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$课文44 穿过森林
451. Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.
安.斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时,她并没有考虑到所冒的风险。
452. They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
刚才,当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候,这两个人冲到她跟前,企图抢走她的手提包。
453. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.
在争抢中,手提包的带断了,包落入这两个人手里,他们拔腿跑进了树林。
454. Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them.
斯特林夫人非常气愤,向着他们追了过去。
455. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run.
只追了一会儿便上气不接下气了,但她还是继续追赶。
456. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag,
当她赶上他们时,发现他们已经坐了下来,正翻着包里的东西。
457. so she ran straight at them.
于是她直冲过去。
458. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.
这两个人吓了一跳,扔下提包逃跑了。
459. ‘The strap needs mending,‘said Mrs. Sterling later,
“这提包带需要修理,”斯特林夫人事后说道,
460. ‘but they did not steal anything.‘
“不过他们什么也没偷走。”
$课文45 问心无愧
461. The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.
整个村子很快知道,有一大笔钱丢失了。
462. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.
当地的屠户萨姆.本顿在把存款送往邮局的途中把钱包丢了。
463. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.
萨姆确信那钱包一定是被某个村民捡到了,可是却不见有人来送还给他。
464. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.
3个月过去了,后来在一天早晨,萨姆在自己的大门外发现了他的钱包。
465. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,
钱包是用报纸包着的,里面有他丢失的钱的一半,
466. together with a note which said:‘A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!‘
而且还附着一张纸条,上面写着:“一个小偷,是的,但只是一个50%的小偷!”
467. Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note:‘Only 25 per cent a thief now!‘
又过了两个月,又有一些钱送还给了萨姆,又附了一张字条:“这回只是25%的小偷了!”
468. In time, all Sam‘s money was paid back in this way.
很快,萨姆全部的钱都用同样的方式还了回来。
469. The last note said:‘I am 100 per cent honest now!‘
最后的那张字条上写道:“我现在是一个100%的诚实人了!”
$课文46 既昂贵又受罪
470. When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport,
当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时,
471. workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing.
工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。
472. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.
其中有只箱子特别重,可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。
473. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box.
突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。
474. He was astonished at what he found.
看到的情景使吃惊,
475. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.
箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。
476. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.
他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊,甚至都没有企图逃跑。
477. After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London.
此人被逮捕后,承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。
478. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours.
他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程,因为他在那木箱里闷了18个多小时。
479. The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip.
此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑,
480. The normal price of a ticket is $2,000!
而正常票价是2,000英镑!
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