Unit5

Part1LanguageSkillsDevelopment

1.Starter

A.Lateralthinkingquiz.Readtheriddlesandgiveyouranswers.

1.John'smotherhas3children,twoofwhomarenamedAprilandMay.Whatisthethirdonenamed?

John.

2.Amutepersonwantstobuyatoothbrush.Byimitatingtheactionofbrushingone'steethhe

successfullyexpresseshimselftotheshopkeeperandthepurchaseisdone.Nowifablindmanwishesto

buyapairofsunglasses,howshouldheexpresshimself?Hesimplyopenshismouthandasks.

3.Awomanlivesonthetenthfloorofablockofflats.Everymorningshetakestheliftdowntotheground

floorandgoestowork.Intheevening,shegetsintothelift,and,ifthereissomeoneelseintheliftshe

goesdirectlytoherfloor.Otherwise,shegoestotheeighthfloorandwalksuptwoflightsofstairstoher

flat.Howdoyouexplainthis?Thewomanisofsmallstatureandcouldn'treachtheupperliftbuttons.

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lateralthinking水平思考，橫向思維

mutea.嗯的；無聲的，沉默的

imitaten.模仿，仿效

B.Listentoapassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.Whowasmurdered23yearsago?

A38-year-oldwomanwasmurdered.

2.Whendidthemurdertakeplace?

ThemurdertookplaceonOctober13,1985.

3.Whendidthevictimdieandwhatwasthedirectcauseofherdeath?

Shedied18dayslaterfromheadinjuriesresultingfromtheattack.

4.Whore-examinedthecase?

TheColdCaseUnitre-examinedit.

5.Whoisthesuspectandwhereishenow?

Oneofthewoman'sex-boyfriendsisthesuspect.Heiscurrentlyincustody.

Tapescript:PoliceSolve23-year-oldMurderCase

MorethantwodecadesafteranAustinwomanwasfoundseverelyinjuredinherapartment,police

arechargingherex-boyfriendwithmurder.

Officialsclosedthe1985murdercaseofthen38-year-oldAustinresident,NatalieAntonetti.

OnOctober13,1985,Austinpolicewerecalledtoinvestigateanassaultonavictimwhowaslater

identifiedasAntonetti.Atabout5:15a.m.,Antonetti'sroommatesaidshefoundherattackedandonthe

couch,bleedingfromherhead.PolicesaidEMStransportedAntonettitothehospital,whereshedied18

dayslaterfromheadinjuriesresultingfromtheattack.

Theinitialinvestigationwentcoldafterauthoritiessaidtheywereunabletochargeasuspectinthis

case.However;thecasewasre-examinedin2007bytheColdCaseUnit.Intheexamination,policesaid

theyfolloweduponananonymoustipthatwasrpcpivedthatyean

The2007tipproducedmoreleads,whichultimatelyledtothechargeofoneofAntonetti's

ex-boyfriends.Some23yearslater;thecasewaspresentedtoagrandjuryonJune10,andresultedin

achargeforfirst-degreemurderagainstDennisDavis.

ThoughDaviswaspreviouslyinterviewedatthetimeofthemurder;hewasneverlistedasasuspect.

Policesaidheiscurrentlyincustodyawaitingahearing.

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assaultn.侵犯人身（罪）

couchn.長沙發

緊急醫療服務(emergencymedical

EMS

service)

ColdCaseUnit懸案組

anonymoustip匿名舉報

leadn.線索

custodyn.拘留，拘押

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1.Detectivestory

Thetraditionalelementsofthedetectivestoryare:(1)theseeminglyperfectcrime;(2)thewrongly

accusedsuspectatwhomcircumstantialevidencepoints;(3)thebungling(搞得一團糟)ofdim-wittedpolice;

(4)thegreaterpowersofobservationandsuperiormindofthedetective;and(5)thestartlingand

unexpecteddenouement,inwhichthedetectiverevealshowtheidentityoftheculpritwasascertained.

