Main task:
Write a detective story for a writing competition at your school.
Tasks:
1. To correctly use the commonly confused verbs:
‘bring’ and ‘take’, ‘hear’ and ‘listen’, ‘see’, ‘look’ and ‘watch’, ‘come’ and ‘go’. 正确使用经常混淆的动词。
2. Use appropriate language to talk about crimes, suspects, innocence and guilt. 用恰当的语言来谈论罪行、嫌疑犯、无辜和有罪。
二. 重点、难点：
Comic Strips
1. Why are you dressed like that, Eddie? 你为何打扮成那样？埃迪？
dress在这里是动词，“穿着衣服”。常用于被动语态，be dressed表示某人在某个场合穿着什么衣服。
eg. They were dressed in the most fashionable clothes. 他们穿着最时髦的衣服。
He is well dressed. 他穿得很体面。
dress oneself 自己穿衣服
dress up 乔装打扮
2. This is much more serious. 这要严重得多。
much 得多，修饰比较级。
3. My food has gone missing. 我的食物不见了。
missing, 形容词，“找不到的，不在原处的”，表示目前的状态。
eg. Have you seen a book with two pages missing?
Reading
1. He was last seen leaving his office in New Town at about 7p.m.
他最后被人看见是在晚上7点离开他在新镇的办公室。
last 作为形容词，表示“最后的，刚过去的”。
eg. In the last few days, we’ve visited my father’s relatives.
last 也可做动词，表示“持续、维持”。
eg. We have enough water to last five days.
2. They are not sure whether the victim was killed somewhere else and then brought to Valley Town, or killed at the place where he was found. 他们不能确定受害者是否在别处被杀死后弃尸于谷镇，还是在被发现处遇害的。
whether在句中表示“是否”，有时可以和if交换使用。但whether后面可以跟or not，而if不能。
eg. I wonder whether they will come or not. 我不知道他们是否会来。
I wonder if they will come.
3. We are asking anyone who saw anything unusual last night to contact us. 我们现在请昨晚看见任何异常情况者与我们联系。
Who saw anything unusual last night是定语从句，主要句子成份是：We are asking anyone to contact us.
4. Detective Lu said that the victim was attacked with a knife and bled to death as a result. 卢侦探说遇害者是被刀剌中，因失血过多而死。
as a result 词组，“因此，作为结果”。 先交代原因，再用as a result连接结果，可放在句尾，也可放在句子中间。
eg. It’s raining hard, and as a result we can’t go out. 雨下的很大，因此我们不能出去。
as a result of… 因为…… ，由于 ……
We can’t go out as a result of the heavy rain.
5. The victim obviously put up a good fight. 受害者显然做了殊死搏斗。
put up 进行斗争，进行反抗，常用put up a fight。
eg. The solders put up a fight against the enemy’s attack. 士兵们奋力抵抗敌人的进攻。
6. Detective Lu said that the victim was guilty of computer crimes in the past. 卢侦探说遇害者过去参与过电脑犯罪活动。
be guilty of 在……方面有罪
7. He was charged with breaking into several computer systems over the last year. 去年他被指控非法闯入几家电脑系统。
charge with … 指控、告发
eg. The police charged him with murder. 警察指控他谋杀。
be charged with 是被动语态，被指控……
charge with 还有“指示、委以某人责任”的意思。
eg. The teacher charged me with calling the names. 老师委派我点名。
8. So far, the only suspect is a short, thin man who was seen running down Upper Street at 10 last night. 到目前为止，唯一的嫌疑人是一个矮、瘦的人，有人看见他昨晚10点沿着阿佩尔街跑。
so far 到目前为止，常用于现在完成时态中。
eg. So far we haven’t found the way to solve the problem.
He has written three letters so far.
9. The victim’s parents have offered a reward of 50,000 for any information that leads to the arrest of the murderer. 受害者的父母已为任何提供抓捕凶手的线索出五万酬金。
lead to 通向，导致……
eg. All roads lead to Rome. 殊途同归。
His hard work led to his great success. 他的努力工作造就了他的成功。
Grammar A
A: Commonly confused verbs 经常混淆的动词
1. bring / take
◆bring “带来”，是把东西带到说话者身边。
◆take “带走”，是把东西带离说话者。
eg. My mother brought my some new clothes.
Take it away please, I don’t like it.
2. listen / hear
◆listen 表示“听”，强调“听”这个动作。是集中注意力主动去听的。
◆hear 表示“听见”，强调“听”的内容。可能是被动听到的。
eg. Listen to the radio! There’s a beautiful song.
I can hear someone speaking.
◆hear 一词一般不用进行时，不说 I’m hearing 或I was hearing, 而用can或could。
3. come / go
◆come表示“来”，指朝向说话者方向移动。
◆go表示“去”，是指向离开说话者的方向移动。
eg. Please come and play with me.
Go and get the ball.
