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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Lesson 58 A spot of bother,Lesson 58 A spot of bother,lift n.,电梯（,elevator,）；,n./v.,举起，升高, up,举起，使振奋,not a finger,袖手旁观,-He wont lift a finger to help them.,give sb. a lift,帮某人一把，让某人搭车,lift n.电梯（elevator）；n./v.举起，升高,prudent adj.,谨慎的,be to do sth.,-The mother told her kids to be to deal with strangers.,同：,careful/,cautious/,discreet,prudent adj.谨慎的,composure n.,镇静，沉着,keep ones ,同：,calm down,be as cool as cucumber,hold ones horse,hinder v.,阻碍，妨碍, sb. from doing sth.=,prevent sb from doing,composure n.镇静，沉着,chaos n.,混乱，无秩序,处于杂乱无序的状态,in the state of chaos/,disorder/,confusion,chaos n.混乱，无秩序,inconceivable adj.,不可思议的,-It seems that Houston Rocket could beat Los Angeles Lakers and win the final championship.,conceive v.,怀孕；构思，构想,ofas,把,看作为,=,regard as/ describe as/ imagine as/ refer toas/ think ofas,-I conceive of the the book as my best friend.,inconceivable adj.不可思议的,7,、,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,-I try to go back to sleep and toss and turn for a while.,7、toss v.扔；摇摆；辗转反侧,fussy adj.,大惊小怪；过分装饰的，挑剔的,Be about,过于讲究；过分挑剔,-Are you about what you wear?,-,你介意自己的穿着吗？,-Dont be so about the food., dress,讲究的衣服,eater,挑剔的食客,fussy adj.大惊小怪；过分装饰的，挑剔的,Text:,（,L1,）,The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived.,Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home.,Text:,（,L2,）筋疲力尽,exhausted/,tired out/,worn out,-I was exhausted after climbing the stairs.,（L2）筋疲力尽,（,L3,）,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.,（L3）,（,L6,）,She was thinking that she must reprimand her daily maid the next morning for such a monstrous piece of negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after the maid had left and she knew that she had turned both keys in their locks,.,（L6）,（,L9,）,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.,（L9）,（,L11,）,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.,（L11）,（,L14,）,By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police.,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.,（L14）,（,L17,）,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.,.,（L17）,（,L18,）,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.,（L18）,（,L20,）,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.,（L20）,（,L22,）,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.,（L22）,（,L24,）,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.,（L24）,（,L26,）,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.,（L26）,
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