Unit 8

Reading(1)
Murder in West Town
 What is a detective’s job?

A detective’s job is to look for clues to

something important to help solve the case.
There was a murder in West Town . Mr
Lu is the town's detective. He is going to
solve the case.

25-year-old
Computer
Engineer
Murdered

Crime A murder happened.

25 years old
Age: ___________
Victim Computer engineer
Job: ___________________
Skim the text quickly to find out the answers
Para 1 Brief Introduction to the crime

1. Where was the body of the victim found?

In West Town.
2. What was the victim?
He was a computer engineer.
3. What was he last seen doing at 7 p.m.?
He was last seen leaving his office in East Town.
4. What was he going to do at that time?
He was going to visit his parents.
Para 2 Time and place of the murder

between 9 p.m. last night and 1

a.m. this morning

to find out whether

…was killed somewhere else
The police are and then brought to …,
still working at or
the scene of the killed at the place where he
crime was found
Para 3 the death of the victim

1. Who are asked to contact them?

Anyone who saw anything unusual near
Corn street last night. blood 血
2. What’s the cause of his death?
bleed v 流血
The victim was wounded with a
bleed to death
knife and bled to death as a bled bled
result.
3. What are they checking the scene for?
More clues which will help solve the
case.
Para 4 Further information about the victim

single
many friends
well-paid be guilty of computer crimes
guilty
be charged with
breaking into several computer systems
make sb some enemies
suppose that….
Para 6 Suspect of the Crime
How many suspects are there? Only one.

What’s he like? He is short and thin.

Do you think the suspect is guilty?

Work in groups to discuss:
A: I think the suspect may be the murderer.
B: Why?
A: Because ____________________________________.
B: I don’t think he is guilty because ________________.
A: I hope the police can find out who the murderer is
soon.
B: I hope so, too.
Part IV Para 7 Reward for Information

The victim’s parents have

offered a reward of ￥ 50,000 for
_______________
any information that ___________
leads to
the ________
arrest of the murderer.
Anyone with information should
contact the police.
__________
Activity : Complete the report form
A report on the murder
age
job

victim place of work

time of the murder
cause of his death
criminal record
appearance
suspect
unusual behaviour
victim’s what they have
parents offered
Activity : Check and learn
About the victim
age 25

job computer engineer

place of work East Town

time of the murder between 9 p.m. last night and

1 a.m. this morning

cause of his death be

bewounded
woundedwith
withaaknife
knife and
bleed
bleed to
to death
death
criminal record be
beguilty
guiltyof
of computer crimes
Check and learn

About the suspect

appearance short and thin

unusual behaviour be
bebreathing
breathingheavily
heavily and
have blood on his shirt
About the victim’s parents

what they have

aa reward
reward of
of ¥50,000
offered
Put the following events in the time order.
Write the numbers 1-6 in the blanks.
4 a. The victim died .
__
6 b. The victim’s parents offered a reward for
__
information.
3 c. The victim was wounded with a knife.
__
2 d. The victim left his office in East Town.
__
__
5 e. The police checked the scene for clues.
__
1 f. The victim was charged with breaking into
several computer systems.
1. The victim’s body was found in West Town. T
2. The victim sold
wascomputers.
a computer engineer. F
3. The victim worked in East Town. T
4. It’s possible that the victim was killed somewhere else.
5. The police know that the victim had some T
enemies.
don’t know if the victim had any enemies.
6. The police have one suspect so far. F
T
7. The suspect is a short fat man.
thin F
8. The police have arrested the murderer.
haven’t
F
9. The victim’s parents are offering a reward for useful
information.
T
 according to bled crimes guilty prove

suppose suspect unusual witnesses wounded

Millie: What do you think about the murder case? The victim was
wounded bled
_________ with a knife and, as a result, _____________ to
death.
Sandy: It’s very sad because he was so young.
according to the record, the
Daniel: Yes, I agree. However, _______________
crimes
victim was once charged with computer______________.
suppose that might have something to
Millie: Yes. The police___________
witnesses or
do with the murder. They’re asking the_____________
unusual to contact them.
anyone who saw anything_____________
Sandy: They have a_____________,
suspect prove
but the man can____________
that he was somewhere else at the time of the crime. He
guilty
insisted that he wasn’t________________.
 Millie made 11mistakes about the case in her diary.
Lets help Millie correct her11 mistakes
29th December

Early this morning, a young man’s body was found

West
In East Town. He was murdered. The victim was a
computer engineer East
Policeman who worked in West Town. He was last
his office
seen leaving his home at about 7 p.m last night. He
parents
said he was going to visit his friend.
 The murder took place between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m.
knife 9
The victim was killed with a gun. The police are
clues
looking for scenes that will help them find the

murderer.
witness running
A suspect saw a man walking down Corn Street
shirt
with blood on his trousers. However, the man said

that he could prove he was somewhere else at the

time of the crime.

Discussion Think over
There are many crimes around us.
What should we do if …?
1. if we see a murder
2. if we meet a robber
3. if we see a thief stealing money

Be brave and calm!

Don’t be nervous!
Call 110 for help!
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