Unit 13—The mystery of the Moonstone
二. 课文难点解析：
1. The novel The Moonstone is set in England in 1848, but the story really began 50 years earlier.
《月亮宝石》这部小说是以1848年的英国为背景的，但是故事真正开始是在此之前的50年。
be set in：以……为背景
2. when he died he left the Moonstone to his sister’s daughter, Rachel, in an act of revenge, passing on his bad fortune to her.
他去世的时候，把这块宝石留给了他姐姐的女儿Rachel。他想作为报复把厄运传给她。
an act of revenge：报复行为。类似的短语有：an act of cruelty; an act of war; an act of mercy
pass on… to… 把……传给……
3. Franklin, who is smoker, is very considerate towards Rachel. His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the servants as evidence that he is in love with Rachel.
Franklin抽烟。他对Rachel很体贴。为了取得Rachel的好感，他主动提出戒烟。这一点佣人们看作是Franklin爱上Rachel的证明。
quit＝give up / stop
be in love with：爱上……
4. Is it coincidence or is it the Moonstone’s bad luck that causes the tension and strange things that happen during the rest of the evening ?
这是一种巧合还是月亮宝石的厄运使得那天晚上发生了紧张而奇异的情况吗？
本句是强调句型的变形，强调部分是：coincidence和the Moonstone’s bad luck
5. Troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel, Rachel’s mother hires the famous detective Sergeant Cuff to investigate the theft. As the story develops, we discover some secrets about the people at the house that night, and the reasons why they might have stolen the diamond.
Rachel的母亲因为失去了一件如此珍贵的珠宝而非常烦恼，于是请来著名的侦探Cuff警官来调查这个盗窃案。随着故事的发展，我们发现了当晚在那屋子里呆过的一些人的秘密，以及他们有可能偷窃钻石的理由。
Troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel是过去分词做状语，相当于：Because she was troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel.
As the story develops = With the story developing
why they might have stolen the diamond 定语从句修饰the reasons。
might have stolen是对过去的事实的推测表达。
6. Rachel is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone to the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery to be solved.
Rachel执意不让警官询问有关月亮宝石的事情，她如此固执以致于让人认为她似乎不想解开这个迷团。
to the degree：达到……程度
He was interested in his work to such a degree that he thought about nothing else.
Chinese fans love Yao Ming to the degree that they will try to watch any match that Yao Ming competes in.
7. Whoever is guilty must have a stain on his or her clothes.
不管谁是犯罪者，衣服上肯定有油漆的污迹。
Whoever is guilty是主语从句。Whoever = Anyone who…..
Give the book to whoever would like to read it.
注意和No matter who…的区别：
No matter who breaks the law, he should be punished.
8. Franklin Blake, meanwhile, received a letter from Rosanna saying that she knew what he had done on the night the Moonstone disappeared.
与此同时，Franklin Blake收到Rosanna的一封信，信中说她知道在月亮宝石失踪的那天晚上Blake干过什么事。
saying：表示“信中说……”相当于：reading
9. When they met, Franklin was shocked to hear Rachel telling him that she had seen him take the diamond, but had protected him from me by not answering my questions.
当他们见面的时候，Franklin 听到Rachel说的话时惊呆了，因为Rachel告诉他说她曾经看到他把钻石拿走了，但她不回答我的问题而保护了他。
not answering my questions：动名词的否定式做介词by的宾语。
10. In all my years as a detective I have never heard of a thief having such a loss of memory.
在我当侦探这么多年里，我还从来没有听说过一个贼会有这么大的忘性。
a thief having such a loss of memory：动名词短语做介词of的宾语，a thief为动名词部分的逻辑主语。
11. It turned out that Godfrey has also seen Franklin move the diamond that night and, knowing that Franklin would be accused, he had taken it.
后来证明Godfrey那天晚上也看到了Franklin拿了钻石。他知道Franklin可能被指控，所以就把钻石拿走了。
turn out：证明，结果是……；其他以turn为核心的短语有：turn down：把声音调低；拒绝；turn up：放大音量；出现，露面；turn off：关掉（电器）；turn on：打开（电器）； turn to：转向某人；向某人求助。
knowing that Franklin would be accused：现在分词短语做原因状语；相当于：Because he knew Franklin would be accused,….
12. Desperate for money, he tried to persuade Rachel to marry him, but when she changed her mind, he had no choice but to go abroad to sell the diamond.
