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Unit 8 Detective stories
一.Words:51 Page.145
二.Expressions:(参考词汇卷)
三.Sentences:10
1. He is an office worker of medium height.他是一个中等身材办公室职员。
2. He was last seen leaving his office in East Town at about 7 pm yesterday.他最后一次在东城被看见是昨天晚上大约七点钟,当时他正在离开他办公室。
3. The victim was wounded with a knife and bled to death as a result.受害者被一把刀刺伤,结果流血致死。
4. We are now checking the scene for more clues which will help solve the case.我们现在正在检查现场以获取更多可以帮助破案的线索。
5. However,according to the record,he was guilty of computer crimes in the past.然而,根据记载,他过去有电脑犯罪的前科。
6. He was charged with breaking into several computer systems over the last year.他去年被指控曾闯入多个电脑系统。
7. Anyone who can provide useful information should contact the police.任何能够提供有用信息的人都应该联系警方。
四.Grammar:
限制性定语从句和关系代词的用法
在复合句中,修饰某一名词或代词的从句叫做定语从句,被修饰的名词或代词叫先行词,定语从句一般放在先行词后面
引导定语从句的关系代词有who,which和that who指代人,which知道物,that即可指代人也可指代物
Ⅰ.Comic strip:
1. Why are you dressed like that?
be dressed like… 打扮成…穿得像…
He was dressed like a bear.
①dress v. 给…穿衣,常接表示人的名词,代词或反身代词,不能接服装
常见短语:dress sb.给某人穿衣服 dress up. as打扮
be dressed in 穿…衣服 get dressed 穿衣服
dress oneself 某人自己穿衣服
His mother dressed him in new clothes.
He dresses himself every day.
②dress n. 连衣裙
This dress is very tight on me.
2. A detective is someone who looks for clues to something important.
clue c.n. 线索 clue to…… ……的线索
We have an important clue to the murder.
3. My food has gone missing.
go missing 丢失,不见了,go+形容词做表语时,一般是“变成某种不好的状态”
missing adj. 丢失的,下落不明的
Food goes bad easily in hot weather.
I think she will go mad when she hears the news.
【拓展】turn\ get\ become\ go等的辨析:
1. turn多接表示颜色的形容词,也接表示天气的形容词,它侧重变得与以前完全不同。
The man turned blue with fear.
2. get+adj.是口语,用得广泛,get能替代become, become较正式,get与become前面的主语既可以是人又可以是物。
His coat has become(got) badly torn.
Our country is getting/becoming stronger and stronger.
It's becoming/getting colder and colder.
4. go和come是一对相反的词。go+adj.表示令人不快的事情,而come+adj.表示好的事情。
In hot weather, meat goes bad.
Ⅱ.Welcome to the unit:
1. Last Saturday night at 8 p.m., a young man was murdered.
murder vt. 谋杀,杀害
The actress was murdered last year.
murder n. 谋杀,凶杀
A murder happened in the centre of the city last night.
murderer n. (男)杀人犯,凶手
One of these men is the murderer.
2. We have four suspects.
suspect n. 嫌疑犯
a murder suspect 一名杀人嫌疑犯
I think there is only one suspect in the murder case.
suspect v. 怀疑
suspect sb. of (doing) sth.怀疑某人做某事
I suspect he is a thief.
3. We have made notes on all of them.
make notes 做记录,做笔记 make notes on sb. 给某人做笔录
The police have made notes on the thieves.
4. of medium height and untidy.
medium adj. 中等的
be of medium height/build/size 中等身高/身材/尺寸
There are three sizes-small,medium and large,you can choose from them.
5. They all say that they're not guilty.
guilty adj. 有罪的
be guilty of…… 犯有……罪 be guilty about 对……感到内疚
The man was guilty of murder.
I have nothing to be guilty about.
6. Who do you think is not telling the truth?
truth n. 事实,真相 true adj. 真实的 truly adv. 真实地
tell the truth 说实话 to tell (you) the truth 老实说
I must tell you the truth about this business.
To tell the truth, I was frightened to death.
7. I guess Jimmy White is lying.
guess vt. 猜,猜测,后面跟名词、代词或从句作宾语。
Can you guess the height of the tree?
