你认为阿诺德·惠斯科有罪吗？

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阿诺德·惠斯科是一个嫌疑犯，被抓到了警察局。警察怀疑他与一起银行抢劫案有关。一名侦探审问他时，他陈述了一些情况。但是，在他讲述的情况里，侦探发现了许多矛盾的地方，比如他一会儿说自己身穿兰衣服，一会儿又说是绿衣服。此外，还有多处漏洞。请你发挥自己的想像力将这一故事写完。

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Do You Think Arnold Whiskr Is Guilty?

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Arnold Whiskr is at th polic station. Th polic ar asking him about a bank-robbry① which happnd on April 25th. Thy think h did it.A dtctiv② askd Arnold:“What wr you doing on April 25th?” Arnold told him about that day.

Thr ar a lot of mistaks in Arnold＇s story. First h said his suit was blu, but latr h said it was grn. Thr ar svn othr mistaks lik that. Can you find thm? Hr＇s his story:

In April I was living in Castl Strt, at No. 32. I had a littl flat thr. Th flat was in th basmnt ③. Th 25th? Ys, that was a Tusday. That Tusday morning, I got up vry arly. Th hous was vry quit. In fact it was compltly mpty. I put on my blu suit, and lft my flat. I didn＇t hav any brakfast, bcaus I didn＇t hav a cookr in that flat.

I wnt down th stairs to th ground floor. I mt Mrs. Jackson in th hall. Sh said, “Good morning, Mr. Whiskr. Whr ar you going? That＇s a lovly grn suit.”

I said, “I＇m going for a walk.”

“In this wathr!”sh answrd.

I said, “I know it＇s cold, but I＇ll b OK. I＇v got my scarf④ and glovs.”

No on saw m in th strt . In fact, all th strts wr mpty. It was a typical⑤ Sunday. I walkd all morning in th hot sunshin. At midday I had lunch in a rstaurant. In th aftrnoon I wnt to th cinma. It was a good film----a horror⑥ film. It lastd an hour. I cam out of th cinma about lvn o＇clock. I got hom and flt vry hungry. “That＇s bcaus I didn＇t hav any lunch,”I thought. So I wnt into my kitchn, and cookd som suppr. Thn I wnt to bd. That＇s all.

Th dtctiv found th svn mistaks in th story. Did you?

（选自1986年7月29日《上海学生英文报》）

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① bank-robbry[＇b$Rk ＇r&b+ri] n. 银行抢劫案② dtctiv [di＇tktiv] n. 侦探③ basmnt [＇bism+nt] n. 地下室；底层④ scarf [ska:f]n. 围巾；头巾⑤typical [＇tipik+l] a. 典型的；代表性的⑥ horror [＇h&r+] a. （文学作品、电影等）意在引起恐怖的

【写法指要】

本文主要用插叙的方法写成。先叙述时间、地点、事件等背景情况，并介绍嫌疑犯陈述的大概情况，然后是嫌疑犯本人叙述的事件经过。最后说侦探在犯人的陈述内容中发现了7处错误，但没有把这些错误说出来，而是留给读者去发现。这样写耐人寻味。