上海交大版應(yīng)用型大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程-第3冊(cè)-unit-5-課文翻譯與答案

Unit5

Part1LanguageSkillsDevelopment

1.Starter

A.Lateralthinkingquiz.Readtheriddlesandgiveyouranswers.

1.John'smotherhas3children,twoofwhomarenamedAprilandMay.Whatisthethirdonenamed?

John.

2.Amutepersonwantstobuyatoothbrush.Byimitatingtheactionofbrushingone'steethhe

successfullyexpresseshimselftotheshopkeeperandthepurchaseisdone.Nowifablindmanwishesto

buyapairofsunglasses,howshouldheexpresshimself?Hesimplyopenshismouthandasks.

3.Awomanlivesonthetenthfloorofablockofflats.Everymorningshetakestheliftdowntotheground

floorandgoestowork.Intheevening,shegetsintothelift,and,ifthereissomeoneelseintheliftshe

goesdirectlytoherfloor.Otherwise,shegoestotheeighthfloorandwalksuptwoflightsofstairstoher

flat.Howdoyouexplainthis?Thewomanisofsmallstatureandcouldn'treachtheupperliftbuttons.

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lateralthinking水平思考，橫向思維

mutea.嗯的；無(wú)聲的，沉默的

imitaten.模仿，仿效

B.Listentoapassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.Whowasmurdered23yearsago?

A38-year-oldwomanwasmurdered.

2.Whendidthemurdertakeplace?

ThemurdertookplaceonOctober13,1985.

3.Whendidthevictimdieandwhatwasthedirectcauseofherdeath?

Shedied18dayslaterfromheadinjuriesresultingfromtheattack.

4.Whore-examinedthecase?

TheColdCaseUnitre-examinedit.

5.Whoisthesuspectandwhereishenow?

Oneofthewoman'sex-boyfriendsisthesuspect.Heiscurrentlyincustody.

Tapescript:PoliceSolve23-year-oldMurderCase

MorethantwodecadesafteranAustinwomanwasfoundseverelyinjuredinherapartment,police

arechargingherex-boyfriendwithmurder.

Officialsclosedthe1985murdercaseofthen38-year-oldAustinresident,NatalieAntonetti.

OnOctober13,1985,Austinpolicewerecalledtoinvestigateanassaultonavictimwhowaslater

identifiedasAntonetti.Atabout5:15a.m.,Antonetti'sroommatesaidshefoundherattackedandonthe

couch,bleedingfromherhead.PolicesaidEMStransportedAntonettitothehospital,whereshedied18

dayslaterfromheadinjuriesresultingfromtheattack.

Theinitialinvestigationwentcoldafterauthoritiessaidtheywereunabletochargeasuspectinthis

case.However;thecasewasre-examinedin2007bytheColdCaseUnit.Intheexamination,policesaid

theyfolloweduponananonymoustipthatwasrpcpivedthatyean

The2007tipproducedmoreleads,whichultimatelyledtothechargeofoneofAntonetti's

ex-boyfriends.Some23yearslater;thecasewaspresentedtoagrandjuryonJune10,andresultedin

achargeforfirst-degreemurderagainstDennisDavis.

ThoughDaviswaspreviouslyinterviewedatthetimeofthemurder;hewasneverlistedasasuspect.

Policesaidheiscurrentlyincustodyawaitingahearing.

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assaultn.侵犯人身（罪）

couchn.長(zhǎng)沙發(fā)

緊急醫(yī)療服務(wù)(emergencymedical

EMS

service)

ColdCaseUnit懸案組

anonymoustip匿名舉報(bào)

leadn.線索

custodyn.拘留，拘押

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1.Detectivestory

Thetraditionalelementsofthedetectivestoryare:(1)theseeminglyperfectcrime;(2)thewrongly

accusedsuspectatwhomcircumstantialevidencepoints;(3)thebungling(搞得一團(tuán)糟)ofdim-wittedpolice;

(4)thegreaterpowersofobservationandsuperiormindofthedetective;and(5)thestartlingand

unexpecteddenouement,inwhichthedetectiverevealshowtheidentityoftheculpritwasascertained.

