【正文】 ums of money to gangsters in return for39。和平時期 ,當(dāng)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。 我的外甥喬治有一個儲蓄罐，但總是空空的。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。這時在他周圍上了許多人，一位女士在喬治胳膊上抹了肥皂，黃油，但喬治的胳膊仍然卡得緊緊的。但是能把儲蓄罐裝滿的只有屈指可數(shù)的幾個特別節(jié)儉的孩子。. 曾經(jīng)有一個時期 ,芝加哥的店主和商行 的老板們不得不拿出大筆的錢給歹徒以換取 保護 。那人大叫了一聲，驚退了幾步。 理查茲夫人剛剛走進餐廳，前門就傳來敲門聲。 It39。途中，船開始下沉，他們迅速把食物、火柴、罐裝啤酒往一只救生筏上裝。我們有時想象荒島是陽光終日普照的天堂。 ”接著我臉帶微笑補充說： “這是一種我自己配制的奇特的混合物。 ”我回答說。 I said encouragingly. The Officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalkmarks on my baggage. 現(xiàn)在的海關(guān)官員往往相當(dāng)寬容。 I said.39。s face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight. 39。Have you anything to declare?39。警報響過不久，巨輪急轉(zhuǎn)彎， 以避免與冰山正面相撞。船上載有 1,316名乘客與 891名船員。有一只叫薩伯瑞的貓從 32 層樓上掉下來，但只摔斷一顆牙。結(jié)果是人們已經(jīng)學(xué)會尊重貓的獨立性。狗也比較自由，被放出圍欄，四處遛達。如今由于山里開挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危險了。約翰拿回了他損失的全部數(shù)額?？雌饋恚泛芟矚g咀嚼錢幣。他們已帶著價值數(shù)千鎊的首飾逃之夭夭了。一人留在駕駛座上，另外兩個用黑色長筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來。clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler39。于是他又發(fā)了一份傳真，通知 那位記者說，若再不迅速答復(fù)，將被解雇。 The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15foot wall which surrounded the president39。他將來掙的錢只有他現(xiàn)在的一半。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。 white collar 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。 ” Lesson 3 An unknown goddess Some time ago， an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean（ ；n.） island of Kea． An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini． The city at one time must have been prosperous， for it enjoyed a high level of civilization． Housesoften three storeys highwere built of stone． They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls． The city was even equipped with a drainage system， 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 the 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 . Its 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 hip. 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. 不久之前，在愛琴海的基亞島上，考古工作者有一項有趣的發(fā)現(xiàn)。嗯，我是想讓你大吃一驚。教堂的鐘很大，以前不分晝夜打點報時，但很多年前遭到毀壞，從此便無聲無息了。We39。s the trouble, vicar,39。 39。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。事實上搜尋工作很困難，因為常常是早晨在甲地發(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。 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 39。當(dāng)倫敦動物園接到報告說，在倫敦以南 45 英里處發(fā)現(xiàn)一只美洲獅時，這些報告并沒有受到重視。專家們?nèi)缃褚呀?jīng)完全肯定那只動物就是美洲獅，但它是從哪兒來的呢？由于全國動物園沒有一家報告丟了美洲獅，因此那只美洲獅一定是某位私人收藏豢養(yǎng)的，不知怎么設(shè)法逃出來了。 I39。You39。s working all right, but I39。Thirteen is not as good as one but it39。借著電筒光。 ” “問題就在這里，牧師， ”比爾回答說。里面房間很大，墻壁裝飾華麗?？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。Mr. Bloggs39。他只說在埃 爾斯米爾公司上班。別人將稱呼他為 “布洛格斯先生 ”，而不再叫他 “艾爾弗 ”了。稿子寄來后，編輯看第一句話就拒絕予以發(fā)表。一周之后，編輯終于接到記者的傳真。珠寶店主泰勒先生正在欣賞新布置的櫥窗。他與店員 動手向窗外投擲家具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。 in the streets. The living helped to carry the dead and wounded to special stations. A Child of six was brought in by two adults. The child was supposed to be dead. With theatrical makeup on his face, he looked as if he had died of shock. Some people were so moved by the sight that they began to cry. However, the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to ment on his death. The child looked around for a mom