I can guess who will play the role of a princess.
lie vt. 说谎 lie to sb. 对某人说谎
We all insist he's not lying.
We should be honest. We shouldn't lie to our parents.
过去式
过去分词
现在分词
lie
说谎
lied
lied
lying
躺;位于
lay
lain
lying
lay
产卵;放置
laid
laid
laying
Ⅲ.Reading:
1. He was last seen leaving his office in East town at about 7 p.m. yesterday.
see sb. doing sth. 看见某人正在做某事
sb. be seen doing sth. 某人被看见正在做某事
Their teacher saw the two students talking in class.
【拓展】see sb. do sth. 看见某人做了某事,被动结构:sb. be seen to do sth.某人被看见做了某事
2. He said he was going to visit his parents.
was going to visit 是过去将来时结构。过去将来时表示从过去的某个时间来看将要发生的动作或呈现的状态,其结构是was/were going to do sth.或would do sth.,时间状语通常是the next day,the next month,the following Sunday等。
Jim asked me if I was going to learn Chinese kung fu the next year.
3. They are still working at the scene of the crime to find out whether the victim was killed somewhere else and then brought to West town,or killed at the place where he was found.
somewhere adv. 在某处,常用于肯定句中,当有形容词修饰somewhere/anywhere/nowhere等不定副词或something/anything等不定代词时,形容词应该放在不定副词或不定代词之后.
Where else are you going to visit?
Where are you?everybody else is here.
【拓展】else 所有格为else’s
4. The police are also wondering if the victim had any enemies.
enemy n. 敌人,仇人,反对者,复数: enemies
enemy表示敌人时候,是可数名词,表示敌军,是集体名词,要用定冠词the连用
Frost is an enemy of plants.
The army advanced to meet the enemy.
make an enemy of sb. 与某人为敌.
After just one day,she had already made an enemy of her leader.
5. We’re asking anyone who saw anything unusual near Corn Street last night to contact us.
contact v. 联系 contact sb. on +号码 拨打…(号码)联系某人
You can contact her on 6657892.
contact u.n. 联系,接触 make/lose contact with sb.
I finally made contact with him in Paris.
6. The victim was wounded with a knife and bled to death as a result.
wound vt. 使…受伤
be wounded with sth. 被某物所伤
The hunter wounded a deer.
He was wounded with a gun.
wound c.n. 伤口,创伤
The nurse cleaned the wound carefully.
bleed vi. 流血,出血 bleed-bled-bled
bleed to death 流血致死
My hand and knee were bleeding.
Unfortunately, he bled to death.
blood u.n. 血,血液
She lost a lot of blood in the accident.
7. He was charged with breaking into several computer systems over the last year.
charge vt. 指控
charge sb. with sth./doing sth. 指控某人某事/做某事(某种罪行)
sb. be charged with sth./doing sth. 某人因某事/做某事被指控
The police charged the man with stealing the money.
break into闯入,侵入,强行进入
Someone broke into the store and took everything of value.
常用短语:break down 出故障,坏掉 break off 断开,折断
break out 突然开始,爆发 break up 粉碎,破碎
break the silence 打破寂静 break one’s heart 使某人心碎
break a record 打破纪录 break away 挣脱
8. We suppose that the victim knew his murderer.
suppose v. 认为,推断 料想
suppose (that)… 否定前移
I suppose that prices will go up.
be supposed to do sth. 应该做某事 = should do sth.
You are supposed to finish the work today.But it seems impossible.
9. A witness reported that he was breathing heavily and had blood on his shirt.
witness c.n. 目击者、证人 the witness to the case the clue to the case
He is the only witness to the accident.
witness vt. 目击,亲眼看见
He witnessed an accident.
report v. 报告,报道
She has not reported for days.
It is reported that three important criminals ran away from prison last night.
report c.n. 报告,报道
常用短语:weather report 天气预报 school report 学生成绩报告单
give a report 作报告 listen to a report 听报告
write a report 写报告 make a report 写报告
The professor will make a report on the result of his research.
breathe vi. 呼吸
breathe deeply 深呼吸
The room was full of smoke,and it was difficult to breathe.
breath u.n. 呼吸
常用短语:hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸 take a deep breath 深呼吸
out of breath 上气不接下气
10.However,the suspect could prove that he was somewhere else at the crime and insisted that he was not guilty.
prove+名词/代词
He has proved his courage in the battle.
prove sth. to sb.
