最新上海交大版应用型大学英语综合教程 第3册 unit 5 课文翻译与答案.docx

1、最新上海交大版应用型大学英语综合教程 第3册 unit 5 课文翻译与答案Unit 5 Part 1 Language Skills Development 1. StarterA. Lateral thinking quiz. Read the riddles and give your answers.1. Johns mother has 3 children, two of whom are named April and May. What is the third one named?John.2. A mute person wants to buy a toothbrush.

2、By imitating the action of brushing ones teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Now if a blind man wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself? He simply opens his mouth and asks.3. A woman lives on the tenth floor of a block of flat

3、s. Every morning she takes the lift down to the ground floor and goes to work. In the evening, she gets into the lift, and, if there is someone else in the lift she goes directly to her floor. Otherwise, she goes to the eighth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to her flat. How do you explain

4、this?The woman is of small stature and couldnt reach the upper lift buttons.Mind Map lateral thinking水平思考，横向思维mute a.哑的；无声的，沉默的imitate n.模仿，仿效B. Listen to a passage and answer the following questions.1. Who was murdered 23 years ago? A 38-year-old woman was murdered.2. When did the murder take place

5、? The murder took place on October 13, 1985.3. When did the victim die and what was the direct cause of her death? She died 18 days later from head injuries resulting from the attack.4. Who re-examined the case? The Cold Case Unit re-examined it.5. Who is the suspect and where is he now? One of the

6、womans ex-boyfriends is the suspect. He is currently in custody.Tapescript:Police Solve 23-year-old Murder CaseMore than two decades after an Austin woman was found severely injured in her apartment, police are charging her ex-boyfriend with murder.Officials closed the 1985 murder case of then 38-ye

7、ar-old Austin resident, Natalie Antonetti.On October 13, 1985, Austin police were called to investigate an assault on a victim who was later identified as Antonetti. At about 5:15 a.m., Antonettis roommate said she found her attacked and on the couch, bleeding from her head. Police said EMS transpor

8、ted Antonetti to the hospital, where she died 18 days later from head injuries resulting from the attack.The initial investigation went cold after authorities said they were unable to charge a suspect in this case. However, the case was re-examined in 2007 by the Cold Case Unit. In the examination,

9、police said they followed up on an anonymous tip that was received that year.The 2007 tip produced more leads, which ultimately led to the charge of one of Antonettis ex-boyfriends. Some 23 years later, the case was presented to a grand jury on June 10, and resulted in a charge for first-degree murd

10、er against Dennis Davis.Though Davis was previously interviewed at the time of the murder, he was never listed as a suspect. Police said he is currently in custody awaiting a hearing.Mind Map assault n.侵犯人身（罪）couch n.长沙发EMS紧急医疗服务（emergency medical service）Cold Case Unit悬案组anonymous tip匿名举报lead n.线索c

11、ustody n.拘留，拘押Info Box 1. Detective storyThe traditional elements of the detective story are: (1) the seemingly perfect crime; (2) the wrongly accused suspect at whom circumstantial evidence points; (3) the bungling (搞得一团糟) of dim-witted police; (4) the greater powers of observation and superior min

12、d of the detective; and (5) the startling and unexpected denouement, in which the detective reveals how the identity of the culprit was ascertained. Detective stories frequently operate on the principle that superficially convincing evidence is ultimately irrelevant. Usually it is also axiomatic tha

13、t the clues from which a logical solution to the problem can be reached be fairly presented to the reader at exactly the same time that the sleuth (侦探) receives them and that the sleuth deduce the solution to the puzzle from a logical interpretation of these clues. The first detective story was The

14、Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe, published in April 1841. The profession of detective had come into being only a few decades earlier, and Poe is generally thought to have been influenced by the Mmoires (182829) of Franois-Eugne Vidocq, who in 1817 founded the worlds first detective bure

15、au, in Paris. Poes fictional French detective, C. Auguste Dupin, appeared in two other stories, The Mystery of Marie Roget (1845) and The Purloined Letter (1845). The detective story soon expanded to novel length. The introduction of the mass-produced paperback book in the late 1930s made detective-

16、story writers wealthy, among them the Americans Erle Stanley Gardner, whose criminal lawyer Perry Mason unraveled crimes in court, Rex Stout, with his fat, orchid-raising detective Nero Wolfe and his urbane assistant Archie Goodwin, and Frances and Richard Lockridge, with another bright married coup