Detectivestoriesfrequentlyoperateontheprinciplethatsuperficiallyconvincingevidenceisultimately

irrelevant.Usuallyitisalsoaxiomaticthatthecluesfromwhichalogicalsolutiontotheproblemcanbe

reachedbefairlypresentedtothereaderatexactlythesametimethatthesleuth(偵探)receivesthemand

thatthesleuthdeducethesolutiontothepuzzlefromalogicalinterpretationoftheseclues.

ThefirstdetectivestorywasTheMurdersintheRueMorguebyEdgarAllanPoe,publishedinApril1841.

Theprofessionofdetectivehadcomeintobeingonlyafewdecadesearlier,andPoeisgenerallythoughtto

haveoeeninfluencedbytheMemoires(1828-29)ofFrangois-EugeneVido:q,whoin1817foundedthe

world'sfirstdetectivebureau,inParis.Poe'sfictionalFrenchdetective,C.AugusteDupin,appearedintwo

otherstories,TheMysteryofMarieRoget(1845)andThePurloinedLetter(1845).Thedetectivestorysoon

expandedtonovellength.

Theintroductionofthemass-producedpaperbackbookinthelate1930smadedetective-storywriters

wealthy,amongthemtheAmericansErleStanleyGardner,whosecriminallawyerPerryMasonunraveled

crimesincourt,RexStout,withhisfat,orchid-raisingdetectiveNeroWolfeandhisurbaneassistantArchie

Goodwin,andFrancesandRichardLockridge,withanotherbrightmarriedcouple,Mr.andMrs.North.In

France,GeorgesSimenonproducednovelafternovelatarapid-firepace,makinghishero,InspectorMaigret,

oneofthebest-knowndetectivessinceSherlockHolmes.Otherwriterswhocarriedoutthetraditionof

HolmesorbrokenewgroundincludedNicholasBlake(pseudonymofthepoetC.Day-Lewis),MichaelInnes,

DameNgaioMarsh,JosephineTeyzCarterDickson(JohnDicksonCarr),andP.D.James.After1945,writers

suchasJohnLeCarreadaptedthedetective-storyformattotheincreasinglypopularspynovel.

TheMysteryWritersofAmerica,aprofessionalorganizationfoundedin1945toelevatethestandardsof

mysterywriting,includingthedetectivestory,hasexertedanimportantinfluencethroughitsannualEdgar

AllanPoeAwardsforexcellence.

2.Identicaltwins

Identicaltwinsdevelopfromasingleegg/spermcombinationthatsplitsafewdaysafterconception.Their

DNAoriginatesfromasinglesource,thustheirgeneticmakeupisthesameandthecharacteristicsthatare

determinedbygeneticswillbesimilar.Monozygotictwinsarealwaysofthesamegender,exceptinextremely

rarecasesofchromosomaldefect.

同卵雙胞胎即單卵雙胞胎，是一個精子與一個卵子結合產生的一個受精卵。這個受精卵一分為二，形成兩個胚胎。由于

他們出自同一個受精卵，接受完全一樣的染色體和基因物質，因此他們性別相同，且就像一個模子里出來的，有時甚至連自

己的父母都難以分辨。這種相似不僅表現為外形相似，而且血型、智力、甚至某些生理特征(指紋)和對疾病的易感性等都

很一致。_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.Oregon

State(pop.,2000:3,421,399),U.S.,northwesternregion.LyingonthePacificOcean,itisborderedby

Washington,Idaho,Nevada,andCalifornia.Itcovers97,073sqmi(251,419sqkm).ItscapitalisSalem.The

ColumbiaRiverformsitsnorthernboundary;theSnakeRiverisitsuppereasternboundary.TheCascades

Range,withMountHood,isinwesterncentralOregon.FirstsightedbySpanishexplorers,itwasvisitedby

FrancisDrakein1579andhylamesCookin1778.TheareawasinhabitedbymanyAmericanIndianpeoples

whenin1792CaptainRobertGrayexploredtheColumbiaRiver,givingtheU.S.aclaimtotheregion.The

river'smouthwasreachedbytheLewisandClarkExpeditionin1805.Thefirstwhitesettlementwasfounded

atAstoriain1811bythefurtraderJohnJ.Astor.SettlementoftheareaacceleratedfromC1843withmass

migrationovertheOregonTrail.ItwaspartoftheOregonterritoryandwasadmittedtotheUnionasthe33rd

statein1859.Thestate'seconomyisdependentonitsforests,farms,andlivestock.Salmonandshellfishare

thebasesofthefishingindustry.Centresofpopulation,arts,andeducationarePortland,Eugene,and

Medford.