Detectivestoriesfrequentlyoperateontheprinciplethatsuperficiallyconvincingevidenceisultimately

irrelevant.Usuallyitisalsoaxiomaticthatthecluesfromwhichalogicalsolutiontotheproblemcanbe

reachedbefairlypresentedtothereaderatexactlythesametimethatthesleuth(偵探)receivesthemand

thatthesleuthdeducethesolutiontothepuzzlefromalogicalinterpretationoftheseclues.

ThefirstdetectivestorywasTheMurdersintheRueMorguebyEdgarAllanPoe,publishedinApril1841.

Theprofessionofdetectivehadcomeintobeingonlyafewdecadesearlier,andPoeisgenerallythoughtto

haveoeeninfluencedbytheMemoires(1828-29)ofFrangois-EugeneVido:q,whoin1817foundedthe

world'sfirstdetectivebureau,inParis.Poe'sfictionalFrenchdetective,C.AugusteDupin,appearedintwo

otherstories,TheMysteryofMarieRoget(1845)andThePurloinedLetter(1845).Thedetectivestorysoon

expandedtonovellength.

Theintroductionofthemass-producedpaperbackbookinthelate1930smadedetective-storywriters

wealthy,amongthemtheAmericansErleStanleyGardner,whosecriminallawyerPerryMasonunraveled

crimesincourt,RexStout,withhisfat,orchid-raisingdetectiveNeroWolfeandhisurbaneassistantArchie

Goodwin,andFrancesandRichardLockridge,withanotherbrightmarriedcouple,Mr.andMrs.North.In

France,GeorgesSimenonproducednovelafternovelatarapid-firepace,makinghishero,InspectorMaigret,

oneofthebest-knowndetectivessinceSherlockHolmes.Otherwriterswhocarriedoutthetraditionof

HolmesorbrokenewgroundincludedNicholasBlake(pseudonymofthepoetC.Day-Lewis),MichaelInnes,

DameNgaioMarsh,JosephineTeyzCarterDickson(JohnDicksonCarr),andP.D.James.After1945,writers

suchasJohnLeCarreadaptedthedetective-storyformattotheincreasinglypopularspynovel.

TheMysteryWritersofAmerica,aprofessionalorganizationfoundedin1945toelevatethestandardsof

mysterywriting,includingthedetectivestory,hasexertedanimportantinfluencethroughitsannualEdgar

AllanPoeAwardsforexcellence.

2.Identicaltwins

Identicaltwinsdevelopfromasingleegg/spermcombinationthatsplitsafewdaysafterconception.Their

DNAoriginatesfromasinglesource,thustheirgeneticmakeupisthesameandthecharacteristicsthatare

determinedbygeneticswillbesimilar.Monozygotictwinsarealwaysofthesamegender,exceptinextremely

rarecasesofchromosomaldefect.

同卵雙胞胎即單卵雙胞胎，是一個(gè)精子與一個(gè)卵子結(jié)合產(chǎn)生的一個(gè)受精卵。這個(gè)受精卵一分為二，形成兩個(gè)胚胎。由于

他們出自同一個(gè)受精卵，接受完全一樣的染色體和基因物質(zhì)，因此他們性別相同，且就像一個(gè)模子里出來(lái)的，有時(shí)甚至連自

己的父母都難以分辨。這種相似不僅表現(xiàn)為外形相似，而且血型、智力、甚至某些生理特征(指紋)和對(duì)疾病的易感性等都

很一致。_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.Oregon

State(pop.,2000:3,421,399),U.S.,northwesternregion.LyingonthePacificOcean,itisborderedby

Washington,Idaho,Nevada,andCalifornia.Itcovers97,073sqmi(251,419sqkm).ItscapitalisSalem.The

ColumbiaRiverformsitsnorthernboundary;theSnakeRiverisitsuppereasternboundary.TheCascades

Range,withMountHood,isinwesterncentralOregon.FirstsightedbySpanishexplorers,itwasvisitedby

FrancisDrakein1579andhylamesCookin1778.TheareawasinhabitedbymanyAmericanIndianpeoples

whenin1792CaptainRobertGrayexploredtheColumbiaRiver,givingtheU.S.aclaimtotheregion.The

river'smouthwasreachedbytheLewisandClarkExpeditionin1805.Thefirstwhitesettlementwasfounded

atAstoriain1811bythefurtraderJohnJ.Astor.SettlementoftheareaacceleratedfromC1843withmass

migrationovertheOregonTrail.ItwaspartoftheOregonterritoryandwasadmittedtotheUnionasthe33rd

statein1859.Thestate'seconomyisdependentonitsforests,farms,andlivestock.Salmonandshellfishare

thebasesofthefishingindustry.Centresofpopulation,arts,andeducationarePortland,Eugene,and

Medford.

