【正文】 stem， for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century . until Roman times. In the most sacred room of temple， clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had， at one time， been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century . It39?！安诲e(cuò)，鐘能報(bào)時(shí)了，但是，恐怕每到1點(diǎn)鐘，它總要敲13下，對此我已無能為力了。嗯，我是想讓你大吃一驚。威爾金斯。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。s nothing I can do about it. We39。It39。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。搜尋工作進(jìn)行了好幾個(gè)星期，但始終未能逮住那只美洲獅。事實(shí)上搜尋工作很困難，因?yàn)槌３Ｊ窃绯吭诩椎匕l(fā)現(xiàn)那只美洲獅，晚上卻在20英里外的乙地發(fā)現(xiàn)它的蹤跡?？墒牵S著證據(jù)越來越多，動(dòng)物園的專家們感到有必要進(jìn)行一番調(diào)查，因?yàn)榉彩锹暦Q見到過美洲獅的人們所描述的情況竟是出奇地相似。a large cat39。 only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it， and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult， for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went， it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people plained of catlike noises39。搜尋美洲獅的工作是從一座小村莊開始的。無論它走哪兒，一路上總會(huì)留下一串死鹿及死兔子之類的小動(dòng)物，在許多地方看見爪印，灌木叢中發(fā)現(xiàn)了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。想到在寧靜的鄉(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。 asked the vicar in surprise. 39。I39。 said the vicar. 39。 That39。s working all right， but I39。ll get used to that， Bill，39。New words and expressions 生詞和短語equal v. 等于vicar n. 牧師raise v. 募集，籌（款）torchlight n. 電筒光參考譯文我們教區(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?！澳憔烤乖谶@上面干什么，比爾？”牧師驚訝地問?！薄澳愦_實(shí)使我大吃了一驚！”牧師說，“也許同時(shí)你把村里所有的人都吵醒了?！薄按蠹衣土?xí)慣了，比爾，”牧師說。s missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century . This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments， they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modernlooking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a fulllength skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age， she was very graceful indeed， but， so far， the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.New words and expressions 生詞和短語goddess（tile） archaeologist Aegean explore ，勘探 promontory civilization prosperous adj.（經(jīng)濟(jì)上）繁榮的，昌盛的 drainage storey worship sacred ，神圣的 remains ，遺跡，廢墟classical adj.（希臘和羅馬）古化的 reconstruct rest ，放置 hip ，臀部fulllength adj.（裙衣）拖地長的 graceful adj. 優(yōu)雅的identity fragment 參考譯文不久之前，在愛琴海的基亞島上，考古工作者有一項(xiàng)有趣的發(fā)現(xiàn)。里面房間很大，墻壁裝飾華麗。每一尊雕像代表一位女神，而且一度上過色?？脊殴ぷ髡甙堰@些碎片重新拼裝起來后，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)那位女神原來是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿爾弗雷德。Mr. Bloggs39。坐辦公室的之所以常常被稱作“白領(lǐng)工人”，就是因?yàn)樗麄兺ǔＪ谴┲差I(lǐng)白襯衫，系著領(lǐng)帶去上班。艾爾弗結(jié)婚時(shí)，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。兩年多以來，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。s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived， the editor read the first sentence and then refuse to publish it. The article began： 39。s palace.New words and expressions 生詞和短語editor extreme statistics journalist president palace ；宏偉的住宅publish fax impatient fire originally ，原先，從前參考譯文報(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?！本庉嬃⒓唇o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。但記者還是沒有回復(fù)。不過，他終于獲準(zhǔn)發(fā)回了一份傳真。s. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stocking 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