现代大学英语精读lesson2课件

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WaitingforthePolice
Structure
Thestorycanbedividedintothreeparts.
ThefirstpartisanidlediscussionaboutwhereMr.Wainwrighthasgoneandrvestointroducethecharacterswholiveintheboardinghou.
ThecondpartbeginswhenMr.PenburywalksintotheroomandannouncesthatMr.Wainwrightisdead.ThesuddendeathofMr.WainwrightshockveryoneexceptMissWicks.
Whatfollowsisthemostimportantpart,inwhichMr.Penburydirectsageneralrehearsaloftheiralibiswhiletheyarewaitingforthepolicetoarrive.ThestoryendswhentheyhearfootstepnteringandhearMr.Wainwright’scough.
Mr.Calthrop,themiddle-agedman,whoissaidtowalkinhissleepandisdozingoffallthetime.
Mr.Penburyis,ofcour,themostintelligentofthem,whocanbedescribedasthedirectorofthislittlemelodrama.
ThestoryhasallthebasicqualitiesofalittlemysterystoryandkeepsusreadersguessingwhohaskilledMr.Wainwrightuntilwecometothesurpriending,whenwesuddenlyrealizethatwealsohavebeenfooled
Mysteriesareapopulargenreoffiction.Manypeopleenjoyreadingriesofbooksbythesameauthor.Forexample,SherlockHolmesisaclassicfictionalsleuth.
Whipsth./sb.up(p.2):tomakepeoplefeelenthusiastic;toarou
Bodilyexerciwhipsupbloodcirculation.(促进)
Thestrongbeatofthemusicwhippeduphisinterestindancing.(激发)
Theoratorwhippedthecrowduptoastateoffrenzy.(演说者把人群的情绪鼓动到了如痴如醉的地步)
Keep/start/ttheballrolling(p.4):tokeeporbeginsth.,esp.conversation
1Tokeeptheballrolling,heintroducedthegeneralconditionsofthiscompanywhenthePresidentinvitedcommentsandopinions.
Alternativen.(p.10)
1choicebetweentwothings
Youhavethealternativeofworkinghardandbeingsuccessfulorofbeingidleandfacingthefailure.
2oneormorethantwopossibilities
Canyougiveusanalternativetowhatyouhavepropod?