精讀-4課課件與答案waiting for the police

The

story

“Waiting

for

the”

was

written

by

J.Jefferson

Farjeon,

aBritish

writer.

He

is

bestknown

for

his

mysterystories

and

is

one

of

themodern

authors

tomix

romance

and

humorwith

crime.I.

AuthorFARJEON,

JOSEPH

JEFFERSON

(June4,

1883—June

6,1955)English

novelist,

playwright,andjournalist,

was

born

inLondoninto

literary

circumstances.

Hisfather,

Benjamin

Farjeon,

was

awell-known

novelist

and

he

wasthe

brother

of

the

children’swriter

Eleanor

Farjeon

and

theplaywright

Herbert

Farjeon.I.

AuthorAlthoug own

for

his

keenhumor

andflashing

wit,

he

wasno

stranger

to

the

sinister(不詳?shù)模゛nd

terrifying.The

critic

for

theSaturday

Review

ofLiterature

praised

Death

in

the

Inkwell（墨水池）,one

of

his

later

books,calling

itan

“amusing,

satirical,andfrequentlyhair-raising（使人毛骨悚然的）

yarn（故事）

of

anauthor

who

got

dangerouslymixed

upwith

his

imaginarycharacters.Tricky（難以捉摸的）.Why

does

the

author

use

a

question

as

thebeginning

of

the

story?The

story

starts

with

a

question

from

thelandlady

Mrs.

Mayton.This

is

an

appropriate

and

direct

beginning.The

question

immedia y

arouses

theattention

of

th

ers(寄宿者）

gathered

inthe

drawing

room（客廳）.

This bit

ofconversation

is

actually

the

beginning

of

anidle

（無意義的）

conversation

conducted

bybored

people

to

kill

time.

But

this

part

gives

usa

brief

introduction

of

all

th ers

andprepares

us

for

an

unexpected

turn

of

events.Is

he

really

interested

in

where

Mr.Wainwright

has

gone?

What

did

she

careabout

then?It

didn’t

matter

to

her

in

the

least

where

Mr.Wainwright

had

gone.What

she

is

really

interested

in

is

the

moneypaid

by

th

ers.And

sometimes,as

alandlady,she

felt

obliged(感到有必要）

towhip

up

（激起、煽起）a

little

interest

to

startan

idle

conversation.Not

in

the

least:

not

at

all

絲毫不I’m

not

in

the

least

afraid

of

you

any

more.I

am

not

in

the

least

afraid

ofhis

threats.I

don’t

mind

in

the

least.at

least:至少；無論如何I

waited

at

least

an

hour.You

might

at

least

answer.least

ofall:

尤其不Nobody

cared,

leastof

all

the

manager.notleast:相當重要Trade

has

been

bad,not

least

because

ofincreased

costs.not…

in

the

least

：not…

at

allBoard:為。。。供飯，使搭伙（并寄宿）Board

some

students

from

the

universitylodge:1.供。。。臨時住所，出租房間給。。。居住Can

you

lodge

us

for

the

night?2.寄放，存放Lodge

money

in

a

bank將錢存在銀行But

life—and

particularly

evening

life—wasnotoriously

dull

inher

boarding-house,

andevery

now

and

again

one

tried

to

whip

up

aLife

in

th

ing-house

wasterribly

boring

especially

in

theevening.

To

liven

up

the

atmosphere,every

now

and

then

someone

tried

tostir

up

a

little

interest.to

stir

up,

toarouse

interestlittleinterest.every

now

and

then,from

time

totimeWhip

up:

