Advanced English
Lesson Four 38 Who
Saw Murder Didn't
Call Police
Teaching Objectives
 1.Students are expected to know some English roots,
affixes and the derivative forms of some new words in the
vocabulary list.
 2. Students are expected to have a basic idea as to the
varieties of English and especially journalistic English.
 3. Students should know the basic structure of a
journalistic article.
 4.Students should know the two usual ways of organizing
materials in journalistic articles.
 5 Students are expected to be able to analyze the article
proper with the knowledge learned.
 6. Students should know some language .points.
Step One:
 Learning of New Words:
 1.Familiarizing students with the pronunciation of new
words by getting them to read after the teacher.
 2. a) law-abiding from “abide by law”. An example of
deriving an adjective from the corresponding verbal
phrase. Eg. “Face-saving” from save face

b) matter-of-fact---- compound adjective from as a
matter of fact only singular forms can be used in such
phrases. Eg, five-year-old boy
 c) Explaining the root of ---cide---killing, eg. Patricide,
matricide, fratricide, insecticide, pesticide Related words:
patriarchy, matriarchy, fraternity.
 d) deliberation ----deliberate, deliberative. Collocation:
 Deliberate (upon/on/over)
 e) assailant -ant as a suffix denoting a person. As a
prefix denoting “ the opposite or the opposite” eg.
Antonym, antacid, Antarctic
 Note: it is used before a vowel, equal to anti, when it is
before a consonant. Eg. Anti-missile system, antidisturbance
 f) apprehensive---- apprehend, apprehension.
Step Two
 A brief introduction as to the varieties of English
 ---- The story of Thomas Wade
 -----English varieties so far as time is concerned
old English, Middle English, Modern English
 ------ English varieties so far as place is concerned
American English, British English, Chinese English
 --------English varieties so far as formality is concerned
frozen, formal, consultative, informal, casual
My father has passed away.
My old man has kicked the bucket.
 ------ -English varieties so far as function is concerned ,
legal English,literary English, journalistic English,
advertisement English, etc.
Step Three
 A brief introduction of the structure of journalistic article:
 Four parts:

Title (subtitle)

lead

body

ending
Step Four
 Explanation of the usual organization of the journalistic
articles:
 ---1. Pyramid method The materials are usually arranged
in the order of time. Climax is usually built up.
△
 ---2. Inverted pyramid method The materials are
arranged in the order of decreasing importance. That is:
the most important information is put at the very
beginning followed by the less important information.
▽
 --- Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the
both kind.
Step Five
 Get students to analyze the four parts of the article and
analyze the organization pattern of the text.
Step Six
 Language points:
 1
respectable ----- decent. It is not a word of high
praise, as “esteemed” is, and means no more than
committing no crimes and observing social norms, often
with a connotation of the upper-class status.eg.
No respectable girl would go out with a man of his
reputation.
The word, therefore, cannot be substituted for “respected”
in the following:
She is our respected teacher.
Other similar or related words:
respectful, respective, esteemed
 Eg. Young people should be respectful to their elders.

My wife and I went to respective mothers.
 2
Queens; Kew Gardens------ Queens is the largest
of New York’s five boroughs, the other four being
Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Richmond.
Queens and Brooklyn occupy the west end of Long
Island. The rest of the island belongs to New York State,
but serves New York City as dormitory, market garden
and beach resort. New York City’s middle classes have
been concentrated in Queens.
 3. Stalk ---- follow stealthily; move gradually and
quietly as close as possible in order to capture or kill,
such as a tiger does when approaching its prey. It
indicates that the killer is performing his action stealthily.
 4
Not one person ---- more emphatic than “no person”,
e.g.
Not a word was said about it.
 5 Assistant chief inspector ----- An inspector is a police
officer in charge of several precincts, ranking below a
superintendent and above a sergeant. The chief inspector
is the head of inspectors, and is fairly high in ranking.
The assistant chief inspector is the second person in
importance and authority to the chief inspector, who may
have several assistant chief inspectors under him.
 6. give a matter-of-fact recitation on many murders -----talk rapidly and unemotionally about many murders
 matter-of-fact means showing no emotion, such as anger
of surprise, in one’s speech or behavior, especially in
situations where one is expected to be emotional, e.g.
“She died sir, two weeks ago, I think,” she said matter-offactly.
 Here the word means Mr. Lussen is so accustomed to
hearing about murders that he can be quite detached in
talking about them. The word contrasts sharply with the
next sentence to emphasize that this time the “slaying” is
so unique that even the veteran cannot help being “baffled”
and “shocked.”