Contents1TextATheMidnightVisitorLanguageinUseTextBHansWilsdorfandHisAmzaingWatch

Warm-upQuestions:2Warm-upQuestions:1.Haveyoueverreadthisstorybefore?2.Haveyoueverreceivedamidnightvisitor?

Pre-classTask13Pre-classTask1Readthetextonceforthemainidea（s）.Donotrefertothenotes,theglossary,ordictionaries.

TextATheMidnightVisitor4PassageAusabledidnotfitthedescriptionofanysecretagentFowlerhadeverreadabout.FollowinghimdownthecorridorofthegloomyFrenchhotelwhereAusablehadaroom,Fowlerfeltdisappointed.Itwasasmallroomonthesixthfloor,andhardlyasettingforaromanticfigure.Ausablewas,foronething,veryfat.Andthentherewashisaccent.ThoughhespokeFrenchandGermanpassably,hehadneveraltogetherlosttheNewEnglandaccenthehadbroughttoParisfromBostontwentyyearsago.12

5Passage“Youaredisappointed,”Ausablesaidwheezilyoverhisshoulder.“YouweretoldthatIwasasecretagent,aspy,dealinginespionageanddanger.YouthoughtIwouldhavemysteriousfiguresinthenight,thecrackofpistols,drugsinthewine.”3TextATheMidnightVisitor

6Passage“Instead,youhavespentadulleveninginaFrenchmusichallwithasloppyfatmanwho,insteadofhavingmessagesslippedintohishandbydark-eyedbeauties,getsonlyanordinarytelephonecallmakinganappointmentinhisroom.Youhavebeenbored!”Thefatmanchuckledtohimselfasheunlockedthedoorofhisroomandstoodasidetolethisfrustratedguestenter.4TextATheMidnightVisitor

7Passage“Youaredisillusioned,”Ausabletoldhim.“Buttakecheer,myyoungfriend.Beforelongyouwillseeapaper,aquiteimportantpaperforwhichseveralmenandwomenhaveriskedtheirlives,cometomeinthenext-to-laststepofitsjourneyintoofficialhands.Somedaysoonthatpapermaywellaffectthecourseofhistory.Thereisdramainthatthought,dontyouthink?”Ashespoke,Ausableclosedthedoor