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
acanthis flammea
acuminate papular syphilid
air injection diesel
basic industries
bather
birmanicus
Brighstone Bay
candlesnuffer
CDLE
centre-line joint
computer-aided learning
conscious state
converge absolutely
counterreactions
cozzarelli
cutter-spindle
dabells
Debye effect
diamond dredger
diesel-fuel improver
discontinuous rectifying plant
dissociative recombination
doctorlings
domums
dysenteric malaria
EFSF
entrenched clause
extra-high voltage
family of channels
fastard
FCDA
Federal program of price support
fishing-rods
fluid mechanic
Gasterophilus equina
gather density
geared locomotive
gentiobioside
group identifier
group ship station
haematogenous renal tuberculosis
heavy duty diesel engine
hick-joint
index data name
inhauler
instantaneous velocity section
instruction unit
instrumentalizations
John Day
KWIPS
laid off
lamentin
laurilia taxodii
leashore
lineys
loville
microcapillary hemangioma
monoarylations
multimarket behavior
Nakamura-gawa
national number
on arrival
orbitopalpebral
original insurer
peak power
persulfacte
phonon drag
picture synchronizing impulse
polarizing monochromatic filter
pre-lapsarian
precip
proper minimum
quarrions
quasi elastic vibration
rebox
Reichstein, Tadeus
risk-freest
scattering property
seam specifications
secondary extinctive reflex
sleeve piece
sprinkling irrigation machine
steel cage match
stefanus
structural function analysis
Ta'izz
tank spreader
tariff system
terawatt
Thabana-Ntlenyana
time-rock unit
triclinic holohedral pyramid
umbrella arum
understimulates
unqualifies
unslaked lime (quick lime)
VDI
vertical frequency response
water tight
workspace design
Zobah
zoogametes