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Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚 Did the detectives save the diamonds? The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! 1. The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. ★ The plane was late. My flight was an hour late. ★ detective n. 侦探 detective story ★ airport n. 机场 ★ airfield n. 飞机起落的场地；停机坪 at the airport 在机场 on the airfield 在停机坪上 ★ all morning all一般直接加表示时间的单数名词构成副词短语，如： all day，all night，all week，all winter，all year 等。但不说all hour。 whole 完全的；全部的；整体的 在表达同样的意思时一般要加冠词或数词，如 a whole day / year the whole day / year three whole days  2. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. ★ expect ① 等待，期待，盼望（心理上的等待） I am expecting a letter from Jimmy. expect sb. to do sth. 期待某人做某事 I expect you to write back. wait 等待 (动作上的等待) Detectives were waiting at the airport. wait for sth./ sb. I am waiting for my friend.  ② 预计，预料 Jim has failed in mathematics as his teacher expected. 正如他老师所预料的那样，吉姆数学考试没及格。 ③ 认为，猜想（一般用于口语） I expect so. / I think so. 我希望如此。 2. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. ★ valuable adj. 珍贵的；有价值的 形容词后缀-able fashionable ?? reasonable??? value n. 价值 The value of the dollar may fall. 美元的币值可能下降。 value v. 估计某物的价值；重视某事物/某人 He valued the h