The thirty nine steps演示文稿.ppt

1、The Thirty-nine Steps,-By John Buchan,The Background The Characters The Plot,The background,Before the WW1,the relationships among European countries were very complicated. Germany set up a spy ring(间谍组织）named “ black stone” to murder the Greek premier minister and sharpen the relations between othe

2、r European countries. This story is about how a man called Richard Hannay fought against the “black stone”.,The leading role, who ran a risk of conveying the information to the Foreign Officer.,An American reporter who was killed by “black stone” for he knew their conspiracy. He left a notebook with

3、 clues in it.,A German spy ring. They are three young man and an old man.,Richard Hannay,Franklin P. Scudder,Black Stone,Main Character,Plot introduction:,Hannay met Scudder in London. Scudder told Hannay about the “black stone”. Hannay was curious about that. A few days later, Scudder was killed by

4、 “black stone” for he knew their conspiracy. The real killer make the police believed that Hannay was the killer.,In order to escape the hunt from both the policemen and “black stone”, Hannay experienced an extremely thrilling time of escaping. On the way of escaping, Hannay crack some clues in Scud

5、ders notebook. But he couldnt find out the meaning of “THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS, HIGH TIDE 10:17 P.M”.,There were many times Hannay was nearly be killed, but fortunately he headed off these dangers(化险为夷). He pretended as a trader, a farmer, a roadman , and also he gave different people different anonym

6、s(假名).,One day he met Sir Walter, the English foreign minister. The minister believed Hannays words, and held a conference to deal with the conspiracy of Germany. Hannay discovered that the First Sea Lord in the conference wasnt the real one. It was one member of the “black stone” who pretended as t

7、he First Sea Lord and has stolen the classified information(机密消息) of Britain.,They had to change their plan. For Hannay knew a lot about the “black stone”, he offered to take responsibility of hunting the “black stone”. After a series of analysis, Hannay figured out what the letters meant. He found

8、a house which was located by the sea.,Hannay went to the house with suspicion. There were three young man and an old man in the house, but they looked the same as common British people and everything seemed normal. After psychological warfare(心理战)， Hannay managed to see through their disguise(伪装) .

9、At last, the “black stone” was arrested.,My impression,Hannays escape impressed me the most. It is quite exciting. You never know what will be happen next time. I am deeply touched by Hannays determination to defense his motherland. He left his own safety to shatter the spies intrigue. He was a hero. Its a classic suspense novel. But compared with the movies and novels these days, this book, which was written in 1915, is a bit too simple. Hannay was always on the run and then turned danger int