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LessonThreeYourBreakfastIsServed Madam GuideQuestionAnalysisandExplanationReadingComprehensionSummaryofthelesson GuideQuestions Whatdoestheword detectivemeans Aperson usuallyamemberofapoliceforce whoinvestigatescrimesandobtainsevidenceorinformation HaveyoueverreadanydetectivestoriesinEnglish Yes alot HaveyoueverheardofthefamousBritishdetectivestoriesaboutSherlockHolmes SirArthurConanDoyleistheauthor Yes ofcourse WhoisMuffett Sheistheheroineintheplay Wheredidthestoryhappen Inahotel Whatisthepuzzlingproblem Toidentifywhowasthemostsuspiciousperson andwhy Whoisthemostsuspiciouscharacter Theman InEngland ifyoustayinahotel yourbreakfastcanbebroughttoyourroom That sreallygoodservice butsometimesthismayleadtounpleasantthingsasisrevealedinthefollowingshortplay Narrator Ladiesandgentlemen myfriendsandIareabouttopresentyouwithapuzzlingproblem Wewouldlikeeachofyoutotrytosolveit sopleasepaycarefulattentionforthenextfewminutes Theproblemappearsinashortplaywearegoingtoperform Thesceneisahotelroom MissMuffetthasbeenstayingtherefortwodays Atthemomentsheisalone butshewillsoonbevisitedbythreedifferentpeople Pleaselookcloselyatthesecharacters foroneofthemisactingverysuspiciously Exitnarrator MissMuffett onthetelephone Hello IsthisReception Good WouldyoupleasesendupacopyoftheDailyTelegraphtoRoom321 Oh andacupoftea Thankyou Knockatthedoor Goodness Thatwasquick Yes justaminute I llcomeandopenthedoor Waiter Goodmorning Madam Hereisyourbreakfast MissM breakfast Whatdoyoumean Waiter Thebreakfastyouordered Cereal bacon eggstoast andcoffee ShallIputitoverhereonthetable MissM I mverysorry butI mafraidthere sbeensomemistake Ididn torderbreakfast Ionlyaskedforacupoftea Waiter Really Idoapologize Madam Receptionmusthavegivenmethewrongnumber Theydefinitelysaidnot326MissM ButthisisRoom321 not326Waiter Room321 Oh no I msosorrytohavedisturbedyouMissM Nevermind Weallmakemistakes especiallyfirstthinginthemorning Exitwaiterclosingthedoor Knockatthedoor Thiswillbemytea Comein Man Oh whatareyoudoinghere MissM Ibegyourpardon Howdareyouburstintomyroomlikethis Whoareyou Whatdoyouwant Man Whatareyoudoinginmyroom andhowdidyougetinhere MissM Whatdoyoumean Thisismyroom Man Theremustbesomemistake Room323ismyroom MissM ButthisisRoom321 Man Room321 Areyousure Helooksatthedoor Mygoodness Isimplydon tknowwhattosay I mverysorry Idon tknowhowIcouldhavebeensostupid Idoapologize MissM That squiteallright Exitman closingthedoor MissM IwonderwhenI mgoingtogetmycupoftea Knockatthedoor That llbethecupofteaatlast Comein Waitress Good morning Madam Hereisyourteaandyournewspaper MissM Good Justputthemdownhere wouldyou That sfine Thankyou Picksupnewspaper Oh butwaitaminute ThisistheDailyMirror IorderedtheDailyTelegraph Waitress I meversosorry Madam Receptionmusthavemixeduptheorder I llgobackdownandgetyouacopyoftheTelegraphimmediately Madam Exitwaitress closingthedoor MissM Oh dear Ithinkit sgoingtobeoneofthosedays justoneofthosedays Narrator Andindeed MissMuffettwasright forlaterdayitwasdiscoveredthatseveralroomsinthehotelhadbeenburgled Ifyouwerewatchingandlisteningtotheplaycarefully youmayhavenoticedsomethingrathersuspiciousaboutoneofthecharacters Ifyouwereadetective whichofthemwouldyouwanttoquestion andwhy FromEnglishTeachingForum October 1981Approximately550words ReadingComprehension TrueorFalseMultipleChoiceQuestionsforDiscussion TrueorFalse MissMuffettwasasecretdetective whofoundtherealcriminalatlast FMissMuffettthoughtpeopleeasilymademistakesinthemorning TMissMuffettrefusedtoacceptthebreakfastbecauseshedidnotordercerealandcoffee FAtlast itwasdiscoveredthatoneoftheroomswasburgled F Multiplechoice 1 Whatdoesthenarratorwarnthereaderabout A Therearetoomanypeopleinthehotelroom B MissMuffettwouldbeburgled C