Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone

Listening

1. Fill in the blanks with the missing words

Dialogue 1:

Conversation during dinner between Rachel and an older male guest.

M=male guest R=Rachel

M: Miss Verinder, my _________ to you on your birthday gift. The _______ is beautiful and it looks very ______on your dress.

R: Thank you. It is lovely, isn’t it?

M: Yes, but may I give you some _______? If you go to India, do not take your _______.

R: Why not?

M: You know that it came from India. Well, many people in that country would like to have it back and they would do anything to get it---even kill someone . You must be very _______of your _____, even in England. I _______ you put it into a safe at the bank and do not wear it.

R: But it seems a pity to lock it away where nobody can see it. I want to show it to everyone!

Dialogue 2:

Conversation between Rosanna and another female servant during the service of dinner.

R=Rosanna S=Servant

R:(dreamily to herself) And he has such lovely rich brown hair---

(Sound of plates clattering)

S: Rosanna, _________ ! What ‘s the matter with you tonight? Why do you keep looking at Mr Blake?

R: Oh, I can’t help it!

S: Rosanna, listen to me . You must stop ______.It is no good falling in love with Mr Blake. You are a ______girl and he could never marry you. Besides he seems to be very ______of Rachel.

R: I know and she is so ______, buy maybe---

S: (sternly) No, is can never happen. You must face the _____. Now go and get the meat from the cook---

Dialogue 3:

Conversation during dinner between Franklin and Mr Candy.

F=Franklin C=Mr Candy

F: I ______ smoking last week, but since I stopped I haven’t been able to sleep.

C: Ah, yes. Well, allow me to ______ a medicine that can make you fall asleep, Mr Blake.

F: Ha! You doctors ! Most of the time you just _______which medicine to use.

C: (Angry) Sir, you are talking about my ________!

F: Profession? No, you medical people are not _______; you don’t really know what you are doing. You cannot help me. I must just wait until get better.

C: (Very angry but trying to control it) You are wrong, Mr Blake. You are making a mistake. You should go to see a doctor.

2. Listen to the three dialogues and answer questions A and B in the following chart.

3. In each dialogue one person gives a piece of advice. Listen to each dialogue again and answer question C.

Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2 Dialogue 3

A Which people in the picture are talking?

B What are they talking about?

C What advice is given ?

Reading

Brief introduction :

Wilkie Collins was born into an _______family in 1824 and died in 1889.In his _______, he wrote 25 novels, more than ______ short stories, at least_______ plays. Wilkie Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens’. He was a ________ of Victorian fiction. Now he is also being given _____and _______ attention. His _______ stories are famous for the ________suspense. His novel The ______ is ___________as the first detective story in the history of England.

1.Find the characters mentioned in the text and pay attention to the relationships between them

Sergeant Cuff:_________________________

An Englishman(stole the Moonstone):__________________

The strange Indians(entertain the guests):____________________________

Rosanna:______________

Franklin:____________________________

Dr. Candy(A local doctor:______________________

Godfrey(A guest of the party):_______________________

2.Main ideas of the four parts:

Part one(para 1):___________________________________________________________________.

Part two(para 2---5):________________________________________________________________.

Par three(para6---9):________________________________________________________________.

Par four(para 10):________________________________________________________________.

3.True or false statements:

( )1.The story really began in 1848 in England.

( )2.Rachel’s uncle left the diamond to her because he liked her.

( )3.The diamond was cursed and the man who stole the diamond would live a sad and lonely life.

( )4.Godfrey was Rachel’s childhood friend and he painted the door for her.

( )5.Franklin had an argument with Dr Candy.

( )6.Godfrey was an elegant and successful bachelor with many lady admirers. He asked Rachel to marry him ,and she accepted.

( )7.Some Indian entertainers were very skilled and behaved strangely.

( )8.The servant Rosanna was very fond of Godfrey.

( )9.At the end of the party everyone left except for Franklin and Godfrey.

( )10.The Moonstone was gone the next morning.

( )11.Sergeant Cuff only suspected Indians.

