【正文】 stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.New words and expressions 生詞和短語smashandgrab arcade （兩旁常設(shè)商店）Piccadilly jewellery （總稱）necklace ring background velvet ，絲絨headlight n.（汽車等）前燈 blare ，吼叫staff raid n. 偷襲scramble n. 偷襲 scramble v. 爬行fantastic adj. 非常大的 ashtray n. 煙灰缸參考譯文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始營業(yè)。鉆石項鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。這場搶劫只持續(xù)了3分鐘，因為竊賊爭先恐后地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies殘鈔鑒別組Has it ever happened to you？ Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine 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。s wallet as well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifullycooked wallet and notes turned to ash！ John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle： the Mutilate Ladies！ They examined the remain and John got all his money back. 39。Last year， we paid $ on 21，000 claims. Damaged bank notes. The Queen39。對英國人來說，值得慶幸的是英國銀行有一個殘鈔鑒別組，負責理那些把錢塞進機器或塞給狗的人提出的索賠要求。有一天約翰的生意很好，他把一只裝有3，000 英鎊的錢包放進微波爐內(nèi)保存。約翰去找銀行經(jīng)理，經(jīng)理把約翰的錢包和紙幣的殘留物送到英國銀行在紐卡斯爾的一個專門部門——殘鈔鑒別組?！叭ツ?，我們對21，000 起索賠要求支付了150萬英鎊。幾百年來，圣伯納德修道院馴養(yǎng)狗拯救了許多翻越這道山口的旅游者的生命。夏天的幾個月里，修道院十分忙碌，因為有成千上萬的人駕車通過山口，順道來修道院參觀。修道士們喜歡冬天，而不太喜歡夏天。他們在圣誕節(jié)或復(fù)活節(jié)到那兒去。Cats behave like welltrained paratroopers.39。它們從不像狗和馬一樣變得那么順從。顯然，這種說法里面包含著許多真實性。當然，紐約是進行這種有趣的試驗的一個理想的地方，因為那里根本不缺乏高樓大廈，有的是高層的窗檻從上往下墜落。在一個長長的跌落過程中，它們可以達到每小時60里甚至更快的速度。Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic“泰坦尼克”號的沉沒The great ship， Titanic， sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th， 1912. She was carrying 1，316 passengers and crew of 891. Even by modern standards， the 46，000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At the time， however， she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built， but was regarded as unsinkable， for she had sixteen watertight partments. Even if two of these were flooded， she would still be able to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered， for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life. Four days after setting out， while the Titanic was sailing across the icy water of the North Atlantic， huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm had been given， the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time， narrowly missing the immense walk of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly， there was a slight trembling sound from below， and the captain went down to see what had happened. The noise had been so faint that no one though that the ship had been damaged. Below， the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly， for five of her sixteen watertight partments had already been flooded！ The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody， 1，500 lives were lost.New words and expressions 生詞和短語Southampton （英國港市）colossal watertight partment n.（輪船的）密封艙flood float ，飄浮tragic liner voyage iceberg lookout collision narrowly ，勉強地 miss slight tremble faint horror abandon plunge ，跳入lifeboat 參考譯文巨輪“泰坦尼克”號1912年4月10日從南安普敦起錨駛向紐約。因為船由16個密封艙組成，即使有兩個艙進水，仍可漂浮的水面上。突然，了望員發(fā)現(xiàn)一座冰山。由于這個聲音非常輕，沒人會想到船身已遭損壞。于是，他發(fā)出棄船的命令，幾百人跳進了冰冷刺骨的海水里?！疤┨鼓峥恕边@個彎拐得及時，緊貼著高出海面100英尺的巨大的冰墻擦過去。人們將永遠記著這艘巨輪的沉沒慘劇。卻使用現(xiàn)代標準來衡量，45，000 噸的“泰坦尼克”號與算得上一艘巨輪了。它們伸展四肢，就像飛行中的松鼠一樣?！柏埦拖裼柧氂兴氐奶鴤汴爢T，” 一位醫(yī)生說。最近，紐約動物醫(yī)療中心對132只貓進行了為期5個月的綜合研究。在它們的一生中，大多數(shù)貓都對人存有戒心。它們可以對人友好，充滿柔情。Lesson 9 Flying cats飛貓Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans， but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. They never bee submissive like dogs and horses. As a result， humans have learned to respect feline independence. Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief th