不转睛的逼视下，他微微点了一下头。
108.又是一阵沉默。最后奥格尔维说话了：“夫人，这支雪茄让你烦心了吧?”
109.她点了点头，大胖子随马上它掐灭了。
训练答案
Ⅱ.
A.
1.The Duchess had expected that the detective was coming for the accident.She wanted to keep the secret from the maid and the secretary,so she sent them out beforehand.
2.No,Ogilvie didn't show any respect to the Duke and the Duchess.
He knew their secret,spied on the Croydons'and got evidence against them,so he intends to be in an advantageous position from the very beginning.
3.The Duke committed a hit-and-run crime.It was a serious crime.
4.The previous night he saw the Duke and his wife entering the hotel through the ba百度竞价推广ent instead of the lobby,both of them looking right shaken.When the word about the hit-and-run was out,he went over to the garage and took a look at their car.He found that the headlight of the car was busted,the trim ring was gone,a brush trace was there and there was plenty of blood,though it didn't show too much on the black paint.All these were important evidence for the crime.
5.Ogilvie came to talk with them and asked them to “suggest something"rather than reported the evidence to the police and“get it over",which made the Duchess reach the conclusion that Ogilvie had come to blackmail them.
He also gave a hint by coming to their suite,telling them that they were involved in the hit-and-run and saying "I got to live".
6.Because every repair shop in New Orleans had been told to report to the police when a car needing repair like theirs came in.
7.Knowing the greed of the detective,the Duchess offered him a large sum so that he could not resist the temptation and would agree to drive the car to the north.
8.Yes,he did.He suggests obedience to the Duchess in the last sentence.
B.
1.One evening,when driving back from gambling house,a Duke and a Duchess,living in a luxurious hotel in New Oreland,knocked down and killed a woman and her child.They drove away after the accident.Later,the accident caused some sensational reactions in the city.The house detective of the hotel noticed the unusualness of the Duke and the Duchess,so he examined the Duke's car and found that the Duke was just the murderer.Then he wanted to blackmail the Duke,so he didn't report to the police.At first,the Duchess and Duke denied their crime,but facing profound evidences given by the detective,they had to admit they killed the woman and her child.Then the detective said he could keep the secret if they give him a large sum of money.The Duke was a coward,so it was the Duchess that had to deal with the detective.The clever Duchess figured out that to avoid being discovered,they must drove the car out of the city.So she offered the detective twice the money he demanded provide he drives the car to Chicago up in the north.The greedy detective accepted the Duchess's requirement.
2.The theme of the story is the blackmailing and counter blackmailing and the major conflicts in this story is between the Croydonsand the chief house officer—Ogilvie.
3.The third-person narrative voice is applied because the narrator is totally outside the events so that the narrator can not only tell the reader everything related to the story,including the time,place and the protagonists who did it,but also reveal how the characters thought and felt.For instance,in the story"Blackmail",paragraphs 75 and 82 vividly depicted how the Duchess was thinking of concocting a clever plan to bring about a turning point in their currently disadvantageous situation.
4.The action of the events moves very fast,so that the reader is always kept in suspense.The three characters in the story are mainly portrayed through verbal confrontations.It's not only the intense conflicts between the characters,but also the conflicts within each character that hold the readers' interest and attention.
5.The differences in social status between the Duchess and the chief house detective are shown through their different speeches and manners.
1)Due to her noble blood,good education and breeding,the speech of the Duchess is refined,elegant and well-structured,while the
speech of the chief house detective is coarse,ungrammatical and slangy.
2)The Duchess is an arrogant,shrewd and imperious woman with a strong character;she doesn't yield easily;she is bossy even her
husband is submissive to her;she masterminds the cover-up after the traffic accident and offers Ogilvie more money than he has
expected;facing Ogilvie,unlike her husband,she is always concentrated and able to keep the situation under control.All this says
something about her social status and her breeding.
The chief house detective is vulgar,greedy,ill-mannered and unscrupulous.For example,he comes into the suite smoking a cigar,and when the Duchess protests,he just throws his cigar on the carpet and ignores it.And when the Duchess offers to pay him 25thousand dollars,he licks his lip with his eyes bulging.All these depictions show how repulsive this character is.
6.The writer builds up the suspense of the story through the vivid depictions of the meeting of the Croydons and the chief house detective and through the distinctive characters who are unpredictable,changing or growing with actions,rounded and three-dimensional in the story.So the readers are attracted to the story.
The section of Paragraphs 1-22 mainly introduces the meeting of the house detective Ogilvie with the Duke and the Duchess,and also describes the Croydon's hit-and-run accident in their Jaguar,Ogilvie's blackmailing,the Duke's breakdown and the Duchess's helplessness before the facts.
