Comprehensive English I UNIT 4 The Midnight Visitor School of Foreign Languages
Comprehensive English I School of Foreign Languages UNIT 4 The Midnight Visitor
Contents Background Information Critical Reading Words Expressions Grammar Sentence Patterns Retelling Dramatization
Contents Background Information Critical Reading Words & Expressions Grammar & Sentence Patterns Retelling & Dramatization
Part 1 Backgound Information Robert Arthur 0 Spy Story vs.Detective Story 0 Espionage and Related Terms The Thirty-nine Steps
Part 1 Backgound Information Robert Arthur The Thirty-nine Steps Spy Story vs. Detective Story Espionage and Related Terms
About the Author-Robert Arthur Born on Nov.10,1909 in the Philippines 。 Got his B.A.in 1930 at the University of Michigan Got his M.A.in journalism in 1932 1930-1940,his stories was published in Wonder Stories,Detective Fiction Weekly, Mystery,The Illustrated Detective Magazine, Street Smith's Detective Story Magazine, Amazing Stories,The Shadow,Street Smith Mystery Reader Detective Tales,Thrilling Detective,Double Detective,Startling Stories, Collier's,The Phantom Detective,Argosy Weekly,Unknown Worlds,and Black Mask
About the Author—Robert Arthur • Born on Nov. 10, 1909 in the Philippines • Got his B.A. in 1930 at the University of Michigan • Got his M.A. in journalism in 1932 • 1930-1940, his stories was published in Wonder Stories, Detective Fiction Weekly, Mystery, The Illustrated Detective Magazine, Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine, Amazing Stories, The Shadow, Street & Smith Mystery Reader, Detective Tales, Thrilling Detective, Double Detective, Startling Stories, Collier’s, The Phantom Detective, Argosy Weekly, Unknown Worlds, and Black Mask
About the Author-Robert Arthur ·1940sto1960s He also wrote radio scripts and TV series.His career as a writer for radio came to an end during the McCarthy era.In 1959,he worked in television and wrote scripts for The Twilight Zone and worked as a story editor and script writer for Alfred Hitchcock's TV show,Alfred Hitchcock Presents 。1960s: He was involved in editing a series of anthologies for younger readers.He died on May 2,1969 in Philadelphia at the age of 59
• 1940s to 1960s: He also wrote radio scripts and TV series. His career as a writer for radio came to an end during the McCarthy era. In 1959, he worked in television and wrote scripts for The Twilight Zone and worked as a story editor and script writer for Alfred Hitchcock's TV show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents • 1960s: He was involved in editing a series of anthologies for younger readers. He died on May 2, 1969 in Philadelphia at the age of 59