應(yīng)用型大學(xué)英語綜合教程三 unit5課文及翻譯

1Lindsey,sittingonthecouchinherlivingroom,turnedonthe5o’clocknewschannel.1琳賽坐在起居室的沙發(fā)上，打開電視，收看新聞頻道5點的整點播報。2“Supposedly,newevidencehasbeenfoundidentifyingapersonconnectedtoafour-year-oldrobberycaseinPortland,Oregon,andafingerprintwasabletobematchedwithoneoftheperpetratorsatthelastcrimescene,”reportingfromChannel10newsscrollsacrosstheTVscreeninboldletters.Apicturewasshownonthescreen,identifiedbythefingerprint.(Tobecontinued)2“據(jù)稱，新證據(jù)已確認(rèn)一名嫌犯，該嫌犯與四年前在俄勒岡州波特蘭市發(fā)生的一起搶劫案有關(guān)，現(xiàn)場采集的一枚指紋與上起犯罪現(xiàn)場中一名兇犯的相吻合?！边@條新聞在第10頻道以粗體字形式在電視屏幕上滾動播出。而根據(jù)指紋所鑒定的嫌犯照片也一同出現(xiàn)在屏幕上。LindseylookedatthephotoandwentintoshockbecauseitwasherorhertwinsisterSarabeingaccusedoftherobberies.LindseyandSarawereidenticaltwinsistersandtheirpersonalitiesweretheonlykeytotellingonefromtheother.Lindseywasquietandconservative,whileSaraenjoyedpartyingwithherfriends.Sarawaskilledlastyearinacaraccident.Shewashitbyadrunkdriveranddiedinstantly,beforetheparamedicsarrivedonthescene.看到照片，琳賽陷入了震驚，因為被指控犯下這些搶劫案的正是她或她的雙胞胎姐妹薩拉。琳賽和薩拉是同卵雙胞胎，她們之間唯一的明顯區(qū)別是性格不同：琳賽文靜保守，而薩拉則外向開放，喜歡和朋友聚會。薩拉去年死于一場車禍，被一個醉酒的司機(jī)撞倒，當(dāng)場死亡，醫(yī)務(wù)人員根本來不及到達(dá)現(xiàn)場進(jìn)行搶救。3Furthermore,Lindseyhadbeengettingthesestrangedreamsrecentlyatnight,inwhichshewastheperpetrator.Somedreamsinvolvedherrobbinganelderlycoupleinbroaddaylightoftheirvehicleandexpensivejewels.(Tobecontinued)3除此之外，最近，琳賽夜里還經(jīng)常做一些怪夢，夢見自己是一名兇犯。有時，她夢見自己在光天化日之下，搶劫一對老夫婦的汽車和貴重珠寶。Otherdreamsinvolvedhertorturingandburninganoldmanonhischestandfacewithanironpipeashewastiedtohisbedinhishome.Lindseywasunclearastowhyshewashavingtheseimages,nordidsheknowwherethesecrimeshadtakenplace.Shereplayedthebroadcastmessageinhermindandwonderedifherimagesandtherobberieshadanyconnection.有時，她夢見自己在一個老人的家里，老人則被她綁在床上，她正用一根鐵管折磨和灼燒他的胸部和臉部。琳賽不知道為什么會有這些夢境，也不知道這些犯罪行為發(fā)生在哪兒。然后，她又想了想剛剛播放的消息，心里納悶：這些夢境和搶劫案究竟有沒有關(guān)系？4“Hello,Mom,didyouseethepictureofmeorSaraonthenewsafewminutesago?”Lindseyaskedinaslowtoneofvoice.5“Yes,honey,whyisyourphotoonthenews?”6“It’snotme,Mom.It’sSara.I’veneverlivednorstayedinPortland,Oregon.”4“嗨，媽媽，你看到幾分鐘前新聞里那張我的或是薩拉的照片了嗎？”琳賽緩緩問道。5“看到了。親愛的，你的照片怎么會出現(xiàn)在新聞里？”