Part A Language
I. Words and Expressions
1. deal with/ do with 处理,处置
Would you please tell me how to deal with problem?(注意deal with 与how 连用)=Would you please tell me what to do with this problem?(注意do with与what连用)你能告诉我该如何处理这个问题吗?
2. purchase sth for some money 花(多少钱)买......
he purchased a vase for two million yuan.他花两百万元买了这只花瓶.
=He paid two million yuan for the vase.
=He spent two million yuan on the vase.
3. theft n. 偷盗 thief n. 小偷
That night, someone stole the vase. Soon after Lee reported the theft, the police caught the thief at the bus stop. 那天晚上有人偷走了花瓶.李报案后不久,警察便在车站上抓住了小偷。
4. spot n. 斑点 spotless adj. 极清洁的 spotlessly adv. 一尘不染地
She is wearing a white skirt with red spots.她穿着一条有着红点的白裙子。
He keeps his house spotless.他把家弄得很干净。
Inside the room, the carpet was spotlessly clean.房间内的地毯其干净。
5. jump to conclusions 匆忙下结论
A good detective never jumps to conclusions.一个好侦探从不草率作结论。
=A good detective never makes up his mind too quickly.
6. make sure 确信,确保
He tried to make sure that Jill would go to jail instead of him.他竭力确保让吉乐代替他进监狱。
7. be behind bars/ be in jail 在狱中
So now Lee is behind bars.
=So now Lee has been put into jail. 所以李如今在监狱里。
8. the innocent 无辜者 the guilty 罪犯
“the + adj.”表示一类人,又如:the old老人,the poor 穷人。
My job is to protect the innocent as well as find the guilty. 我的工作是保护无辜者并找出罪犯。
II. Language Structure
1. 动词不定式
1) 动词不定式的构成:to+动词不达意原形(在有些情况下需省略to)
2) 常见的可以跟动词不定式的动词有want, decide, hope, try, promise, forget, remember, fail, manage, start, refuse, offer等。
3) 动词不定式在句中所充当的成分
① Pansy wanted to write an article on detectives. (宾语)
② Joyce told them to talk it over among themselves. (宾语补足语)
③ We fight pollution to keep the earth clean.(状语)
④ We have a new project to do (定语)
⑤ It’s exciting to read comics.(主语,句在的it是形式主语)
⑥ My father’s job is to make sick people better.(表语)
2. 动名词用作动词宾语
常见的可以跟动名词的动词有:enjoy, like, practice, finish, hate, go, love, suggest, mind, begin, keep, admit, deny等,如:
They both denied stealing the vase. 他们两人都否认偷了花瓶。
III. Notes
1. The insurance company would pay him two million yuan if the vase was stolen.
假如花瓶被偷,保险公司将赔他两百万元。(本句是虚拟语气,表示与现在的事实相反或在将来不太可能出现的状况。)
2. detective 侦探;detective story 侦探故事
你听说过福尔摩斯(Sherlock Holmes)吗?他是英国著名作家阿瑟·柯南·道尔(sir Arthur Conan Doyle)笔下赫赫有名的大侦探。去读一读《福尔摩斯侦探集》吧,你一定会爱不释手的!