When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer.

　　句子讲解：

　　5、When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex- Prime Minister had gone abroad. On the following day, Patrick went to the house again.

　　当他询问莱恩先生是否住在那里时，值勤的警察告诉他这位前首相落选后出国去了。第二天，帕特里克再次来到前首相的住处。

　　语言点 the policeman on duty值勤的警察

　　6、The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question.

　　昨天的那位警察正从门口慢慢走过，帕特里克上前问了和昨天同样的问题。

　　7、Though a little suspicious this time，the policeman gave him the same answer.

　　虽然那位警察这次有点疑心，但还是对他作了同样的回答。

　　单词解析：

　　on duty

　　adv.值班，上班; 因公;

　　例句:

　　Who was on duty?

　　当天是谁在值班呢?

　　suspicious

　　adj.可疑的; 猜疑的，怀疑的; 多疑的，不信任的; 多心;

　　例句:

　　Who do you find suspicious?

　　那你觉得谁最可疑?

　　扩展学习：

　　in duty, on duty, off duty, duty free区别

　　in duty有义务，有责任

　　as in duty bound有责任, 义不容辞

　　be in duty bound有义务(做某事)

　　be in duty bound to do sth.有义务(做某事)

　　on duty值班，当值

　　off duty下班

　　Only one doctor is on duty today - the other doctor is off duty.今天只有一个医生值班，另一位下班了。

　　duty free免税

　　skeptical和suspicious 的区别

　　skeptical adj.多疑的，怀疑性的 (of,about)

　　suspicious adj.

　　1. 可疑的, 令人怀疑的

　　suspicious actions 可疑的行为

　　2. 多疑的, 对...起疑心的(of, about)

　　skeptical和suspicious表示对...怀疑的，基本可以通用，而且都可以跟of 和about 搭配，但skeptical没有可疑的意思，通常只是对事情真假的怀疑，而suspicious有某人做了不好的事情令别人怀疑，含有可疑的意思

　　例句：

　　Many skeptical progressives refuse to agree that the foregoing reform sufficed. 许多持怀疑态度的进步分子认为，上述改革是不够的。

　　Two officers on patrol became suspicious of two men in a car.两名巡警开始对一辆车里的两个人起了疑心。