【正文】 he lamb was missing. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen. When Dimitri came in from t。不過，此事并沒使喬治過于傷心，因為糖果店老板娘聽說了他遇到的麻煩后，賞給他一大盒巧克力。喬治脫掉外套，卷起袖子，將右胳膊伸進了陰溝蓋。 本文轉(zhuǎn)載自新概念英語網(wǎng) 11 我的外甥喬治有一個儲蓄罐，但總是空空的。對于有些孩子來說，少量的錢可以花很長一段時間。和平時期 ,當生意蕭條時 ,霍克伍德便帶領(lǐng)士兵進入某個城邦 ,縱火燒毀 一兩個農(nóng)場 ,然后提出 ,如向他們繳納保護金 ,他們便主動撤離。 is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters. Six hundred years ago, Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian citystates were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a citystate and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of 39。 Lesson14 A noble gangster There was a time when the owners of shop and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for39。理查茲夫人這才想到一定是供電局來人查電表了。她曾告訴過面包師，如果她不去開門，他可直接進門，把面包放在廚房的桌上。盡管化裝服僅由一個被單制成，卻十分逼真。, but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. 理查茲夫人等丈夫上班走后，把孩子送去上學(xué)， 然后來到樓上自己的臥室。 5天后，一條油輪從那兒路過，搭救了他們。島上幾乎沒有一顆樹，也沒有淡水，但這不算什么問題。 最近有兩個人在一座珊瑚島上呆了 5天，他們真希望在那兒再多呆一些日子。成熟的水果從樹上掉下來，人們根本無需勞動。ate like kings39。 海關(guān)官員擰開瓶蓋，把瓶子放到鼻子底下。 “香水，嗯？ ”他譏諷地說道， “你剛才應(yīng)該申報，香水要上進口稅的。所有細心包裝好的東西一會兒工夫 就亂成一團。 ”我自信地回答說。甚至是最誠實的人也常弄得覺得有罪似的，而老練的職業(yè)走私犯卻使手提箱里藏著 500 只金表，卻也處之泰然。 As I expected, he did not believe me. 39。s hairoil.39。But it isn39。 he asked sarcastically. 39。Not at all,39。No,39。由于沒有足夠的救生艇運載所有乘客，結(jié)果， 1,500 人喪生。突然，從船艙下部傳來一聲微顫音，船長走下船艙去查看究竟。 “泰坦尼克 ”起航后的第 4天，它正行駛在北大西洋冰冷的海面上。當時，這艘輪船不僅是造船史上建造的最大的一艘船，而且也被認為是不會沉沒的。這樣就加大了空氣阻力，并減少了它們著地時沖擊力帶來的震動?？雌饋?，貓跌落的距離越長，本文轉(zhuǎn)載自新概念英語網(wǎng) 7 它們就越不會傷害自己。所有這些貓有一個共同的經(jīng)歷：它們都曾從高層建筑上摔下來過，但只有其中的 8只貓死于震蕩或跌傷。最使我們感興趣的一件事情就是一種通俗的信念 ——貓有九條命。但是，它們又有自己神秘的生活方式。他們在圣誕節(jié)或復(fù)活節(jié)到那兒去。修道士們喜歡冬天，而不太喜歡夏天。 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。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。 “去年，我們對 21， 000 起索賠要求支付了 150萬英鎊。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。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。 這種事情在你身上出現(xiàn)過嗎？你有沒有把褲子塞洗衣機，然后又想在褲子的后兜有一張大面值的紙幣？當你把褲子搶救出來時，你有沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)那張紙幣已經(jīng)變得比白紙還白？當英國人犯這種錯誤時，他們不必感到絕望（而許多國家的人都有這種絕望的感覺）。dead39。就在轎車離開的時候，泰勒先生從店里沖了出來，跟在車后追趕，一邊還往車上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。這開始發(fā)生時，泰勒先生正在樓上。泰勒先生站在櫥窗外凝神欣賞了幾分鐘就回到了店里。在早晨的這個時候，拱廊街上幾乎空無一人。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級臺階時，被抓了起來。編輯無奈，勉強按原樣發(fā)稿了。 記者立即出發(fā)去核實這些重要的事實，但過了好長時間不見他把數(shù)字寄來，在此期間，編輯等得不耐煩了，因為雜志馬上要付印。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委托寫一篇關(guān)于非洲某個新成立共和國總統(tǒng)府的文章。Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president39。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。兩年多以來，艾爾弗一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。 艾爾弗結(jié)婚時，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。. 如今，從事體力勞動的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。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。不過，考古工作者至今未能確定這位女神的身份。卻使在當時，它也屬歷史悠久的珍奇之物。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。這座古城肯定一度很繁榮，因為它曾享有高度的文明，房子一般有 3層樓高，用石塊修建。 “13下是不如 1下好，但總比 1 下也不敲強。不過，鐘又能報時了，我還是很高興的。 “我想把這口鐘修好， ”比爾回答說。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。 我們教區(qū)的牧師總是為各種各樣的事籌集資金。 said the vicar. 39。s nothing I can do about it.39。It39。 39。 said the vicar. 39。 I39。 asked the vicar in surprise. 39。 Lesson 2 Thirteen 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。有人抱怨說夜里聽見 “像貓一樣的叫聲 ”；一位商人去釣魚，看見那只美洲獅在樹上。那里的一位婦女在采摘黑莓時的看見 “一只大貓 ”，離她僅 5碼遠，她剛看見它，它就立刻逃走了。 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物，產(chǎn)于美洲。本文轉(zhuǎn)載自新概念英語網(wǎng) 1 Lesson1 A 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。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，一路上總會留下一串死鹿及死兔子之類的小動物，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)村里有一頭危險的野獸繼續(xù)逍遙流竄，真令人擔心。Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?39。 answered Bill.39。You certainly did give me a surprise!39。m glad the bell is working again.39。 answered Bill. 39。clock it will strike thirteen times and there39。ll get used to that Bill,39。s go downstairs and have a cup of tea.39。 一天夜里，我們的牧師突然被驚醒了，大鐘又在 “打點 ”報時了！他一看表，才 1