时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之餐饮娱乐


英语课

 


Solving a Mystery 


Jane: You have to watch this movie. It’s so good! 


Hercule: I’m not really into mysteries. 


Jane: But this is a really good whodunit 1


Hercule: I prefer action movies. 


Jane: Listen, the movie gives you plenty of clues, and the detective follows hunch 2 after hunch, lead after lead, but the movie is full of red herrings. Everybody seems to have an alibi 3 and the witnesses aren’t reliable. 


Hercule: I don’t know. It seems kind of confusing to me. I don’t really want to use my brain when I’m watching a movie. 


Jane: But that’s the fun part of it. The true identity of the victim is a mystery, the suspects all have skeletons in their closets, and the detective isn’t what he seems. 


Hercule: Yeah, well... 


Jane: And just when you think you’re getting to the bottom of it, the rug gets pulled out from under you. It keeps you guessing until the very end. Hey, where are you going? 


Hercule: I’m going to find an action movie where all my brain has to do is handle the sensory 4 overload 5


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 whodunit
n.侦探小说(或剧本、影片等)
  • It is not the most promising script for a whodunit.这并不是最有市场前景的侦探小说剧本。
  • I always like the series "Whodunit" by Wei Sili.我一直很喜欢卫斯理系列的推理小说。
2 hunch
n.预感,直觉
  • I have a hunch that he didn't really want to go.我有这么一种感觉,他并不真正想去。
  • I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.我有预感和苏珊共事会很融洽。
3 alibi
n.某人当时不在犯罪现场的申辩或证明;借口
  • Do you have any proof to substantiate your alibi? 你有证据表明你当时不在犯罪现场吗?
  • The police are suspicious of his alibi because he already has a record.警方对他不在场的辩解表示怀疑,因为他已有前科。
4 sensory
adj.知觉的,感觉的,知觉器官的
  • Human powers of sensory discrimination are limited.人类感官分辨能力有限。
  • The sensory system may undergo long-term adaptation in alien environments.感觉系统对陌生的环境可能经过长时期才能适应。
5 overload
vt.使超载;n.超载
  • Don't overload the boat or it will sink.别超载,否则船会沉。
  • Large meals overload the digestive system.吃得太饱会加重消化系统的负担。
学英语单词
2-(1-cyclohexenyl)-cyclohexanone
absolute error of measurement
acceleranstuff
Articulationes intertarsales
at once...and...
bizonal
Borrelia venezuelensis
Brunt-Douglas isallobaric wind
bullet-time
by rough estimate
cataphraxis
chain cover
character entity
chromosome interference
Coloradoan series
colotype
combined downcast-uptake ventilator
corrosion-resistant steel
current fiscal year
daybreak
Decapoida
demerge
developmental prototype
diethyl terephthalate
direct-current inserter
doubling of tones
entrance notice
epimetheus
Eria pannea
Eriodes
ethacetic acid
excess capital
flux peaking
gear shift lever pin
half-wave ratarder
Hollerith field descriptor
household articles
indeavor
interest capitalization
intra-bank
iron rose
lathyrus-factor
leakproof ring
lipoferous
loan capital debenture
lockplate
low intensity field
mean strain rate
microbiological test
micromelia
mill-sixpence
monomotor drive
Monte Carlo study
Mustard Pots
Nimmitabel
no risk after shipment
nymphal instar
Ober-Roden
occultness
open jet tunnel
palatalising
Phenylacetylcarbamide
phosphorescence
phthalic ester
pilot's fairway
prejudized
primitive procephalic appendage
producing crops
really something
reduced-rate call
regulatory authorities
remote sensing system
Roebuck Downs
rose head
rotating rectifier dish
Rotundocyathus
Roux's sign
shoe skate
sitoxism
sodium thorium phosphate
speedboat
spousals
spouted fluidized bed
spring tension tester
suffonsify
tactical missile (tm)
tailfirst
tanahs
tandem survey
Telegdi
tertiary hole
tri-basic polyploid
triple-valve
trivial valuation
two-phase convection
underfloor heating
unit pyramid
untraceable
Vaccinium bulleyanum
vertouse
vice commodore of convoy
viscose film