1、 不受怀疑under suspicion: suspected of wrongdoing 有嫌疑 v. suspect n. suspicion adj. suspicious2、arouse: a) cause sth. to happen 引起e.g. Her behavior aroused no suspicion.她的举动未受到怀疑。b) wake sb. from sleep: awaken 3、injection: v. inject inject sth. into sth./sb.a) force a drug or liquid intoe.g. inject penic
2、illin into(with) sbs arm 给某人胳膊注射青霉素。b) introduce new thought intoe.g. Try to inject a bit of enthusiasm into your performance 你要尽力在演出中倾注一点热情。 reject拒绝; inject投入,注射; eject喷射4、“deputy”和“vice”都有副职的意思。但是副职有很多种。“deputy”用于一般副职,如主任,处长,科长。既有副的的意思,也有正职的助手的意思,还有正职不在时,由它代理代表的意思. 副主任:deputy director 副处长:deputy
3、division chief 副科长:deputy section chief “vice”用于较高层次的副职,如副总统,副总裁(或大学副校长、副队长、副大法官等) 副部长:vice minister 副市长:vice mayor 副省长:vice provincial governor 副总理:vice premier 副主席:vice chairman 5、mislead: pt./pp. misled mislead sb. into doing sth. : cause sb. to do sth. by deceiving him. 骗某人做某事 他使我误以为他很有钱。e.g. He
4、 misled me into thinking he was rich. / adj. misleading mis- misapplied adj. 误用的,滥用的 misarrange v. 排错 misbehave v. 举止无礼6、furniture v. furnish e.g. furnish a room with furniture furnish A with B = furnish B to A 提供B给A表“装备”时 furnish 提供给生活所必备的或为生活舒适所需要的家具equip 装备工作所需要的东西supply 指在任何环境下供给e.g. The trees s
5、upply shade in summer.7、deceive : v. make sb. believe sth. that is not true 欺骗 deceive sb./oneself (into doing sth.)e.g. We were deceived into believing that he could help us.deceive: 故意隐瞒事实; cheat: 采取不诚实手段获利mislead: 引入错误方向或想法; betray: 背叛,不忠8、inherit vt. Receive sth. as a result of the death of the
6、previous owner 继承inherit sth. from sb. e.g. a young man inheriting an estate from his father 继承父亲的地产的年轻人n. inheritor 继承人近义词解析: inherit vt. succeed vi. succeed to the throne 继承王位TextMain Contents:I. Background Information II. Pre-reading ActivitiesIII. Text Analysis StructureIV. Intensive readingV. W
7、riting skillVI. Exercises1、Lord n. “Lord/lady” itself is a title Duck/Duchess (公爵)Marquis/ Marchioness (侯爵), Count/Countess (伯爵), Viscount/ Viscountess(子爵), Baron/Baroness (男爵), Lord (勋爵), 自14世纪起,伯爵、子爵、男爵以及公爵之子又称为“勋爵”(lord),后来勋爵也可泛指公爵以下的侯爵、伯爵、子爵、男爵。其涵义与“显贵”(nobility)一词相近。2. Scotland-Scotland is one
8、of four constituent nations which form the United Kingdom (the other three are England, Wales and Northern Ireland). It is divided into three main regions: the Highlands, the Midland Valley and the Southern Uplands. Scotland is well known for its mountainous and beautiful scenery3. Scotland Yard-英国首
9、都伦敦警察厅The headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The headquarter of the Greater London police is known as the Metropolitan Police Service .伦敦警察厅苏格兰场(New Scotland Yard,又称Scotland Yard、The
10、Yard),是英国首都伦敦警察厅的代称。伦敦警察厅(Metropolitan Police Service,伦敦警方中文官网的名称则为伦敦都市警部)负责地区包括整个大伦敦地区(伦敦市除外)的治安及维持交通。II. Pre-reading Activities It is a compound dictation that devised according to the tape recording of pre-reading part.III. Text Analysis- Structurev Part 1 ( Paras. 1-5): General background of the
11、 storyv Part 2 ( Paras. 6-8): The villagers reactions to Mr. Williams case v Part 3 ( Paras. 9-14 ): The major crimes Mr. Williams committed and how he spent the money v Part 4 (Paras. 15-17): The final result of Mr. Williams spending such a large sum of moneyPart 1 ( Paras. 1-5):Finish reading the
12、text in 5 minutes and find answers to the 5 “W-questions”:v -Where (did the story take place) and who (was the main character in the story)?v - What did he look like?v -What did he do?v - What is the truth?v - What was the result?1. Scotland; Lord Williams, or Tony. (Para. 1) 2. He was a soft-spoken
13、 man and he looked like a wealthy noble people. (Para. 2) 3. He provided such a large injection of cash into the village that he single-handedly brought the community back to life. ( Para. 3) 4. Mr. Williams was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish
14、noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotland Yard.(Para. 4) 5. He was brought into court and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.(Para. 5) Para1(line 1-2) 1. grouse: complain 2. raise a glass: express good wishes to 向祝贺 我想我们应该向战斗英雄致意。I think we should raise a glass to the combat
