北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 24 Spot1
时间：2019-01-10 作者：英语课 分类：北师大版高中英语模块8(选修)
[00:03.22]Unit 24 Society Literature Spot 8
[00:07.59]No Crime in the Mountains
[00:09.38]by Raymond Chandier
[00:10.96]Exercise 2 Listen and read the extracts
[00:15.00]from the story.Order these events in your book.
[00:19.41]The letter came just before noon,
[00:21.47]special delivery, a dime-store envelope
[00:23.81]with the return address F.S.
[00:25.58]Lacey, Puma 1 Point, California.
[00:28.29]Inside was a check for a hundred dollars,
[00:30.39]made out to cash and signed Frederick S.Lacy,
[00:33.72]and a sheet of plain white bond paper
[00:36.04]typed with a number of strikeovers.
[00:38.12]It said: Mr John Evans, Dear Sir,
[00:42.27]I have your name from Len Esterwald.
[00:44.34]My business is urgent
[00:45.67]and extremely confidential 2.
[00:47.57]I inclose a retainer.Please come to Puma Point,
[00:50.83]Thursday afternoon or evening,
[00:52.22]if at all possible,
[00:53.41]register at the Indian Head Hotel,
[00:55.32]and call me at 2306.
[00:58.52]There hadn't been any business in a week,
[01:00.63]but this made it a nice day.
[01:02.58]The bank on which the check wad drawn 3
[01:04.33]was about six blocks away.
[01:06.08]I went over and cashed it,
[01:07.78]ate lunch, and got the car out and started off.
[01:09.93]
- The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the lost puma from the zoo.警察和志愿者们在森林里到处寻找动物园迷失的美洲狮。
- A businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。
- He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
- We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。