6“那不是我，媽媽，是薩拉，我從來沒在俄勒岡州波特蘭市住過或待過?！?Lindseyhungupthephonebeforehermomcouldsayanotherword.Sherealizedthatanextensivesearchonherpartwasgoingtoberequiredtoremoveherselffromthecase.Moreover,shewasgoingtohavetolocatetheplaceSarawaslivinginfouryearsagoaroundthetimeofthecrimes.LindseydroveovertoSara’shomeinsearchofanythingleftbehindlinkingherwiththePortlandarea.(Tobecontinued)7琳賽沒等媽媽回答，就掛斷了電話。她意識到，要洗脫嫌疑，就得靠自己去做大量的調(diào)查。而且，她還必須確定，四年前案件發(fā)生前后薩拉住在哪兒。于是琳賽開車來到薩拉的住處，尋找一切遺留下來的能將薩拉和波特蘭地區(qū)聯(lián)系起來的線索。Herhomewasstillthesame,becausetheirmomkeptitafterSarapassedaway.Lindseyenteredthelivingroom,thediningroom,andthekitchen.Thelivingroomlookedveryclean.LindseywaswithSarawhensheboughtthehomeanditseemedweirdwalkingbackintothehomewithouthersisteraround.Lindseywasn’tsurprisedattheneatnessandcleannessoftherooms.Shelookedshockedassheenteredthebathroom,whichwasamesswithtrashonthetiledfloorandadirtringaroundthetub.(Tobecontinued)薩拉家里面貌依舊，她們的媽媽在薩拉去世之后負(fù)責(zé)料理這所房子。琳賽走進(jìn)客廳、餐廳和廚房?？蛷d看起來非常干凈。薩拉買這所房子的時候，琳賽和她在一起?，F(xiàn)在，她不在了，琳賽再次走進(jìn)屋子，總感覺怪怪的。房間也很干凈整潔，對此，琳賽一點都不感到意外，但當(dāng)她走進(jìn)浴室的時候，卻大吃一驚：浴室里一片狼藉，瓷磚地板上到處都是垃圾，浴缸里還有一圈污垢。Next,Lindseywalkedintohersister’sbedroomandsawherbrasandpantiesthrownonthebedandfloor,withanunpluggedTVsittingbyherwaterbed.LindseyproceededbackintothekitchenandfoundSara’saddressbookonthecounter.ShefoundthreenumberswithOregonareacodes,whichwerefortwofemalefriendsandanex-boyfriendnamedJohnny.接著，琳賽走進(jìn)了臥室，看見薩拉的內(nèi)衣和短褲被扔在床上和地上，電視就在水床旁邊，插頭已經(jīng)被拔出來了。之后，她又回到廚房，發(fā)現(xiàn)柜子上放著薩拉的通訊錄。她找到帶有俄勒岡區(qū)號的三個號碼，分別是兩個女性朋友和薩拉前男友約翰尼的號碼。8Lindseytookachanceandspokewithbothwomen,whoagreedtomeetwithLindseythefollowingdayattheirhomesonceshearrived.Thefollowingday,LindseyboardedthefirstflightouttoPortlandandarrivedatahotelneartheairport.Onceshecheckedinsheimmediatelycalledbothwomentoconfirmthemeetingforthatafternoon.(Tobecontinued)8于是，琳賽試著和這兩位女士通了電話，她們同意琳賽第二天她們家里見面。第二天，琳賽搭乘前往波特蘭的第一班飛機(jī)，抵達(dá)后，住進(jìn)了機(jī)場附近的一家賓館。一辦完入住手續(xù)，她就給兩位女士打電話以確認(rèn)下午的會面。Lindseytookacabovertothefirstyoungwoman’shomeandspokewithherforaboutanhour,andthensheleftandwenttotheotherwoman’shome.Shewasgivenpicturesandtooknotesonsomeoftheirconversations.Lindseytookacaboutintotownanddidsomeshoppingandsightseeingforafewhours.Later,shereturnedtothehotelandrestedforthemeetingwithJohnnythenextday.