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1、WaitingforthePoliceStructureThestorycanbedividedintothreeparts.ThefirstpartisanidlediscussionaboutwhereMr.Wainwrighthasgoneandservestointroducethecharacterswholiveintheboardinghouse.ThesecondpartbeginswhenMr.PenburywalksintotheroomandannouncesthatMr.Wainwrightisdead.Thesuddendea
2、thofMr.WainwrightshockseveryoneexceptMissWicks.Whatfollowsisthemostimportantpart,inwhichMr.Penburydirectsageneralrehearsaloftheiralibiswhiletheyarewaitingforthepolicetoarrive.ThestoryendswhentheyhearfootstepsenteringandhearMr.Wainwright’scough.CharactersinthestoryMrs.Mayton,thel
3、andlady,whoisalwaystryingtokeepeveryonetalking;MissWicks,theoldestwhohasbeenknittingforseventyyearsandpromisestogoonknittingforanotherseventy;MissBella,theyounglovely,whodoesnotseemtobeparticularlysmart;Mr.Calthrop,themiddle-agedman,whoissaidtowalkinhissleepandisdozingoffallthet
4、ime.Mr.Penburyis,ofcourse,themostintelligentofthem,whocanbedescribedasthedirectorofthislittlemelodrama.ThestoryhasallthebasicqualitiesofalittlemysterystoryandkeepsusreadersguessingwhohaskilledMr.Wainwrightuntilwecometothesurpriseending,whenwesuddenlyrealizethatwealsohavebeenfool
5、edBasicsofMysterystoryEasier-Amysteryissomethingthatisdifficulttoexplainorunderstand.Mysteriesarealsostorieswhereaproblem,crime,orpuzzlemustbesolved.Harder-Mysteriesoftencontainsecretsorhiddenqualitiesthatmustbesolved.Theremaybeinformationthatisunknownandmustbeexplained.Professi
6、onaldetectivesandsleuthsseekoutcluestosolvemysteries.Tosolveamystery,peoplemustusetheirskillsatdeductivereasoning.Mysteriesareapopulargenreoffiction.Manypeopleenjoyreadingseriesofbooksbythesameauthor.Forexample,SherlockHolmesisaclassicfictionalsleuth.Whipsth./sb.up(p.2):tomakepe
7、oplefeelenthusiastic;toarouseBodilyexercisewhipsupbloodcirculation.（促进）Thestrongbeatofthemusicwhippeduphisinterestindancing.（激发）Theoratorwhippedthecrowduptoastateoffrenzy.（演说者把人群的情绪鼓动到了如痴如醉的地步）Keep/start/settheballrolling(p.4):tokeeporbeginsth.,esp.conversation1Tokeeptheballroll
8、ing,heintroducedthegeneralconditionsofthiscompa