UnknownSister家有姊妹不相識(shí)

1Lindsey,sittingonthecouchinherlivirgroom,turnedonthe51琳賽坐在起居室的沙發(fā)上，打開(kāi)電視，收

o'clocknewschannel.看新聞?lì)l道5點(diǎn)的整點(diǎn)播報(bào)。

2"Supposedly,newevidencehasbeenfoundidentifyingaperson2”據(jù)稱(chēng)，新證據(jù)已確認(rèn)一名嫌犯，該嫌犯與

connectedtoafour-year-oldrobberycaseinPortland,Oregon,四年前在俄勒岡州波特蘭市發(fā)生的一起搶劫

andafingerprintwasablptobpmatchedwithoneofthe案有關(guān)，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)采集的一枚指紋與上起犯罪現(xiàn)

perpetratorsatthelastcrimescene,"reportingfromChannel10場(chǎng)中一名兇犯的相吻合。”這條新聞在第10

newsscrollsacrosstheTVscreeninboldletters.Apicturewas頻道以粗體字形式在電視屏幕上滾動(dòng)播出。

shownonthescreen,identifiedbythefingerprint.Lindseylooked而根據(jù)指紋所鑒定的嫌犯照片也一同出現(xiàn)在

atthephotoandwentintoshockbecauseitwasherorhertwin屏幕上?？吹秸掌?，琳賽陷入了宸驚，因?yàn)?/p>

sisterSarabeingaccusedoftherobberies.—LindseyandSara被指控犯下這些搶劫案的正是她或她的雙胞

wereidenticaltwinsistersandtheirpersonalitiesweretheonly胎姐妹薩拉。琳賽和薩拉是同卵雙胞胎，她

keytotellingonefromtheother.Lindseywasquietand們之間唯一的區(qū)別是性格不同：琳賽文靜保

conservative,whileSaraenjoyedpartyingwithherfriends.Sara守，而薩拉則外向開(kāi)放，喜歡和朋友聚會(huì)。

waskilledlastyearinacaraccident.-JShewashitbyadrunk薩拉去年死于一場(chǎng)車(chē)禍，被一個(gè)醉酒的司機(jī)

driveranddiedinstantly,beforetheparamedicsarrivedonthe撞倒，當(dāng)場(chǎng)死亡，醫(yī)務(wù)人員根本來(lái)不及到達(dá)

scene.現(xiàn)場(chǎng)進(jìn)行搶救。

3Furthermore,Lindseyhadbeengettingthesestrangedreams3除此之外，最近，琳賽夜里還經(jīng)常做一些

recentlyatnight,inwhichshewastheperpetrator.Somedreams怪夢(mèng)，夢(mèng)見(jiàn)自己是一名兇犯。有時(shí)，她夢(mèng)見(jiàn)

involvedherrobbinganelderlycoupleinbroaddaylightoftheir自己在光天化H之下，搶劫一對(duì)老夫婦的汽

vehicleandexpensivejewels.Otherdreamsinvolvedher車(chē)和貴重珠寶。有時(shí)，她夢(mèng)見(jiàn)自己在一個(gè)老

torturingandburninganoldmanonhischestandfacewithan人的家里，老人則被她綁在床上，她正用一

ironpipeashewastiedtohisbedinhishome.Lindseywas根鐵管折磨和灼燒他的胸部和臉部。琳賽不

unclearastowhyshewashavingtheseimages,nordidsheknow知道為什么會(huì)有這些夢(mèng)境，也不知道這些犯