4. see / look / watch
◆see表示“看见”，强调看到的东西。可能不是故意看到的。
◆look表示“看”，强调“看”这个动作。是集中注意力主动去看。后面带宾语时，要加介词“at”。
◆watch表示“观看”，强调看到事物的变化、移动或发展。也是主动去看。
eg. I saw a lovely bird yesterday. 我昨天看到一只可爱的鸟。
Please look at the blackboard! 请看黑板!
He was watching the football match at 9 o’clock. 他九点时在看足球。
【模拟试题】（答题时间：40分钟）
一、英汉词组互译：
1. top detective _____________2. over the last year _____________
3. bleed to death _____________4. attack sb. with a knife _____________
5. as a result _____________6. be charged with _____________
7. so far _____________8. a well-paid job _____________
9. contact the police on 5550 1212 _________10. be guilty sth. _____________
11. every move of the suspect _____________12. by the way _____________
13. come to the scene _____________14. sit down beside me _____________
15. 把照相机带给我_____________16. 认真地听目击者讲 _____________
17. 把伞带在身边 _____________18. 因为噪音 _____________
二、根据英文解释写出单词：
1. The ________ (a person that suffers death as a result of other people’s actions) was found in a park.
2. Your nose is ________ (lose blood).
3. Three people were hurt in the ________ (a hard fight or bodily effort).
4. Fish can’t ________ (take air, gas, etc, into lungs and send it out again) out of water.
5. He was ________ (seize by power of the law) last year.
6. Have you ________ (reach someone by message, telephone, etc.) the child’s parents?
三、用所给词的适当形式填空：
1. Why ________ they ________ (kidnap) by you yesterday?
2. By whom ________ the young cook ________ (kill)?
3. He ________ (charge) with ________ (break) into my house soon.
4. His body ________ (find) in the garden the day before yesterday.
5. There ________ (be) many changes over the years.
6. The story ________ (happen) last night.
7. My food has ________ (go) ________ (miss).
8. No one ________ (travel) farther than the moon so far.
9. What was your ________ (high) when you were born?
10. How ________ (tidy) your bedroom is! Clean it at once.
11. The doctor has warned him not to move, or his cut will ________ (blood).
12. The dog’s ________ (die) made her very sad.
四、句型转换：
1. Someone saw him running down Upper Street at 11 pm last night. (改为被动语态)
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. He has found something suspicious already. (改为否定句)
_______________________________________________________________________________
3. He was attacked with a knife. (对划线部分提问)
_______________________________________________________________________________
4. The suspect insisted he was not guilty. (对划线部分提问)
_______________________________________________________________________________
5. The murder happened in Sun Town. (对划线部分提问)
_______________________________________________________________________________
6. Last year he was a salesman. (对划线部分提问)
_______________________________________________________________________________
7. He has to do much homework every day. (改为否定句)
_______________________________________________________________________________
8. She was at home alone last night. (改为同义句)
_______________________________________________________________________________
五、完成下列句子：
1. My food ______________________________________(已失踪了).
2. The murder ______________________________________(发生在一个冬天的早晨).
3. _______________________ that woman _________________ (长的什么样子)？
4. You __________________________________(有人打电话找你).
5. We ______________________________________(对他们做了笔录).
6. ___________________________(他有证据证实) he was not there at that moment.
7. ___________________________(他被看见在打网球) at ten pm last night.
8. Who _______________________(闯入你们家) last night?
9. Unluckily, ______________________________________(他因失血过多而死亡).
10. _________________________________(他将被逮捕) for computer crimes.
【试题答案】
一、英汉词组互译：
1. 首席侦探 2. 去年一整年里
3. 流血至死 4. 用刀袭击某人
5. 结果 6. 被指控
7. 到目前为止 8. 一分报酬丰厚的工作
9. 打55501212与警察联系 10. 有……罪
11. 嫌疑犯的每一个举动 12. 顺便问一下
13. 到现场 14. 在我旁边坐下
15. bring me the camera 16. listen to the witness carefully
17. take the umbrella with8. because of the noise
二、根据英文解释写出单词：
1. victim2. bleeding3. struggle
4. breathe5. arrested6. contacted
三、用所给词的适当形式填空：
1. werekidnapped
2. waskilled
3. will be chargedbreaking
4. was found
5. have been
6. happened
7. gonemissing
8. has travelled
9. height
10. untidy
11. bleed
12. death
四、句型转换：
1. He was seen running down Upper Street (by someone) at 11 pm last night.
2. He has not found anything suspicious yet.
3. What was he attacked with?
4. What did the suspect insist?
5. Where did the murder happen?
6. What was he last year?
7. He does not have to do much homework every day.
8. She was at home by herself last night.
五、完成下列句子：
1. has gone missing
2. happened on a winter morning
3. What doeslook like
4. are wanted on the phone
5. made notes on them
6. He had evidence
7. He was seen playing tennis
8. broke into your house
9. he bled to death
10. He will be arrested
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