【正文】 , what would you do ? 假如明天下午的話，你們怎么辦 ? Fowler jumped at the sudden knocking at the door . 福勒被突如其來的敲門聲嚇了一跳 。 jump (at) : （ 因喜悅 、 吃驚 、 緊張 ） 躍起 、 跳動 、劇跳 。 I jumped at my aunt?s unexpected visit . 嬸嬸的意外來訪使我高興地跳起來。 check on : exam if something is true We?ll check on everybody whether it?s true or not. 我們要向每個人核查此是了解真或假 。 Send them away or I ?ll shoot and take my chances. 打發(fā)他們走 ， 否則我就 開槍 ， 準備冒險 。 ( 1 ) or : other wise 可用于表示威脅 。 she told him he had better return the car or she would call the police . 讓他最好把汽車還回來 ， 否則她會叫警察 . ( 2 ) take one?s chances : take a risk. They took their chances to save him. 他們準備冒險去救他。 His gun still covered the fat man : he kept his gun aimed at the fat man . Then he swung his other leg up and over the window sill 然后他把另一條腿也越過窗戶伸到窗臺外 。 Swing：懸掛 、 使旋轉 。 (1) Swing a basket of seed from a hook. 把一籃子種子掛在鉤子上 。 (2) Swing the gun towards the enemy and five. 調轉槍口朝敵人開火 。 frustrate[?????????? ]v. make someone or something fail 使受挫折 He was frustrated in an attempt to cross the river. 他試圖渡河但沒有成功 chuckle[ ?????? ] v Low and quite laugh with closed mouth 暗笑 Father always chuckles when he reads the funny paper. 爸爸看到報紙上的連環(huán)畫總是輕聲笑。 be black with angry：怒氣沖天 When he heard the news ,he was black with angry他聽到這個消息后怒氣沖天 。 take cheer (from sth.) : (因某事）振做起來 moodily[ ???:???? ]。 badtempered 不快的，易怒的 disillusion[ ?????????:??? ]v. set free from mistaken beliefes 使幻想破滅 It is time that she was disillusioned. 現(xiàn)在該是他醒悟的時候 了。 stiffly[ ?????? ] ad. firm,not easily bent or folded 直挺挺地 concerning prep. in respect of Please inform me concerning the 于這件事請告訴我。 ?Outline of The Text ?Comment on the story Comment The author vividly presents us a quickwitted spy. Although Ausable? s appearance did not fit the description of any secret agents, he was without doubt a good spy. This story is an excellent example of intrigue and suspense. Still we know espionage activities are primarily carried out by individual nations to gain data on other nations. One of the most notorious espionage institutions in the world is the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA )Of the ,which was established in espionage is not illegal under international law, every country has laws against other nations spying on them. Outline of The Text When Fowler, the young writer, met Austable, he didn?t think Austable fit the description of a secret agent he?d ever read about. As Fowler followed this spy down the musty corridor of a gloomy hotel to a small room, he got a great shock. For halfway across the room stood a man with a small automatic pistol in his hand. The man said to Ausable he came to take an important report that was being brought to Ausable. Instead of mentioning the report, Austable began to plain angrily about the management of the hotel .He said that was the second time in a month that somebody had got into his room off that balcony which extended under his window. Just then there was a knock at the door. Austable told the man that would be the policeman he had called for extra protection. As the knocking became louder ,the man got quite nervous and frightened but warned he would wait on the balcony and take a risk. So when the door knob turned , he swiftly dropped out of the window. After the door opened, a waiter came in with the drink Ausable had ordered. While Foeler was worried about the man hiding on the balcony, Ausable told him calmly that the would never return.