detectivedeal with

case

criminal

commit a crime

guilty

crime

Do the following matching exercises:

1. guilty 2. clue3. detective4. suspect

5. innocent

a. something that helps you find the answer

b. someone the police think committed a crime

c. having committed a crime （犯罪）

d. having done nothing wrong

e. a kind of policeman

a

e

d

c

b

clue

detective

suspect

innocent

guilty

crime

Protecting the innocent

Pansy wanted to write an article on detectives for the school newspaper. To get information, she interviewed Detective Ken. This is part of the interview.

1.What was the crime( 罪行） ?

2. What happened to the criminal （ 罪犯） ?

A vase was stolen.

The criminal was caught.

safevase

Who did the case involve( 牵涉）？

What is Detective Ken’s job?

Skim through the text

It involved Jill, Jenny and Mr. Jones.

His job is to protect the innocent and find the guilty.

a black pearl _______the carpet inside was _________clean

there was a lot of _____outside the window

the clues Detective Ken found:

earringspotlessly

mud

clue

muddy adj.

buy insurance for sth.

People’s Insurance Company of China

PICC

insurance

Who is the innocent and who is the guilty?

Jill

Jenny

Mr. Jones??

?

in prison/jail

behind bars

go to jail?

( ) I checked Jill’s story about someone stealing her earring.

( ) I interviewed Mr. Jones’s friends Jill and Jenny.

( ) I discovered that Mr. Jones was guilty, and he was put into jail.

( 1 ) I looked for clues and found an earring. ( ) I checked and found that Mr. Jones had

bought insurance for the vase.

5

4

2

3

Think it over:

Your shirt’s wet. It must be raining!

If the dress isn’t too expensive, I’ll buy it. I think I’ve found something! This is prisoner No. 720321. He is in jail for selling

drugs. There was never any litter and the street was very

clean.

jump to conclusions

purchase

clue

behind bars

spotlessly clean

You are Detective Ken

(key words: deal with, purchase, steal, look for clues, spotlessly, suspect, deny, admit, jump to conclusions, behind bars, insurance, the innocent, the guilty…)

You can begin like this: I dealt with a case not long ago…

Homework

Listen and read the text at least three times. Look up some words and expressions in the

dictionary for meanings and examples. Try to do the exercises C1 &C2 on page 92.