电大《高级英语(1)》unit10

Unit10Mysteries高级英语（1）Read,listenandtalkaboutmysteriesPracticemodalsandmodalperfectsforspeculation情态动词表示推测Focusonspeculation,describingatmosphere推测，描述环境Writeanarrative记叙性短文LearningObjectivesGrammarandSpeakingOn7April2005policestoppedayoungmaninhisearlytwenties(20出头的)whowaswalkingaroundthestreetsofSheerness,aseasidetowninsoutheastEngland.Hewaswearingasuitandatie…buthisclothesweresoakingwet(湿透的).Thelabels(标签)hadbeentakenofftheman’sclothesandhedidn’thaveapassportoranyotherpossessions(财物，个人物品).GrammarandSpeakingO1Heseemsveryfrightened.Hecouldbeanillegal(非法的)immigrant(移民).O2Orhemighthavebeenthevictim(受害者)ofacrime.Canyoushowussomeidentification,Sir?Apassport,adrivinglicence?O1He’sobviouslytooshocked(震惊的)tospeak.O2Nowonder-thepoorguy’ssoakingwet.Hemusthavebeenintheseaforalongtime.GrammarandSpeakingO1Wheredoyoucomefrom?France?Russia?DrLet’sgivehimamap.Perhapsthatwillhelp.O1HeispointingatOslo(奥斯陆).HemustcomefromNorway.O1Wellthatwasawasteoftime-hecan’tbeNorwegian,hedidn’tunderstandaword.DrPerhapsifwegivehimapenandpaper,he’llwritehisname.O1Goodidea.Canyouwriteyournameforus,Sir?O1Hecan’thaveunderstood.Waitaminute-heisdrawingsomething…A.说话人认为某事物肯定存在或发生过。B.说话人认为某事物可能存在或发生过。C.说话人认为某事物肯定不存在或从未发生。GrammarandSpeakingHemust

comefromNorway.Hemust

havebeenintheseaforalongtime.Hecouldbeanillegalimmigrant.Orhemighthavebeenthevictimofacrime.Hecan’tbeNorwegian,hedidn’tunderstandaword.Hecan’thaveunderstood.must/might/may/could/can’t+do，用来推测某事物是否存在或属实。（对目前状态的推测）--HemustcomefromNorway.(I’mcertainit’strue.)--Hemight/may/couldbeanillegalimmigrant.(Ithinkit’spossible.)--Hecan’tbeNorwegian.(I’mcertainitisn’ttrue.)情态动词表推测must/might/could/can’t/couldn’t+havedone，用来推测某事物是否曾经存在或发生过。（对过去状况的推测）--Hemusthavebeeninthesea.(I’mcertainthisreallyhappened.)--Hemight/may/could

havelosthispassport.(Itpossiblyhappened.)--Hecan’t/couldn’thavelosthismemory.(I’mcertainitwasimpossible.)情态动词表推测Usemight/could/mayandthecorrectformoftheverbs.(Ex.5)1.Where’sJacob?He’snotinhisroom.A.__________________________(在楼上)B.__________________________(去健身)2.IwonderwhyMonicaspeakssuchgoodFrench.A.___________________________(在法国长大)B.__________________________(在上法语课)3.WhyisPaulinsuchabadmood?A._________________________(得知了坏消息)B.______________________(太累了)Hemight/could/may

beupstairs.Hemight/could/may

havegonetothegym.Shemight/could/may

havegrownupinFrance.Shemight/could/maystillbehavingFrenchlessons.Hemight/could/may

havereceivedbadnews.Hemight/could/maybetootired.GrammarandSpeaking1Iphonedthemlastnightbutnooneanswered.They_____________________(be)out.2You____________________(see)heratthestation–shewasathomewithme!3Whathappened

toSentence3?They______________(forget)aboutit!4Helosthisjobandthenhisfatherdied–it________________________(be)aneasytimeforhim.5You’regoingoutwithVictor?You_________(be)serious!Infact,you_________(be)mad!6He_________(be)hungry–he’sjusthadlunch!must

havebeencan’t/couldn’t

haveseenmust

haveforgottencan’t/couldn’t

havebeen(can’t

be)can’t

bemust

becan’tbeGrammarandSpeakingGrammarandSpeakingbumpinto=runinto；meetsb.bychance撞到；偶然遇见--Ibumpedintoanoldfriendintowntoday.Beensomewherehot,Paul?=Haveyoubeensomewherehot?I’vehadthetimeofmylife!我度过了一生难忘的美好时光！Youhavenoideahowgooditwastohaveareallylonghotbathandshaveoff(刮掉，剃掉)mybeard(胡须)afterelevenmonths.Youhavenoidea=youdon’tknow--Ihavenoideawhatyouaretalkingabout.exaggeratev.夸张，夸大GrammarandSpeakingHowdidthenarratorknowthatPaulwaslying?Iwasworkingforachairty(慈善团体)outthereforayear.Wewerehelpingtobuildaprimaryschoolinaromote（偏僻的，遥远的）village…Sittingonawarmbeacheveryeveningplayingmyelectricguitar（电吉它）,anostrich（驼鸟）onthebarbecue（烧烤）,amazingwomen……andshaveoffmybeardafterelevenmonthsHecan’thave___________________________because___________________.hadsuchagoodtimeinAfricahewasinaromoteandbackwardvillage.Lookatthepicture.Whatdoyouthinkmighthavehappened?ReadingandVocabularygiggle咯咯地笑 frown皱眉sigh叹息 whisper低声说，耳语shudder颤抖，哆嗦 gaze(at)凝视yawn打呵欠 glance(at)一瞥，匆匆一看stroll 闲逛，漫步 gasp喘气，倒抽气dash疾驰ReadingandVocabulary1.‘Soyou’llhavetoputupwithmeforawhile.’Shegiggled(咯咯地笑，傻笑).