(Tobecontinued)首先，她坐出租車去了第一位年輕女士的家里，和她談了大約一個小時后，又去了另外一個女士的家里。這兩位女士給了她一些照片，而她也記錄下了部分談話內(nèi)容。之后，琳賽搭乘出租車去了市區(qū)，只花了幾個小時購物、觀光。隨后，她回到了賓館休息，因為第二天還要和約翰尼會面。Shearrivedattherestaurantnearthehotelthenextmorning.Lindseywasthere15minutesearlytogatherherthoughtsandtoprepareherselffortheinitialconversationwithJohnny.Ayoungmanwalkedintotherestaurant,needingmoresleepbythelookonhisface.Hisclotheslookedwornandhissneakerswerecoveredinmud,andhishairwasalloverhishead.Lindseyknewthatthiswasn’tJohnnybecausehewasn’tthetypeofguythathersisterwasattractedto.第二天早上，她去了賓館附近的餐廳。琳賽早到了十五分鐘來整理思緒，為和約翰尼的初次見面做準(zhǔn)備。到了約定時刻，一個年輕男子走進(jìn)了餐廳，他看上去睡眠不足、一臉倦容，穿一身破舊的衣服，運(yùn)動鞋上滿是泥巴，頭發(fā)也是亂蓬蓬的。借此，琳賽判斷這不是約翰尼，因為他不是薩拉喜歡的類型。9Nevertheless,theyoungmansatacrossfromLindseyatthetable,introducinghimselfasJohnny.ShewasintriguedbyhiswillingnesstoexpresshisfeelingsandtherelationshiphehadwithSara.Healsospokeabouttherobberies,sayingthatSarawentwithhimonthreeofthefourcrimes.Hementionedthatshehadn’tbeenscared;shehadtakenitasathrill.JohnnygaveherafewpicturesofhimandSaraathisapartmentwhenshelivedinPortland.(Tobecontinued)9然而，年輕男子卻在琳賽對面的位子上坐了下來，自我介紹說是約翰尼，并開始毫不避諱地跟她談?wù)撈鹱约旱母惺芤约八c薩拉的戀情，這激起了琳賽的興趣。而他也提到了那些搶劫案，說四起案件中有三起是薩拉和他一起干的。他說，薩拉一點也沒害怕，她甚至覺得這事很刺激。他給她看了一些照片，那是薩拉住在波特蘭的時候和他在公寓里拍的合影。Lindseynoticedhowhefumbledwiththezipperonhiscoatforthemajorityoftheirconversation.Afterward,sheandJohnnywentintheirseparatedirectionsasiftheydidn’tknoweachother.Lindseycouldseewhyhersisterhadstayedintheareaforalongperiodoftime.ItwasbeautifulcomparedtotheirhometownofChurchland,wherenothingeverhappened.琳賽注意到在他們談話的大部分時間里，他都在擺弄外套上的拉鏈。接下來，她和約翰尼就像素未謀面一樣分手了。而琳賽也明白了為什么薩拉在這里呆了那么久，因為和她們波瀾不興的家鄉(xiāng)丘奇蘭德相比，這里的確很美麗。10LindseyreturnedtoherhotelroomlaterthatdaytopackherthingstoreturntoChurchlandthefollowingmorning.Inaddition,shewaslookingforwardtogoingbackhomebecauseshehadherproofandhadfinishedherinvestigation.Thefollowingday,shecalledhermomandgaveherthedetailsofhertrip;however,shecouldn’thelpfeelinghermomwashidinginformationfromhertoneonthephone.(Tobecontinued)10當(dāng)天晚些時候，琳賽回到了賓館收拾行李，準(zhǔn)備第二天上午回丘奇蘭德。她急著回家，因為她已經(jīng)找到了證據(jù)，結(jié)束了調(diào)查。