UnknownSister家有姊妹不相識

1Lindsey,sittingonthecouchinherlivirgroom,turnedonthe51琳賽坐在起居室的沙發上，打開電視，收

o'clocknewschannel.看新聞頻道5點的整點播報。

2"Supposedly,newevidencehasbeenfoundidentifyingaperson2”據稱，新證據已確認一名嫌犯，該嫌犯與

connectedtoafour-year-oldrobberycaseinPortland,Oregon,四年前在俄勒岡州波特蘭市發生的一起搶劫

andafingerprintwasablptobpmatchedwithoneofthe案有關，現場采集的一枚指紋與上起犯罪現

perpetratorsatthelastcrimescene,"reportingfromChannel10場中一名兇犯的相吻合。”這條新聞在第10

newsscrollsacrosstheTVscreeninboldletters.Apicturewas頻道以粗體字形式在電視屏幕上滾動播出。

shownonthescreen,identifiedbythefingerprint.Lindseylooked而根據指紋所鑒定的嫌犯照片也一同出現在

atthephotoandwentintoshockbecauseitwasherorhertwin屏幕上。看到照片，琳賽陷入了宸驚，因為

sisterSarabeingaccusedoftherobberies.—LindseyandSara被指控犯下這些搶劫案的正是她或她的雙胞

wereidenticaltwinsistersandtheirpersonalitiesweretheonly胎姐妹薩拉。琳賽和薩拉是同卵雙胞胎，她

keytotellingonefromtheother.Lindseywasquietand們之間唯一的區別是性格不同：琳賽文靜保

conservative,whileSaraenjoyedpartyingwithherfriends.Sara守，而薩拉則外向開放，喜歡和朋友聚會。

waskilledlastyearinacaraccident.-JShewashitbyadrunk薩拉去年死于一場車禍，被一個醉酒的司機

driveranddiedinstantly,beforetheparamedicsarrivedonthe撞倒，當場死亡，醫務人員根本來不及到達

scene.現場進行搶救。

3Furthermore,Lindseyhadbeengettingthesestrangedreams3除此之外，最近，琳賽夜里還經常做一些

recentlyatnight,inwhichshewastheperpetrator.Somedreams怪夢，夢見自己是一名兇犯。有時，她夢見

involvedherrobbinganelderlycoupleinbroaddaylightoftheir自己在光天化H之下，搶劫一對老夫婦的汽

vehicleandexpensivejewels.Otherdreamsinvolvedher車和貴重珠寶。有時，她夢見自己在一個老

torturingandburninganoldmanonhischestandfacewithan人的家里，老人則被她綁在床上，她正用一

ironpipeashewastiedtohisbedinhishome.Lindseywas根鐵管折磨和灼燒他的胸部和臉部。琳賽不

unclearastowhyshewashavingtheseimages,nordidsheknow知道為什么會有這些夢境，也不知道這些犯

wherethesecrimeshadtakenplace.Shereplayedthebroadcast罪行為發生在哪兒。然后，她又想了想剛剛

messageinhermindandwonderedifherimagesandthe播放的消息，心里納悶：這些夢境和搶劫案

robberieshadanyconnection.究竟有沒有關系？

4"Hello,Mom,didyouseethepictureofmeorSaraonthenews4”嗨，媽媽，你看到幾分鐘前新聞里那張我

afewminutesago?"Lindseyaskedinaslowtoneofvoice.的或是薩拉的照片了嗎？〃琳賽緩緩問道。

5"Yes,honey,whyisyourphotoonthenews?"5、、看到了。親愛的，你的照片怎么會出現在

6"Itsnotme,Mom.It'sSara.I'veneverlivednorstayedin新聞里？〃

Portland,Oregon."6那不是我，媽媽，是薩拉，我從來沒在俄

7Lindseyhungupthephonebeforehermomcouldsayanother勒岡州波特蘭市住過或待過。〃

word.—Sherealizedthatanextensivesearchonherpartwas7琳賽沒等媽媽回答，就掛斷了電話。她意

goingtoberequiredtoremoveherselffromthecase.Moreover,識到，要洗脫嫌疑，就得靠自己去做大量的