to

delibera y

try

and

makepeople

excited

or

feel

strongly

about

sth.激起、激發(fā)The

advertisements

were

designed

to

whipup

public

attention.（吸引公眾的注意力）Notoriously:臭名昭著的、眾所周知的English

has

been

notorious

as

a

wordborrower.英語以吸收外來詞著稱?！璪ut

he

was

as

polite

as

he

was

pale（他臉色蒼白、彬彬有禮）and

he

always

did

his

best

to

keep

anyball

rolling.His

politeness

andpalenesswere

of

the

samedegree,implying,

humorously,

thathe

was

polite

because

he

waspale.to

keep

any

conversationgoing

onceithas

beenstartedHe

is

as

wise

as

he

is

old.倚老賣老She

is

as

vain

as

she

is

beautiful.她漂亮虛榮At

that

time,

we

were

as

enthusiastic

aswe

were

young.那是，

青春年少，

洋溢。To

keep

the

ball

rolling:to

keep

anyconversation

(activity

or

event)going

once

ithas

been

started

使不中斷To

set

/

start

the

ball

rollingShe

set

the

ball

rolling

at

our

last

gathering

byling

us

about

her

trip

to

Australia

last

month.It

may

not

be

very

difficult

to

start

a

businessbut

it

is

certainly

very

difficult

to

keep

the

ballrolling.To

keep

the

ball

rolling,

the

ernment

wasasked

to

contribute

$1

million.have

the

ball

at

one’s

feet有希望一蹴而就on

the

ball內(nèi)行；在行That

banker

is

really

on

the

ball.那位銀行家的確很在行。playball（與with連用）合作To

be

/

good

for:

to

be

still

in

good

condition

todo

sth.This

car

is

good

for

many

more

.This

house

was

built

in

1970.

It

looks

good

foranother

30years

or

so.Bella

was

th ing-house

lovely,but

no

one

had

taken

advantage

of

thefact.to

make

use

of

sb./sth.

in

anunfair

or

dishonest

way

to

getwhatone

wantsBella

was

young

and

pretty

and

wasing-shown

anyseen

as

the

beauty

of

thhouse,

but

no

one

hadparticular

interest

in

her.Notice

the

humorous

touch

here.They

all

consider

the

alternative

earnestly:They

all

began

thinking

seriously

of

thepossibility

that

it

might

be

someone

else.Earnestly:

seriouslyI

earnestly

begged

my

parents

to

considertheir

decision.The

alternative:

the

other

possibilityMr.

Calthrop,

coming

suddenly

out

ofmiddle-aged

doze,

joined

in

the

thinkingwithout

any

idea

what

he

was

thinking:He

was

middle-aged,

and

was

in

the

habit

ofdozing

off

at

any

time.

Now

he

woke

suddenlyfrom

a

light

sleep

and

began

to

think

likeeverybody

though

he

did

not

know

what

it

wasall

about.

(

As

a

matter

of

fact

he

did

not

knowwhat

was

really

going

on.)pop:

突然或迅速行動，冷不丁的出現(xiàn)to

pop

in

and

out:

to

make

brief

visitand

then

leave

suddenlyShe’s

always

pop in

and

out.她總是來去匆匆。I’ve

just

popped

in

to

say

o.進來I’m

afraid

she’s

just

popped

out

fora

few

minutes.出去Our

neighbor

popped

in

for

a

shortcall.進來round

to

theI

am

just

popshop.去一下pop

round

when

you

get

time短暫拜訪Pop

down

to

the

shops

and

get

abottle

of

milk.匆匆去Chill

n.a

slightly

unpleasant

degree

ofcoldness寒冷There

is

a

noticeable

chill

in

theair

today.

an

illness

marked

by

coldness

andshaking of

body寒戰(zhàn)、風寒Don’tgo

out

in

thisweather----you’ll

catch

a

chill.著涼c.an

unpleasan sation

ofcoldness,

esp.

from

fear

ordiscouragement

沮喪、掃興、消沉?The

bad

news

put a

chill

into

us

all.使大家掃興A

little

chill

ran

down

her

back.Cf.

chill/chilling/chilled/chilly

a.

a

chill/chilling

wind冷颼颼的風The

evenings

are

getting

chilly.夜晚冷得難受。a

very

chill/chilly

response不友好/冷淡的反應(yīng)a

chillingghost

story令人毛骨悚然的鬼故事a

bottle

of

chilledchampagne一瓶冰鎮(zhèn)香檳酒（”chill”

can

be

used

as

a

verbtoo.)He

possessed

a

brain,

and

since

no

oneunderstood

it

when

he

used

it,

it

wasresented.(brains)

in ligence,the

ability

to

learn

andunderstand

things

quickly,

solve

problemsand

make

good

decisions頭腦、悟性Mr.

