偵探故事你認為阿諾德
你認為阿諾德·惠斯科有罪嗎？
【內容提示】
阿諾德·惠斯科是一個嫌疑犯，被抓到了警察局。警察懷疑他與一起銀行搶劫案有關。一名偵探審問他時，他陳述了一些情況。但是，在他講述的情況里，偵探發現了許多矛盾的地方，比如他一會兒說自己身穿蘭衣服，一會兒又說是綠衣服。此外，還有多處漏洞。請你發揮自己的想像力將這一故事寫完。
【作文示范】
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?
（選自1986年7月29日《上海學生英文報》）
【詞語解釋】
① bank-robbery[＇b$Rk ＇r&b ri] n. 銀行搶劫案② detective [di＇tektiv] n. 偵探③ basement [＇beism nt] n. 地下室；底層④ scarf [ska:f]n. 圍巾；頭巾⑤typical [＇tipik l] a. 典型的；代表性的⑥ horror [＇h&r ] a. （文學作品、電影等）意在引起恐怖的
【寫法指要】
本文主要用插敘的方法寫成。先敘述時間、地點、事件等背景情況，并介紹嫌疑犯陳述的大概情況，然后是嫌疑犯本人敘述的事件經過。最后說偵探在犯人的陳述內容中發現了7處錯誤，但沒有把這些錯誤說出來，而是留給讀者去發現。這樣寫耐人尋味。
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