高级英语（ 1 ）

1. 高级英语（1） Unit 10 Mysteries 高级英语课程教学团队编制

2. Contents • I. Grammar and Speaking • II. Reading and Vocabulary • III. Listening and Speaking • IV. Train Your Brain

3. Learning objectives • Read, listen and talk about mysteries. • Practise modals and modal perfects for speculation.情态动词表示推测 • Focus on speculation, describing atmosphere. 技巧：推测，描述环境 • Write a narrative. 记叙性短文

4. I. Grammar and Speaking • Listen to the story. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? (Ex. 1, P. 150)

5. T T • 1 Sheerness is a town which is near the sea. • 2 When police found the man, he was wearing formal clothes. • 3 The man was carrying a suitcase. • 4 The police arrested the man. • 5 The man pointed to Russia on the map. • 6 The man wrote his name on a piece of paper. • 7 The man refused to play the piano. • 8 His story became well-known across the world. F F F F F T

6. Grammar- modals • A. 说话人认为某事物肯定存在或发生过。（must） • B. 说话人认为某事物可能存在或发生过。（might、could、may） • C. 说话人认为某事物肯定不存在或从未发生。（can’t 、 couldn’t）

7. Grammar- modals verbs for speculation must/might/may/could/can’t + do，用来推测某事物是否存在或属实。 • He must come from Norway. (I’m certain it’s true.) • He might/may/could be an illegal immigrant.(I think it’s possible.) • He can’t be Norwegian. (I’m certain it isn’t true.)

8. must/might/could/can’t/couldn’t + have done，用来推测某事物是否曾经存在或发生过。 • He must have been in the sea. • (I’m certain this really happened.) • He might/may/could have lost his passport. • (It possibly happened.) • He can’t/couldn’t have lost his memory. • (I’m certain it was impossible.)

9. Make English sentences by using the Chinese hints in the brackets. Use might/could/may and the correct form of the verbs. (Ex. 5, P. 151) • 1. Where’s Jacob? He’s not in his room. • A. __________________________ (在楼上) • B. __________________________ (去健身) • 2. I wonder why Monica speaks such good French. • A. ___________________________ (在法国长大) • B. __________________________ (在上法语课) • 3. Why is Paul in such a bad mood? • A. _________________________ (得知了坏消息) • B. ______________________ (太累了) He might/could/may be upstairs. He might/could/may have gone to the gym. She might/could/may have grown up in France. She might/could/may still be having French lessons. He might/could/may have received bad news. He might/could/may be too tired.

10. Task • Complete the sentences with must, can’t/couldn’t and the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (Ex. 6, P. 151)

11. must have been can’t/couldn’t have seen • 1 I phoned them last night but no one answered. They _____________________ (be) out. • 2 You __________________ (see) her at the station – she was at home with me! • 3 What happened to Sentence 3? They______________ (forget) about it! • 4 He lost his job and then his father died – it _______________ (be) an easy time for him. • 5 You’re going out with Victor? You _________(be) serious! In fact, you _________ (be) mad! • 6 He _________ (be) hungry – he’s just had lunch! must have forgotten can’t/couldn’t have been (can’t be) can’t be must be can’t be

12. II.Reading and Vocabulary • Look at the picture. What do you think might have happened?

13. Quickly read the story. Then answer the questions. His sister has told him that they are nice family and that he should visit them while he is relaxing in the village. • For her husband and her two young brothers who are out hunting. • 1. Why is Framton Nuttel visiting the Sappletons? • 2. Who is Mrs Sappleton waiting for during Framton’s visit? • 3. Why does Framton suddenly run out of the house? • He thinks they are ghosts because of the story that Vera told him.

14. Read the text and complete gaps 1–4 with the sentences below. There are two sentences you don’t need. (Ex. 3, P. 152) • A. Framton was surprised to hear the word ‘tragedy’ in such a peaceful village. • B. He looked around the living room and wondered if Mrs Sappleton was married or perhaps a widow. • C. She didn’t look very interested at all. • D. She turned to look at him and laughed once more. • E. The girl stopped speaking and just then her aunt came in and apologised for being late. • F. The girl took Framton’s coat and carefully placed it on the coat-stand.