Penbury

was

in

ligent,

but

noone

in

th

ing-house

liked

himfor

that.

He

was

too

smart

for

them,and

everybody

felt

annoyed.The

young

man

is

not

very

good

at

sportsbut

he

has

an

excellent

brain.He

has

inherited

his

mother’s

brains

andhis

father’s

good

looks.Resent:

to

feel

angry

or

upset

about對。。。有怨氣、對。。。不滿ButMrs.

Mayton

never

allowed

morethanthreeminutes

to

go

by

without

a

word

andsowhen

thesilence had

reached

itsallotted

span,

she

turned

toPenbury

andto

passasked:the

time

given

foraparticular

purposeBut

Mrs.

Mayton

would

not

tolerateany

silence

for

more

than

threeminutes.

So

when

no

one

broke

thesilence

within

three

minutes,

she

losther

patience

and

turning

to

Penbury,asked.allotv.

a.

to

parcel

out;

to

distribute

orapportion

按份額分配b.

to

assign

as

a

portion;

toallocate

分派、指派They

allotteda

parking-space

toeach

employee.Can

we

do

the

work

withinthetime

they

have

allotted

to

us?Span:the

length

of

time

一段時間Life

spanAttention

span注意力集中的時間Tighten:Be

tightened

up

inside內(nèi)心緊張The

situation

was

tightening.The

effect

was

instantaneous.

Bella

gave

atiny

shriek.

Mrs.

Mayton’s

eyes

became

twostartled

glass

marbles.

Monty

Smith

openedhis

mouth

and

kept

it

open.

Mrs.

Calthrop,

ina

split

second,

lost

allinclination

to

doze.Marble:大理石；（玻璃）彈子Mr.

Penbury’s

announcement

brought

about

animmediate

effect.

Bellagave

a

sudden

shout

in

aweak

and

frightened

voice.

Mrs.

Mayton

becameso

shocked

that

her

eyes

opened

wide

and

lookedlike

two

glassmarbles.

Mr.

Calthrop,

inan

instant,became

fully

awake

and

had

no

intention

ofdozing

offagain.Notice

the

effect

of

characterization.immediayinamomentat

oncein

an

instantat

a

wordin

asecondrightawayin

ablinkat

short

noticeinstantlyinstantaneouslyin

a

twinkling

of

an

eyein

one

breathinthe

same

breathin

a

split

second一瞬間，霎那間Split

劈開At

full

split

以極高的速度Run

like

split

飛奔Inclination:

a

tendency

to

do

sth.傾向、Gasp:

to

take

a

quick

deep

breath

with

yourmouth

open,

esp.

because

you

are

surprised

orin

panicThey

gasped

in

astonishment

at

the

news.Nasty:

ugly

or

unpleasant

to

see,

taste,

smell,etc.Cheap

and

nasty

furnitureA

nasty

smellA

nasty

tasteNasty

weatherA

nasty

habitmessn.

a.

a

cluttered,

untidy,

usually

dirty

conditionb.

a

confused,

troubling,

orembarrassingconditionI’ll

have

to

clear

upall

the

mess

inthis

room.The

copper

industry

was

in

a

mess.This

illness

makes

a

messof

myholidayplans.She

messed

up

her

new

dress

withred

ink.Don’t

mess

with

him

when

he

isangry.

和他搗亂v.

messa.

messy

Word

formationsClear

up

a

little

ground:

to

get

the

facts

clearTo

clear

up

sth.:

to

solve

or

explain

sth.

;

tofind

an

answer

to

sth.消除、化解、解釋、澄清

to

clear

up

a

mystery

/

misunderstanding

/point

/

doubt

/

difficultyOne’s

word:

(singular)

a

promise

or

guarantee;a

statementSince

you

have

promised

her,

you

shouldkeep

your

word.(but:

Please

send

us

word

of

your

safe

arrival.)inquirev.

to

seek

information

by

asking

aquestion;to

make

an

inquiryorinvestigationI’ll

inquire

about

the

flights.

