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会计学1Lesson57 Multiple Choice1.d 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.c 6.b 7.c 8.d 9.a 10.c 11.c 12.b 第1页/共47页第2页/共47页What did the old lady find when she got home?uShe found that burglars had broken into her flat and ransacked it.Why was the old lady surprised to find her front door open?uBecause she knew that she had locked the front door properly herself.第3页/共47页What made her realize that burglars had entered the flat?uBecause all the room doors were open and everything was in a mess.Why did she go down to the basement?uShe went down to the basement to fetch the porter.第4页/共47页第5页/共47页第6页/共47页New words and expressionshinderfingerprintchaosinconceivableveritablemagpietoss第7页/共47页第8页/共47页lift n.电梯; NAmE: elevatorescalator第9页/共47页lift n./v.举起，升高 sb/sth (up) e.g - John lifted his eyes from his book. - Her eyebrows lifted. Apologize? Why? sth (from sb/sth) 偷盗；盗窃shoplifter n./ shoplifting n. 第10页/共47页not /raise a finger/a hand to do sth (informal)袖手旁观；一点也不帮忙e.g - 孩子们从不帮着做家务。 - The children never lift a finger to help around the house.give sb. a lift/ride (NAmE)帮某人一把，让某人搭车第11页/共47页prudent adj.sensible and careful when you make judgements and decisions; avoiding unnecessary risksbe to do sth.e.g - 妈妈告诉她的孩子们对待陌生人要谨慎。 -The mother told her kids to be to deal with strangers.第12页/共47页e.g - It is more prudent to hide and bide your time than to fight. -韬光养晦等待时机方为上策。prudence n.反：imprudence/rashness第13页/共47页composure n.镇静，沉着keep ones 同：calm downbe as cool as a cucumberkeep/lose/regain ones e.g - 在危机时刻，他反而显示除了极大的沉稳。 - In times of crisis, he showed great composure.第14页/共47页fingerprint n. 指纹第15页/共47页chaos n. 混乱；杂乱；无秩序e.g - economic/political/domestic - 经济/政治/国内混乱cause 引起混乱e.g - 大雪导致道路交通一篇混乱 - Heavy snow has caused total chaos on the roads.in 一片混乱e.g -The house was in after the party.第16页/共47页toss v.扔；摇摆；辗转反侧 a coin/ toss up 扔硬币决定-Lets up to decide what to do now.【俚】A toss-up 一半的机会，没准的事 and turn 翻来覆去e.g - He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.第17页/共47页fussy adj.大惊小怪；过分装饰的，挑剔的 parents 瞎操心的父母be about 过于讲究；过分挑剔e.g - Are you about what you wear? -你介意自己的穿着吗？e.g - Dont be so about the food. dress 讲究的衣服eater挑剔的食客 第18页/共47页Close your book and listen again.第19页/共47页Text:The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. block n. 大楼；一栋楼房 （BrE） n. (NAmE) 一段街区；一大片土地flat n. 一套公寓 (BrE)apartment n. (NAmE)第20页/共47页Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home.In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her sudden discovery that her front door was open. 译：小宝宝一直盯着厨房桌上的布丁和蛋糕，但当他看到地上的玩具火车，前两者都被他抛到了脑后。The baby kept staring at the puding and cake on the kitchen table，but both were forgotten when he saw the toy car on the floor.第21页/共47页She was thinking that she must reprimand her home help the next morning for such a monstrous piece of negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after the home help had left and she knew that she had turned both keys in their locks. monstrous adj. (gigantic; ugly and frightening; very wrong,immoral or unfair)e.g - a wave - a figure/creature - injusticereprimand sb for sth第22页/共47页. . piece of negligence, when she. . negligence n. 疏忽；玩忽行为；e.g - 事故还是部分起源于司机的疏忽大意。 - The accident was partly due to the drivers .negligent adj. be about/in/of 对.漠视、疏忽、忽略第23页/共47页She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following her regular practice she had shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing room, she saw a scene of confusion over by her writing desk.drawing room n. 起居室，客厅(formal/old-fashioned English)living room第24页/共47页It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence. Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement. force v. 用力，强行（把.移动）e.g - to a lock/window/door - 强行打开锁/窗/门to an entry = to enter a building using force ones way.第25页/共47页Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porters assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat. intrude v. 闯入；侵入；扰乱；侵扰 into/on/upone.g - on peoples private lives - 侵犯他人的私人生活e.g - The sound of the telephone intruded into his dreams. - 电话铃声把他从梦中扰醒了。第26页/共47页. . who might still be lurking in her flat. lurk v. (尤指为做不正当的事而)埋伏、潜伏e.g - 你在我的房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的想干什么？ - Why are you lurking around outside my house?隐藏e.g - At night, danger lurks in these streets.潜水 :to read or discuss in a chat room, etc. on the internet, without taking part in it yourself第27页/共47页They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for fingerprints. The chaos was inconceivable.hinder sb/sth (from sth/doing sth)e.g - a political situation that hinders economic growth - 妨碍经济发展的政治局面e.g - 受伤后他无法发挥出最高水平。 - An injury was hindering him from playing his best.hinderance n. A is a to B第28页/共47页The chaos was inconceivable. She had lived in the flat for thirty years and was a veritable magpie at hoarding; and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over.inconceivable adj. = unimaginable 不可思议的，无法想象的conceivable adj. 可想象的，可信的conceive v. 想出（主意、计划等）；想象，构想第29页/共47页. . was a veritable magpie at hoarding; and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over.magpie n. 喜鹊起强调作用第30页/共47页第31页/共47页第32页/共47页第33页/共47页第34页/共47页At least sorting out the things she should have discarded years ago was now being made easier for her.Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat. discard 丢弃，抛弃 sth/sb (as sth) （因.）而丢弃. the thought of. 打消.的念头e.g - 她现在可以打消晋升的念头了。 - She could now all thought of promotion.第35页/共47页Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat.第36页/共47页The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced, thereby proving that the burglars had either used skeleton keys or entered over the balcony. 第37页/共47页porch deck terrace 第38页/共47页There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers. So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglars first job that day and they must have been disturbed. The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights. 第39页/共47页The old lady thought he was a fussy creature, but since the porter agreed with him, she rang up her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother. ring sb/sth (up)e.g - Ill ring you later. - He rang up the police station.第40页/共47页Close your book and listen again.第41页/共47页Tell us about any occasion when a relative or a neighbour has been burgled.Topics for discussion第42页/共47页How would you feel if you went back home to find that your room, flat or house had been burgled? What would you do? What would you want to do?第43页/共47页People who burgle other peoples homes should be punished very heavily. What do you think?第44页/共47页单词背诵课后习题听抄（第二段）Homework第45页/共47页THE END第46页/共47页
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