Can you prove your theory to us?
prove+宾语+宾补
They prove themselves wise and brave.
prove +that从句
Can you prove that you are right?
insist sth./on doing sth./that+从句
11.The victim's parents have offered a reward of ¥50,000 for any information that leads to the arrest of the murderer.
reward n. 报酬,奖金,奖励
reward for(doing)sth.因(做)某事的奖励/报酬/奖金
He got a reward for being so helpful.
reward v. 奖励,奖赏
The students are rewarded for their good behaviour.
arrest n. 逮捕
be under arrest 被捕
The police made several arrests.
The man was under arrest last year.
arrest v. 逮捕
arrest sb. for sth./doing sth. 因(做)某事而逮捕某人
The police arrested Tim for fighting in public places.
Ⅳ.Grammar:
1. Defining relative clauses
在复合句中作定语的从句叫做定语从句,被定语从句修饰的词叫做先行词,引导定语从句的词叫做关系词,也叫做引导词,关系词包括关系代词和关系副词。根据定语从句与先行词的关系,定语从句可分为限制性定语从句及非限制性定语从句。限制性定语从句紧跟先行词,主句与从句不用逗号分开,从句不可省去,非限制性定语从句主句与从句之间有逗号分开,起补充说明作用,如省去,意思仍完整。
关系代词有that,which,who,whom,whose=of which等,关系副词有where,when,why等。
(1)who, whom
用于指人,who用作主语,whom用作宾语。在口语中,有时可用who代替whom,也可省略。
The girl who often helps me with my English is from England.
Who is the teacher(whom)Li Ming is talking to?
(2)which
用于指物,在句中作主语或宾语,作主语不可省略,作宾语可省略。
The building which stands near the train station is a supermarket.
The film(which)we saw last night was wonderful.
(3) that
既可以用于指人,也可以用于指物。在从句中作主语或宾语,作主语时不可省略,作宾语可省略。
Mary likes music that is quiet and gentle.
The coat (that) I put on the desk is blue.
【注意】
(1)当定语从句中含有介词,介词放在句末时,who, that, which可省略,但介词在关系代词前时,只能用“介词+which/whom”结构。
This is the house in which we lived last year.
Please tell me from whom you borrowed the English novel.
(2)含有介词的固定动词词组中,介词不可前置,只能放在原来的位置上。
This is the person whom you are looking for.
(3)that 作介词的宾语时,介词不能放它的前面,只能放在从句中动词的后面。
The city that she lives in is very far away.
【提醒】
(1)that和which在定语从句作宾语时候可省略。
This is the factory I visited before.
(2)以下情况中定语从句常用that引导而不用which.
①先行词是all, any, much, many, everything, anything, none, the one等不定代词时。
Is there anything that you want to buy in the shop?
②先行词被形容词最高级修饰或本身是序数词、基数词、形容词最高级时。
He was the first person that passed the exam.
③先行词被the only,the very,the same,the last,little,few等修饰时。
This is the same bike that I lost.
④先行词既有人又有物时候。
I can remember well the persons and some pictures that I saw in the room.
⑤主句是there be 结构,修饰主语的定语从句用that,而不用which.
There is a book on the desk that belongs to Tom.
2. The elderly couple were very sad to hear that their only son was murdered.
couple c.n. 夫妇,一对,谓语动词可用单数,也可用复数。
Each couple was asked to come to the evening party.
【辨析】couple与pair
词条
含义
用法
couple
一对,一双夫妇
口语中,a couple of表示几个,三两个。
通常指有关系的两个人或物
pair
意为一对,一双
主要用来指两个相互依属的东西,如果其中之一受到损坏,则另一个就不能单独使用。如剪刀,裤腿,眼镜等。
They are a newly wedded couple.
I will be back in a couple of days.
3. There was probably more than one person who had something to do with the murder.
probably adv. 大概,或许,位于句首,谓语动词之前,助动词,情态动词或系动词之后。
Probably she will come to see you.
have something to do with 与…有关系
have nothing to do with 与…没有关系
Do you have anything to do with it?
