高中英语人教版必修第三册25

[00:14.79]READING
[00:16.43]THE MOONSTONE
[00:17.87]The novel The Moonstone is set in England in 1848m by the story really began 50 years earlier.
[00:27.01]The Moonstone is a huge yellow diamond that was once part of a statue of the moon god in India.
[00:34.46]An Englishman¹ murdered three holy men,
[00:37.30]stole the diamond from the temple and brought it back with him to London.
[00:41.87]When his sister heard about this,
[00:44.12]she would no speak to any more.
[00:45.95]The diamond was cure and the man lived a sad,
[00:49.71]lonely life without friends or family.
[00:52.85]When he died he left the Moonstone to his sister’s daughter,Rachel,
[00:56.95]in and act of revenge², passing on his bad fortune to her.
[01:01.28]Rachel would receive the Moonstone as a present on the reception for her eighteenth birthday.
[01:07.03]Rachel Verinder is a beautiful and wealthy young woman.
[01:10.69]She lives with her mother and several servants in a fine house in the north of England.
[01:15.94]She spends the day s before her birthday party with her childhood friend Franklin Blake,
[01:20.27]painting a door in her sitting room with flowers and birds.
[01:24.95]They work together on it and finish it on Rachel’s birthday.
[01:28.76]Franklin, who is a smoker³, is very considerate towards Rachel.
[01:33.02]His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the servants as evidence that he is in love with Rachel.
[01:40.49]The Moonstone is the most splendid gift to Rachel at her birthday party.
[01:45.53]All the guests are astonished by its size and rare beauty.
[01:49.84]Buy from the moment Rachel fastens it to her dress,
[01:53.29]things start going wrong.
[01:55.33]Is it coincidence or is it the Moonstone’s bad luck that causes the tension⁴ and strange thins that happen during the rest of the evening?
[02:04.58]First of all, one of the guests, Godfrey,
[02:08.10]asks Rachel to marry him, but she declines⁵.
[02:11.03]Godfrey is an elegant⁶ and successful bachelor with many lady admirers.
[02:16.36]Then over dinner, Franklin mentions that he has not been sleeping well since he gave up smoking and Dr Candy,
[02:22.32]the local doctor, offers to write him a prescription⁷ for some medicine.
[02:27.75]Franklin’s reply that doctors just guess which drug they should recommend,
[02:32.40]makes Dr Candy extremely angry.
[02:35.45]Finally some Indians in unusual foreign clothes come to the house offering to entertain the guests,
[02:42.80]but they are not very skilled⁸ and behave strangely.
[02:46.61]At the end of the party everyone leaves except for Franklin and Godfrey,
[02:51.34]who are staying the night
[02:52.90]Before going to bed, Rachel puts the diamond in a drawer of a cupboard in her sitting room,
[02:57.92]but the following morning it is gone. T
[03:00.27]Troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel,
[03:03.51]Rachel’s mother hires the famous detective Sergeant⁹ Cuff¹⁰ to investigate the theft.
[03:09.15]As the story develops,
[03:10.90]we discover some secrets about the people at the house that night,
[03:14.66]and the reasons why they might have stolen the diamond.
[03:17.51]At first Sergeant cuff suspects the Indians.
[03:20.99]He finds of that they are not real entertainers,
[03:24.23]but religious followers¹¹ of the moon god.
[03:27.10]They follow the Moonstone around the world waiting for an opportunity to take the diamond back to India.
[03:33.66]The detective wonders whether they did somewhere in the house until everyone was asleep and then stole it.
[03:40.71]He goes on asking questions about the party and learns about Franklin’s quarrel with Dr Candy.
[03:47.34]He also hears that Godfrey was disappointed when refused to marry him.
[03:48.57]Did Dr Candy or Godfrey take the Moonstone as revenge for loss of face?
[03:54.34]The servants also had opportunities to steal the Moonstone.
[03:58.18]Sergeant Cuff discovers that Rosanna, the maid,
[04:01.94]was a thief before Rachel’s mother gave her the job.
[04:05.60]The other servants report that she has recently been busy doing something in her room late at night,