查詢She

inquired

after

my

mother’s

health.問候，The

director

inquired

of

me

about

/concerning

our

work.We

inquired

into

his

story,

and

found

itwastrue.He

inquired

for

the

bookin

a

bookshop.要買（某物），要求得到n.Inquiry打聽、探究、inquisitiona.Inquiring探尋的，好問的Inquisitive過分好奇的aggression

n.a.the

act

of

initiating

hostilities

or

invasionb.the

practice

or

habit

of

launching

attacksThe

statement

condemned

the

country’sbrutal

aggression

againstits

neighbor.Boys

usually

express

their

aggression

byhitting

eachother.So

far

they

had

showed

noaggressiontowards

him.physical/verbal

aggression人身

/口頭a.

aggressiveinclined

to

behave

in

a

hostile

fashionassertive,

bold,

andenterprisingfast

growing;

tending

to

spread

quicklyBailey

became

increasingly

aggressive

inhis

questioning

ofthe

witness.越來越咄咄Today’s

executives

are

hungry,competitive,andaggressive.雄心勃勃，競爭意識強，有an

aggressive

tumor

迅速蔓延的腫瘤“But

so

have

you!”

exclaimed

Monty,

withnervousaggression.to

cry

out

suddenlyand

loudlyfrom

angerin

a

nervous

andaggressive

manner,ready

toquarrel

orattackIt

was

obvious

that

Mr.

Monty

didn’t

likePenbury’s

remark.

He

therefore

quicklyretorted,

trying

to

pick

holes

in

whatPenbury

hadsaid.Regard：to

look

at

attentively;to

observeclosely

打量、仔細觀察、留神地He

regarded

us

suspiciously.Glare:

to

look

at

angrilyIt

found

the

spot

all

right.used

to

emphasize

that

one

is

sure

ofsth;thereis

no

doubt

that

sth.is

true.毫無疑問Don’t

worry.

You

will

get

the

moneyback

all

right.That’s

the

man

I

saw

in

the

car

allright.The

weapon

went

through

his

heart.Flushed:

(of

a )

:

red;

with

a

red

faceYou

look

flushed---have

you

been

running?His

face

was

flushed

with

anger.Rotten:very

bad;nasty

差勁的，站不住腳的Rotten

reasoning站不住腳的論證A

rotten

driverwhat

rotten

weather!Feel

rotten:

feel

ill

or

unpleasant

身體不適的，有病的Produce:to

show

sth.

or

make

sth.

appear

fromsomewhere

出示、拿出At

the

meeting,

the

finance

directorproduced

the

figures

for

the

previous

year.She

produced

a

letter

from

her

pocket.Press:

to

urge

to

force

to

action;

to

impel迫、推動The

bank

is

pressing

us

for

repayment.Most

Chinese

daughters

have

desire

sostrong

to

face

the

powder

and

not

topowder

the

face.obligev.

a.to

constrainby

physical,

legal,

social,or

moral

means(以道義、法律或體力）迫使b.

to

make

indebted

or

grateful

使感激c.

todo

a

service

or

favor

for

于The

law

obliges

parents

to

sendtheirchildren

to

school.I

am

obliged

to

youfor

your

gracioushospitality.Could

you

oblige

me

by

posting

thisletter?Grace

obliged

thecompany

with

a

song.“Would

you

oblige

next,

Mr.

Calthrop?We

all

know

you

walk

in

yoursleep.

…”(fml)

to

do

sth.for

sb.

as

afavor

or

a

smallserviceWould

you

please

do

me

a

favor

andbe

the

next

to

give

your

alibi,

Mr.Calthrop?

We

all

know

you

areasleep

walker.

(

suggesting

he

mighthave

committed

the

murder

in

hissleep.)swallow:Swallow

an

insultSwallow

the

sarcasm

and

got

on

with

herwork.Swallow

a

sSwallow

a

yarnSwallow

down

one’s

tears??angerastonishmentThe

last

thing

/ :

to

emphasize

that

onedefini y

does

not

want

to

do

sth.

,

that

sb.