OneofthethreepeoplevisitingMissMuffettisactingsuspiciously D Serviceinahotelisalwayspoor Key C 2 MissMuffettwassurprisedwhensheheardthefirstknockatthedoorbecause A shewasnotexpectinganybody B sheneverhadvisitorsearlyinthemorning C Shedidn texpectthatthereceptionwouldbesoquicktosendupherorder D shedidnotorderbreakfastKey C 3 HowdidMissMuffettfeelwhenthemanburstintoherroom A Shewasangrybecauseshestilldidn thavehertea B Shewasdelightedtoseeherneighbour C Shewasangrybecausethemandidnotknockbeforeentering D Shewasconfusedbecauseshedidn tknowwhothemanwas Key D 4 Whichofthethreevisitorsdoyoufindsuspicious A Thewaiter B Theman C Thewaitress D AllofthemKey B 5 WhatcluefromthetestsupportsyourchoiceinQuestion4 A Nooneissocarelesstomixuptheorders B Nooneissoabsent mindedastotaketheMirrorfortheTelegraph C Nooneissostupidastotakeabigbreakfastforacupoftea D Noonewillknockthedoorbeforeenteringhis herownroom Key D QuestionforDiscussion Whatdoyouthinkoftheserviceofthathotel Pleasefindevidencefromthetexttoproveyouranswer Haveyoueverhadtheexperienceofstayinginahotel Ifyes howdidyoulikeit Summaryofthelesson OutlineoftheplayCommentontheplay Outlineoftheplay MissMuffettislivinginahotel SheaskedforacupofteaandDailyTelegraph Butwithinseveralminutes shewasdisturbedbythreedifferentpeople awaiter awaitressandaman MissMuffettthoughtthatdefinitelysomethingwouldhappen Herjudgmentwasquitecorrect Laterthatdaysomeroomshadbeenburgled Accordingtosomeclue readerscanfigureoutthatthemanisthemostsuspiciouscharacterinthisplay Commentontheplay Thisstoryasksthereadertobeadetective Hemustdecidewhohewouldinvestigateamongthepeopleintroduced Thewritersucceededinaccomplishingthisshortplayperformedby4actorsthrough550words Itisworthreadingorevenreadingaloud Thebeginninggoeswiththeendingsmoothly Itcanberegardedasanexcellentdetectiveplay myfriendsandIareabouttopresentyouwithapuzzlingproblem 我和我的朋友将给大家演一个内容令人迷惑的短剧 出一道难题 Beabouttodosth 的结构表示 即将 正要 做某事 而省略 about betodosth则表示 按计划要做某事 present 演出 展出eg Thegallerywillpresenttheworksofanewartist 呈现 出现eg Thiscasepresentssomeinterestingfeature 这件事显露出一些有趣的特征 提出 论文 观点等 eg WeshallpresentacompletereporttotheAnnualConference return Perform Tobeginandcarrythroughtocompletion do 做 执行开始并且执行以完成某事 Thesurgeonperformedtheoperation 医师做了手术Toenact afeatorrole beforeanaudience 表演在观众面前表演 一项技艺或角色 Togiveapublicpresentationof present 演出进行公开的展示 上演 Thetheatergroupperformedathree actplay 剧团排演了一出三幕剧Tofulfillanobligationorrequirement accomplishsomethingaspromisedorexpected 覆行 完成满足要求或完成责任 完成所保证或希望的事情return closelyadv仔细地 紧密地eg Shelistenedcloselywhileheread 他朗读时 她在仔细地听Goodteachingandgoodtestingarecloselyrelated 好的教学和好的测试是紧密相关的 characternAdistinguishingfeatureorattribute asofanindividual agroup oracategory 特色 特征个人 集体或范畴的区别性特征或属性Publicestimationofsomeone reputation 声名 声誉 名誉 personalattacksthatdamagedhercharacter 损害她声誉的人身攻击Amarkorsymbolusedinawritingsystem 符号 字体文字系统里的符号或标记return 每日电讯报 英国发行量较大的一家日报 1855年创刊 是反映英国保守党观点的一家报纸 在伦敦和曼彻斯特出版 return Receptionmusthavegivenmethewrongnumber Itmustbethereceptiondeskwhichhasgivenmethewrongnumber 一定是服务台给错了房间号 Eg Shemusthavebeenhomealready return I msosorrytohavedisturbedyou 对不起 打扰您了 动词不定式的完成式所表示的动作在时间上先于主句中的谓语动词 对比下面的句子Eg Theenemywasreportedtohavesurrenderedtwodaybefore 据报道敌人在两天前就投降了 Theenemywasreportedtosurrendersoon 据报道敌人很快就会投降 return Howdareyouburstintomyroomlikethis Whoareyou 冲进 闯入 开出 突然出现burstintolaughterburstintotearsburstintotherestaurantreturn Idon tknowhowIcouldhavebeensostupid Ithinkitwasveryfoolishofmetomakesuchamistake 我真不知道自己竟然这么愚蠢 return TheDailyMirror 每日镜报 英国放行量较大的一家日报 1903年在伦敦创刊 1985年改名为Mirror return Weallmakemistakes especiallyfirstthinginthemorning 谁能没个差错 特别是清晨的第一件事 Ie Weeasilymakemistakesinthemorning becausewearenotfullyawake return Idoapologize 我实在抱歉 do hereusedforstressreturn Receptionmusth