15. Let’s check • Framton frowned. ‘Hardly anyone,’ he answered sighing. ‘But my sister used to live here and she gave me a list of people I should meet.’ • ‘Oh, so you don’t know anything about my aunt?’ asked the girl. • ‘Just her name and address.’ said Framton. 1._____________________________________________ • There was something very masculine about the room. • He looked around the living room and wondered if Mrs Sappleton was married or perhaps a widow.

16. Framton was surprised to hear the word ‘tragedy’ in such a peaceful village. • ‘You don’t know about my aunt’s tragedy?’ asked the girl. • 2.______________ • ‘You’re probably asking yourself why we have the door open on an October afternoon, Mr Nuttel.’

17. Framton shuddered. • 3._________________________________ • ‘I hope my Vera has been amusing you?’she said. • ‘She has been very interesting.’ said Framton. • The girl stopped speaking and just then her aunt came in and apologised for being late.

18. ‘The doctors have told me to rest completely and not to do any exercise but they’re not sure about the best diet for me,’ said Framton, who thought the pair might be interested to hear about his illness. Mrs Sappleton yawned. 4._________ • She didn’t look very interested at all.

19. Language notes 5.So you’ll have to put up with me for a while. • “那么您只好先将就着跟我呆一会儿啦。”女孩这样说是一种自嘲式的幽默。 Note: put up with someone/something，“容忍某人/ 某事” • 如：I don’t know how his parents put up with his behavior. “我不知道他父母怎能容忍他的行为。”

20. 6. Framton Nuttle tried hard tothink ofsomething polite to say to her. • 弗兰登· 纽特尽量想跟她说点客气话。 Note: • try to do something，“努力去做某事”；hard，“努力，尽力”； • think of，“想起，想到”。 • something polite，“礼貌的事情”，这里指客气话。在修饰不定代词（如something，someone 等）的时候，通常把形容词放在不定代词的后面，如：He did nothing wrong. “他什么也没做错”。

21. 7.But he was beginning to feel fed up with visiting strangers. • 可是他开始厌倦了拜访陌生人。 Note: be fed up with (doing) something，“厌倦（做）某事”。 • feel 通常作实意动词，表示“感到”。在这里用作系动词，表示“觉得”，后面常跟形容词或分词。除了feel 外，还有其他实意动词也可以用作系动词， • 如：look，“看起来”；seem，“似乎”；remain，“保持”；sound，“听起来”；taste，“尝起来”，等等。

22. 9. For the first time Framton looked up at the open patio-door, whichled to the garden. • 弗兰登这时才抬头看了看敞开的阳台门，那扇门一直通向花园。 Note: • for the first time，“第一次”。 • look at，“ 看”， 在look 和at 的中间可以加表示方位的副词，如：look up/down at，“ 向上/向下看”。 • lead to something，“通向某物， 导致某事”，which led to the garden 是patio-door 的非限制性定语从句

23. 12. Framton felt terrible and tried to change the subject –but in vain. • 弗兰登感到很别扭，极力想要转移话题，可是却徒劳无功。 Note： • in vain，“徒劳无功”。in vain 也常常 • 插入句子中，这句话也可以写成：Framton felt terrible and tried in vain to change the subject.

24. 13. She was also staring at the door with horror in her eyes. • 她也瞪着门， 眼中流露出惧色。 Note： • stare at something/someone，“瞪着某物/ 某人”。with horror in her eyes 是这句话的伴随状语。

25. 14. He suddenly got up out of his chair, took his hat and dashed out of the house and through the gate, away from the house as fast as he could. • 他突然从椅子上跳起来，一把抓起帽子，跑出屋外，冲出大门，飞也似的逃之夭夭。 Note： • get out of someone/something，“逃避、摆脱某人/ 某事物”； • dash out，“冲出去”； • as fast as he could，“尽快”。类似的表达还有：as soon as possible，“尽快”。

