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【课文】

The old lady was glad to be back at the block of flats where she lived. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home. In the

lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest; but when she got out at her own floor, both were forgotten in her sudden discovery that her front door was open. She was thinking that she must reprimand her home help the next morning for such a monstrous piece of negligence, when she remembered that she had gone shopping after the home help had left and she knew that she had turned both keys in their locks, She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet following her regular practice she had shut them before going out. Looking into the drawing room, she saw a scene of confusion over by her writing desk. It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence. Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement. By this time her legs were beginning to tremble, so she sat down and accepted a cup of very strong tea, while he telephoned the police. Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set

off with the porter's assistance to search for any intruders who might still be lurking in her flat.

They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not want to hinder the police in their search for fingerprints. The chaos was inconceivable. She had

lived in the flat for thirty years and was a veritable magpie at hoarding; and it seemed as though everything she possessed had been tossed out and turned over and over. At least

sorting out the things she should have discarded years ago

was now being made easier for her. Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery

of the ransacked flat. The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced, thereby proving that the burglars had either used skeleton keys or entered over the balcony. There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers. So their entry into this flat was

apparently not the burglars' first job that day and they must have been disturbed. The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights. The old lady thought he was a fussy creature, but since the porter agreed with him, she rang up her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother.

【课文翻译】

老妇人回到了她居住的公寓楼，心里很高兴。去商店买东西把她

搞得筋疲力尽;在回家的路上，她每走一步，就感到手里的篮子又重了

一点。她乘上电梯后，只想着午餐和好好休息一下。但她到自己的楼

层走出电梯后，就把这两件事忘了个干净，因为她突然发现她家的大

门开着。她心想明天上午一定要好好训斥那个干家务的帮手，她竟如

此疏忽大意。但突然记起来了，帮手是在她出去买东西之前走的，她

还记得曾用了两把钥匙把大门锁上了。她慢慢地走进前厅，立即发现

所有的房门都敞开着，而她记得在出门买东西前，她按老规矩是把房

门一一锁上的。她往起居室里看去，写字台边一片狼籍。事情很清楚，

在她外出时，窃贼曾闯进家门。她第一个条件反射是各个房间搜寻一

下窃贼，但转念一想，像她这个年纪，找个人一起去。于是她到地下

室去找看门的人。这时她两腿累得开始发抖，于是坐了下来，喝了一

杯浓茶。与此同时，看门的人给警察挂了电话。此刻老妇人也镇定了

下来，准备在看门人的协助下搜寻可能仍躲藏在她房里的窍贼。

他俩搜遍这每一个房间，小心翼翼地不接触任何东西，因为他们

怕妨碍警察寻找指纹。房间里的紊乱状况是无法想像的。老妇人在这

套公寓里住了30年，她又是个名副其实的收藏家。看来她的每一件东

西都被翻了出来，并且被里里外外看了遍。这样一来，她倒是容易将

那些几年前就该扔掉的东西找出来了。过了一会儿，一位巡官带着一

名警察来了。她向他们讲述了发现公寓遭劫的经过。巡官开始搜寻指纹，警察经检查发现大门锁头并无撬过的迹象。由此能够证明，窍贼

或者是用万能钥匙，或者是翻越阳台进来的。巡官没有发现指纹，却

发现了一个装有珠宝的、肮脏的红包袱。老妇人说那不是她的。很明显，闯进这套公寓的窃贼那天并不是首次作案，而且他一定受了惊吓。巡官请老妇人在次日之前设法查清丢了些什么，并劝她几夜之内不要