/sth.

is

the

least

likely

or

suitable

(to

do

sth.).She

is

the

last

to l

a

lie.That

is

the

last

thing

I

would

expect

him

to

do.“I

should

be

the

last

to

refutesuch

an

emphaticstatement,”

he

said.He

said

that

he

would

certainly

notsay

that

Mr.

Calthrop’sstatement

wasuntrue.Emphatic:(statement

or

answer,etc.)giveninastrongorforcefulway

語氣強的、有力的、斷然的He

responded

with

an

emphatic

‘no’.他斷然回答：“不行”。Follow:Follow

a

pigeon

in

flightFollow

a

speechFollow

sb’s

progressCome

off:

to

fall

from

sth.The

other

day

he

fame

off

his

horse

andbroke

a

bone

in

his

arm.A

button

is

coming

off

your

coat.

Shall

Isew

it

on

for

you?Penbury

looked

at

Monty

hard.Penbury

stared

at

Monty

showing

nosympathy.Hard:

showing

no

sympathy

or

affection冷酷的、沒

的His

voice

was

hard.他

冷酷。He

said

some

very

hard

things

to

me.他對我說了很多無情的話。Jerk:1.to

say

sth.

Suddenly2.Give

a

firm

jerk

on

the

rope.He

didn’t

sleep

well

last

night,

dreamed

andwoke

in

jerks.他昨晚上沒睡好，老做夢，還不時驚醒。3.

The

old

bus

stopped

with

a

jerk.那輛舊公共汽車猛地一顛，停了下來。to

put

out

of

one’smindPhrasesto

make

one

forget

somethingYou

have

to

try

to

putyour

past

suffering

outof

your

mind

and

make

a

with“mind”fresh

start.be

inone’emindbe

in

two(or:

many)mindsbe

on

one’s

mindbe

out

of

one’s

mindbear

in

mindgive

one’s

mind

togo

out

of

one’s

mindkeep

one’s

mind

on有想法，想念拿不定主意，三心二意,猶豫壓在心上，有心事不正常，精神錯亂記住專心從事，對被忘掉專注專心注意，聚精會神……“If

you’ll

be

so

good,”

answeredPenbury.

“Just

as

a

matter

of

form.”(formality):

sth.

that

has

to

be

doneeven

though

it

has

no

practicalimportance

or

effect.Willyou

be

so

kind

as

to

give

youralibinow

sincewe’ve

all

had

our

turn?

It

issomething

you

have

to

do.Notice

that

Mr.

Penbury

was

unusuallypoliteto

Miss

Wicks.

He

was

even

beingapologetic

here.as

a

matter

of

convenience

:for

convenience

sake

為方便起見as

a

matter

of

course：a

natural

process

自然，通常，必然之事as

a

matter

of

fact：in

fact

事實上as

a

matter

of

routine：as

a

rule

通常，按慣例get

on

sb.'s

nerves:to

irritate

or

annoy

sb.令人煩躁The

loud

music

from

the

next

door

went

on

tillone

o’clock

last

night.

It

really

got

on

mynerves.The

continuous

foggy

weather

is

getting

onour

nerves.

Our

flight

has

been

delayed

foreight

hours.strain

every

nerve

:盡最大努力Send:to

make

sb.behave

or

react

in

aparticular

way

引起（某種情緒反應(yīng)）Her

account

of

the

trip

sent

us

into

laughter.turn

on

sb.

to e

suddenly

hostile

tosb.(=

turn

upon)對。。。懷有敵意，對。。。發(fā)怒The

dog

went

mad

and

turned

on

its

ownerWhy

did

she

turn

on

him

like

that?

He

musthave

said

something

to

offend

her.Plunge:

to

move,

to

throw

or

thrust

forciblyor

suddenly

into把。。。投入或

、刺入Plunge

one’s

hands

into

one’s

coatpocketsPlunge

one’s

head

into

waterThe

dagger

was

plunged

deep

into

the

leftside

of

his

heart.Stretch

out:

extend

the

hand,

etc.

to

greet

sb.or

to

take

sth.1.

伸出手You

can

feel

the

rain

if

you

stretch

out

yourhand.2.

四肢舒展地躺著The

dog

stretched

out

under

the

tree.3.

