现代大学英语精读第四册课件Unit2.PPTVIP

北京理工大学珠海学院 Waiting for the Police Structure The story can be divided into three parts. The first part is an idle discussion about where Mr. Wainwright has gone and serves to introduce the characters. What follows is the most important part, in which Mr. Penbury directs a general rehearsal of their alibis while they are waiting for the police to arrive. Characters in the story Mrs. Mayton, the landlady, who is always trying to keep everyone talking; Miss Wicks, the oldest who has been knitting for seventy years. Mr. Calthrop, the middle-aged man, who is said to walk in his sleep and is do