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1、LESSONTwoWaitingforthePoliceIIntroductiontotheText…………………………..….IIDetailedDiscussionoftheText……………………..IIIOralWork…………………………………………..IVWordUsages…………………………………………VGrammarExercises………………VIWritingExercises………………………………………I.IntroductiontotheTextThestory“WaitingforthePolice”wasw
2、rittenbyJ.JeffersonFarjeon,Britishwriter.Heisbestknownforhismysterystoriesandisoneofthefirst Modernauthorstomixromanceandhumorwithcrime.Thestoryissetinaboardinghousewherelife,especiallyeveninglife,isnotoriouslydullfortheoddcollectionofpeoplewholivethere.Butoneoftheguestsm
3、anagestothinkofsomethingwhichdoesstirupquiteabitofinterest.Thoughtheplotissimple,thecharactersarevivid,thelanguagepreciseandstyleneat.Andithasquiteabitofhumorandthesuspenseofadetectivestory.Thestorycanbedividedintothreeparts.ThefirstpartisanidlediscussionaboutwhereMr.Wain
4、wrighthasgoneandservestointroducethecharacterswholiveintheboarding-house.ThesecondpartbeginswhenMr.PenburywalksintotheroomandannouncesthatMr.Wainwrightisdead.ThesuddendeathofMr.WainwrightshockseveryoneexceptMissWicks.Whatfollowsisthemostimportantpart,inwhichMr.Penburydire
5、ctsageneralrehearsaloftheiralibiswhiletheyarewaitingforthepolicetoarrive.ThestoryendswhentheyhearfootstepsenteringandhearMr.Wainwright’scoughThecharactersareskillfullydescribed.Allofthemleaveadeepimpressiononusreaders:Mrs.Mayton,thelandlady,whoisalwaystryingtokeepeveryone
6、talking;MissWicks,theoldestwhohasbeenknittingforseventyyearsandpromisestogoonknittingforanotherseventy;MissBella,theyounglovely,whodosenotseemtobeparticularlysmart;Mr.Calthrop,themiddle-agedman,whoissaidtowalkinhissleepandisdozingoffallthetime.Themostintelligentofthemis,o
7、fcourse,Mr.Penburywhocanbedescribedasthedirectorofthislittlemelodrama.IsalsohasallthebasicqualitiesofalittlemysterystoryandkeepsusreadersguessingwhohaskilledMr.Wainwrightuntilwecometothesurpriseending,whenwesuddenlyrealizethatwealsohavebeenfooled.AbouttheauthorJ.Jefferson
8、Farjeon(1883-1956)wasborninLondon,oneofafamilyoffour,allofwhomwerewriters.Heisbestknownforhismys
