Stop thief 捉賊

【課文】

Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it. He is finding his new work far more exciting. When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The thieves' car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.

【課文翻譯】

羅伊.特雷頓原是開出租汽車的，然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽車，也并不為此而感到后悔。他發(fā)覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。最近，當他正開車在凱特福德街上行駛時，看到有兩個小偷從一家商店里沖出來，奔向等在那里的一輛汽車，其中一個提著一只裝滿鈔票的提包。羅伊行動迅速，開車直沖竊賊而去。拿錢的那個小偷嚇得把提包都扔了。當那兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的后尾上。當那輛被撞壞的車開走后，羅伊停下車，給警察掛了電話。小偷的車損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。沒過多久，警察就截住了那輛車，兩個小偷都被抓住了。

【生詞和短語】

while n. 一段時間

regret v. 后悔

far adv. 非常

rush v. 沖

act v. 行動

straight adv. 徑直

fright n. 害怕

battered adj. 撞壞的

shortly adv. 很快，不久

afterwards adv. 以后

【知識點講解】

1 A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.

然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽車，也并不為此而感到后悔。

(1)a short while ago，不久前的意思

(2)however在句中做插入語，意思為“然而”

(3) regret v. 后悔，常用搭配有：

regret sth. You will regret it. 你會為此而后悔的

regret to do:很遺憾要去做 regret doing：很遺憾已經(jīng)做 regret that…… 遺憾+從句

I regret to tell you a bad news.

我很遺憾地告訴你一個壞消息。

I regret telling him the news.

我很遺憾我告訴了你這個壞消息。

We regret that we are unable to reconsider your case.

我們很遺憾無法再考慮你的情況。

2 He is finding his new work far more exciting.

他發(fā)覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。

far在本句中是副詞，放在比較級的形容詞前，表示程度，可以譯作“很”、“大大地”

The problem is far more difficult for me.

這個問題對我來說太難了。

3 He saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car.

他看到有兩個小偷從一家商店里沖出來，奔向等在那里的一輛汽車。

在動詞see后面接不定式時，不定式要省去to，如本句中的rush和run兩個不定式。

I saw him go down the stairs.

我看見他下樓梯了。

4 The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag.

拿錢的那個小偷嚇得把提包都扔了。

句中such……that……的結(jié)構(gòu)有“如此……以至于……”的意思，such后要跟名詞。

He is a such a person that everyone wants to make friends with him.

他是這樣的一個人，每個人都想和他交朋友。

5 While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police.

當那輛被撞壞的車開走后，羅伊停下車，給警察掛了電話。

battered adj. 撞壞的 它的構(gòu)成是“動詞+ed”，這類的形容詞表示“被……”

damaged:被刮壞了

destroyed car:車子壞了不能修

damaged car:車子壞了能修

battered car:車變形

battered bag:破舊不堪的包

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