[04:11.87]and often goes for walks alone
[04:13.98]Rosanna also seems very fond of Franklin.
[04:17.46]The detective believes she may have taken the diamond either from force of habit of to cause a disagreement between Rachel and Franklin.
[04:26.71]Finally he considers Rachel and Franklin.
[04:29.58]Rachel is stubborn¹² in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone to the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery to solved.
[04:39.04]Did she steal the diamond herself?
[04:42.20]Perhaps she has debts that need to be paid.
[04:44.94]Franklin, on the other hand, gives the detective as much assistance¹³ as he can.
[04:49.67]Why is he so enthusiastic when the whole investigation¹⁴ clearly annoys Rachel?
[04:55.44]Sergeant Cuff has one vital clue.
[04:55.55]He has found a smear¹⁵ in the wet paint on the door of Rachel’s sitting room that was not there during the party.
[05:02.71]Whoever is guilty must have a stain¹⁶ on his or her clothes.
[05:02.81]If he find the stained¹⁷ garment, he will have found the thief.
[05:06.89]So who stole the Moonstone?
[05:09.53]INTEGRATING SKILLS
[05:14.70]Reading
[05:16.03]SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF THE MOONSTONE
[05:18.38]The case of the Moonstone was most unusual.
[05:21.62]I knew that the answer was in the smear of paint on Rachel Verinder’s sitting room door,
[05:27.06]but I couldn’t find the garment which made the mark.
[05:29.80]At the time Rachel was behaving very strangely,
[05:33.04]especially when she refused to answer my questions.
[05:35.99]I was convinced¹⁸ that she had taken her own diamond,
[05:39.52]and that Rosanna and assisted¹⁹ her.
[05:41.55]I assumed²⁰ her maid had taken Rachel’s garment with the paint stain,
[05:45.37]hidden it, and then secretly made a new one in her room during the night.
[05:49.91]However, what happened later proved me wrong.
[05:53.68]After the party Rachel went to London.
[05:55.95]Where Godfrey again asked her to marry him,
[05:58.59]and this time she accepted.
[06:00.62]However, when she found out that Godfrey had heavy debts and only wanted to marry her for her money,
[06:06.55]she cancelled the wedding.
[06:07.70]This made me curious, and when I heard that some Indians had attacked Godfrey,
[06:12.67]I became even more interested.
[06:14.52]I began to wonder whether I had been mistaken about Rachel and Rosanna.
[06:19.04]Franklin Blake, meanwhile, received a letter from Rosanna saying that she knew what he had done on the night the Moonstone disappeared.
[06:27.06]She had found paint stains²¹ on his clothes when she cleaned his room.
[06:30.93]She admitted that she had hidden the evidence because she loved him and wanted to keep him out of trouble.
[06:36.65]The letter confused Franklin and he decided²² that he had to talk to Rachel,
[06:41.51]even though she was still angry with him.
[06:43.75]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.
[06:53.18]Poor Franklin found the new deeply disturbing.
[06:56.21]Was it possible that he had stolen Rachel’s diamond and then forgotten that he did it?
[07:01.36]In all my years as a detective I have never heard of a thief having such a loss of memory.
[07:06.79]And where had he put the jewel if he had taken it?
[07:09.95]Fortunately, Dr Candy had the solution.
[07:12.80]You may remember that Franklin was suffering from lack of sleep at the time of Rachel’s birthday,
[07:18.36]and had upset Cr Candy with his remarks about doctors.
[07:22.02]Later that evening Dr Candy had put some opium²³ into Franklin’s drink to prove to him that it would help.
[07:28.79]Franklin slept very well that night dreaming about the diamond,
[07:32.57]and without waking up, he had moved it to his bedroom where he thought it would be safer.
[07:37.62]Franklin and Rachel were both delighted to discover that Franklin was innocent²⁴ after all.
[07:42.76]It warmed my heart to see them so happy together,
[07:45.90]but the diamond was still missing²⁵.
[07:47.86]We could not find it in Franklin’s bedroom

[07:50.26]Where was it? They asked me to find it,
[07:52.90]so I continued my investigation.
[07:55.22]This time I was more successful and eventually discovered the real thief:
[07:59.48]Godfrey! It turned out that Godfrey had also seen Franklin move the diamond that night and,
[08:05.85]knowing that Franklin would be accused, he had taken it.
[08:09.51]The diamond seemed to be the perfect solution to his financial problems,
[08:13.61]but was, in fact, the start of many difficulties.
[08:17.82]Godfrey found it impossible to sell the Moonstone in England because everyone knew it was stolen.
[08:23.75]Desperate for money, he tried to persuade Rachel to marry him,
[08:27.30]but when she changed her mind, he had no choice but to go abroad to sell the diamond.
[08:32.47]My detective work finally led me to the ship where I found Godfrey.
[08:37.10]Unfortunately I arrived too late. Godfrey was dead and the Moonstone was gone.
[08:43.47]I am embarrassed to admit that I made many mistakes in this investigation.
[08:42.47]If you guessed who had committed the crime,
[08:44.61]then you are better detective than the famous Sergeant Cuff!
[08:47.96]I have never found the Moonstone,
[08:50.20]and I cannot prove who killed Godfrey.
[08:52.48]I wonder, however, whether perhaps justice was done after all.
[08:56.92]Godfrey paid a high price for his crime.
[08:59.69]He lost the jewel and his life,
[09:01.91]while Franklin and Rachel are very much in love and engaged to be married.
[09:06.95]As for the Moonstone, I have heard that it has somehow returned to its true home in India,
[09:12.80]where it once again decorates the forehead of the statue of the moon god

