新概念英语第三册(美音版)A skeleton in the cupboard

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Lesson 24
A skeleton in the cupboard
“家丑”
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Who was Sebastian?
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible secret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'. At some dramatic moment in the story, the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined. The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard is George Carlton, and he is very pound of the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however, he became a successful writer of detective stories. I once spend an uncomfortable weekend which I shall never forget at his house. George showed me to the guestroom which, he said, was rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the tow suits I had brought with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of two suits I had brought with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it suits I had brought with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified. A skeleton was dangling before my eyes. The sudden movement of the door made it sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it was about to leap out at me. Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George. This was worse than "a terrible secret'; this was a read skeleton! But George was unsympathetic. 'Oh, that,' he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend. 'That's Sebastian. You forget that I was a medical student once upon a time.'
New words and expressions 生词和短语
skeleton
n. 骷髅
seemingly
adv. 表面上地
respectable
adj. 体面的，雅观的
conceal
v. 隐藏，隐瞒
vivid
adj. 生动的
dramatic
adj. 令人激动的，扣人心弦的
ruin
v. 毁坏
heroine
n. 女主人公
fiction
n. 小说
varying
adj. 不同的
medicine
n. 医学
guestroom
n. （家庭中的）来客住房
unpack
vt. （从箱中）取出
stack
v. （整齐地）堆放，排放
underclothes
n. 内衣
drawer
n. 抽屉
petrify
v. 使惊呆
dangle
v. 悬挂
sway
v. 摇摆
unsympathetic
adj. 不表同情的，无动于衷的

medical
adj. 医学的

在小说中，我们经常读到一个表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，却有着某种多年不为人所知的骇人听闻的秘密。英语中有一个生动的说法来形容这种情况。惊人的秘密称作“柜中骷髅”。在小说的某个戏剧性时刻，可怕的秘密泄漏出来，接着便是某人的声誉扫地。当读者到小说最后几页了解到书中女主人公，那位一向待大家很好的可爱的老妇人年轻时一连毒死了她的5个丈夫时，不禁会毛骨悚然。这种事发生在小说中是无可非议的。尽管我们人人都有各种大小秘密。连最亲密的朋友都不愿让他们知道，但我们当中极少有人有柜中骷髅。我所认识的唯一的在柜中藏骷嵝的人便是乔治.卡尔顿，他甚至引以为自豪。乔治年轻时学过医，然而，他后来没当上医生，却成了一位成功的侦探小说作家。有一次，我在他家里度周末，过得很不愉快。这事我永远不会忘记。乔治把我领进客房，说这间很少使用。他让我打开行装后下楼吃饭。我将衬衫、内衣放进两个空抽屉里，然后我想把随身带来的两套西服中的一套挂到大衣柜里去。我打开柜门，站在柜门前一下惊呆了。一具骷髅悬挂在眼前，由于柜门突然打开，它也随之轻微摇晃起来，让我觉得它好像马上要跳出柜门朝我扑过来似的。我扔下西服冲下楼去告诉乔治。这是比“骇人听闻的秘密”更加惊人的东西，这是一具真正的骷髅啊！但乔治却无动于衷。“噢，是它呀！他笑着说道，俨然在谈论一位老朋友。“那是塞巴斯蒂安。你忘了我以前是学医的了。”

A skeleton in the cupboard（英）
＝closet（美）家丑
Don’t wash your dirty linen（内衣）.别自爆其丑
seemingly important表面重要
l The ② young man respects the ③ old man.
①respecting（无此型）
②respectful尊重他人的
③respectable受人尊重的
He concealed the fact that he was married.
l flesh-and-blood有血有肉的
├realistic真实的
├vivid生动的
├colorful多彩的
├lively /ai/ 鲜活的，生动的
└active活泼的
live broadcasting现场广播
picturesque活灵活现的
l dramatic扣人心弦的
└drastic急剧的
We often read in novels how a poor man succeeded in getting rich.
The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation.
hair stands on end竖立恐惧
My hair stands on end at the news of his death.
in my youth=when I was young
l 经典口语
1. Just be yourself. = relax放松点
2. They are playing house.= cohabit同居
3. No cutting in our conversation
= Don’t interrupt me别打断我
4. He is out with flu. 感冒没上班
5. The TV play is just a waste of time.
电视剧浪费我的时间
6. You look a little down.你的情绪不高
7. Are you going to be around.你想出去走走吗
How nice of you.你真好
It’s very nice of you to say so.你一张好嘴
l ruin sb. reputation毁…名誉
hero, Negro, potato, tomato复数需加“es”
┌detective story侦探小说
├essay散文
├novel小说
├poem诗
├article未发表的文章
└fiction小说
l various各种各样的
├varying不同的
├variable变化多端的
└varied不同的，已经变的
medicine药品，医学，医生
┌guesthouse宾馆
├inn客栈
├motel汽车旅馆
└Holiday Inn假日酒店
┌underwear内衣
├underclothes
└brief（男）内衣，简单明了
l panic惊慌的
├dismay惊愕的
├shocked震惊的
└petrify惊呆了
I’m in panic.
To one’s dismay.
l Don’t keep me dangling.别吊我胃口
dangle悬挂
sway ┐
swing ┴摇摆
l indifferent ┐
├I don’t care ┴不在乎
└unsympathetic（强烈）无动于衷的
┌intimate friend ┐
└closest friend ┴密友
I’m proud of you all.为你自豪
Let me show you around.到处转转
show sb. to＋地点=参观
l stay to dinner表目的to
└come down to dinner
┌pile堆（无规律）
└stack堆放（整齐）
I arrived in Shanghai excited / exhausted.补充主语状态（分词）
He stood in the rain bare-headed and bare-footed.
l impression印象
I was deeply impressed by your perfect performance.很深印象
It gave me an impression that the guy is kind to everybody.表示给我一种印象，实际并非
leave sb. an impression留下真实的印象
He always lives under the impression that he is a saint（圣徒）.
l shoot at瞄准某人
├shoot sb.射死
├be mad at对…生气
└aim at目的
He said with a smile as if仿佛he were talking about his old friend.
You forget现在时that I was your classmate.
l 文化：Traveling in the U.S.A
1. Air Travel: “round ticket”往返票“one-way ticket”单程票
2. airlines: Northwest西北/
Unite联合
3. Check in: smoking /
unsmoking seat
4. City-buses: tokeas辅币/
transfers转换证
5. long-distance Bus: Grey hound (toilet) transfer for free免费转换