4. Well,it turned out that he had nothing to do with this case.
turn out 原来是,结果是
How do you think the match will turn out?
It turned out that I knew the person who got shot.
5. He was in a hurry to catch a bus!
in a hurry 匆忙地,着急地,介词短语=副词,可以修饰动词作状语也可以加在be后。
do sth. in a hurry=be hurried to do sth.=hurry to do sth.=be in a hurry to do sth.
He was in a hurry to leave.
Ⅴ.Integrated skills:
1. The kidnapping
kidnapping n. 绑架,劫持
She said that she had nothing to do with the kidnapping.
kidnap vt. 绑架,劫持
The young man kidnapped a girl last night.
2. Wang gang-six months in prison.
prison n. 监狱 prisoner 囚犯 be in prison 坐牢
The man is in prison because of robbery.
常用短语:out of prison 出狱 break out of prison 越狱
in the prison 在监狱里 be sent to prison 被送进监狱
put sb. into prison 把某人关进监狱
The police put the criminal into prison.
3. Can you think of any safety tips to protect yourselves against crime?
safety u.n. 安全,保险 反:danger
safe adj. 安全的 反:dangerous
safely adv. 安全地
We should pay attention to the food safety.
The little house looked very warm and safe.
The plane landed safely just now.
4. We should remember to lock the door when we leave home.
lock v. 锁上
常用短语:lock away把某物锁起来 lock into受困于
lock onto 锁定 lock up 锁上;锁好
All the doors had been locked from the outside.
lock c.n. 锁
the lock to the door the key to the lock
She put the key in the lock.
5. And we had better shut all the windows too.
shut v. 关闭=close,shut-shut-shut-shtting
常用短语:shut off切断, 关掉; shut down 关闭,停止;
shut out 挡住 shut up 闭嘴
She shut the umbrella and entered the house.
The window won’t shut.
6. I think we need to guard against any possible danger around us.
guard v. 防守,守卫,看守
guard c.n. 警卫员,看守
常用短语:guard against sth. 防范某事 on guard 站岗
The soldiers guarded the gate of the fort.
VI.Study skills
come along doctor
come along
①一起来
He came along with us.他与我们一起来的。
②进展
The work is coming along quite well.工作进展地相当顺利。
③出现
You should be ready to solve any problem that may come along any time.
John wants to come along with us to the cinema.
Ⅶ.Task:
1. Bruce gets along with all of his neighbours except the man who lives next door.
get along/on (well)with sb. 与…和睦相处
I am getting along with my friends,how about you?
How are you getting on with your classmates?
get along/on well with sth. 某事进展顺利
I hope that he will get along well with his work.
except prep. 除…之外,用于不包括的人或事物之前
【辨析】
词条
含义
用法
except
介词和连词,意为“除…之外”。
指不包括在内,句中常出现all,everybody等词,后面可以接名词或从句
besides
介词,意为“除…之外,(还有…)”
指包括在内,句中常出现also。
but
连词,意为“除…之外”。
常和nothing,nobody等词连用。
We all went to the shopping mall except Tom.
There are many other people besides me .
Charles eats nothing but fruit.
2. The man never speaks to anyone,and no one knows what he does for a living.
do sth. for a living 以做某事为生
The homeless boy begs for a living.
make a living by doing sth. 以做某事谋生
Tom makes a living by making furniture by hand.
3. The policeman told him that some valuable jewellery had been stolen .
jewellery u.n. 珠宝总称
I have some lovely pieces of jewellery
steal v. 偷窃 steal-stole-stolen-stealing
固定短语:steal sth. from sb. 偷某人某物
He stole Jim’s mobile phone from the drawer.
He stole a glance at the pretty girl across the table.
【范文示例】
Li Hua didn’t get home after school last Friday afternoon.His parents were very worried and reported it to the police.They were told that Li Hua left with a strong man that afternoon.The police thought it was a kidnapping case.At about 1 p.m.Last Sunday,one man called Li Hua’s parents and asked them to give 50,000yuan for getting their son back.Mr Li pretended to agree with him and then told the police about this at once.At about 10 a.m,yesterday morning,the police caught the kidnapper successfully when he came to get the money.At last,Li Hua was saved.Li Hua’s parents were very grateful to the police.
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