shewasgoingtohavetolocatetheplaceSarawaslivinginfour調查。而且，她還必須確定，四年前案件發

yearsagoaroundthetimeofthecrimes.Lindseydroveoverto生前后薩拉住在哪兒。于是琳賽開車來到薩

Sara'shomeinsearchofanythingleftbehindlinkingherwiththe拉的住處，尋找一切遺留下來的能將薩拉和

Portlandarea.Herhomewasstillthesame,becausetheirmom波特蘭地區聯系起來的線索。薩拉家里面貌

keptitafterSarapassedaway.Lindseyenteredthelivingroom,依舊，她們的媽媽在薩拉去世之后負責料理

thediningroom,andthekitchen.Thelivingroomlookedvery這所房子，琳賽走進客廳、餐廳和廚房。客

clean.LindseywaswithSarawhensheboughtthehomeandit廳看起來非常干凈。薩拉買這所房子的時候,

seemedweirdwalkingbackintothehomewithouthersister琳賽和她在一起。現在，她不在了，琳賽再

around.Lindseywasn'tsurprisedattheneatnessandcleanness次走進屋子，總感覺怪怪的。房間也很干凈

oftherooms.Shelookedshockedassheenteredthebathroom,整潔，對此，琳賽一點都不感到意外，但當

whichwasamesswithtrashonthetiledfloorandadirtring她走進浴室的時候，卻大吃一驚：浴室里一

aroundthetub.Next,Lindseywalkedintohersister'sbedroom片狼藉，瓷磚地板上到處都是垃圾，浴缸里

andsawherbrasandpantiesthrownonthebedandfloor,withan還有一圈污垢。接著，琳賽走進了臥室，看

unpluggedTVsittingbyherwaterbed.Lindseyproceededback見薩拉的內衣和短褲被扔在床上和地上，電

intothekitchenandfoundSara'saddressbookonthecounter.視就在水床旁邊，插頭已經被拔出來了.之

ShefoundthreenumberswithOregonareacodes,whichwerefor后，她又回到廚房，發現柜子上放著薩拉的

twofemalefriendsandanex-boyfriendnamedJohnny.通訊錄。她找到帶有俄勒岡區號的三個號碼,

8Lindseytookachanceandspokewithbothwomen,whoagreed分別是兩個女性朋友和薩拉前男友約翰尼的

tomeetwithLindseythefollowingdayattheirhomesonceshe號碼。

arrived.Thefollowingday,Lindseyboardedthefirstflightoutto8于是，淋賽試著和這兩位女士通了電話，

Portlandandarrivedatahotelneartheairport.Onceshechecked她們同意琳賽第二天她們家里見面。第二天,

insheimmediatelycalledbothwomentoconfirmthemeetingfor琳賽搭乘前往波特蘭的第一班飛機，抵達后，

thatafternoon.Lindseytookacabovertothefirstyoung住進了機場附近的一家賓館。一辦完入住手

woman'shomeandspokewithherforaboutanhour,andthen續，她就給兩位女士打電話以確認下午的會

sheleftandwenttotheotherwoman'shome.Shewasgiven面。首先，她坐出租車去了第一位年輕女士

picturesandtooknotesonsomeoftheirconversations.Lindsey的家里，和她談了大約一個小時后，又去了

tookacaboutintotownanddidsomeshoppingandsightseeing另外一個女士的家里。這兩位女士給了她一

forafewhours.Later,shereturnedtothehotelandrestedforthe些照片，而她也記錄下了部分談話內容。之

meetingwithJohnnythenextday.Shearrivedattherestaurant后，琳賽搭乘出租車去了市區，花了幾個小

nearthehotelthenextmorning.Lindseywasthere15minutes時購物、觀光。隨后，她回到了賓館休息，

earlytogatherherthoughtsandtoprepareherselffortheinitial因為第二天還要和約翰尼會面。第二天早上,