由于急需钱用，所以他竭力劝说Rachel同他结婚，但是当她改变了主意以后，他没有办法了，只得出国把钻石卖掉。
Desperate for = Be in great need of…
have no choice but to do sth.：除了做……以外别无选择
13. I am embarrassed to admit that I made many mistakes in this investigation.
我承认在这次调查中犯了许多错误，为此我感到很难堪。
admit：承认，后面接动名词或从句。还有“录取”的意思。
You must admit that it all sounds very strange.
She admitted having driven the car without insurance.
14. As for the Moonstone, I have heard that it was somehow returned to his home in India, where it on
至于月亮宝石，我听说它好象不知怎么地已经回到了印度真正属于自己的家，并再度装饰到了月亮神塑像的前额上了。
As for：至于
As for you, you’d better stay at home.
As for money, you don’t worry about it.
【典型例题】
一. 单项选择：
1.The thief didn’t ___ the money until he was shown enough evidence.
A. admit to steal B. admit having stolen
C. admit to have stolen D. admit steal
答案：B
分析：admit后面接动名词或从句。
2. Victor apologized for ___ to inform me of the change of the plan.
A. his being not able B. him not to be able
C. his not being able D. him to be not able
答案：C
分析：动名词的否定式：not doing….；前面加上动名词动作的执行者。
3. We should be ____ towards the comfort of old people.
A. thoughtful B. considerate C. considerable D. considering
答案：B
分析：considerate 表示：考虑周到，为别人考虑。Considerable：值得考虑的；
considering：考虑；就……而论；thoughtful：深思的；周到的
4. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you ___ the new carpet.
A. crash B. pollute C. spot D. stain
答案：D
分析：stain：弄脏；玷污（衣物）（造成的印记为片状的）；crash：破碎，坠毁；pollute：污染；spot：弄脏（造成的印记为点状的）。
5. Because of the bad weather these days, we had to ___ our sports meeting.
A. refuse B. cancel C. convince D. assure
答案：B
分析：由于天气不好，只得取消运动会。Cancel：取消；refuse：拒绝；convince：说服；使……信服； assure：保证；确保……
二. 翻译句子：
1. 尽管他妈妈竭力劝说他不要取消婚礼，他还是固执地坚持要一辈子独身。
2. 抢劫案调查已经取得了一些进展，有个人正在回答问题，协助警察调查。
3. 我以为他只是计划一个非正式的招待会，结果却是一个非常盛大的宴会。
4. 在任何公共场合都不要以为你的会安全，小偷在偷你的包时可能装着看别的东西。
5. 这部小说是以淘金热为背景的。
答案：
1. Despite his mother’s efforts to persuade him not to cancel the wedding, he stubbornly insisted that he would remain a bachelor all his life.
2. There has been some progress in the robbery investigation and a person is helping the police with their requires.
3. I thought he was just planning an informal reception, but it turned out to be a splendid banquet.
4. Never assume that your bag is safe in any public place. A thief may pretend to be looking at something else while his or her hand is taking your wallet.
5. This novel is set in the gold rush.
【模拟试题】
一. 单项选择：
1. Your support is vital ____ the success of my plan.
A. in B. on C. to D. about
2. Grandmother would be happier--____ that we were all at her birthday party.
A. assume B. assuming C. assumed D. to assume
3. He passed everything that he owned to his niece ____ revenge.
A. in an act of B. in act
4. That was not a good place for skating. You ___ your leg.
A. can break B. could break C. could have broken D. could have been broken
5. It was in the year of 1999 ___ my brother entered college.
A. until B. when C. that D. before
6. ____ others say, the professor is sure that his theory is correct.
A. No matter how B. It doesn’t matter C. Whatever D. What ever
7. _____ some officials, the general inspected the army.
A. Followed B. Followed by C. Being followed D. Having been followed
8. —How did you sleep last night ?
—Like a dog. Never slept ____.
A. well B. good C. best D. better
9. —I don’t know who sent the gift, but I’ll make some ___.
—Sounds a good idea.
A. progress B. choices C. requests D. enquiries
10. The pianist who had been highly praised ___ to be a great disappointment.
A. turned up B. turned in C. turned down D. turned out
二. 完型填空：
The little train came to a stop at our station and we got out, very glad to be so near home at last. The ___1__ part of the journey from London had been quite comfortable; ___2___ when we had changed into the little train, we were, already tired and dirty, and the ___3___ run, with its frequent stops at unimp
There was a carriage ___5___ for us at the station, ___6___ by two black horses. As soon as we and our bags ___7__ in, the driver waved his whip and we set off through the snowy forest. Even __8___ the forest it was growing dark: it was the ___9__ day of the year, and the sky was __10__ with clouds. Among the trees it seemed as if it was in the middle of a moonless night, the oil lamps on our carriage __11__ just enough light for the driver to ___12___ his way and for us to be able to ___13___ that we were driving between thick walls of trees.
