侦探故事你认为阿诺德
你认为阿诺德·惠斯科有罪吗？
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阿诺德·惠斯科是一个嫌疑犯，被抓到了警察局。警察怀疑他与一起银行抢劫案有关。一名侦探审问他时，他陈述了一些情况。但是，在他讲述的情况里，侦探发现了许多矛盾的地方，比如他一会儿说自己身穿兰衣服，一会儿又说是绿衣服。此外，还有多处漏洞。请你发挥自己的想像力将这一故事写完。
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Do You Think Arnold Whisker Is Guilty?
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Arnold Whisker is at the police station. The police are asking him about a bank-robbery① which happened on April 25th. They think he did it.A detective② asked Arnold:“What were you doing on April 25th?” Arnold told him about that day.
There are a lot of mistakes in Arnold＇s story. First he said his suit was blue, but later he said it was green. There are seven other mistakes like that. Can you find them? Here＇s his story:
In April I was living in Castle Street, at No. 32. I had a little flat there. The flat was in the basement ③. The 25th? Yes, that was a Tuesday. That Tuesday morning, I got up very early. The house was very quiet. In fact it was completely empty. I put on my blue suit, and left my flat. I didn＇t have any breakfast, because I didn＇t have a cooker in that flat.
I went down the stairs to the ground floor. I met Mrs. Jackson in the hall. She said, “Good morning, Mr. Whisker. Where are you going? That＇s a lovely green suit.”
I said, “I＇m going for a walk.”
“In this weather!”she answered.
I said, “I know it＇s cold, but I＇ll be OK. I＇ve got my scarf④ and gloves.”
No one saw me in the street . In fact, all the streets were empty. It was a typical⑤ Sunday. I walked all morning in the hot sunshine. At midday I had lunch in a restaurant. In the afternoon I went to the cinema. It was a good film----a horror⑥ film. It lasted an hour. I came out of the cinema about eleven o＇clock. I got home and felt very hungry. “That＇s because I didn＇t have any lunch,”I thought. So I went into my kitchen, and cooked some supper. Then I went to bed. That＇s all.
The detective found the seven mistakes in the story. Did you?
（选自1986年7月29日《上海学生英文报》）
【词语解释】
① bank-robbery[＇b$Rk ＇r&b ri] n. 银行抢劫案② detective [di＇tektiv] n. 侦探③ basement [＇beism nt] n. 地下室；底层④ scarf [ska:f]n. 围巾；头巾⑤typical [＇tipik l] a. 典型的；代表性的⑥ horror [＇h&r ] a. （文学作品、电影等）意在引起恐怖的
【写法指要】
本文主要用插叙的方法写成。先叙述时间、地点、事件等背景情况，并介绍嫌疑犯陈述的大概情况，然后是嫌疑犯本人叙述的事件经过。最后说侦探在犯人的陈述内容中发现了7处错误，但没有把这些错误说出来，而是留给读者去发现。这样写耐人寻味。
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