( )12.Sergeant Cuff had one vital clue.

4.Summary:

The Moonstone is a huge yellow __________that was once part of a _________of the moon god in India. An Englishman, after __________three holy men, _______the diamond and brought it back to London. His sister was angry with him about his act. The man, in an act of _________left the Moonstone to his sister’s _________Rachel , a beautiful and __________young lady, intending to pass on his bad _________to her. And Rachel would receive the Moonstone on her ____________birthday.

From the moment Rachel ________the diamond

to her dress, many unhappy and strange things

___________ at the party. At the end of the party, all the guests left except for _________and ________. The following morning Rachel found the _________ was gone. Her mother _________ the famous detective Sergeant Cuff to investigate the . As the story , the detective discovered some________ about the people in the house that night, and the why they might have stolen the diamond. He even Rachel and Franklin. Finally, however, he found a ______ in the wet paint on the door of Rachel’s sitting room that was not there during the party. He thought it was a ________clue.

Integrating skills:

1. Who did the detective suspect?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

2. Why didn’t Rachel answer Sergeant Cuff’s questions?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Why didn’t Franklin remember taking the diamond?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.Sergeant Cuff didn’t find the Moonstone or prove who murdered Godfrey, but the passage gives some clues about who might have done it. Who do you think was guilty? What clues can you find?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Clues:

①:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________②:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Language points:

1. The novel the Moonstone is set in England in 1848, but the story really began 50 years later.

Set: 設置（書本，戲劇，電影等）背景。如：

__________________________________________________.這部書是以18世紀的法國為背景的。

__________________________________________________. 這部小說是以淘金熱為背景的。

Set 其他意思：

__________________________________________. 他把手放在我的手上。

___________________________________________. 請擺好餐桌準備就餐。

____________________________________________.你們把開會時間定下來了嗎？

_______________________________________.太陽從東方升起在西方落下。

______________________________________.他把一塊寶石鑲嵌在戒指上。

2. curse n. 詛咒, 咒語, 禍根, 禍因 vt. 詛咒, 咒罵, 降禍, 使受罪

__________________________________________.我們的部族正遭天譴。

__________________________________________.我們有必要來評斷電視到底是福還是禍。

3. an act of revenge報復行為

Act 做動詞的用法：

______________________________________ 三思而后行。

___________________________________________________.藥已經(jīng)服了很長時間，但還未見效。

Act 與action 區(qū)別：

Action做可數(shù)名詞時，常與act 同義。 如：

A kind act/action. 仁慈的行為,但act 多指具體的，短時間的行為或行動；action 多指復雜的持續(xù)的行為或行動。

在一些固定用法中。 如：__________________ (殘忍的行為)，____________________（戰(zhàn)爭行為） , _______________________（仁慈的行為） 等中，不能用action 又如___________________ (采取行動)也是固定搭配。

４.But from the moment Rachel fastens it to her dress, things start going wrong.

Fasten to 把---系在---

_______________________________________________. 這個書架是固定在墻壁上的。

_____________________________________________________________. 我們去看她時她不在，我們只好寫了張便條釘?shù)介T上。

Go wrong 出毛病，不對頭 如：

___________________________________________________. 我的自行車出了點問題。

__________________________________________________________. Mary 來之前晚會開的很成功，可后來一切都不對了。

５.as the story develops …

As 意思是“隨著”。

____________________________________________________________.隨著時間的推移，她開始意識到他本該好好學習的。

As 其他用法（作為連詞）

象---一樣

_____________________________________________________________________________________. 他不象以前那么喜歡滑冰了。

照---的方式

___________________________________________________________. 我已如實講了這件事。

因為，既然

_________________________________________. 既然你反對，我就重新考慮一下這個計劃。

雖然，

__________________________________________________.盡管我很喜歡這本書，可我買不起。

６.to …degree達到---的程度

_______________________________________________________________________.他對工作如此感興趣，以致于他從來不想別的事情。

_____________________________________________________.在某種程度上他喜歡他的工作。

７.guilty 慚愧（about），有過失的，有罪責的(of)