26. F Read the text again. Are the statements true (T), false(F) or is there no information (NI)? • 1. It is easy for Framton to talk to the girl. • 2. Framton comes from a large city. • 3. Framton’s sister still lives in the village. • 4. The room suggests to Framton that there might be a man in Mrs Sappleton’s life. • 5. Framton hadn’t noticed the door was open until the girl mentioned it. • 6. Mrs Sappleton enjoys hunting. • 7. Framton feels sorry for the girl at one point. • 8. Mrs Sappleton had found Framton’s topic of conversation boring. NI F T T NI T T

27. Vocabulary （P153） • giggle • frown • sigh • Whisper • shudder • gaze (at) • yawn • glance (at) • stroll • gasp • dash

28. sighed whispered Complete each sentence with a verb. Sometimes more than one verb is possible. (Ex. 7, P. 153) • 1 Mark read the list and _________ . He hadn’t been chosen for the school rugby team again! • 2 Kirsty and Sam _________ the answers to each other during the German vocabulary test. • 3 She quickly _________ at her watch and _________ out of the room. She was going to miss her flight! • 4 The students _________ nervously after the teacher dropped a pile of books on his foot. • 5 On Sunday afternoons they all enjoy_________ around the shopping centre. • 6 During Chemistry lessons he _________ out of the window at the clouds and trees. • 7 She _________ when she remembered her disgusting childhood school dinners. dashed glanced giggled strolling gazes shuddered

29. III.Listening and Speaking Amelia Earhart

30. Listening • Read the questions and possible answers. Then listen again and circle the correct answers. (Ex. 5, P. 154)

31. Vocabulary (Ex. 1, P. 155) • deserted • charming • luxurious • spacious • shabby • gorgeous • cramped • filthy • cosy • tacky

32. Circle the correct words. (Ex. 2, P. 155) • 1 There were no signs of life in the Market Square – it was cramped / deserted! • 2 Their semi-detached house was too cramped / tacky for such a large family – so they moved into a more spacious / gorgeous detached house in the suburbs. • 3 The kitchen was cosy / filthy – it looked as if it hadn’t been cleaned in weeks! • 4 She had a really luxurious / shabby apartment in the centre of town where she used to organise exclusive parties. • 5 They loved staying in the charming / filthy hotel and went back every year.

33. I spend a lot of time in the Grassmarket, which is just a few minutes’ walk from Edinburgh Castle. It’s a spacious market square which is lined by magnificent stone townhouses, many of them dating from the sixteenth century.16 Some of the buildings are eight or nine storeys high – among the tallest in the city.17 Each house has a different style to its neighbour but together the buildings create a feeling of harmony. The Grassmarket doesn’t get as crowded with tourists as other parts of the old town and there are a couple of charming cafés on the square where I sometimes go with friends between lectures. We just sit and enjoy the tranquil atmosphere – it’s really magic!

34. Question • Do you like rivals?

35. Reading -Rivals (P156)

36. Grammar (p157) • a. 一般过去时-叙述过去连续发生的动作;表示过去某事件正在进行的时候突然发生了另一事件 • b. 过去进行时-表示过去某事件正在进行的时候突然发生了另一事件 • c. 过去完成时-表示在过去某一时间或动作以前已经完成的动作 • d. used to-谈论过去的习惯 • e. would-谈论过去的习惯 • f. 情态动词+完成时-推测某事件曾经可能发生过

37. Mind the trap! 叙述故事时，表示说话人的名词和姓名可以与引述动词（如say, reply, ask 等）进行倒装，这样更具文学性。但要注意，代词不能与引述动词进行倒装。 ‘How are you, John?’ the girl asked. 或者 ‘How are you, John?’ asked the girl. ‘Where are you going?’ she asked. 不是 ‘Where are you going?’ asked she.

38. VI.TRAIN YOUR BRAINWriting skills Story 故事的写作 • 选择故事题材，如悬疑类、惊悚类、喜剧类、浪漫类，等等。 • 使用丰富的形容词来营造气氛。 • 使用富有戏剧张力的动词，让文字更生动。 • 细节并不是越多越好，在修改时去掉冗余的描述。 • 变换句子结构或时态。 • 直接引语会为故事增添阅读趣味，但要注意标点的正确使用。

39. Write a story of about 200–250 words which ends with the sentence ‘That was the last time he/she ever saw them.’ Use these ideas and Train Your Brain to help you. (P157)

40. Thank you!