【正文】 itor extreme statistics journalist president palace ；宏偉的住宅publish fax impatient fire originally ，原先，從前參考譯文報刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供成立一些關(guān)緊要的事實和統(tǒng)計數(shù)字而走向極端。但記者還是沒有回復(fù)。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 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)。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。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。Last year， we paid $ on 21，000 claims. Damaged bank notes. The Queen39。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(jìn)微波爐內(nèi)保存?！叭ツ辏覀儗?1，000 起索賠要求支付了150萬英鎊。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。他們在圣誕節(jié)或復(fù)活節(jié)到那兒去。它們從不像狗和馬一樣變得那么順從。當(dāng)然，紐約是進(jìn)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。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(qiáng)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。突然，了望員發(fā)現(xiàn)一座冰山?！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。卻使用現(xiàn)代標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來衡量，45，000 噸的“泰坦尼克”號與算得上一艘巨輪了?！柏埦拖裼?xùn)練有素的跳傘隊員，” 一位醫(yī)生說。在它們的一生中，大多數(shù)貓都對人存有戒心。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