第二天，她打電話給媽媽講述了這次旅程的細(xì)節(jié)；然而，從媽媽的口氣中，她感覺媽媽似乎在隱瞞著什么。Earlythenextmorning,Lindseywenttothepolicedepartmenttospeakwithsomeoneinchargeofthefour-year-oldcase.Shewasescortedtotwodetectivesinasmallroom,onlydimlylit.Lindseywasanxious,goingaheadwiththepapersshehadinherhands.Bothmenwereintriguedbytheextensivetime,effort,andmoneyLindseyhadputintoclearinghername.次日一早，琳賽來到警察局，打算和辦理四年前那個案子的警察談話。她被帶進(jìn)一個昏暗的小房間，里面有兩個警探。于是，她急急慌慌地講述了起來，并且手里拿著一些記錄作為佐證。看到琳賽為洗脫嫌疑投入了如此多的時間、精力和金錢，兩位警探對此甚為好11Shewassurethatshewouldbeeliminatedfromthecaseduetotheproofshehandedtothedetectives,notknowingthedetectiveswouldhaveadifferentstoryforher.ShewentontotellthedetectivesthathertwinsisterSarahadbeenkilledinacaraccidenttheyearbefore.12“YoursisterSaraisaliveandyourmotheriswithherdownstairswithapoliceofficerwaitingtospeakwithus,”repliedDetectiveAmes.11她確信把證據(jù)交給警探，自己就會與案件完全脫離干系，壓根兒不知道警探會告訴她一個完全不同的故事。她接著告訴警探，她的雙胞胎姐妹薩拉已于一年前死于一場車禍。12“薩拉還活著。您母親和她與一個警官正在樓下，等著和我們談話?！卑匪咕酱鸬?。13“You’relyingtome!Iwasthereandsawmysisterinhercoffinbeforeshewasburied.Ihelpedpayforhertombstone,”Lindseyansweredinanangrytoneofvoice.Shemovedherselftoanotherchairinthecornerofthesmallroomandputherheadinherhands.AknockatthedoorandSaraandtheirmomwalkedintotheroom.Lindseywasshockedlookingathersisterstandingthere,withadisturbedlookonherface.(Tobecontinued)13“你撒謊！她下葬之前我親眼看見她躺在棺材里，我還幫著付了墓碑的錢?！绷召悜嵟睾暗?。她挪到小房間角落里的另外一張椅子上，雙手抱住頭。這時，有人敲門，薩拉和她們的媽媽走了進(jìn)來。琳賽震驚地看著自己的孿生姐妹站在那里，臉上帶著不安的表情。Shelookedniceinablackpantsuitandherhairwasdrapedaroundherface.Theirmomworeapairofbluejeansandatansweatshirt,andherhairwaspulledbackfromherfaceinaponytail.NeitherdetectivecouldbelievethatSarahadanythingtodowiththerobberiesthathadtakenplaceinPortland,Oregon.WhenLindseysawhersisterandmom,sheknewthedetectivesweren’tgoingtobelieveherstoryafterall.(Tobecontinued)她穿著一套黑色的連褲裝，頭發(fā)披在臉側(cè)，很漂亮。而她們的媽媽則穿著一條藍(lán)色牛仔褲，一件棕褐色運(yùn)動衫，頭發(fā)在腦后扎成一個馬尾。兩個警探都沒法相信薩拉和發(fā)生在俄勒岡州波特蘭市的搶劫案有關(guān)系。當(dāng)琳賽看到她和媽媽的時候，就知道警探根本不會相信她了。Shedidn’tunderstandhowtheycouldn’tbelievethathersisterhaddiedwhentherehadtobeareportfromtheautopsydoneafterherdeath.Lindseyfeltbetrayedbyherfamilyandsheknewthatherinstincthadbeenrightwhenshefeltthathermomwashidinginformationthepreviousday.Bothwomenturnedand