wherethesecrimeshadtakenplace.Shereplayedthebroadcast罪行為發(fā)生在哪兒。然后，她又想了想剛剛

messageinhermindandwonderedifherimagesandthe播放的消息，心里納悶：這些夢(mèng)境和搶劫案

robberieshadanyconnection.究竟有沒(méi)有關(guān)系？

4"Hello,Mom,didyouseethepictureofmeorSaraonthenews4”嗨，媽媽?zhuān)憧吹綆追昼娗靶侣劺锬菑埼?/p>

afewminutesago?"Lindseyaskedinaslowtoneofvoice.的或是薩拉的照片了嗎？〃琳賽緩緩問(wèn)道。

5"Yes,honey,whyisyourphotoonthenews?"5、、看到了。親愛(ài)的，你的照片怎么會(huì)出現(xiàn)在

6"Itsnotme,Mom.It'sSara.I'veneverlivednorstayedin新聞里？〃

Portland,Oregon."6那不是我，媽媽?zhuān)撬_拉，我從來(lái)沒(méi)在俄

7Lindseyhungupthephonebeforehermomcouldsayanother勒岡州波特蘭市住過(guò)或待過(guò)。〃

word.—Sherealizedthatanextensivesearchonherpartwas7琳賽沒(méi)等媽媽回答，就掛斷了電話(huà)。她意

goingtoberequiredtoremoveherselffromthecase.Moreover,識(shí)到，要洗脫嫌疑，就得靠自己去做大量的

shewasgoingtohavetolocatetheplaceSarawaslivinginfour調(diào)查。而且，她還必須確定，四年前案件發(fā)

yearsagoaroundthetimeofthecrimes.Lindseydroveoverto生前后薩拉住在哪兒。于是琳賽開(kāi)車(chē)來(lái)到薩

Sara'shomeinsearchofanythingleftbehindlinkingherwiththe拉的住處，尋找一切遺留下來(lái)的能將薩拉和

Portlandarea.Herhomewasstillthesame,becausetheirmom波特蘭地區(qū)聯(lián)系起來(lái)的線索。薩拉家里面貌

keptitafterSarapassedaway.Lindseyenteredthelivingroom,依舊，她們的媽媽在薩拉去世之后負(fù)責(zé)料理

thediningroom,andthekitchen.Thelivingroomlookedvery這所房子，琳賽走進(jìn)客廳、餐廳和廚房?？?/p>

clean.LindseywaswithSarawhensheboughtthehomeandit廳看起來(lái)非常干凈。薩拉買(mǎi)這所房子的時(shí)候,

seemedweirdwalkingbackintothehomewithouthersister琳賽和她在一起?，F(xiàn)在，她不在了，琳賽再

around.Lindseywasn'tsurprisedattheneatnessandcleanness次走進(jìn)屋子，總感覺(jué)怪怪的。房間也很干凈

oftherooms.Shelookedshockedassheenteredthebathroom,整潔，對(duì)此，琳賽一點(diǎn)都不感到意外，但當(dāng)

whichwasamesswithtrashonthetiledfloorandadirtring她走進(jìn)浴室的時(shí)候，卻大吃一驚：浴室里一

aroundthetub.Next,Lindseywalkedintohersister'sbedroom片狼藉，瓷磚地板上到處都是垃圾，浴缸里

andsawherbrasandpantiesthrownonthebedandfloor,withan還有一圈污垢。接著，琳賽走進(jìn)了臥室，看

unpluggedTVsittingbyherwaterbed.Lindseyproceededback見(jiàn)薩拉的內(nèi)衣和短褲被扔在床上和地上，電

intothekitchenandfoundSara'saddressbookonthecounter.視就在水床旁邊，插頭已經(jīng)被拔出來(lái)了.之

ShefoundthreenumberswithOregonareacodes,whichwerefor后，她又回到廚房，發(fā)現(xiàn)柜子上放著薩拉的

twofemalefriendsandanex-boyfriendnamedJohnny.通訊錄。她找到帶有俄勒岡區(qū)號(hào)的三個(gè)號(hào)碼,