独自一人在公寓过夜。老妇人觉得巡官大惊小怪，但既然看门人也同

意他的意见，她只得打电话向女儿求援，说她碰到了一点儿小麻烦。

【词汇】

lift n. 电梯

monstrous adj. 极大的，可怕的

negligence n. 粗心大意

prudent adj. 谨慎的

composure n. 镇静，沉着

intruder n. 入侵者(尤指欲行窃者)

lurk v. 潜藏

hinder v. 妨碍

fingerprint n. 指纹

chaos n. 混乱，无秩序inconceivable adj. 不可思议的veritable adj. 真正的，地地道道的magpie n. 喜欢收藏物品的人

toss v. 扔

discard v. 丢弃

constable n. 警察

ransack v. 洗劫

balcony n. 阳台

fussy adj. 大惊小怪的，小题大作的【重点词汇讲解】

【monstrous】

例句：

1. Yap. This city is monstrous.是啊，这个城市大得出奇。

2. It was monstrous injustice.

这是巨大的不公。

【prudent】

例句：

1. It is prudent for any country with large foreign exchange balances to diversify those funds.

对于任何拥有巨额外汇储备的国家，采取这种多样化操作都是审慎的。

2. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use.

相反，他们知道我们的力量会在谨慎的使用中增强。

【lurk】

英英：wait in hiding to attack

例句：

1. I lurk in the alleys, wait for the kill.

我有潜伏在巷道里…等着下一个牺牲品。

2. But problems lurk behind the determination.

但是该决定的背后隐藏着问题。

3. The quantum world is quite exotic and complex, and this shows there are surprises there that lurk around corners all the time.

量子世界十分诡异且复杂，而这也表示，量子世界中处处都暗藏著惊奇。

【hinder】

英英：hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

例句：

1. They can detect factors which may hinder learning.

他们能够找到妨碍学习的因素。

2. This will hinder high-level and sustainable development.

这将妨碍高水平、可持续的发展。

3. Politics within the government can help or hinder deficit reduction.

政府的内部政治能够促动也能够妨碍赤字的减少。

【inconceivable】

例句：

1. The Buddha's Wisdom is inconceivable!

佛的智慧是不可思议的!

2. For a child to do that job is just inconceivable.

让一个孩子做这项工作真是不可思议。

【veritable】

例句：

1. This will be a veritable lesson to you of how

important your word is.

对你来说这是一堂名副其实的课，关于你的誓言是多么意义重大。

2. Indeed, bathing, certainly in hot water, was considered a veritable health risk.

事实上，洗热水澡被认为是名副其实的健康杀手。

【discard】

英英：throw or cast away

例句：

1. We should discard old beliefs.

我们应该抛弃旧信仰。

2. Should they discard the present system entirely?

他们应该完全抛弃现行制度吗?

3. Will you promise not to discard me if I tell you the truth?

我要是告诉你实话，你肯答应不抛弃我吗?

【fussy】

例句：

1. But most of these adoption-seeking women weren't fussy.

不过绝大部分这些要收养小孩的女性都不是太挑剔的。

2. Why are you being so fussy about your clothes today?

你今天为什麽对衣服这麽挑剔?

【常用短语】

【as clear as daylight】显而易见，一清二楚

【go through】仔细检查

【as though】好像，仿佛

【ring up】打电话

【in despair】绝望的

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新概念第三册课文翻译及学习笔记：Lesson37 【课文】 We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. Ships may be delayed by storms; air flights may be cancelled because of bad weather; but trains must be on time. Only an exceptionally heavy snow fall might temporarily dislocate railway services. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong. The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs. After consulting my railway timetable, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven. It went direct from my local station and the journey lasted a mere hour and seventeen minutes. When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well. At the time, this did not strike me as odd. I reflected that there must be a great many people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder. It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived.

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新概念英语第三册课文 Lesson1A puma at large Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five 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 'a large cat' 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（adj.被困得走投无路的）. 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 complained of 'cat-like noises' 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 come 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. 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. One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'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. 'Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?' asked the vicar in surprise.' I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill.' I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.''You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.''That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.''We'll get used to that Bill,' said the vicar. 'Thirteen is not as good as one but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.' Lesson 3 An unknown goddess Some time ago，an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean（adj.爱琴海的；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