conversationwithJohnny.youngmanwalkedintothe她去了賓館附近的餐廳。琳賽早到了十五分

restaurant,needingmoresleepbythelookonhisface.His鐘來整理思緒，以為和約翰尼的初次見面做

clotheslookedwornandhissneakerswerecoveredinmud,and準備。到了約定時刻，一個年輕男子走進了

hishairwasalloverhishead.Lindseyknewthatthiswasn't餐廳，他看上去睡眠不足、一臉倦容，穿一

Johnnybecausehewasn'tthetypeofguythathersisterwas身破舊的衣服，運動鞋上滿是泥巴，頭發也

attractedto.是亂蓬蓬的。借此，琳賽判斷這不是約翰尼,

9Nevertheless,theyoungmansatacrossfromLindseyatthe因為他不是薩拉喜歡的類型。

table,introducinghimselfasJohnny.Shewasintriguedbyhis9然而，年輕男子卻在琳賽對面的位子上坐

willingnesstoexpresshisfeelingsandtherelationshiphehad了下來，自我介紹說是約翰尼，并開始亳不

withSara.Healsospokeabouttherobberies,sayingthatSara避諱地跟她談論起自己的感受以及他與薩拉

wentwithhimonthreeofthefourcrimes.\uHementionedthat的戀情，這激起了琳賽的興趣。而他也提到

shehadn'tbeenscared;shehadtakenitasathrill.Johnnygave了那些搶劫案，說四起案件中有三起是薩拉

herafewpicturesofhimandSaraathisapartmentwhenshe和他一起干的。他說，薩拉一點也沒害怕，

livedinPortland.Lindseynoticedhowhefumbledwiththezipper她甚至覺得這事很刺激。他給她看了一些照

onhiscoatforthemajorityoftheirconversation.'-Afterward,片，那是薩拉住在波特蘭的時候和他在公寓

sheandJohnnywentintheirseparatedirectionsasiftheydidn't里拍的合影。琳賽注意到在他們談話的大部

knoweachother.Lindseycouldseewhyhersisterhadstayedin分時間里，他都在擺弄外套上的拉鏈。接下

theareaforalongperiodoftime.Itwasbeautifulcomparedto來，她和約翰尼就像素未謀面一樣分手了。

theirhometownofChurchland,wherenothingeverhappened.而琳賽也明白了為什么薩拉在這里呆了那么

10Lindseyreturnedtoherhotelroomlaterthatdaytopackher久，因為和她們波瀾不興的家鄉丘奇蘭德相

thingstoreturntoChurchlandthefollowingmorning.Inaddition,比，這里的確很美麗。

shev/aslookingforwardtogoingbackhomebecauseshehadher10當天晚些時候，琳賽回到了賓館收拾行

proofandhadfinishedherinvestigation.Thefollowingday,she李，準備第二天上午回丘奇蘭德。她急著回

calledhermomandgaveherthedetailsofhertrip;however,she家，因為她已經找到了證據，結束了調查。

coulcn'thelpfeelinghermomwashidinginformationfromher第二天，她打電話給媽媽講述了這次旅程的

toneonthephone.Earlythenextmorning,Lindseywenttothe細節；然而，從媽媽的口氣中，她感覺媽媽

policedepartmenttospeakwithsomeoneinchargeofthe似乎在隱瞞著什么。次日一早，琳賽來到警

four-year-oldcase.—Shewasescortedtotwodetectivesina察局，打算和辦理四年前那個案子的警察談

smallroom,onlydimlylit.Lindseywasanxious,goingaheadwith話。她被帶進一個昏暗的小房間，里面有兩

thepapersshehadinherhands.Bothmenwereintriguedbythe個警探。于是，她急急慌慌地講述了起來，

extensivetime,effort,andmoneyLindseyhadputintoclearing并且手里拿著一些記錄作為佐證。看到琳賽

hername.為洗脫嫌疑投入了如此多的時間、精力和金

11-JShewassurethatshewouldbeeliminatedfromthecase錢，兩位警探對此甚為好奇。