15、 hero. 3. prompt : be the cause of , 勾起,引发。Para 2(line 4-6) Word-formation:A. adv.-p.p. a soft-spoken professor, doctorB. adj.-p.p. big-headed man, lionC. n.-p.p. self-taught coursesPara 3(line7-10)buy up: buy all or as much as possible (of sth.) 全部买进,尽量收购 代理人将火车票买空了。The agencies have bought up all
16、the train tickets.to provide a large injection of cash into :to pour money into, to sink money into 投入大量资金bring to life: give liveliness to 这个演员把哈姆雷特演活了。The actor brings Hamlet to life.Para 4(line 11-13)live out : do or experience 如果你实践一种梦想或幻想,那你是在做你想过的事儿。If you live out a dream or fantasy, you do t
17、he things that you have thought about.Para 5Line 17Bring into court: make a charge against He was brought into court for murder.Part 2 ( Paras. 6-8):Q: What are the responses from the villagers to Mr. Williams?Answers: Reponse1: At least some villagers are sticking by him. (Para.6) Response2: Its ha
18、rd to understand how a clever person like him could mislead people like that. What he did benefited the village. A lot of the properties were beautifully restored. (Para. 7) Response3: Everyone wondered where the money was coming from. Why was he spending it in a little place in the mountains? He wo
19、uldnt have gotten it back in 100 years. (Para. 8)Para 6(line21-22) now that: conj. seeing that; in as much as; since 你长大了,该更懂事了。 Now that you are older, you should know better.既然恢复了健康,他就可以继续学习。 Now that he is well again, he can go on with study. fall upon dark days: be in difficulties and troubles.
20、遭到不幸,倒霉 Similar phrases: fall on hard times; fall on evil days我们很感激他在困难时候对我们的帮助。 We were very appreciated his help when we fell on dark days. stick by sb.: continue to support and be loyal to sb. 继续支持 无论境遇好坏她的丈夫对她忠贞不渝。 Her husband stuck by her in good times and bad. Para 8(line28) two/three/a few do
21、ors along/away/down: 在第二,第三,几家之外 沿这条路再走几家就是我们的另一个分店。 Our other branch is just a few doors down the road.Barber/hairdresserPart 3 ( Paras. 9-14):Q1: what are the major crimes that Mr. Williams committed? Mr. Williams stole more than 8 million over eight years. (Para. 9)Q2. How did Mr. Williams spend
22、the money? buying an estate and noble titles, sunk his dishonest gains into this village, turned the village into very good-looking places, buying the most experience ones for the restaurant. Para 9Line 33Fund: a disaster/ relief fund 赈灾救济基金 Para 12(line40-41) sinkinto: invest (money) in a business他
23、们用全部盈利购买房地产。They sunk all their profits into property. make sth. go into sth.sink a knife into butter 把刀插进黄油里 sink into sth. : go into陷入sink into despair 陷入绝望 captured ones heart with : fascinate someone with sth.这本书因有漂亮的插图使小男孩着了迷。The book captured the little boys heart with its beautiful illustrati
24、ons. Para 13Line 45-46to: in the position of Scotland is to the north of England. 苏格兰在英格兰之北。Part 4 ( Paras. 15-17):How was it found out that Williams was dishonest? Answer:His bank deposits were so large that they were noticed by the banks management. The bank then notified the police, who discovere
25、d that the criminal was one of their own.(Para.15)Q2: How did Williams described his own motive for stealing the money?Answer: He said in an interview after he was arrested: “ I discovered this bloody huge amount of money. I went from the need to pay off a few debts to what can only be described as
26、greed. There is no way to justify it.” (Para. 17) Para 151)非限制性定语从句2)notify: noticenotify notify sb. that 正式通知 e.g.我通知他会议已延期。I notified him that the meeting had been postponed.inform:inform sb. of sth. 直接使人知道e.g.他告诉我他的新地址。He has informed me of his new address.3)to + ones + 表示感情的名词: He broke it, to m
27、y annoyance. He broke it, annoyingly. To my great surprise, he failed the exam. Surprisingly, he failed the examPara 16sell at a loss: sell sth. at less than it costs. 这家公司亏本出售夏季存货,以便为冬季新品上市做准备。The firm sold its summer stock at a loss to be ready for the winter goods. Review: Words and Expressionsv
28、向祝酒 raise a glass to v 引来阵阵笑声 prompts laughter v 引起怀疑 arouse one s suspicionv 说话和气的 Soft-spokenv 一手 Single-handedlyv 使有活力 bring back to lifev 过(某种生活)live outv 苏格兰场 Scotland Yardv 控告,起诉 bring into courtv 被判监禁年 be sentenced to years in prisonv 遭到不幸 fall upon dark daysv 继续支持,忠于stick by sb.v 距广场几家之遥a few doors down the square v 贵族头衔 noble titl
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