1 Englishman   

n.(pl.Englishmen)英国人；英国男人

参考例句：

• I was astonished that he was not an Englishman.我很惊讶,他竟不是英国人。
• She stared thoughtfully at the Englishman across the table.她若有所思地盯着桌子对面的那个英国人。

2 revenge   

v.报...之仇，为...报仇 ；n.报仇，复仇

参考例句：

• She poisoned his mind with ideas of hate and revenge.她用复仇的思想来毒害他的心灵。
• There was anger in his eyes and revenge in his heart.他两眼闪现怒火，一心只想复仇。

3 smoker   

n.吸烟者，吸烟车厢，吸烟室

参考例句：

• His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.他妻子不喜欢他当烟民。
• He is a moderate smoker.他是一个有节制的烟民。

4 tension   

n.(紧张)状态；拉(绷)紧；张力，拉力

参考例句：

• I could feel the tension in the room. 我可以感觉到房间里的紧张气氛。
• Relaxaion is better than tension. 缓和比紧张好。

5 declines   

辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）( decline的第三人称单数 )； （道路、物体等）下倾； （太阳）落下； （在品格、价值上）降低

参考例句：

• As one grows older one's memory declines. 一个人的记忆力随着年老而衰退。
• Hearing sensitivity declines with age. 听觉因年老而衰退。

6 elegant   

adj.优美的，文雅的，简练的，简结的

参考例句：

• She was an elegant and accomplished woman.她是位优雅的才女。
• She has a life of elegant ease.她过着风雅悠闲的生活。

7 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

8 skilled   

adj.(in)熟练的，有技能的；需要技能的

参考例句：

• Unskilled workers usually earn less money than skilled workers.无技能的工人通常比有技能的工人挣钱少。
• She was skilled enough in French to translate a novel.她法语娴熟，足以翻译小说。

9 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

10 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？

11 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

12 stubborn   

adj.难以移动，去除的，固执的，顽固的

参考例句：

• I can not cope with that boy;he is stubborn.我对付不了那个孩子，他很固执。
• When he's in his stubborn mood,he isn't easily talked round.他那股牛劲上来了，一时不容易说服。

13 assistance   

n.援助，帮助

参考例句：

• She called and called but no one came to her assistance.她叫了又叫，但没有人来帮。
• He will get the great possible assistance.他将获得尽可能大的帮助。

14 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

15 smear   

v.涂抹；诽谤，玷污；n.污点；诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。
• There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。

16 stain   

n.污染，污点，著色；v.沾染，染污，著色

参考例句：

• It will remain an indelible stain on his memory.这将成为他记忆中一个不可磨灭的污点。
• Does this material stain easily?这种料子容易染色吗？

17 stained   

adj.污染的，玷污的

参考例句：

• My dress was stained. 我的连衣裙弄上了污渍。
• The doors are then stained and varnished. 这些门还要染色涂清漆。

18 convinced   

adj.确信的；深信的；有坚定信仰的v.使确信(convince的过去分词)；说服

参考例句：

• I am convinced of her innocence. 我坚信她是清白无辜的。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看这辆汽车是灾星。

19 assisted   

adj.[计]辅助的v.帮助，促进( assist的过去式和过去分词 )；为…的助手；为…当帮手；辅助

参考例句：

• We were ably assisted by a team of volunteers. 我们得到一批志愿者的大力协助。
• The nurse assisted with the preparation of the medicine. 护士帮助准备药品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 assumed   

adj.假定的, 假装的 动词assume的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The assumed linearity of these equations can be related to the uniformity of space and time.所假定的这些方程的线性，可归因于空间和时间的均匀性。

21 stains   

（使）染色( stain的第三人称单数 )； 褪色，变污； 玷污，败坏（名声）

参考例句：

• It was said that washing powders containing enzymes remove stains more efficiently. 据说加酶洗衣粉除污更有效。
• Be quick, cover the blood stains over. 快！把血迹全遮盖起来。

22 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

23 opium   

n.鸦片；adj.鸦片的

参考例句：

• That man gave her a dose of opium.那男人给了她一剂鸦片。
• Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。

24 innocent   

adj.无罪的，清白的；无害的；天真的，单纯的

参考例句：

• I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
• I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻，幼稚无知。

25 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。