8Lindseytookachanceandspokewithbothwomen,whoagreed分別是兩個(gè)女性朋友和薩拉前男友約翰尼的

tomeetwithLindseythefollowingdayattheirhomesonceshe號(hào)碼。

arrived.Thefollowingday,Lindseyboardedthefirstflightoutto8于是，淋賽試著和這兩位女士通了電話(huà)，

Portlandandarrivedatahotelneartheairport.Onceshechecked她們同意琳賽第二天她們家里見(jiàn)面。第二天,

insheimmediatelycalledbothwomentoconfirmthemeetingfor琳賽搭乘前往波特蘭的第一班飛機(jī)，抵達(dá)后，

thatafternoon.Lindseytookacabovertothefirstyoung住進(jìn)了機(jī)場(chǎng)附近的一家賓館。一辦完入住手

woman'shomeandspokewithherforaboutanhour,andthen續(xù)，她就給兩位女士打電話(huà)以確認(rèn)下午的會(huì)

sheleftandwenttotheotherwoman'shome.Shewasgiven面。首先，她坐出租車(chē)去了第一位年輕女士

picturesandtooknotesonsomeoftheirconversations.Lindsey的家里，和她談了大約一個(gè)小時(shí)后，又去了

tookacaboutintotownanddidsomeshoppingandsightseeing另外一個(gè)女士的家里。這兩位女士給了她一

forafewhours.Later,shereturnedtothehotelandrestedforthe些照片，而她也記錄下了部分談話(huà)內(nèi)容。之

meetingwithJohnnythenextday.Shearrivedattherestaurant后，琳賽搭乘出租車(chē)去了市區(qū)，花了幾個(gè)小

nearthehotelthenextmorning.Lindseywasthere15minutes時(shí)購(gòu)物、觀光。隨后，她回到了賓館休息，

earlytogatherherthoughtsandtoprepareherselffortheinitial因?yàn)榈诙爝€要和約翰尼會(huì)面。第二天早上,

conversationwithJohnny.youngmanwalkedintothe她去了賓館附近的餐廳。琳賽早到了十五分

restaurant,needingmoresleepbythelookonhisface.His鐘來(lái)整理思緒，以為和約翰尼的初次見(jiàn)面做

clotheslookedwornandhissneakerswerecoveredinmud,and準(zhǔn)備。到了約定時(shí)刻，一個(gè)年輕男子走進(jìn)了

hishairwasalloverhishead.Lindseyknewthatthiswasn't餐廳，他看上去睡眠不足、一臉倦容，穿一

Johnnybecausehewasn'tthetypeofguythathersisterwas身破舊的衣服，運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋上滿(mǎn)是泥巴，頭發(fā)也

attractedto.是亂蓬蓬的。借此，琳賽判斷這不是約翰尼,

9Nevertheless,theyoungmansatacrossfromLindseyatthe因?yàn)樗皇撬_拉喜歡的類(lèi)型。

table,introducinghimselfasJohnny.Shewasintriguedbyhis9然而，年輕男子卻在琳賽對(duì)面的位子上坐

willingnesstoexpresshisfeelingsandtherelationshiphehad了下來(lái)，自我介紹說(shuō)是約翰尼，并開(kāi)始亳不

withSara.Healsospokeabouttherobberies,sayingthatSara避諱地跟她談?wù)撈鹱约旱母惺芤约八c薩拉

wentwithhimonthreeofthefourcrimes.\uHementionedthat的戀情，這激起了琳賽的興趣。而他也提到

shehadn'tbeenscared;shehadtakenitasathrill.Johnnygave了那些搶劫案，說(shuō)四起案件中有三起是薩拉

herafewpicturesofhimandSaraathisapartmentwhenshe和他一起干的。他說(shuō)，薩拉一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)害怕，

livedinPortland.Lindseynoticedhowhefumbledwiththezipper她甚至覺(jué)得這事很刺激。他給她看了一些照

onhiscoatforthemajorityoftheirconversation.'-Afterward,片，那是薩拉住在波特蘭的時(shí)候和他在公寓

sheandJohnnywentintheirseparatedirectionsasiftheydidn't里拍的合影。琳賽注意到在他們談話(huà)的大部

knoweachother.Lindseycouldseewhyhersisterhadstayedin分時(shí)間里，他都在擺弄外套上的拉鏈。接下

theareaforalongperiodoftime.Itwasbeautifulcomparedto來(lái)，她和約翰尼就像素未謀面一樣分手了。

theirhometownofChurchland,wherenothingeverhappened.而琳賽也明白了為什么薩拉在這里呆了那么

10Lindseyreturnedtoherhotelroomlaterthatdaytopackher久，因?yàn)楹退齻儾懖慌d的家鄉(xiāng)丘奇蘭德相

