Pansy向要为校报写一篇侦探文章,她在采访探员Ken。怀特夫人被偷的珠宝首饰被警察找回来了,吴警官正在和她进行核对。我们来学习一下他们的对话吧!

READING Page 3

Protecting the innocent

保护无辜者

Pansy wanted to write an article on detectives for the school newspaper.
To get information,she interviewed Detective Ken.
This is part of the interview.

Pansy想要为校报写一篇侦探文章,为了收集材料,她采访了探员Ken。这是他们采访的一部分。

PANSY: You say that you like working as a detective.Why?

你说你喜欢做侦探,为什么呢?

KEN: Let me tell you about a recent case that I dealt with, Pansy. Mr Li is a very rich man who lives alone and enjoys collecting things.He purchased a vase for two million yuan. He showed it to only two people-his friends Jill and Jenny. Then he locked it in the safe at his house.That night,someone stole it. Li reported the theft,and I went to his house to look for clues.

我来和你谈谈最近的接收的一件案子吧!李先生很富有,独身,喜欢收集东西。他花了两百万买了一个花瓶。他只向他的朋友Jill和Jenny展示了他的花瓶。然后他就把花瓶锁在保险箱里了。那晚小偷偷走了他的花瓶。李先生很快报案,我去他家收集线索。

PANSY: Did you find any?

你们有什么发现吗?

KEN: Yes, a black pearl earring near the open safe and, outside the open window of the room, I saw a lot of mud on the wet ground. Inside the room,the carpet was spotlessly clean. I interviewed Jill and Jenny.They both denied stealing the vase.But I noticed that Jill was wearing a black pearl necklace--but no earrings.

是的,我们在打开的保险箱附近发现了一个黑珍珠耳钉,在打开的房间窗户外我们发现了湿地上有很多泥土。在房间里,地毯式很干净的。我询问了Jill和Jenny。他们都否认偷了花瓶。但是我注意到Jill带着一条黑珍珠项链,但是没有带耳钉。

PANSY:So Jill was the thief?

那么,Jill就是小偷啰?

KEN:I didn't know. I needed proof. A good detective never jumps to conclusions. I showed Jill the earring, and she admitted it was hers. She said someone had stolen it from her house a month before. I checked her story. It was true.

我还不能确定。我需要证据。一个好的侦探从不过早下结论。我给Jill看了我发现的耳钉,她承认是她的。她说一个月前她的被偷了。我核实了她说的话。是真的。

PANSY: So Jill was no longer a suspect. But what about your other clue--the mud outside and the spotless carpet inside?

所以,Jill的嫌疑就被排除了。那么,你们发现的其他线索呢—窗外的泥土以及房间里干净的地毯?

KEN: That told me that probably no thief broke into Li's house. So I questioned Li and, in the end, he admitted stealing his own vase. He had bought insurance for it. The insurance company would pay him two million yuan if the vase was stolen.

那说明也许没有小偷进入了李先生的房子。所以,在最后我询问了李先生,他承认自己投偷了自己的花瓶。他为他的花瓶买了保险。如果花瓶被偷,保险公司将赔付他两百万元。

PANSY: And who stole Jill's earring?

那是谁偷了Jill的耳钉呢?

KEN: Li did that as well. He tried to make sure that Jill would go to jail instead of him.

也是李先生。他设法使Jill代替他坐牢。

PANSY: So now Li is behind bars.

那么,现在李先生在坐牢?

KEN: Yes, and Jill is free. My job is to protect the innocent as well as find the guilty. That's why I like working as a detective.

是的,Jill现在是自由的。我的工作就是保护无辜者,找到真凶。这就是为什么我喜欢自己侦探的工作。


LISTENING Pages 6 and 7

Identifying objects from a description
Listen to the recording.

Mrs White is talking to a policeman.
Which are her five pieces of jewellery?
Write the letters next to the numbers.

Wu: Hello, is that Mrs White?

您好,请问是怀特夫人吗?

Mrs White: Yes, it is.

是的,我是。

Wu: I'm Detective Wu. I visited you after your burglary last week.

我是吴警官。上周你家发生夜盗后我们见过。

Mrs White: Oh, yes, I remember.

