2016-2017学年牛津译林版初中英语
九年级英语上册
Unit 8 Detective stories
Comic strip and Welcome to the unit
1. Why are you dressed like that, Eddie? 你为什么穿成那样，埃迪？
be dressed 表示―穿着‖
be dressed in +服装/颜色
e.g. She is dressed in red today. 她今天穿着红色的衣服。 dress up / dress up as /dress sb. / dress oneself/get dressed 装扮/装扮成/为某人穿衣/为某人自己穿衣/穿衣 2. What‘s a detective? 侦探是什么？
detective story/novel 侦探小说
3. A detective is someone who looks for clues to something important. 侦探是寻找重要事情线索的一个
人。 clue to sth. e.g. The only clue to the identity of the murderer was a half-smoked cigarette. 鉴定谋杀者的唯一线索是一枝吸了一半的香烟
The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts. 关于杀手身份的重大线索是他的绰号——花生。
not have a clue 一无所知 e.g. ?where does the train leave?‘ ‘ I haven‘t a clue.‘ Give me a clue. What does it begin with? 给我点提示。是什么开头？ 4. A murder? 一起谋杀案？
murder n. 谋杀案 e.g. There happened three murders last month. 上个月发生了三起谋杀案。
u． 谋杀be charged with murder 被指控谋杀。
v. 谋杀 e.g. One day a young man was murdered in the forest. 有一天，一个年轻人在森林里被杀了。
murderer n. 杀人犯 e.g. The police found out the murderer at last. 警方最终查明了凶手。 murderess n. 女凶手 5. This is much more serious.
face very serious difficulties 严重的 speak to me seriously but politely 严肃地 6. My food has gone missing.
go missing = be lost 丢失了、不见了
e.g. My bike has gone missing.=My bike has been lost.我的自行车丢了。
They are looking for the missing/lost boy. 他们正在寻找那个丢失的男孩儿。 I lost the ticket yesterday and I missed the train. 我昨天把票丢了，没赶上火车。 7. We have four suspects.
suspect n. ['s?sp?kt] 嫌疑犯 e.g. He is a prime suspect in the murder case. 他是这次谋杀案的只要怀疑对象。 v. [s?'spekt] 有某种想法 e.g. I suspected what she said to be a lie. 我认为她说的是谎话 怀疑 suspect sb（of sth./ doing sth.）怀疑某人有某罪
e.g. Who do the police suspect (of the crime)? 警方怀疑谁（作的案）？
What made you suspect her of having taken the money? 你凭什么怀疑钱是她偷的？ adj. 不可信的 e.g. His statements are suspect. 他的说法靠不住。 The car has a suspect tyre. 这辆车的轮胎有问题。 8. We have made notes on all of them. 我们已经给他们所有人做了笔录。 make notes on sb. 对某人做笔录
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e.g. We have made notes on the four suspects.我们已经对四个嫌疑犯做了笔录。 take notes in class 课堂上记笔记 9. untidy adj. 不整洁的
make our classroom clean and tidy 使教室干净整洁 put his cloths away tidily 把衣服整齐地放好
offer safety, clearness, tidiness 给予安全、清洁、整齐
10. …who do you think is most likely to be the murderer. 你认为谁最有可能是凶手
likely adj. 可能的 likely to do sth./that
e.g. It is likely to rain. 有可能要下雨。 She is very likely to ring me tonight. 她今晚可能给我打电话。 11. …they‘re not guilty. 他们无罪
guilty adj. 有罪的 be guilty of sth. 犯有……（的罪） plead guilty 服罪 e.g. They were found guilty of murder. 他们犯有谋杀罪。 内疚的 e.g. I feel guilty about visiting her so rarely. 我因极少去看她而感到羞愧。 She looked up guiltily as I came in. 我进来的时候她内疚地抬起了头。 guiltiness u.