thingstoreturntoChurchlandthefollowingmorning.Inaddition,比，這里的確很美麗。

shev/aslookingforwardtogoingbackhomebecauseshehadher10當(dāng)天晚些時(shí)候，琳賽回到了賓館收拾行

proofandhadfinishedherinvestigation.Thefollowingday,she李，準(zhǔn)備第二天上午回丘奇蘭德。她急著回

calledhermomandgaveherthedetailsofhertrip;however,she家，因?yàn)樗呀?jīng)找到了證據(jù)，結(jié)束了調(diào)查。

coulcn'thelpfeelinghermomwashidinginformationfromher第二天，她打電話(huà)給媽媽講述了這次旅程的

toneonthephone.Earlythenextmorning,Lindseywenttothe細(xì)節(jié)；然而，從媽媽的口氣中，她感覺(jué)媽媽

policedepartmenttospeakwithsomeoneinchargeofthe似乎在隱瞞著什么。次日一早，琳賽來(lái)到警

four-year-oldcase.—Shewasescortedtotwodetectivesina察局，打算和辦理四年前那個(gè)案子的警察談

smallroom,onlydimlylit.Lindseywasanxious,goingaheadwith話(huà)。她被帶進(jìn)一個(gè)昏暗的小房間，里面有兩

thepapersshehadinherhands.Bothmenwereintriguedbythe個(gè)警探。于是，她急急慌慌地講述了起來(lái)，

extensivetime,effort,andmoneyLindseyhadputintoclearing并且手里拿著一些記錄作為佐證?？吹搅召?/p>

hername.為洗脫嫌疑投入了如此多的時(shí)間、精力和金

11-JShewassurethatshewouldbeeliminatedfromthecase錢(qián)，兩位警探對(duì)此甚為好奇。

duetotheproofshehandedtothedetectives,notknowingthe11她確信只要把證據(jù)交給警探，自己就會(huì)

detectiveswouldhaveadifferentstoryfo-her.Shewentontotell與案件完全脫離干系，壓根兒不知道警探會(huì)

thedetectivesthathertwinsisterSarahadbeenkilledinacar告訴她一個(gè)完全不同的故事。她接著告訴警

accidenttheyearbefore.探，她的雙胞胎姐妹薩拉已于一年前死于一

12"YoursisterSaraisaliveandyourmotheriswithher場(chǎng)車(chē)禍。

downstairswithapoliceofficerwaitingtospeakwithus,"replied12''薩拉還活著。您母親和她與一個(gè)警官正

DetectiveAmes.在樓下，等著和我們談話(huà)?！ò匪咕酱鸬?。

13"You'relyingtome!Iwasthereandsawmysisterinhercoffin13''你撒謊！她下葬之前我親眼看見(jiàn)她躺在

beforeshewasburied.Ihelpedpayforhertombstone/'Lindsey棺材里，我還幫著付了墓碑的錢(qián)?！召悜嵟?/p>

answeredinanangrytoneofvoice.Shemovedherselftoanother地喊道。她挪到小房間角落里的另外一張椅

chairinthecornerofthesmallroomandputherheadinher子上，雙手抱住頭。這時(shí)，有人敲門(mén)，薩拉

hands.AknockatthedoorandSaraandtheirmomwalkedinto和她們的媽媽走了進(jìn)來(lái)。琳賽震驚地看著自

theroom.Lindseywasshockedlookingathersisterstanding己的季生姐妹站在那里，臉上帶著不安的表

there,withadisturbedlookonherface.Shelookedniceinablack情。她穿著一套黑色的連褲裝，頭發(fā)披在臉

pantsuitandherhairwasdrapedaroundherface.Theirmom側(cè)，很漂亮。而她們的媽媽則穿著一條藍(lán)色

woreapairofbluejeansandatansweatshirt,andherhairwas牛仔褲，一件棕褐色運(yùn)動(dòng)衫，頭發(fā)在腦后扎