After __14__ seemed like two hours to us（but was actually on
1. A. first B. next C. on
2. A. because B. however C. so D. but
3. A. rapidly B. fast C. thirsty D. slow
4. A. even B. less C. more D. much
5. A. waited B. to wait C. waiting D. was waiting
6. A. pulled B. pulling C. pushed D. pushing
7. A. stepped B. arrived C. already D. were
8. A. in B. near C. outside D. out
9. A. hottest B. longest C. happy D. shortest
10. A. covered B. hidden C. closed D. full
11. A. sent B. gave C. did D. made
12. A. take B. look C. feel D. see
13. A. tell B. say C. speak D. talk
14. A. it B. what C. might D. having
15. A. got B. reached C. visited D. observed
16. A. brightly B. shining C. which D. straight
17. A. with B. and C. seeing D. meeting
18. A. at B. in C. about D. of
19. A. every B. each C. all D. put
20. A. whom B. such C. which D. so
三. 阅读理解：
I was bleeding now. My ears were red, my nose was broken, and the pain of failure was beginning. I had lost. It was over. The match was stopped. The world seemed to stand still for a moment as I looked at who had beaten me. “I’ve lost,” I said in m mind. “The last chance to win and I had lost.” It was the final round of wrestling. It was my last year at camp and I wanted to have an undefeated season. But now, I had lost in the tournament（锦标赛）.
My coach came over to help me up. He saw that my nose was broken and realized that the match had to be stopped. He helped me up and I got small applause from my teammates. People on the other team just stared. Coach walked me over to the locker room to work on m nose.
“I’ll stop the bleeding,” Coach Matt said. His voice was cold and empty. He had expected me to win—he knew I could had won—but now he saw it was over. I had lost.
“Hey, Steve. You did good, man, He, well, he just…” my friend Paul couldn’t find what to say.
“Forget it, man.” I said, my nose still bleeding.
“Don’t talk or it won’t stop bleeding. Just relax and breath through your mouth.” Coach Matt’s voice was still cold, but warming slowly. He was like a father to me. He had been there through all m years of wrestling, all my wins and lose, all my hopes and dreams—and now he was there, fixing my smashed nose.
“This must have happened during that last throw. You fell to much on your face. You should’ve turned and tried to escape. You gotta think more.” Coach Matt began, his voice now warm like an old friend trying to give good advice.
“I wanted this so badly.” I said.
“Maybe we can get another contest because of the nose. You can still go undefeated! You can still do it…” Paul continued.
No, I lost. Nothing was left for me to do this year. This was supposed to be the year—no loses.” I said, cutting him off before he finished.
“Steve, you did your best. Come on. Let’s go and get your medal,” Coach said. He looked at me right in the eyes. “You gave it your all. You deserved that trophy（战利品）, not the silver medal. You deserve it, but he is getting it. You really won and the whole team is proud.”
I walked up to get my medal, my head held high. I shook the hands of the judges and my opponent, took m medal and saw that, in the eyes of everyone, I had really won. No matter what trophy or medal my opponent took home, no matter what. He may have had my trophy, but he could never have my will.
1. The word “applause” in the second paragraph means _____.
A. cheers and hand—clapping B. shouts and crying
C. screaming and laughing D. noises and whistling
2. “You gave it your all.” Means that _____.
