New Concept English 2
Lesson 34
Quick work
Tell me about yourself.
•Did you do anything special yesterday?
•What’s your favorite movie?
• When was the last time you travel?
Language points
accept &receive: accept: 强调主动地或自愿地接受，或者 说，经过考虑后同意接受。 receive: 着重仅仅接到或收到这一结论或 事实，而不含采取主动或积极行动的意 思。 他已经接受了我们的邀请。 He has accepted our invitation. 我没有收到你的传真。 I didn’t reco station • 打长途电话时，不管对方由谁接听，电 话接通即开始计费 • person to person • 只有指定的对象接听电话时才付费
• most
• 1) adv.相当，非常（用于加强语气；修 饰adj．前面可加不定冠词） • 例: Dan was most surprise when heheard the news. • 当Dan听到这个消息时非常吃惊。 • This is a most useful book． 这是一 本非常有用的书。 • He was most polite to me． 他对我非 常礼貌。
• 4) many和much的最高级many--more-most • much--more--most • 5) most绝大多数的（前面不加冠词） • 例： Most of the boys like football. • 大多数的男孩喜欢足球。 • Most of them were late． 他们中的 大多数都迟到了。
• Have you ever been to a police station?
• Have you been on the scene of a crime?
• Do you have a favorite detective?
• Created by Sir A. Conan Doyle （阿
• Di Renjie (狄仁杰) • A Real person in history, (who was) in charge of the judicature (司法) in Tang Dynasty. • Solved 18000 cases within a year, which might be the reason why he was admired as a competent detective. • Song Ci (宋慈), in Song Dynasty • Considered the first professional medical examiner (法医) in the world. • Comprehended the unique skill of dissecting (解剖) dead bodies that helped him solve some most difficult cases.
Think about how the writer organizes the story and try to retell it.
Dan Robinson has been _____ all week. Last Tuesday he _____ a letter from the local police, _____ _____ he was asked to _____ _____ the station. He was wanted by the police, ______ made him puzzled. He went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore. At the station he met a smiling policeman _____ told him, “Your bicycle ______ ______ ______.” Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was _____ _____ in a small village (_____ was) four hundred miles away. It is now _____ sent to his home by train. Dan was _____ surprised when he heard the news about the bicycle, _____ was lost in the year_____ he was a boy of fifteen. But was it found in the same place ____ he lost it?!
• • • • • • •
local government 当地政府 local time 当地时间 local color 地方特色 2)（身体)局部性的 a local pain 局部疼痛 3) a local line 支线 a local train 普通列车
• the local police 当地警察局 • 1)地方的，本地的，地区的（尤作定语） • belonging to a particular place or district • 属于某个特殊的地方或区域 • local news 当地新闻 • a local station 地方的一个车站 • local farmers 当地的农民
• 3）构成adj．/adv．的最高级）最，最 多 • 例: This is the most interesting picture of the fire. • 这是这个火的最有趣的照片。 • The new employee worked (the) most vigorously of all. • 所有人当中工作起来最积极的是那些新 来的雇员。
• The pickpocket was brought to the nearby police station. • 小偷被带到附近的派出所。 • I don't like the program. What's on the other station? • 我不喜欢这个节目。另外那个台在上演什么? • 2) n．车站 • A railway station 火车站 • A bus station 汽车站 • She got off at Victoria Station. • 她在维多利亚车站下了车。
瑟· 柯南· 道尔 ）
• London, 221B Baker Street. • Well-known cases: The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet (血字的研究). • Hercule Poirot (赫尔克里· 波洛)
Are you a potential (潜在的)
Detective?
Key words & expressions
• station
• 1) n．（政府机关等）局、所、中心；供应站； （广播）电台 • a police station 警察局 • a fire station 消防局 • a power station 供电局 • a filling station 加油站 • a filling gas station • a broadcasting station 广播电台 • TV station 电视台
• Female writer: Agatha Christie (阿加莎· 克里斯 蒂)
• Born in Belgium, whose distinguished moustache has become a symbol of himself. • Famous cases: Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile.
Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police, in which he was asked to call at the station. He was wanted by the police, which made him puzzled. He went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore. At the station he met a smiling policeman who told him, “Your bicycle has been found.” Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village (which was) four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Dan was most surprised when he heard the news about the bicycle, which was lost in the year when he was a boy of fifteen. But was it found in the same place as he lost it?!
Dan Robinson • •Read the text and find answers to these questions: