牛津 9A Unit6Detective stories Reading

Reading

Murder in Valley Town

Let’s try ：

1.confirm

2.clues

3.struggle

4.guilty

a. fight

b. prove to be true

c. has done something

wrong

d. information that may

help solve a crime

Listen and answer

1.Who was murdered?

2.How many suspects do the police have now?

3.Who have offered a reward of ￥ 50,000 for any information?

A 22-year-old computer programmer.

Only one.

The victim’s parents.

Read Paragraph One-Two and answer:

1.Who was killed last night?

2.What was the victim’s job?

3.When did the murder happen?

A 22-year-old man.

A computer programmer.

It took place between 9p.m yesterday and 1a.m today.

Read Paragraph Three-Six and answer:1.Did the man try to fight off his attackers?

2.What does the suspect look like?

3.What was the victim charged with?

Yes, he did.

He is a short and thin man.

He was charged with breaking into several computer systems.

1 .Did the suspect kill the young man?

2.How can people contact the police if they have any information?

Read Paragraph Seven-Eight and answer:

He had evidence to prove that he was another place at the time of the crime and insisted that he was not guilty.

They can contact the police on 5550 1212.

Language points:

1.He was last seen leaving his office in New Town at about 7 p.m. (para. 1) 最后一次看见他是下午７点，他正要离开在新镇的办公室． sb. be seen doing /see sb. doing

watch, find, hear 等均有此用法eg: He was found playing computer games yesterday.

My sister is often heard singing in her room.

2.He said he was going to visit his parents. (para.1)

过去将来时　 were/was going to do would doeg. 昨天当我到家的时候，妈妈正要去超市 .Mum was going to the supermarket when I got home yesterday.

3. They are not sure whether the victim was killed somewhere else

and then brought to valley town or killed at the place where he was found. (para.2)

whether…or… 　是否…还是… eg. Mum asked whether I liked apples or bananas.

whether…or not… 　是否…还是不 eg. I don’t know whether it is going to rain or not.

4. be attacked with sth. (para.3) 　被用某物攻击 attack sb. with sth. 用某物攻击某人 eg. That robber is attacking Tom with a gun.

Tom is being attacked with a gun by that robber.

5.bleed (para.3) vi 流血，出血 bleed bled bled eg. The old lady was knocked down by a car and bled a lot. bleed to death 流血过多而死　 eg. We must take her to hospital right now, or she will bleed to death.

10. prove (para.7) vt. 证明，证实　 eg. The result proved him wron

g.

prove oneself 证明自己的能力 eg. I had to finish the work to p

rove myself.

Discuss

1. Do you think the suspect in the report is guilty? Why?

2. Can you think of anyone else may be guilty?

Exercises

１ 我的钱包已经失踪了． My purse has gone missing２ 谋杀案发生在一个冬天的早上 . The murder happened on a winter

morning３ 那个女人长的什么样子？ What does that woman look like?４ 有人打电话找你． You’re wanted on a phone.

５．带血的外套是凶手的． The coat with blood was the murderer’s.

６．昨天你看见的那个人中等身材． That person you saw yesterday is medium height.

７．一位医生昨天晚上被谋杀了． A doctor is murdered last night.

8. 那个穿红衣服的人就是谋杀案所 通缉的人． That person in red is wanted for murder.