In the ad more words were used than necessary. It said “on next
Sunday” when “next Sunday” would have been enough. Also he felt sure he had come upon the advertiser’s name in personal ads before.
3. Q: What news caught hid eye four days later? How did he connect the
news with the personal four days ago? A: The headline of some news about a burglary.
He found the first letters of the words in the ad spelt” Roman
Square”. That was the name of the street where the burglary had taken place. He also discovered the date of the burglary and the very house was indirectly mentioned in the ad.
4. Q: Where did he go then? What did he do there? What did he find out?
A: He went to the newspaper office.
And there he went through the back numbers of the paper
carefully.
He found there were three personal ads with the same
name----Cross.
5. Q: Who did he tell about his discovery? What did Bob tell him the
three ads he brought with him?
A: He told Inspector Hamelin about it.
He said the three ads all gave the date of burglaries. 6. Q: What did the inspector say about Bob’s discovery?
A: He said that it gave the police the key to something----the
unsolved crimes.
7. Q: What did the inspector then try to find out? Did he find that
out?
A: He tried to find out who the advertiser was / where these
advertisements had come from.
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No, he didn’t because the advertiser mailed the ad to the
newspaper with payment, and did not go there personally. He did not leave this real address either.
8. Q: What did the Inspector decide to do? A similar ad appeared in
the paper the following week, didn’t it?
A: He decided to watch the papers and take action when another ad
signed “Cross” appeared. Yes, it did.
9. Q: What did the police decide to do? What did the Inspector tell
Bob to do? He didn’t want to do as he was told, did he?
A: They decided to hide near the house the burglars planned to
burglarize, and catch the criminals on the spot.
He didn’t want Bob to join them and told him to read out what
was going to happen in the newspaper.
No, he didn’t.
10. Q: Where did Bob go after dark on Thursday night? What for? A: He went to the street where the burglary was likely to take
place.
He wanted to help the police catch the criminals.
11. Q: Who were the people he saw walking along the street? What were
they doing?
A: They were policemen in plain clothes.
They were waiting there to capture the thieves.
12. Q: Who was the man he saw in police uniform? How did Bob know he
must be the criminal? How did Bob help to catch the criminal?
A: He was the criminal.
Bob knew it because all the policemen were in plain clothes
and, besides the man sounded like a liar.
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He pretended that he had lost something and was looking for it. When the man looked down, Bob kicked him hard and sent him flying. Then Bob shouted and the policemen ran over and caught the man.
注意：下面列出的题目必须能做到熟练并准确地写出画线部分！划线的句子
尤其应该重点记忆。
第2题、Bob Sugg’s favorite part of the newspapers was the page of personal advertisements.
第12题、Bob knew the man in police uniform was the criminal because all the policemen were in plain clothes and, besides the man sounded like a liar.
Talk about Bob Sugg: What kind of boy was he?
Bob hated crimes and criminals, and he meant to prevent it whenever he could. He had helped several wrongdoers. He was a very clever boy. One day, he found a strange personal ad in a newspaper and decided to solve the mystery he felt it contained. Four days later, news about a burglary caught his attention. He rushed to the newspaper office and looked up the back numbers of the paper. He found two more personals by the same advertiser, Cross. All the three ads gave the date and the place of the planned burglaries. He told a police inspector about his discovery, which provided the key to a few unsolved burglaries. He also helped to catch the chief criminal.
六、Vocabulary Exercises.
1. Form words according to the following rules of word formation.
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*名词+y（充满?.的；具有某种性质的）→形容词。 如：sandy 覆盖着沙的
creamy 奶油状的
sunny 阳光充足的
stormy 暴风雨的
meaty 多肉的
*dis-（表示否定、分开或取消）+动词/名词/形容词→动词/名词/形容词 如：
discontented 不满足的
disagree 不同意
dishonest 不诚实的
disagreeable 讨厌的
discourage 使气馁
disconnect 使分离
1） Add –y to the following words to form adjectives. Making changes
in spelling wherever necessary.
hair run filth wind dust fun sleep curl rain cloud hair – hairy 多毛的，仿毛的，危险的 run – runny流粘液的；流泪的
filth – filthy 肮脏的，污秽的；猥亵的，淫秽的；下流的 wind –windy有风的；腹胀的；吹牛的；空谈的
dust – dusty布满灰尘的；尘状的；浅灰色的；枯燥无味的
fun – funny有趣的，好笑的，滑稽的；（口）稀奇的，古怪的，奇异
的；有病的，不舒服的；狡猾的，欺骗（性）的，可疑 的，不光明的
sleep – sleepy欲睡的；困乏的；安静的；冷清的
curl – curly有卷发的，长卷毛的；（木材）有皱状纹理的；蜷缩的 rain – rainy 多雨的, 下雨的
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