pulledbackfromherfaceinaponytail.Neitherdetectivecould成?個(gè)馬尾。兩個(gè)警探都沒(méi)法相信薩拉和發(fā)

believethatSarahadanythingtodowiththerobberiesthathad生在俄勒岡州波特蘭市的搶劫案有關(guān)系。當(dāng)

takenplaceinPortland,Oregon.WhenLindseysawhersisterand琳賽看到她和媽媽的時(shí)候，就知道警探根木

mom,sheknewthedetectivesweren'tgoingtobelieveherstory不會(huì)相信她了。她不明白為什么警探不相信

afterall.Shedidn'tunderstandhowtheycouldn'tbelievethather她的攣生姐妹已經(jīng)死了，她死后應(yīng)該有一份

sisterhaddiedwhentherehadtobeareportfromtheautopsy驗(yàn)尸報(bào)告的。琳賽覺(jué)得被家人背叛了。她現(xiàn)

doneafterherdeath.Lindseyfeltbetrayedbyherfamilyandshe在知道自己的直覺(jué)是對(duì)的一一前一天就覺(jué)得

knewthatherinstincthadbeenrightwhenshefeltthathermom媽媽有什么在瞞著她。那兩個(gè)女人轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)來(lái)，

washidinginformationthepreviousday.Bothwomenturnedand很失望地看著琳賽，好像是她編造了整個(gè)故

lookedatLindseywithdisappointmentasifshehadjustmadeup事。琳賽心里明白警探只想盡快了結(jié)這個(gè)案

theentirestory.Lindseyknewverywellthatthedetectives子。

wantedtosolvethecaseandgetitofftheirdesks.14最后，沒(méi)有再費(fèi)什么時(shí)間，琳賽就被戴

14Finally,withoutfurtherado,Lindseywashandcuffedand上手銬，罪名是在波特蘭犯有搶劫罪，隨后

chargedwiththerobberieshavingtakenplaceinPortland.She被押送到附近的監(jiān)獄，等候起訴。在法庭上,

wasescortedtothejailnearbyforbooking.Lindseywenttocourt陪審團(tuán)認(rèn)為，琳賽在所有那些搶劫案中的罪

andthejuryfoundherguiltyofalltherobberiesandshewas名成立，于是她被判了十五年監(jiān)禁。警方因

sentencedto15yearsinprison.Thepolicewerehappytohave為抓獲了雙胞胎中犯罪的那個(gè)，并結(jié)了案，

solvedthiscaseandtohavetherighttwininprison,butthesister非常欣慰，但事實(shí)上，應(yīng)該坐牢的那個(gè)人既

thatshouldhavebeeninprisonwasneitherLindseynorSara.不是琳賽也不是薩拉，她們的母親當(dāng)時(shí)生了

Theirmomhadgivenbirthtotripletsandthewomanthepolice三胞胎，應(yīng)該被警方抓進(jìn)監(jiān)獄的是其中另外

hadtriedtoputbehindbarswasinfactanothersister,Cindy.一個(gè)孩子：辛迪。

NewWords

robbery

n.[U,C]thecrimeofstealingthingsfromabank,shop,etc.esp.usingviolence搶劫，劫奪

perpetrator

n.[C]apersonwhocommitsacrimecrdoessth.thatiswrongorevil兇犯，罪犯

crime

n.1)[C]adishonest,violent,orimmoralactionthatcanbepunishedbylaw罪，罪行

n.2)[U]illegalactivitiesingeneral犯罪活動(dòng),不法行為

scroll

n.[C]alongrollofpaperforwritingon(供書(shū)寫(xiě)的)長(zhǎng)紙卷，卷軸

vi./vt.tomoveinformationonacomputerscreenupordownsothatyoucanreadit滾屏：滾動(dòng)

bold

a.1)(ofprintedwordsorletters)inathick,darktype粗體的,黑體的

a.2)notafraidoftakingrisksandmakingdifficultdecisions大膽自信的,敢于冒險(xiǎn)的，無(wú)畏的

accuse

vt.tosaysomeoneisguiltyofcrimeorofdoingsomethingwrong控告，控訴：譴責(zé)