在時間上延長Stretch

the

meeting

out4.（使）持久、（使）夠用Stretch

the

food

out

till of

the

weekascendv.to

go

or

move

upward;

to

riseto

slope

upward;

tomove

upwardupon or

along; toclimbThe

stairs

in

the

Five-Star

ho

ascend

inagraceful

curve.They

began

slowly

ascending

therockface.n.ascendancy

支配地位Antonymsdescend

（v.)ascent

提升a.

ascendant

上升的descent

(n.)TextysisSettingThis

story

is

setin

aboardinghouse

where

life,

especiallyevening

life,

is

notoriously

dullfortheoddcollection

of

peoplewho

livethere.But

one

of

the

guests

managesto

think

of

something

whichdoes

stirup

quitea

bit

ofinterest.TextysisPlease

findsupporting

detailsof

the

charactersketches

in

thetext.CharactersMrs.Maytonlandladytry

to

keepeveryone

talkingMr.MontySmithas

politeas

palekeep

any

ballrollingMissWicksoldestknitting

all

thetimeText

ysisCharactersBellaMr.CalthropMr.Penburyhave

a

chilling

effectpossess

a

brainmiddle-agednot

particularlysmartwalk

in

sleep,dozeall

the

timeyounglovelyeccentricin

ligentPlease

findsupporting

detailsof

the

charactersketches

in

thetext.Structurean

idle

discussion

aboutPart

I

(Paras.

where

Mr.

Wainwright

has1—11)Part

II

(Paras.12—33)gone

and

serving

to

introducethe

characters

who

live

in

theboarding-house.Mr.

Penbury

announces

thatMr.

Wainwright

is

dead.StructurePart

III

(Paras.34—88)Part

IV

(Paras.89—91)Mr.

Penbury

direct

ageneral

rehearsal

of

theiralibis

while

waiting

for

the.a

suspense

endingWriting

DeviceHumorThe

author

skillfully

mixed

humorouselements

in

his

story,

which

help

to

makethe

characterization

and

the

plot

morevivid

and

interesting.Read

the

following

examples

from

thetext

and

try

to

yze

the

humorouseffects.Writing

DeviceHumorHe

was

as

polite

as

he

was

pale.

(be

politebecause

of

being

pale)She

had

knitting

for

seventy

years,

andlooked

good

for

another

seventy.

(Hyperboleis

used

to

achieve

humor)Bella

wasth

ing-houselovely,

but

noone

taken

advantage

of

the

fact.

(No

one

isinterested

in

her)Writing

DeviceHumorShe

had

promised

to

knit

at

her

funeral.

(Is

itpossible

to

do

sth.

at

one’s

ownfuneral?)“Only

one?”

I

answered

“You’re

luckier

than

Iam.”

(self-mockery

to

imply

a

lot

people

hatehim)“But

let

me

suggest

that

you

give

thestatement

to

the

with

slightly

lessemphasis.”

(the

satirical

tone

to

imply

that

hemight

no

be

ling

the

truth.)Quiz1.

Herjewelry

under

thespotlights

andshe

became

thedominant

figure

at

the

ball.A.

blazedC.

glaredB.

dazzledD.glittered2.Weeks

before

anyone

wasarrested

in

connection

with

the

bankrobbery.A.

elapsedC.

overlappedB.

expiredD.

terminatedBlaze:

著火Dazzle:使眩暈Elapse:流逝Expire:滿期Terminate:結(jié)束、使終止D

AQuiz3.

Often

such

arguments

have

theeffectof

rather

thanclarifying

the

issues

involved.A.

blockingC.

tackling4.

He

raisedB.

obscuringD.prejudicinghis

eyebrows

andTackle:處理Stick:使突出Jerk:

使猝然一動Tug:費力拖、拉B

Aheadforward

andstuck

his

itin

a

single

nod,

agesture

boys

used

then

for

O.K.when

they

were

pleased.A.

jerkedC.

shruggedB.

twistedD.

tuggedQuizcompany’s

client

data,

which

sheintendedto

in

starting

herown

business.5.She

had

recently

left

a

job

and

had

Dwell

on:詳述

helped

herself

to

copies

of

the