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
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