_______________________________________.我因沒有常去看望父母而感到內疚。

_____________________________________________.John臉上顯出慚愧的表情。

8. resist 抵制，阻擋

_________________________________________________.銀行強烈反對降低利率。

(用于否定句)忍住，抵擋

______________________________________________.他忍不住炫耀起了他的新車。

9.stainvt. 沾污，染污，染色，玷污，敗壞。n. 污點，污漬

__________________________________________.漿果汁把他們的手指染成了紅色。

________________________________________________. 先把標本染成紅色，再放到顯微鏡下觀察。

10. convince 說服,，使確信，使相信~ sb / yourself (of sth)

______________________________________.你要使他們相信你殷切希望得到工作。

____________________________________________________.我一直勸他去看病。

引申：convincing: 令人信服的，有說服力的

________________________________________ 有說服力的論點／解釋／事例

_________________________________________.我覺得她的話很有說服力。

Convinced 堅信，確信（~ (of sth / that ... )

______________________________________________. 我堅信她清白無辜。

11. assume 假定，假設，（呈現(xiàn)。。。的樣子，假裝）

______________________________________________________. 咱們假設計劃成功。

__________________________________________________普遍認為，緊張系工作過重所致。

____________________________________________________________.我本以為他是比利時人。

12. meanwhile adv./n. 同時，其間，（兩方面）對比之下

______________________________________________________.壓力對你的健康非常有害，而鍛煉會減少這種害處。

________________在此其間，與此同時

_________________________________________________________________________. 我希望最終能上醫(yī)學院，這其間我打算學化學。

13.In all my years as a detective, I have never heard of a thief having such a loss of memory.

這里a thief having …是動名詞的復合結構。

高考題：

( )Victor apologized for ___ to inform me of the change in the plan.

A his being not able B him not to be able C his not being able D him to be not able

14. accuse 控告，譴責~ sb (of sth)

to accuse sb of murder / theft She accused him of lying.

The government was _______________________incompetence

15.desperate 冒險的，絕望的

The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.

非常需要，渴望~ (for sth)| ~ (to do sth)

He was so ______________________ a job he would have done anything.

I was absolutely ___________________see her.

16.nothing but to do

相關高考題：

( )Sandy could do nothing but ___ to his teacher that he was wrong.

A admit B admitted C admitting D to admit

17.While 用法

while 表示讓步，通常位于句首，意思是“盡管；雖然”。

__________________________________________.盡管我同意你的理由，但我不允許你這樣做。

___________________________________________.雖然他愛他的學生，可是他對學生們很嚴格。

While 其他用法歸納如下：

1）引導時間狀語從句，意思是“當---的時候，和---同時”。從句中謂語通常是延續(xù)性動詞。

________________________________________________________. 瑪麗邊吃飯邊看電視。

______________________________________________________. 她聽著收音機睡著了。

2）表示對比或轉折，意思是“而，然而”。此時，while 一般謂語句中。 如：

_______________________________________________. 有人浪費糧食，而有人卻吃不飽。

高考相關：

( )I do every single bit of housework ____ my husband Bob just does the dishes now and then.

A since B while C when D as

Phrases:

1. 報復行為 _____________________________________

2. 把---系在--- _____________________________________

3. 出毛病，不對頭 _____________________________________

4. 達到---的程度 _____________________________________

5. 過著憂郁,孤獨的生活 _____________________________________

6. 對---很體貼 _____________________________________

7. 戒煙 _____________________________________

8. 愛上某人 _____________________________________

9. ---不見了 _____________________________________

10. 等待時機 _____________________________________

11. 忙于--- _____________________________________

12. 制造---和---的矛盾 _____________________________________

13. 喜愛 _____________________________________

14. 使---擺脫困境 _____________________________________

15. 即使 _____________________________________

16. 高興地做某事 _____________________________________

17. 改變想法 _____________________________________

18. 尷尬地去做---- _____________________________________

19. 別無選擇 _____________________________________

20. 犯罪 _____________________________________