2019-2020同步北师大英语选修八新突破讲义：Unit 22 英美文化欣赏 .docVIP

PAGE 【导读】　伯尔斯通庄园的主人不幸惨遭杀害，死状奇惨无比，头颅几乎被枪击得粉碎，四周血肉模糊，惨不忍睹！尸体旁边留有卡片，上面潦草地写着“V.V.341”的字样。这令案子更为扑朔迷离：这张卡片难道是凶手留下来的吗？它代表什么意义？“恐怖谷”曾令道格拉斯惴惴不安。“恐怖谷”究竟是个怎样的地方？道格拉斯的死与“恐怖谷”又有什么关系？ 【节选】 As McMurdo had said, the house in which he lived was a lonely one and very well suited for such a crime as they had planned.It was on the extreme fringe of the town and stood well back from the road.In any other case the conspirators would have simply called out their man, as they had many a time before, and emptied their pistols into his body; but in this instance it was very necessary to find out how much he knew, ho