是的,我记起来了。

Wu: Well, we've arrested a man and discovered a lot of stolen jewellery. And I think your five pieces may be here. Could you describe them again for me?

我们最近逮捕了一个小偷,发现了很多珠宝。我想你丢失的5件肯定也在其中。能为我们再描述一遍吗?

Mrs White: Oh, that's good news. Yes, well, there're five missing pieces. The first piece is a bracelet, it's made of gold, it's not a complete circle. The two ends of the bracelet are in the shape of lions heads. They have little red rubies for their eyes. The second piece is emerald ring, it's very valuable. It's made of gold and in the middle there's a big green emerald. On each side of the emerald there's a diamond. It's a lovely ring. The third piece is my pearl necklace. It's very simple just one string of pearls. The pearls are all about the same size. It's quite a short necklace. Next, there is a silver bracelet, this is not so expensive, but it's quite pretty. It's like a lots of little rings all joined together. It has a silver figure on it, in the shape of a little dog. The last piece is a pair of earrings; they are made of gold. Each earring is in two parts. There is a red ruby on top and hanging under the ruby there is a large white pearl.

那真是个好消息。我丢了五件珠宝。第一件是一个金手镯,它不是一个完整的圆。手镯的两端是是狮子头形状的。它们的眼睛是由红宝石点缀的。第二件是一个绿宝石戒指,价值连城。它是纯金打造的,在中间镶嵌着一大颗绿宝石。在绿宝石的两边各镶着砖石。那是一个很漂亮的戒指。第三件是我的珍珠项链。式样很简单,就是一串珍珠。是由小颗的珍珠串起来的很短的项链。第四件是一个银镯子,不是很值钱,但是很好看。就好像很多小圆环串在一起。上面有小狗形状的花纹。最后一件是一对耳环,纯金打造的。每个耳环由两部分组成,上面是一个红宝石,红宝石下面坠着一颗大珍珠。

Wu: Yes, you are very lucky. I think we have all of those pieces here at the police station. Could you come down to have a look at them?

是的,你很幸运。你丢的这些首饰都在警局里。你能来警局核实一下吗?

Mrs White: Yes, of course, I'll be there within one hour. Thank you so much, good-bye.

好的,当然。我要在一个小时内赶到。太感谢了,再见!

Wu: Good-bye.

再见!

SPEAKING  Pages 11 and 12

A Talk time
The sounds [w] and [v]


Exercise A1
1 We West Wines
2 V Vest Vines
3 We V West Vest Wines Vines

Exercise A2
last Wednesday a Vase last Wednesday
Viewed a Valuable Vase last Wednesday
Winnie Went and Viewed a Valuable Vase last Wednesday

Exercise A3
Willie's Vest is Very Wet.
Victor's Vest is made of Wool.
Victor's body's Very Warm.
Willie's body's Very cool.

Exercise A4
When we say words of more than one syllable we stress one of the syllables.
always never over seven window

Exercise A5
aware believem convince device unwell

Exercise A6
invite wonder awake beware divide vacant very volume warmest without

MORE PRACTICE page 15

An extract from 'The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'

The death of Ronald Adair in the spring of 1894 was one of the most interesting cases I ever worked on. I thought about it quite a lot, but could find no possible explanation. Adair was the son of a famous general who was abroad at the time. The young man's friends were from good families, and he seemed to have no enemies. On the day of his death he had played a game of cards at the Bagatelle Club with some friends. On the evening of 30th March, Adair returned from the Bagetelle at exactly ten o'clock. His mother was out, visiting relatives. The servant said Adair went upstairs to his room, where she had lit a fire. She had opened the window because some smoke from the fire had blown into the room. Just before midnight, Adair's mother returned and went to say goodnight to her son. The door was locked and there was no answer, so it was forced open. Adair was found lying near the table. A bullet from a small gun had entered his head, but the police could find no weapon. Some coins were on the table, and a note with names of friends at the Bagatelle. This appeared to be a list of all the money he had lost and won playing cards. There were no marks on the outside wall. Since it was impossible to aim a small gun from a distance, the murderer must have been in the room. Nobody had heard any noise. In addition to all this, nothing had been stolen from the room.