新视野大学英语视听说教程 2 Unit 8-15

Task 3: Who stole the vase?
Amy, the richest woman in town, threw a party. It was crowded and turned out to be a huge
success, until about 12:00 a.m. That’s when Amy noticed that her valuable vase was missing¹ from
the entry hall table. When the police chief arrived, he asked each visitor to make a statement.
Phillip McDonald stepped forward, saying, “I was one of the first to arrive, about the sane² time as
Julie Becker. I never once left the house. If people don’t remember me, it’s because I spent most of
time in a bedroom, watching a basketball game.” The chief took down what Phillip’s said, then
told him he could go.  Rod³ Bush was the next. He also claimed that he had never left the house,
though he did step out onto a second story balcony, but it was so cold that he came back in
immediately. Julie Becker was the third to make a statement She also claimed never to have left or
seen anything. “I spent much of the party moving from group to group and eating the various
tables.” The chief told her to leave, too, and watched as she went into the hall and took her coat
from the top of a crowded coat rack⁴. Now the chief started to suspect one of the three guests.   
1.C  2.D  3.A  4.B  5.A 
 

1 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

2 sane   

adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的

参考例句：

• He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
• He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。

3 rod   

n.钓竿，杆，棒

参考例句：

• Pass me a bamboo rod.递给我一根竹竿。
• He heated the iron rod and bent it into a right angle.他将铁棒烧热，将其弯成直角。

4 rack   

n.挂架，搁架；vt.折磨；使紧张，使努力

参考例句：

• He went over and took his jacket from the coat rack.到衣架上取外套。
• The old house soon went to rack and ruin.这所旧房子很快就毁坏了。