A. you tried to win but you failed B. you have done your best to do it
C. you never gave up doing it D. you succeeded in everything
3. The hero lost his match. Both his coach and friends thought that _____.
A. he really showed his strength in it
B. he shouldn’t be encouraged and thought highly of
C. he could not match his opponent
D. he had lost heart at the end of the competition
4. According to the hero, at the end of the passage, we can suppose that____.
A. he had made up his mind to win all the matches the next season
B. he looked down upon his opponent and though nothing of it
C. he had strong will to become the best wrestler in the world
D. he wanted to end his career as a professional wrestler
四. 短文改错：
When Joe left university, he got a good work in a bike factory. 1. ______
But after he had been worked there for some years, he decided 2. ______
to have change , so he put a notice in several newspapers, 3. ______
saying what experiences he had and the kind of job he would 4. ______
like to have. On
was looking for a job, too. This man wrote to him, “Dear, sir, 6. _____
when you get a new job, be kind enough to give your name and 7. ______
address to your present boss as I have been trying to find 8. ______
a position like yours for a long time.” After he reads the letter, 9. ______
he suddenly realized that what he had done was real foolish. 10. _____
【试题答案】
一. 单项选择：
1. C 你的支持对我的计划的成功很关键。vital与to 连用：对……很关键
2. B assuming that….=supposing that…. ；假设……
3. A in an act of revenge：作为一项报复行为。
4. C 这不是个滑冰的好地方，你很有可能伤了腿。Could have done ：对过去的推测：很有可能做……
5. C 强调句型：It is …that… 强调部分是：in the year of 1999
6. C 不论别人说什么，这位教授都认为他的理论是正确的。Whatever：无论什么……
7. B 过去分词做状语，被一群官员跟着，将军开始检阅部队。
8. D 从来没有谁得比这更好了。根据上下文此处用比较级表达。
9. D make some requires：进行询问或打听。
10. D 那位曾受到高度赞扬的钢琴家结果却很令人失望。turn out：结果是……
二. 完型填空：
1. A 分号把旅途前后两段进行对照，此处是旅途的第一部分。
2. D but表示转折，前一段旅行comfortable，而后一段却tired and dirty,形成鲜明的对比。
3. D the表明run是名词，表示小火车的行进旅程。下文with its frequent spots at unimp
4. C even 和much 是修饰比较级的。根据上下文提到的旅途劳累，应填more
5. C 有一辆马车正在站台等我们。Doing短语做定语.
6. A 后面的介词短语by two black horses表明用pulled，过去分词短语做定语修饰carriage。
7. D 根据句意和结构，此处应填be动词。
8. C 根据it was growing dark 和even 判断,此处是指outside。
9. D 本句进一步解释前一句it was growing dark，一年中白天最短的时候，天黑得最早。
10. A 天空布满乌云。Be covered with结构。
11. B give light指发光。
12. D 上文the oil lamps on our carriage gave just enough light表明，驾车人能看清道路。
13. A 而我们也能知晓我们正行驶在浓密的森林中。tell在此表示：知晓。
14. B what表示时间，相当于the time which
15. B 我们终于到达了朋友的家。Reach：及物动词，后面直接接地点。
16. C __16__ came from the windows是定语从句修饰lights，有which引导。
17. A 以下三个空的句子是含with +名词+doing结构的伴随状语。
18. D all ages：不同年龄，表示多大年龄的人用介词of 连接。
19. C all together：大家一起。修饰前面的shouting and asking questions.
20. A 先行词the old lady 表明此处应当是由关系代词whom引导的一个非限定性定语从句，并在从句中做recognized 的宾语。
三. 阅读理解：
1. A applause 鼓掌。根据第二段：He helped me up and I got small applause from my teammates.他帮我站起来，我的队友给了我一点掌声。而B，C，D四个选项与句义不符。
2. B 根据倒数第二段的内容，教练在鼓励作者坚持到底。You give it your all. 由句型give sb. sth. 演化而来，所以理解为：你已经尽全力了。
3. A 从倒数第二段教练所说的 “You gave it your all. You deserved that trophy（战利品），not the silver medal. You deserve it, but he is getting it. You really won and the whole team is proud. ” 可知教练在鼓励作者，认为作者的确显示了自己的力量。
4. C 从文章结尾看，主人公失去了本赛季比赛中最后获胜的机会，但仍然带伤勇敢地返回赛场，充分显示了主人公的顽强意志。向世人展示了一名最优秀的运动员的品质。
四. 短文改错：
1. work
job 2. 去掉been
3. to have后加a 4. experiencesexperience
5. acceptedreceived 6. 去掉was
7. yourmy 8. √
9. readsread 10. realreally
【励志故事】
命运
一个生活平庸的人带着对命运的疑问去拜访禅师，他问禅师：“您说真的有命运吗？”“有的。”禅师回答。“是不是我命中注定穷困一生呢？”他问。
禅师就让他伸出他的左手，指给他看说：“你看清楚了吗？这条横线叫做爱情线，这条斜线叫做事业线，另外一条竖线就是生命线。”
然后禅师又让他跟自己做一个动作，他手慢慢地握起来，握得紧紧的。禅师问：“你说这几根线在哪里？”那人迷惑地说：“在我的手里啊！”“命运呢？”
那人终于恍然大悟，原来命运是在自己的手里，而不是在别人的嘴里。
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