putupwithsb/sth“容忍某人/某事”--Idon’tknowhowhisparentsputupwithhisbehavior.“我不知道他父母怎能容忍他的行为。”“那您只好先将就着跟我呆一会儿啦。”（女孩这样说是一种自嘲式的幽默）LanguageNotes2.FramtonNuttletriedhardto

thinkof

somethingpolitetosaytoher.弗兰登·纽特尽量想跟她说点客气话。trytodosomething，努力去做某事；thinkof，想起，想到somethingpolite，礼貌的事情，这里指客气话。修饰不定代词（如something，someone）的时候，通常把形容词放在不定代词的后面，如：--Hedidnothingwrong.他什么也没做错。--Isthereanythingimportantintoday’snewspaper?LanguageNotes3.Buthewasbeginningtofeelfedupwithvisitingstrangers.可是他开始厌倦了拜访陌生人。

befedupwith(doing)something，“厌倦（做）某事”。--Oh,I'mquitefedupwithFrenchFriesandhamburgers.4.ForthefirsttimeFramtonlookedupattheopenpatio-door,whichledtothegarden.弗兰登这时才抬头看了看敞开的阳台门，那扇门一直通向花园。

lookat，“看”，look和at中间可以加方位副词，如：lookup/downat，“向上/向下看”。

leadtosomething，“通向…，导致…”，--awindroadleadingtothehut一条蜿蜒的小路通向小屋--Ingivenconditions,abadthingcanleadtogoodresults.LanguageNotes5.Framtonfeltterribleandtriedtochangethesubject–butinvain.

弗兰登感到很别扭，极力想要转移话题，可是却徒劳无功。

invain，“徒劳地，无用地，无效的”--Wetriedinvaintomakehimchangehismind.（Wetriedtomakehimchangehismind,butinvain.）我们想让他改变想法，可没成功。--Hetriedin

vaintogetintocontactwiththelocalbranch.他试图与当地分部取得联络，但没有成功。

LanguageNotes6.Shewasalsostaringatthedoorwithhorrorinhereyes.她也瞪着门，眼中流露出惧色。stareatsth/sb，瞪着某物/某人withhorrorinhereyes是这句话的伴随状语。7.Hesuddenlygotupoutofhischair,tookhishatanddashedoutofthehouseandthroughthegate,awayfromthehouseasfastashecould.表示在过去依次发生的几个动作。

他突然从椅子上跳起来，一把抓起帽子，跑出屋外，冲出大门，飞也似的逃之夭夭。

LanguageNotes8.HetoldmethatonceinIndiahehadspendthenightlying

inanemptygrave(坟墓)inacemetery(公墓),tryingtoescapefromapackofmaddogs.

spend(money)on

sth在…上花钱--Shespenttoomuchmoneyonclothes.spend+时间+onsth/(in)doingsth

--Theyspentalotoftimeonthatproject.(in)explainingthtplan.

tryingtoescapefromapackofmaddogs.现在分词短语作伴随状语，表示一个次要的伴随动作。LanguageNotesQuicklyreadthestory.Thenanswerthequestions.1.WhyisFramtonNuttelvisitingtheSappletons?2.WhoisMrsSappletonwaitingforduringFramton’svisit?3.WhydoesFramtonsuddenlyrunoutofthehouse?Forherhusbandandhertwoyoungbrotherswhoareouthunting.HethinkstheyareghostsbecauseofthestorythatVeratoldhim.ReadingandVocabularyHissisterhastoldhimthattheyarenicefamilyandthatheshouldvisitthemwhileheisrelaxinginthevillage.

Readthetextandcompletegaps1–4withthesentencesbelow.Therearetwosentencesyoudon’tneed.(Ex.3,P.152)A.Framtonwassurprisedtoheartheword‘tragedy’insuchapeacefulvillage.B.HelookedaroundthelivingroomandwonderedifMrsSappletonwasmarriedorperhapsawidow.C.Shedidn’tlookveryinterestedatall.D.Sheturnedtolookathimandlaughedoncemore.E.Thegirlstoppedspeakingandjustthenherauntcameinandapologisedforbeinglate.F.ThegirltookFramton’scoatandcarefullyplaceditonthecoat-stand.ReadingandVocabularyLet’scheckFramtonfrowned.‘Hardlyanyone,’heansweredsighing.‘ButmysisterusedtolivehereandshegavemealistofpeopleIshouldmeet.’‘Oh,soyoudon’tknowanythingaboutmyaunt?’askedthegirl.‘Justhernameandaddress.’saidFramton.1._____________________________________________Therewassomethingverymasculine（男性化的）abouttheroom.HelookedaroundthelivingroomandwonderedifMrsSappletonwasmarriedorperhapsawidow.Framtonwassurprisedtoheartheword‘tragedy’insuchapeacefulvillage.‘Youdon’tknowaboutmyaunt’stragedy?’askedthegirl.2.______________‘You’reprobablyaskingyourselfwhywehavethedooropenonanOctoberafternoon,MrNuttel.’Let’scheckFramtonshuddered.3._________________________________‘Ihope