Sue Leather,作家、英语语言教育专家,伦敦大学教育学硕士。主要研究领域为学习材料开发、教师培训,拥有长达三十年的英语一线教学和教师培训经历。自1990年起开始写作和编辑原创英语学习小说。在“剑桥双语分级阅读?小说馆”系列中,她创作了《错爱》《赃款》《酒店风云》《泳池谜案》等读本。
树騂,上海中学英语高级教师,英语教研组长;毕业于上海外国语大学英语系,多年来从事高中英语教学,教学经验丰富,任教班级高考成绩优异,屡次位列全市榜首;曾荣获“上海市普教系统优秀青年教师后备人选”“徐汇区新长征突击手”“徐汇区中青年骨干教师”等称号。
黄瑶,上海中学东校英语教师,上海外国语大学英语文学硕士,主要研究方向为后现代美国小说。
目錄:
People in the story 故事中的人物 6
Places in the story 故事中的地点 7
Before reading 读前思考 8
Chapter 1 A body 一具尸体 9
Chapter 2 Pine Crest 潘凯斯特 14
Chapter 3 The Mountain Hotel 山庄酒店 21
Chapter 4 A talk with Jeff 与杰夫谈话 26
Chapter 5 Looking for reasons 查找原因 34
Chapter 6 A movie star 电影明星 39
Chapter 7 A visit to Redridge 雷德里奇之行 45
Chapter 8 Dangerous days 危险时刻 50
Chapter 9 A lot to lose 一败涂地 54
Chapter 10 The Big Boss 大老板 58
After reading 读后活动 62
Learning guide 学习指导 63
Translation 参考译文 76
內容試閱:
Chapter 1 A Body
In January they found the girl’s body.
They found it in Pine Crest. Pine Crest is a small town about 90 miles from Denver, in the Rocky Mountains. In the past it was famous for silver and gold. But now it’s a place where people go on vacation; they ski there in the winter and walk in the mountains in the summer. Movie stars have homes there. It’s beautiful and it’s quiet when the snow falls. And the snow falls a lot in the winter. Pine Crest isn’t usually the kind of place you find a dead body. Denver’s the place for that, not Pine Crest.
Oh, of course sometimes there are skiing accidents, like in all ski resorts. I remember that a young man died about three years ago. He was skiing too fast and he went into a tree. It’s sad, but it happens. But murder – killing someone – well, that’s different.
So that January morning my boss, Leo Cohn, Chief of the Denver Police, called me into his office. ‘Girl’s body in Pine Crest, Flick,’ said Leo. Leo was thin and worked too much. He never sat down. Now, he was standing near his desk. ‘They found her yesterday.’
‘Oh?’ I said.
第1章 尸体
一月,他们发现了女孩儿的尸体。
是在潘凯斯特发现的。潘凯斯特是个小镇,距丹佛约90 英里,位于落基山脉中。过去它因银矿和金矿而著名,现在是度假之地;人们冬天在那里滑雪,夏天在山间徒步。电影明星们在那儿也有房子。那里非常漂亮,冬天经常下雪,下雪时特别宁静。潘凯斯特通常不是那种你会发现尸体的地方。丹佛是,但潘凯斯特不是。
哦,当然有时候会发生滑雪事故,所有滑雪胜地都一样。我记得大概三年前,一名年轻男子在此遇难。他滑得太快,撞到了树上。这种事可悲,但会发生。但是谋杀——雇凶杀人——嗯,那就不一样了。
所以一月的那天早上,我的上司,丹佛警察局局长利奥?科恩,把我叫到了他办公室。“在潘凯斯特发现了一具女孩儿的尸体,弗利克,”利奥说。他身材瘦削,工作操劳。他从不坐着。这会儿,他就站在桌旁。“昨天发现的。”
“哦?”我说。