领兑市安插阳光实验学校高三英语Unit 13—The mystery of the Moonstone
艾草灰的功效与作用姚贝娜【本讲信息】
一. 教学内容：
Unit 13—The mystery of the Moonstone
二. 课文难点解析：
1. The novel The Moonstone is t in England in 1848, but the story really began 50 years earlier.
《月亮宝石》这部小说是以1848年的英国为背景的，但是故事真正开始是在此之前的50年。
be t in：以……为背景
2. when he died he left the Moonstone to his sister’s daughter, Rachel, in an act of revenge, passing on his bad fortune to her.
他去世的时候，把这块宝石留给了他姐姐的女儿Rachel。他想作为报复把厄运传给她。
an act of revenge：报复行为。类似的短语有：an act of cruelty; an act of war; an act of mercy
pass on… to… 把……传给……
3. Franklin, who is smoker, is very considerate towards Rachel. His move to quit smoking cigars to plea her is en by the rvants as evidence that he is in love with Rachel.
Franklin抽烟。他对Rachel很体贴。为了取得Rachel的好感，他主动提出戒烟。这一点佣人们看作是Franklin爱上Rachel的证明。
quit＝give up / stop
be in love with：爱上……
4. Is it coincidence or is it the Moonstone’s bad luck that caus the tension and strange things that happen during the rest of the evening ?
这是一种巧合还是月亮宝石的厄运使得那天晚上发生了紧张而奇异的情况吗？
本句是强调句型的变形，强调是：coincidence和the Moonstone’s bad luck
5. Troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel, Rachel’s mother hires the famous detective Sergeant Cuff to investigate the theft. As the story develops, we discover some crets about the people at the hou that night, and the reasons why they might have stolen the diamond.
Rachel的母亲因为失去了一件如此珍贵的珠宝而非常烦恼，于是请来著名的侦探Cuff警官来调查这个盗窃案。随着故事的发展，我们发现了当晚在那屋子里呆过的一些人的秘密，以及他们有可能偷窃钻石的理由。
Troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel是过去分词做状语，相当于：Becau she was troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel.
As the story develops = With the story developing
why they might have stolen the diamond 语从句修饰the reasons。
地区差距
might have stolen是对过去的事实的推测表达。
6. Rachel is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone to the degree that she makes it em as if she does not want the mystery to be solved.
汪真祺
Rachel执意不让警官询问有关月亮宝石的事情，她如此固执以致于让人认为她似乎不想解开这个迷团。
to the degree：达到……程度
He was interested in his work to such a degree that he thought about nothing el.
Chine fans love Yao Ming to the degree that they will try to watch any match that Yao Ming competes in.
7. Whoever is guilty must have a stain on his or her clothes.
不管谁是犯罪者，衣服上肯有油漆的污迹。
Whoever is guilty是主语从句。Whoever = Anyone who…..
Give the book to whoever would like to read it.
荨麻疹种类
注意和No matter who…的区别：
No matter who breaks the law, he should be punished.
8. Franklin Blake, meanwhile, received a letter from Rosanna saying that she knew what he had done on the night the Moonstone disappeared.
与此同时，Franklin Blake收到Rosanna的一封信，说她知道在月亮宝石失踪的那天晚上Blake干过什么事。
saying：表示“说……”相当于：reading
9. When they met, Franklin was shocked to hear Rachel telling him that she had en him take the diamond, but had protected him from me by not answering my questions.
当他们见面的时候，Franklin 听到Rachel说的话时惊呆了，因为Rachel告诉他说她曾经看到他把钻石拿走了，但她不回答我的问题而保护了他。
not answering my questions：动名词的否式做介词by的宾语。
10. In all my years as a detective I have never heard of a thief having such a loss of memory.上海欢乐谷鬼屋
在我当侦探这么多年里，我还从来没有听说过一个贼会有这么大的忘性。
a thief having such a loss of memory：动名词短语做介词of的宾语，a thief为动名词的逻辑主语。
11. It turned out that Godfrey has also en Franklin move the diamond that night and, knowing that Franklin would be accud, he had taken it.科技发展作文
后来证明Godfrey那天晚上也看到了Franklin拿了钻石。他知道Franklin可能被指控，所以就把钻石拿走了。
turn out：证明，结果是……；其他以turn为核心的短语有：turn down：把声音调低；拒绝；turn up：放大音量；出现，露面；turn off：关掉（电器）；turn on：打开（电器）； turn to：转向某人；向某人求助。
knowing that Franklin would be accud：现在分词短语做原因状语；相当于：Becau he knew Franklin would be accud,….
12. Desperate for money, he tried to persuade Rachel to marry him, but when she changed her mind, he had no choice but to go abroad to ll the diamond.
由于急需钱用，所以他竭力劝说Rachel同他结婚，但是当她改变了主意以后，他没有办法了，只得出国把钻石卖掉。
Desperate for = Be in great need of…
杭州动物园
have no choice but to do sth.：除了做……以外别无选择
13. I am embarrasd to admit that I made many mistakes in this investigation.
我承认在这次调查中犯了许多错误，为此我感到很难堪。
admit：承认，后面接动名词或从句。还有“录取”的意思。
You must admit that it all sounds very strange.
She admitted having driven the car without insurance.
14. As for the Moonstone, I have heard that it was somehow returned to his home in India, where it once again decorates the forehead of the statue of the moon god.
至于月亮宝石，我听说它好象不知怎么地已经回到了印度真正属于自己的家，并再度装饰到了月亮神塑像的前额上了。
