Lesson

87

A

perfect

alibiVocabularyListeningText

ExercisesVocabularyalibi

n.

不在犯罪現(xiàn)場commitinspectoremployerconfirmv.犯（罪、錯(cuò)）n.

探長n.

雇主v.確認(rèn)，證實(shí)suggest

v.提醒truth

n.

真相alibin.

不在犯罪現(xiàn)場alibi為法律用語可數(shù)名詞：He

has

an

alibi/alibis

for

that

night.v.

辯解;找托辭開脫

alibi

forbeing

late

alibi

oneself

為…辯解He

alibied

his

wife

out

of

a

fix.prove

an

alibiset

up

an

alibicommit①vt.犯（罪），做（錯(cuò)事、壞事等）commit

a

murder

犯謀殺罪commit

suicide

自殺He

has

never

committed

any

crime

before.A

murder

was

committed

at

8

o’clock

this

morning.②vt.承諾，使承擔(dān)義務(wù)，卷入（經(jīng)常與反身代詞連用）You

should

know

each

other

better

beforecommitting

yourselves

to

marriage.He

has

committed

his

friend

to

taking

part

in

therace.confirm①vt.證實(shí)，確定My

employer

will

confirm

that

I

was

there

ontime.His

words

are

confirmed.②vt.鞏固，加強(qiáng)His

experiences

in

that

company

thatconfirmed

his

decision

to

have

a

factory

ofhis

own.What

he

saw

and

heard

that

night

confirmedhis

belief

that

he

will

succeed.ListeningWhatwas

wrong

with

theman’s

story?DictationTextAt

the

time

the

murder

was

committed,

Iwas

travelling

on

the

8

o'clock

train

toLondon.at

the

time意為at

the

moment

whensomething

happened。the

murder

was

committed可以看作是定語從句修飾time,而如果前面的詞如果是the

time,the

moment,

the

way等做先行詞的時(shí)候，后面的關(guān)系副詞是可以省略掉的。‘Do

you

always

catch

such

an

earlytrain?'

asked

the

inspector.catch

a

train

乘火車catch

a

bus如果我們能早到10分鐘我們就能趕上火車(汽車).If

we

come

here

10

minutes

earlier

willcatch

the

train(bus).'I

suppose

it

would,

but

I

nevercatch

a

latertrain.'suppose(1)認(rèn)定，假定我認(rèn)為你說得對。I

supposeyou

are

right.(2)假定或假設(shè)（某事物）屬實(shí)讓我們假定這消息是真的。Let's

suppose

(that)

the

news

is

true.(3)用于祈使句，用以提出建議.Suppose

your

father

saw

you

now,whatwould

yousay？I

suggest…that

you

are

not

tellingthe

truth.I

suggest（that）…在這里用于提出質(zhì)疑，譯為“依我看……”、“恐怕……”：依我看他并不像他看上去那么誠實(shí)。I

suggest

that

he

isnot

so

honest

as

helooks.suggest

建議，注意用虛擬語氣：I

suggest

that

he

go

to

the

hospital

to

have

abody

examination.我建議他去醫(yī)院進(jìn)行一次體檢。You

see,

on

the

morning

of

the

murder,the 8

o'clock

train

did

not

run

at

all.(1)yousee在口語中經(jīng)常作為插入語出現(xiàn)，句首、句中或句尾均可以，表示“你知道”、“事實(shí)上”等含義：你知道/你看，我的腿還沒有完全好，所以我不能和你（們）一起爬山。My

leg

isn't

all

right

yet,

you

see,

so

I

can't

climbthe

hill

with

you.(2)run可以指火車、公共汽車、船等“定時(shí)/定期行駛”、“（在兩地間）往來”：This

ship

runs

between

Dover

and

Calais.It

broke

down

at

Ferngreen

stationand

was

taken

off

the

linebreak

down

拋錨，出故障汽車在旅途中途拋錨了The

carbroke

down

in

the

middle

of

the