12. Who do you think is not telling the truth ？你认为谁没有说出真相。 tell the truth
too good to be true 好得难以置信
Yours truly 此致；你忠实的（私人但礼貌的）
13. I guess Jimmy White is lying.
guess vt. 猜，猜测e.g. You‘ll never guess how much it cost. 你怎么也猜不出它值多少钱。 lie vi. 说谎 （tell lies） lied; lied; lying
e.g. She lied about her age in order to get the job. 她为了谋得那份工作隐瞒了年龄。 lie; lay; lain; lying 位于；躺
e.g. Japan lies to the east of China. 日本位于中国的东面。
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People were sitting in chairs or lying on the floor. 人们或坐或躺。
14. He‘s an office worker of medium height.
women of medium/average height 中等身高的女性
e.g. The young man is of medium height for his age. 这个年轻人在同龄人中属中等身高。 What‘s his height? 他多高？
What is the height of…？
medium adj. 中等的 a medium-sized adj.中等尺寸/规模的
e.g. clothes to be washed at medium temperature 需以中等温度洗涤的衣服 The store sells big ones, small ones, medium ones, or what have you. 那家商店卖大号的、小号的、中号的，应有尽有。
Reading
1. Early today, the body of a 25-year-old man was found… 今天一大早，一个25岁男人的尸体被发
现……
since the early 1980s / in early 2003/ in late February or early March / in the early nineteen fifties 从20世纪80年代开始/ 在2003年早期/ 在二月末三月初 / 在20世纪50年代早期 body c. 尸体
e.g. The police found a body at the bottom of the lake. 警方在湖底发现了一具尸体。
His body was brought back to England for burial. 他的遗体已运回英国埋葬。
2. The police have confirmed that the victim …… 警方证实受害者是……
police、people等集体名词, 通常被视作复数, 其后的动词用复数形式。 confirm v. 证实；证明
confirm sth. e.g. The experiment confirmed my theory. 实验证实了我的理论。
be confirmed e.g. This could not be confirmed, but what was certain was that his efforts were too little, too late for some of his sons. 这则消息还没有被证实，但是可以确定的是他的努力对他的几个儿子来说已经太迟太微小了。
confirm that-clause e.g. You can confirm that for yourself at home. 你可以回去自己验证一下 victim n. 受害者 e.g. Many pets are victims of overfeeding. 许多宠物因喂食过量而遭殃。
murder, earthquake, accident, strike victims 谋杀案、地震、事故、罢工事件的受害者 3. He was last seen leaving his office in East Town at about 7 p.m. yesterday.昨晚大约7点在东城有人最
后一次看见他离开办公室。
sb. be seen/heard/found/noticed/felt doing某人被……正在……
sb be seen/heard/ found/ noticed/felt to do 某人被……做了……
4. He said he was going to visit his parents. 他说他将要去看望他的父母。
were/was going to + 动词原形是过去将来时结构, 其形式还有would do + 动词原形。表示从过去的某时间看将要发生的动作或存在的状态(也可以说是―过去的将来‖) 。
e.g. Li Ming said that he was going to play football in the afternoon. 李明说他下午要去踢球。 5. The police believe that the murder took place between 9 p.m. last night and 1 a.m. this morning. 警方认为该谋杀案发生在昨晚九点至今日凌晨一点之间。
6. They are still working at the scene of the crime to find out whether the victim was killed somewhere
else and then brought to West Town, or killed at the place where he was found. 他们还在犯罪现场研究受害人是在别处被杀后带到西城, 还是在他被发现的地方被杀。 crime [kra?m] c. 罪；罪行 commit a serious crime 犯重罪 u．犯罪活动e.g. The police prevent and detect crime. 警察防止和侦破犯罪活动。 a crime 罪过e.g. It‘s a crime to waste money like that. 那样浪费金钱是一种罪过。
criminal adj. 犯罪的；不道德的 criminal law 邢法 International Criminal Court 国际刑事法院 criminal case 犯罪案件 criminal record 犯罪记录 n. 犯人，罪犯
e.g. A group of gunmen attacked a prison and set free nine criminals.
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2016-2017学年牛津译林版初中英语九年级英语上册9A-unit8-Detective-stories-知识点归纳