duetotheproofshehandedtothedetectives,notknowingthe11她確信只要把證據交給警探，自己就會

detectiveswouldhaveadifferentstoryfo-her.Shewentontotell與案件完全脫離干系，壓根兒不知道警探會

thedetectivesthathertwinsisterSarahadbeenkilledinacar告訴她一個完全不同的故事。她接著告訴警

accidenttheyearbefore.探，她的雙胞胎姐妹薩拉已于一年前死于一

12"YoursisterSaraisaliveandyourmotheriswithher場車禍。

downstairswithapoliceofficerwaitingtospeakwithus,"replied12''薩拉還活著。您母親和她與一個警官正

DetectiveAmes.在樓下，等著和我們談話。〃艾姆斯警探答道。

13"You'relyingtome!Iwasthereandsawmysisterinhercoffin13''你撒謊！她下葬之前我親眼看見她躺在

beforeshewasburied.Ihelpedpayforhertombstone/'Lindsey棺材里，我還幫著付了墓碑的錢。〃琳賽憤怒

answeredinanangrytoneofvoice.Shemovedherselftoanother地喊道。她挪到小房間角落里的另外一張椅

chairinthecornerofthesmallroomandputherheadinher子上，雙手抱住頭。這時，有人敲門，薩拉

hands.AknockatthedoorandSaraandtheirmomwalkedinto和她們的媽媽走了進來。琳賽震驚地看著自

theroom.Lindseywasshockedlookingathersisterstanding己的季生姐妹站在那里，臉上帶著不安的表

there,withadisturbedlookonherface.Shelookedniceinablack情。她穿著一套黑色的連褲裝，頭發披在臉

pantsuitandherhairwasdrapedaroundherface.Theirmom側，很漂亮。而她們的媽媽則穿著一條藍色

woreapairofbluejeansandatansweatshirt,andherhairwas牛仔褲，一件棕褐色運動衫，頭發在腦后扎

pulledbackfromherfaceinaponytail.Neitherdetectivecould成?個馬尾。兩個警探都沒法相信薩拉和發

believethatSarahadanythingtodowiththerobberiesthathad生在俄勒岡州波特蘭市的搶劫案有關系。當

takenplaceinPortland,Oregon.WhenLindseysawhersisterand琳賽看到她和媽媽的時候，就知道警探根木

mom,sheknewthedetectivesweren'tgoingtobelieveherstory不會相信她了。她不明白為什么警探不相信

afterall.Shedidn'tunderstandhowtheycouldn'tbelievethather她的攣生姐妹已經死了，她死后應該有一份

sisterhaddiedwhentherehadtobeareportfromtheautopsy驗尸報告的。琳賽覺得被家人背叛了。她現

doneafterherdeath.Lindseyfeltbetrayedbyherfamilyandshe在知道自己的直覺是對的一一前一天就覺得

knewthatherinstincthadbeenrightwhenshefeltthathermom媽媽有什么在瞞著她。那兩個女人轉過來，

washidinginformationthepreviousday.Bothwomenturnedand很失望地看著琳賽，好像是她編造了整個故

lookedatLindseywithdisappointmentasifshehadjustmadeup事。琳賽心里明白警探只想盡快了結這個案

theentirestory.Lindseyknewverywellthatthedetectives子。

wantedtosolvethecaseandgetitofftheirdesks.14最后，沒有再費什么時間，琳賽就被戴

14Finally,withoutfurtherado,Lindseywashandcuffedand上手銬，罪名是在波特蘭犯有搶劫罪，隨后

chargedwiththerobberieshavingtakenplaceinPortland.She被押送到附近的監獄，等候起訴。在法庭上,

wasescortedtothejailnearbyforbooking.Lindseywenttocourt陪審團認為，琳賽在所有那些搶劫案中的罪

andthejuryfoundherguiltyofalltherobberiesandshewas名成立，于是她被判了十五年監禁。警方因