This section is the introduction to the whole story.It sets the stage for the confrontations between Ogilvie and the Duchess,and prepares for the coming climax of the story.
7.The plot doesn't evolve in a straightforward way;there are quite a few twists and turns in the storyline.The turning point of the story comes at Paragraph 100,when the Duchess decides to gamble on Ogilvie's greed and prepares to offer him 25 thousand dollars,which is much more than Ogilvie has asked for.
8.Arthur Hailey is skillful in portraying the characters in his novels.The characterization in this story is achieved through describing their look,the place they live in,clothes,furniture,cars,etc.,and most importantly,their speech and manners.
1)For example,Ogilvie is portrayed as a vulgar,coarse,unscrupulous,greedy and ill-mannered villain in this novel.He has piggy eyes,a gross jowled face and an obese body.He speaks in falsetto,which is inconsistent with a man as fat as he is.
Knowing that the Croydons were in the hit-and-run,he comes to the hotel suite to blackmail them regardless of what they may think or feel.He comes into the room smoking his cigar and asks for ten thousand dollars to remain quiet,and when the Duchess protests,he just throws his cigar on the carpet and ignores it.Later on he takes out a fresh cigar,and waves it under the Duchess's nose,which is very cunning,greedy,rude and ill-mannered indeed.
Through the ungrammatical and slangy language he uses such as "there's things""you was..”"musta"“shoulda"etc.,we can draw a conclusion that he is poorly educated.
2)The Duke is timid and weak.He is fond of drinking,gambling and women.And in this story,responsible for killing a woman and a child,he is frightened to death and eager to escape the responsibility.Facing Ogilvie,he is rather passive and at a loss about how to deal with the situation and just let his wife in charge of the whole situation.
3)The Duchess,in contrast with the Duke,is stronger in character.She is,arrogant,shrewd and imperious even her husband is submissive to her.In the whole process of dealing with Ogilvie,dominant and composed,she tries hard to pretend that they have nothing to do with the traffic accident.After sizing up the whole situation,she offers to pay much more than Ogilvie requires,which
is out of everyone's expectation.And finally she successfully makes Ogilvie an accomplice in the cover-up of the hit-and-run crime.
Ⅲ.
1.Ogilvie suddenly yelled out the vulgar words,throwing away his pretending polite manner.
2.When they find who killed the mother and the kid and then ran away,they'll deal out the maximum punishment,and they will not care who will be punished in this case or what their social position is.
3.The Duchess,born to be proud in a noble family with a history of three centuries and fifty years,did not lower herself easily.
4.The Duchess was a good actress and she appeared so firm about their innocence that,for a brief moment,Ogilvie felt unsure if his assumption about them was right.But the moment was very short and passed quickly.
5.The house detective was in no hurry.He enjoyed his cigar and puffed a cloud of blue cigar smoke in a relaxed manner.At the same time,his eyes were fixed disdainfully on the Duchess as if he was openly daring her to object to his smoking a cigar,as she had done earlier.
6.If anybody who stays in this hotel does anything wrong,improper or unusual,I always get to know about it.There isn't much that can escape me.
7.The Duchess kept firm and tight control of her mind which is working quickly.The Duchess is thinking quickly,but at the same time keeping her thoughts under control.
8.Furthermore,when they sTOPped for petrol,as it would be necessary,their speech/and manner would reveal their identity.British English would be particularly noticeable in the South.
9.She mustn't make any mistakes in her plan,or waver in mind and show indecision or deal with the situation carelessly due to small-mindedness.In other words she had to take a big chance,to do something very daring,so she must be bold,resolute,decisive and rise to the occasion.
IV.
A.
1.suite:a set of rooms,usually expensive in a hotel
2.pointedly:directly and sharply
3.well-appointed:excellently furnished and arranged
4.set-up:arrangement of furniture etc.
5.hit-and-run:hitting and then escaping,usually of an automobile driver who flees from the scene of an accident in which he or she is involved
6.blandness:smoothness in manner or flavor of food
7.spring to one's feet:to stand up suddenly
8.unspeakable:extremely bad blackguard:scoundrel,villain
9.flicker:to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly;to move with a light wavering motion
10.oblige:to do something someone has asked you to do
11.tuck away:to hide so as to be difficult to find
12.shaken:upset and shocked
13.call:need
14.rivet:to fasten with a rivet;to fix or holdfirmly imperious:overbearing,arrogant and domineering
B.
