1 / 10 Too late Part 1 Basic words and expressions 1 detectiven. 侦探detective novels / a detective story 侦探小说detective department 侦缉处He hired a private detective to look into the case. 他雇佣了一个私家侦探来调查这件案子。2 airport n. 机场port 港口;airport 航空港at the airport 在机场field 田野;airfield 停机坪on the airfield 在停机坪上Don’t worry about your daughter. I will meet her at the airport. 新概念二 Lesson 7 课堂内容The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuableparcel of diamondsfrom South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to stealthe 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 guardat the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! 2 / 10 3 expectv. 期待,等待,预料expect / expectation out of / beyond expectation出乎意料expect sb. to be期望某人成为 ⋯.Expect sb to do sth. I did not expect to meet him here. We haven’t seen each other for years.我没想到会在这里碰到他,我们好多年都没见过了。Don’t expect too much of him. 别指望他太多。4 valuablea. 贵重的valuable=value(价值 )+able This kind of car is valuable. Syn: precious 5 parceln. 包裹He sent me a parcel of books. 他寄给我一包裹的书。6 diamondn. 钻石diamond ring diamond necklace diamond cut diamond 棋逢对手,以强制强7 try to do sth. 努力去做某事try doing 尝试去做He tried to climb the ladder. 他努力爬上梯子。He is trying climbing the tree. 他在尝试爬上树。8 steal v. 偷 (stole stolen)...