sentencedto15yearsinprison.Thepolicewerehappytohave為抓獲了雙胞胎中犯罪的那個，并結了案，

solvedthiscaseandtohavetherighttwininprison,butthesister非常欣慰，但事實上，應該坐牢的那個人既

thatshouldhavebeeninprisonwasneitherLindseynorSara.不是琳賽也不是薩拉，她們的母親當時生了

Theirmomhadgivenbirthtotripletsandthewomanthepolice三胞胎，應該被警方抓進監獄的是其中另外

hadtriedtoputbehindbarswasinfactanothersister,Cindy.一個孩子：辛迪。

NewWords

robbery

n.[U,C]thecrimeofstealingthingsfromabank,shop,etc.esp.usingviolence搶劫，劫奪

perpetrator

n.[C]apersonwhocommitsacrimecrdoessth.thatiswrongorevil兇犯，罪犯

crime

n.1)[C]adishonest,violent,orimmoralactionthatcanbepunishedbylaw罪，罪行

n.2)[U]illegalactivitiesingeneral犯罪活動,不法行為

scroll

n.[C]alongrollofpaperforwritingon(供書寫的)長紙卷，卷軸

vi./vt.tomoveinformationonacomputerscreenupordownsothatyoucanreadit滾屏：滾動

bold

a.1)(ofprintedwordsorletters)inathick,darktype粗體的,黑體的

a.2)notafraidoftakingrisksandmakingdifficultdecisions大膽自信的,敢于冒險的，無畏的

accuse

vt.tosaysomeoneisguiltyofcrimeorofdoingsomethingwrong控告，控訴：譴責

identical

a.exactlythesame完全相同的Myopinionisidenticalwithhis.我和他的意見完全相同。Weareidenticalin

ourviewsofwhatshouldbedone.我們對應當怎么辦的看法是一致的。

personality

個性，性格

n.1)[CzU]someone'scharacter,esp.thewaytheybehavetowardsotherpeople

Thoughtheirpersonalitiesdiffered,theygotalongasfriends.雖然他們性格迥異，但卻成了很好的朋友。

n.2)[U]thequalitiesthatmakesomeoneinteresting,attractiveandenjoyabletobewith魅力，氣質，

氣度

Hewontheelectionmoreonpersonalitythanoncapability.他羸得這次選舉更多匏的是人格魅力，而不是個

人能力。

conservative

a.notlikingchangesornewideas保守的，守舊的，不喜變化的

Hezorturedhisprisoners.他拷打犯人。Thepolicetorturedhimtoconfesshiscrime.警察拷打他,逼他招

供。

n.[C]someonewhodoesnotlikechangesinideasorfashion因循守舊者，保守者

Hewastorturedwithanxiety.他焦慮萬分。

paramedic

n.[C]someonewhohasbeentrainedtohelppeoplewhoarehurtortodomedicalwork,butwhoisnot

adoctororanurse(非醫生或護士的)護理人員，醫務輔助人員

torture

vt.1)todeliberatelyhurtsomeonetoforcethemtogiveyouinformationortopunish拷打，拷問：嚴刑

逼供

vt.2)tomakesb.feelextremelyunhappyoranxious使痛苦，使焦急

n.1)[U,C]theactofcausingsb.severepaininordertopunishthemormakethemsayordosth.拷

打，拷問；酷刑

n.2)[U,C]severephysicalormentalsuffering(身心所受的)折磨，煎熬

weird

a.verystrange,notnormal奇怪的，奇異的

mess

n.1)[C]anuntidyordirtystate凌亂，臟亂Thekitchenwasamess.廚房團亂。

leavetheyardinamess把庭院搞得一團糟

n.2)[C]asituationinwhichtherearealotofproblemsanddifficulties,esp.asaresultofmistakesor

