【正文】 在下面，船長(zhǎng)驚恐的地發(fā)現(xiàn)“泰坦尼克”號(hào)正在急速下沉，16個(gè)密封艙已有5個(gè)進(jìn)水。然而，這艘巨輪首航就下沉，造成大批人員死亡。在高速下落中，貓有時(shí)間放松自己。貓?jiān)诘鋾r(shí)能夠大難不死是有事實(shí)作為依據(jù)的。 a doctor said. It seems that the further cats fall， the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop， they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds， falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels. This increases their airresistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)fascinate ，吸引住 impact affectionate ，柔情的mysterious ，難以理解的submissive ，順從的feline independence ，獨(dú)立性highrise windowsill paratrooper squirrel airresistance 參考譯文貓總能引起人們的極大興趣。因?yàn)樵诙?，他們可以更多地過(guò)無(wú)人打擾的生活。那些最先從亞洲引進(jìn)的狗，待人友好，早在羅馬時(shí)代就給人當(dāng)看門狗了。他們鑒定了這些殘留物?？雌饋?lái)，狗很喜歡咀嚼錢幣。So long as there39。就在轎車離開的時(shí)候，泰勒先生從店里沖了出來(lái)，跟在車后追趕，一邊還往車上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。泰勒先生站在櫥窗外凝神欣賞了幾分鐘就回到了店里。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)。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。Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president39。艾爾弗的妻子一直不知道她嫁給了一個(gè)清潔工，而且她永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)知道了，因?yàn)榘瑺柛ヒ颜业叫铰?，不久就要坐辦公室里工作了。許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領(lǐng)工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。布洛格斯的雙重生活These days， people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as whitecollar workers39。其中有一尊雕像，她的軀體是在公元前15世紀(jì)的歷史文物中發(fā)現(xiàn)的，而她那身異處的腦袋卻碰巧是在公元前5世紀(jì)的文物中找到的。一個(gè)美國(guó)考古隊(duì)在阿伊亞。不過(guò)，鐘又能報(bào)時(shí)了，我還是很高興的。借著電筒光。 said the vicar. Thirteen is not as good as one， but it39。s the trouble， vicar，39。ve been ing up here night after night for weeks now. You see， I was hoping to give you a surprise.39。Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one十三等于一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. One night， however， our vicar work up with a start： the clock was striking the hours！ Looking at his watch， he saw that it was one o39。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。新概念第三冊(cè)課文解析Lesson 1 A Puma at large逃遁的美洲獅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。專家證實(shí)，美洲獅非被逼得走投無(wú)路，是決不會(huì)傷人的。clock， but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch， the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight， he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins， our local grocer. 39。 39。 answered Bill. 39。s better than nothing. Now let39。他看見(jiàn)一個(gè)人，馬上認(rèn)出那是本地雜貨店主經(jīng)比爾。”“問(wèn)題就在這里，牧師，”比爾回答說(shuō)。依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座廟宇。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)。 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 whitecollar 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。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。他將來(lái)掙的錢只有他現(xiàn)在的一半。s palace39。他給記者先后發(fā)去兩份傳真，但對(duì)方毫無(wú)反應(yīng)。Lesson 6 Smashandgrab砸櫥窗搶劫The expensive shops in a famous near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning， the arcade was almost empty. Mr. Taylor， the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o39。寧?kù)o突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進(jìn)了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來(lái)。但他已無(wú)法抓住那些竊賊了。s something to identify， we will give people their money back，39。最近的一個(gè)案例與簡(jiǎn)。約翰拿回了他損失的全部數(shù)額。如今由于山里