17、le, Mr. and Mrs. North. In France, Georges Simenon produced novel after novel at a rapid-fire pace, making his hero, Inspector Maigret, one of the best-known detectives since Sherlock Holmes. Other writers who carried out the tradition of Holmes or broke new ground included Nicholas Blake (pseudonym

18、 of the poet C. Day-Lewis), Michael Innes, Dame Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey, Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr), and P. D. James. After 1945, writers such as John Le Carr adapted the detective-story format to the increasingly popular spy novel. The Mystery Writers of America, a professional organizat

19、ion founded in 1945 to elevate the standards of mystery writing, including the detective story, has exerted an important influence through its annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards for excellence. 2. Identical twinsIdentical twins develop from a single egg/sperm combination that splits a few days after conc

20、eption. Their DNA originates from a single source, thus their genetic makeup is the same and the characteristics that are determined by genetics will be similar. Monozygotic twins are always of the same gender, except in extremely rare cases of chromosomal defect. 同卵双胞胎即单卵双胞胎，是一个精子与一个卵子结合产生的一个受精卵。这个

21、受精卵一分为二，形成两个胚胎。由于他们出自同一个受精卵，接受完全一样的染色体和基因物质，因此他们性别相同，且就像一个模子里出来的，有时甚至连自己的父母都难以分辨。这种相似不仅表现为外形相似，而且血型、智力、甚至某些生理特征（指纹）和对疾病的易感性等都很一致。 3. OregonState (pop., 2000: 3,421,399), U.S., northwestern region. Lying on the Pacific Ocean, it is bordered by Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and California. It covers 97,0

22、73 sq mi (251,419 sq km). Its capital is Salem. The Columbia River forms its northern boundary; the Snake River is its upper eastern boundary. The Cascades Range, with Mount Hood, is in western central Oregon. First sighted by Spanish explorers, it was visited by Francis Drake in 1579 and by James C

23、ook in 1778. The area was inhabited by many American Indian peoples when in 1792 Captain Robert Gray explored the Columbia River, giving the U.S. a claim to the region. The rivers mouth was reached by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. The first white settlement was founded at Astoria in 1811 b

24、y the fur trader John J. Astor. Settlement of the area accelerated from c1843 with mass migration over the Oregon Trail. It was part of the Oregon territory and was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state in 1859. The states economy is dependent on its forests, farms, and livestock. Salmon and shell

25、fish are the bases of the fishing industry. Centres of population, arts, and education are Portland, Eugene, and Medford.Unknown Sister 家有姊妹不相识 1 Lindsey, sitting on the couch in her living room, turned on the 5 oclock news channel. 2 Supposedly, new evidence has been found identifying a person conn

26、ected to a four-year-old robbery case in Portland, Oregon, and a fingerprint was able to be matched with one of the perpetrators at the last crime scene, reporting from Channel 10 news scrolls across the TV screen in bold letters. A picture was shown on the screen, identified by the fingerprint. Lin

27、dsey looked at the photo and went into shock because it was her or her twin sister Sara being accused of the robberies. Lindsey and Sara were identical twin sisters and their personalities were the only key to telling one from the other. Lindsey was quiet and conservative, while Sara enjoyed partyin

28、g with her friends. Sara was killed last year in a car accident. She was hit by a drunk driver and died instantly, before the paramedics arrived on the scene. 3 Furthermore, Lindsey had been getting these strange dreams recently at night, in which she was the perpetrator. Some dreams involved her ro

29、bbing an elderly couple in broad daylight of their vehicle and expensive jewels. Other dreams involved her torturing and burning an old man on his chest and face with an iron pipe as he was tied to his bed in his home. Lindsey was unclear as to why she was having these images, nor did she know where

30、 these crimes had taken place. She replayed the broadcast message in her mind and wondered if her images and the robberies had any connection. 4 Hello, Mom, did you see the picture of me or Sara on the news a few minutes ago? Lindsey asked in a slow tone of voice. 5 Yes, honey, why is your photo on

31、the news? 6 Its not me, Mom. Its Sara. Ive never lived nor stayed in Portland, Oregon. 7 Lindsey hung up the phone before her mom could say another word. She realized that an extensive search on her part was going to be required to remove herself from the case. Moreover, she was going to have to loc

32、ate the place Sara was living in four years ago around the time of the crimes. Lindsey drove over to Saras home in search of anything left behind linking her with the Portland area. Her home was still the same, because their mom kept it after Sara passed away. Lindsey entered the living room, the dining room, and the kitchen. The living room looked very clean. Lindsey was with Sara when she bought the home and it seemed weird walking back into the home without her sister around. Lindsey wasnt surprised at the nea