【正文】 ine and then remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? People who live in Britain needn39。這場(chǎng)搶劫只持續(xù)了3 分鐘，因?yàn)楦`賊爭(zhēng)先恐后地爬上轎車(chē)，以驚人的速度開(kāi)跑了。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。鉆石項(xiàng)鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。s. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds. 皮卡迪利大街 附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開(kāi)始營(yíng)業(yè)。不過(guò)，他終于獲準(zhǔn)發(fā)回了一份傳真。但記者還是沒(méi)有回復(fù)。 ”編輯立即給那位記者發(fā)去傳真，要求他核實(shí)一下臺(tái)階的確切數(shù)字和圍墻的高度。s palace. 報(bào)刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供成立一些關(guān)緊要的事實(shí)和統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字而走向極端。s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: 39。不過(guò)他覺(jué)得，地位升高了，損失點(diǎn)兒錢(qián)也值得。晚上回家前，他洗個(gè)淋浴，重新?lián)Q上那身黑色西服。而這常常會(huì)引起種種奇怪的現(xiàn)象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當(dāng)清潔工的艾爾弗雷德 .布洛斯就是一個(gè)例子。Alf39。 for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of being white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls ( ) and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. Alf39。身穿一條拖地長(zhǎng)裙，盡管上了年紀(jì)，但體態(tài)確實(shí)優(yōu)美。她的腦袋一定是在古希臘羅馬時(shí)代就為人所發(fā)現(xiàn)，并受到精心的保護(hù)。 考古工作者考察的這座廟宇從公元前 15 世紀(jì)直到羅馬時(shí)代一直是祭祀祈禱的場(chǎng)所。一個(gè)美國(guó)考古隊(duì)在阿伊亞 .依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座廟宇。 ” “大家慢慢就習(xí)慣了，比爾， ”牧師說(shuō)。 ” “你確實(shí)使我大吃了一驚！ ”牧師說(shuō)， “也許同時(shí)你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。 “你究竟在這上面干什么，比爾？ ”牧師驚訝地問(wèn)。 一天夜里，我們的牧師突然被驚醒了，大鐘又在 “打點(diǎn) ”報(bào)時(shí)了！他一看表，才 1點(diǎn)鐘，可是那鐘一邊敲了 13下才停。s go downstairs and have a cup of tea.39。ll get used to that Bill,39。clock it will strike thirteen times and there39。 answered Bill. 39。m glad the bell is working again.39。You certainly did give me a surprise!39。 answered Bill.39。 Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?39。想到在寧?kù)o的鄉(xiāng)村里有一頭危險(xiǎn)的野獸繼續(xù)逍遙流竄，真令人擔(dān)心。無(wú)論它走哪兒，一路上總會(huì)留下一串死鹿及死兔子之類(lèi)的小動(dòng)物，在許多地方看見(jiàn)爪印，灌木叢中發(fā)現(xiàn)了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。 搜尋美洲獅的工作是從一座小村莊開(kāi)始的。catlike noises39。 新概念英語(yǔ)第三冊(cè) Lesson1A puma at large Pumas are large, catlike animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted fortyfive miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 39。 at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it e from ? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside. 美洲獅是一種體形似貓的大動(dòng)物，產(chǎn)于美洲。那里的一位婦女在 采摘黑莓時(shí)的看見(jiàn) “一只大貓 ”，離她僅 5碼遠(yuǎn)，她剛看見(jiàn)它，它就立刻逃走了。有人抱怨說(shuō)夜里聽(tīng)見(jiàn) “像貓一樣的叫聲 ”；一位商人去釣魚(yú)，看見(jiàn)那只美洲獅在樹(shù)上。 Lesson 2Thirteen equals one Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. 39。 asked the vicar in surprise. 39。 I39。 said the vicar. 39。 39。It39。s nothing I can do about it.39。 said the vicar. 39。 我們教區(qū)的牧師總是為各種各樣的事籌集資金。牧師拿著一支電筒走上鐘樓想去看看究竟發(fā)生了什么事情。 “我想把這口鐘修好， ”比爾回答說(shuō)。不過(guò)，鐘又能報(bào)時(shí)了 ，我還是很高興的。 “13 下是不如 1 下好，但總比 1 下也不敲強(qiáng)。這座古城肯定一度很繁榮，因?yàn)樗碛懈叨鹊奈拿?，房子一般? 層樓高，用石塊修建。在廟中最神圣的一間殿堂里發(fā)現(xiàn)了 15 尊陶雕像的碎片。卻使在當(dāng)時(shí)，它也屬歷史悠久的珍奇之物。不過(guò)，考古工作者至今未能確定這位女神的身份。s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 39。. 如今，從事體力勞動(dòng)的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。 艾爾弗結(jié)婚時(shí)，感到非常難為情，而沒(méi)有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。兩年多以來(lái)，艾爾弗一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president39。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫(xiě)一篇關(guān)于非洲某個(gè)新成立共和國(guó)總統(tǒng)府的文章。 記者立即出發(fā)去核實(shí)這些重要的事實(shí)，但過(guò)了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不見(jiàn)他把數(shù)字寄來(lái)，在此期間，編輯等得不耐煩了，因?yàn)殡s志馬上要付印。編輯無(wú)奈，勉強(qiáng)按原樣發(fā)稿了。在傳真中他告訴編輯，就在他數(shù)通向 15英尺高的總統(tǒng)府圍墻的 1， 084級(jí)臺(tái)階時(shí)，被抓了起來(lái)。在早晨的這個(gè)時(shí)候，拱廊街上幾乎空無(wú)一人。泰勒先生站在櫥窗外凝神欣賞了幾分鐘就回到了店里。這開(kāi)始發(fā)生時(shí)，泰勒先生正在樓上。就在轎車(chē)離開(kāi)的時(shí)候，泰勒先生從店里沖了出來(lái)，跟在車(chē)后追趕，一邊還往車(chē)上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。t despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)! Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog. Dogs, it seems, love to chew up money! A recent case concerns Jane Butlin whose fianc233。So long as there39。s head appears on English bank notes, and 39。看起來(lái)，狗很喜歡咀