carelessness(由于錯誤或疏忽所造成的)困境，麻煩

Withdivorceandbankruptcy,hispersonallifewasinamess.又是離婚，又是破產，他的個人生活現在是一

團糟。

tile

vt.tocoverasurfacewithtiles鋪地磚,貼瓷磚：鋪瓦

n.[C]瓷磚，地磚：瓦片，瓦

tub

n.1)[C]alarge,longcontainerthatyouputwaterinandthengetintotowashyourself浴缸，浴盆

n.2)[C]asmallcontainermadeofpaperorplasticwithalid,inwhichfoodisboughtorstored飯盒，

食品盆

bra

n.[C]乳罩,胸罩

panties

n.[pl.]女式短褲

unplug

vt.todisconnectapieceofelectricalequipmentbytakingitsplugout拔去的電源插頭

UnplugtheTVbeforeyougotobed.睡前記得拔電視插頭。

Becarefulwhenyouunplugthemachine.拔下機器電源時要小心。

proceed

vi.1)tomoveinaparticulardirection(向某一方向)前進，移動

Heproceededtohisdestination.他繼續向目的地行進。

vi.2)tocontinuetodosth.thathasalreadybeenstarted繼續進行

Shepausedtoclearherthroat,andthenproceeded,她停下來清了清嗓子，又接著講。

Theyproceededwiththeirwork.他們繼續干著自己的工作。

cab

n.1)[C]ataxi出租車，的土，計程車

n.2)[C]thepartofabus,trainortruckinwhichthedriversits(公共汽車、火車或卡車的)駕駛室

initial

a.happeningatthebeginning;first開始的，最初的

Thegovernmentunderwrotetheinitialcostsoftheoperation.政府為該項活動提供了啟動經費.

Aftershe'dovercomeherinitialshyness,shebecameveryfriendly,她克服了一開始的羞澀之后，就變得非

常友善。

n.[C]thefirstletterofsomeone'sfirstname名字的首字母

sneaker

n.[C]膠底運動鞋

intrigued

a.veryinterestedinsth./sb.andwantingtoknowmoreaboutit/them好奇的，感興趣的，著迷的

Hibernationhaslongintriguedbiologists.生物學家長期以來直對冬眠很感興趣。

Thenoticeintriguedmanystudents.這張告示引起了許多同學的興趣。

thrill

n.1)[C]anexperiencethatproducescsuddenfeelingofexcitementorpleasure引起激動或興奮的經歷

ItwasathrilltoseeParisagain.重歸巴黎，真是令人興奮。

n.2)[C]astrongfeelingofexcitementorpleasure興奮感，興奮，激動

ItgavemeathrilltoknowIhadpassedtheexamination.我得知考試通過后很興奮。

vt.tomakesomeonefeelexcitedandhappy使興奮，使激動

Themenwerethrilledbyaloudwhistleblow.隨著一聲響亮的口哨,人群變得亢奮起來。

fumble

vi./vt.1)toholdortryandmovesomethingwithyourhandscarelesslyorawkwardly瞎摸；笨手笨腳地

做(某事)

vi./vt.2)tohavedifficultyspeakingclearlyorfindingtherightwordstosay支支吾吾地說：笨嘴笨舌地說

zipper

n.[C]拉鏈，拉鎖

proof

n.1)[U,C]facts,information,documents,etc.thatprovesomethingistrue證明，證據

n.2)[C,usu.pl.]aprintedcopyofapieceofwritingusedtofindandremovemistakesbeforethefinal

printingisdone校樣

escort

vt.togowithsomeonetoprotectorguardthemortoshowthemtheway護送，護衛

Severallittleboatsescortedthesailingshipintotheharbour.幾艘小船護送這艘帆船進入港口。

Thepoliceescortedhertotheairport,andmadesurethatsh