1.it is beneficial and worthwhile
2.real/true
3.deal out the most severe punishment
4.of no use/useless
5.explain it clearly and in detail
6.anyway
7.lively and fashionable
8.the hotel staff in charge of car parking
9.pays attention to/notices
10.call the police
11.sought after by the police
12.pretty wealthy/well-to-do
C.
1.sarcastic指嘲笑的，sardonic意为讽刺的，指行为的风格、态度。
2.self-confidence是褒义词，意思是自信；self-assurance带有贬义，指过分相信我们的能力，自负。
3.accuse意思是指责，使用方法广泛。charge意思是控告，一般与法律或罪行有关。
4.tired指疲劳或疲倦；weary指厌倦，不可以或不愿继续下去。
5.slowly指能表示动作非常慢。但leisurely表示悠闲的，带有享受的意味。
6.oblige指对某人施恩惠，语气比help重。
7.discreetly除和careful相似表示小心仔细意思外，还表示严谨自律。
8.nervous指人心里紧张，未必流于外表；tense可表示外表上和心理的紧张，句子中公爵夫人通过公爵的外表就能看得出他非常紧张。
9.eventuality指可能出现的结果，possibility指可能发生的事情。
10.respite指暂时的缓解或休息；relief指彻底摆脱痛苦、疲劳、忧虑，两者有程度上的差别。例：The teatime is a welcome respite from hard work.喝茶的时间是刻苦工作后让人愉快地短暂休息。He heaved a sigh of relief when all the work has finished.所有工作都做完将来，他欣慰地松了一口气。
V.
A.
1.There is no need for hurry.Take your time.
2.Are you suggesting that I am telling a lie?
3.He tried every means to conceal the fact.
4.Our chance to succeed is very slim.Nevertheless we shall do our utmost.
5.We will have our meeting at 10 tomorrow morning unless notified otherwise.
6.Neither of us is adept at figures.
7.Would it be possible to reach that place before dark assuming we set out at 5 am?
8.He was reluctant to comply with her request.
9.I know you are from the South of China.Your accent has betrayed you.
10.We have no alternative in this matter.
B.
1.但这两个人随时都会回来，一想到这类，公爵夫人的紧张情绪就放松不下来。
2.奥格尔维吐着烟雾进了屋。
3.奥格尔维慢条斯理地取出那叫人讨厌的雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后把烟蒂扔向右侧的装饰性壁炉。
4.“目前我了解了真相，倘若我照章办事的话，没等你眨眼，警察就来了。”
5.她猛地一下跳了起来，怒容满面，灰绿色的双眼里喷射出火光，直瞪瞪地逼视着一堆肥肉的探长。
6.“新奥尔良的街道弯弯曲曲，是比较容易走错方向的。”
7.“那样的话，还不如目前就去警察局投案自首。”
8.她第三意识到，她需要担当起唱金角的责任。此时此刻，她正在和这个恶毒的肥佬之间的买卖，而她的老公只不过一名紧张而被动的旁观者。
9.她紧紧盯住他的脸，漂亮、高颧骨的脸上一副极为傲慢的神态。
10.“大家即便付钱给你也没什么用，顶多也只不过拖延几天时间罢了。”
C.
See the translation of the text.
VI.
1.Junior did not invite Pecola out of hospitality.He just wanted to attract her to his house so that he could bully and make fun of her.
2.When Pecola entered the house she was surprised at how beautiful it was.She was filled with admiration.
3.Junior suddenly threw the cat into her face.The cat was also surprised and clawed her face in an effort to right itself.Pecola was frightened and tears came to her eyes.Meanwhile Junior was laughing wildly,enjoying the pleasure of seeing Pecola suffer.Pecola wanted to leave the place but Junior shut the door,saying,"You're my prisoner".The cat moved around Pecola and she touched the cat gently and the cat iked it a lot.Seeing this,Junior snatched the cat from her and began to swing the cat around by holding one of its hind legs.Pecola tried to sTOP this cruel act,but Junior wouldn't let go of the cat.The two struggled of the cat and both fell Junior releasing the cat in mid-motion.The cat was thrown with full force against the window and lay motionless on the radiator.When Junior's mother Geraldine came home,Junior told her that Pecola killed the cat.Geraldine ordered Pecola to get out,calling her"nasty little black bitch".Outside,Pecola held her head down against the cold and snow.
4.From this episode we can learn that Junior was a cruel and dishonest boy.He made Pecola suffer and got pleasure from doing so.He accused Pecola of killing the cat while it was he who swung the cat around and caused the cat's death.
Pecola was a poor,vulnerable black girl.She was treated badly by Junior and his mother.When she got out of the house,she felt so cold and helpless.The snowflakes dying on the pavement is symbolic of the dying of hope for Pecola.
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