identical

a.exactlythesame完全相同的Myopinionisidenticalwithhis.我和他的意見(jiàn)完全相同。Weareidenticalin

ourviewsofwhatshouldbedone.我們對(duì)應(yīng)當(dāng)怎么辦的看法是一致的。

personality

個(gè)性，性格

n.1)[CzU]someone'scharacter,esp.thewaytheybehavetowardsotherpeople

Thoughtheirpersonalitiesdiffered,theygotalongasfriends.雖然他們性格迥異，但卻成了很好的朋友。

n.2)[U]thequalitiesthatmakesomeoneinteresting,attractiveandenjoyabletobewith魅力，氣質(zhì)，

氣度

Hewontheelectionmoreonpersonalitythanoncapability.他羸得這次選舉更多匏的是人格魅力，而不是個(gè)

人能力。

conservative

a.notlikingchangesornewideas保守的，守舊的，不喜變化的

Hezorturedhisprisoners.他拷打犯人。Thepolicetorturedhimtoconfesshiscrime.警察拷打他,逼他招

供。

n.[C]someonewhodoesnotlikechangesinideasorfashion因循守舊者，保守者

Hewastorturedwithanxiety.他焦慮萬(wàn)分。

paramedic

n.[C]someonewhohasbeentrainedtohelppeoplewhoarehurtortodomedicalwork,butwhoisnot

adoctororanurse(非醫(yī)生或護(hù)士的)護(hù)理人員，醫(yī)務(wù)輔助人員

torture

vt.1)todeliberatelyhurtsomeonetoforcethemtogiveyouinformationortopunish拷打，拷問(wèn)：嚴(yán)刑

逼供

vt.2)tomakesb.feelextremelyunhappyoranxious使痛苦，使焦急

n.1)[U,C]theactofcausingsb.severepaininordertopunishthemormakethemsayordosth.拷

打，拷問(wèn)；酷刑

n.2)[U,C]severephysicalormentalsuffering(身心所受的)折磨，煎熬

weird

a.verystrange,notnormal奇怪的，奇異的

mess

n.1)[C]anuntidyordirtystate凌亂，臟亂Thekitchenwasamess.廚房團(tuán)亂。

leavetheyardinamess把庭院搞得一團(tuán)糟

n.2)[C]asituationinwhichtherearealotofproblemsanddifficulties,esp.asaresultofmistakesor

carelessness(由于錯(cuò)誤或疏忽所造成的)困境，麻煩

Withdivorceandbankruptcy,hispersonallifewasinamess.又是離婚，又是破產(chǎn)，他的個(gè)人生活現(xiàn)在是一

團(tuán)糟。

tile

vt.tocoverasurfacewithtiles鋪地磚,貼瓷磚：鋪瓦

n.[C]瓷磚，地磚：瓦片，瓦

tub

n.1)[C]alarge,longcontainerthatyouputwaterinandthengetintotowashyourself浴缸，浴盆

n.2)[C]asmallcontainermadeofpaperorplasticwithalid,inwhichfoodisboughtorstored飯盒，

食品盆

bra

n.[C]乳罩,胸罩

panties

n.[pl.]女式短褲

unplug

vt.todisconnectapieceofelectricalequipmentbytakingitsplugout拔去的電源插頭

UnplugtheTVbeforeyougotobed.睡前記得拔電視插頭。

Becarefulwhenyouunplugthemachine.拔下機(jī)器電源時(shí)要小心。

proceed

vi.1)tomoveinaparticulardirection(向某一方向)前進(jìn)，移動(dòng)

Heproceededtohisdestination.他繼續(xù)向目的地行進(jìn)。

vi.2)tocontinuetodosth.thathasalreadybeenstarted繼續(xù)進(jìn)行

Shepausedtoclearherthroat,andthenproceeded,她停下來(lái)清了清嗓子，又接著講。

Theyproceededwiththeirwork.他們繼續(xù)干著自己的工作。

cab

n.1)[C]ataxi出租車(chē)，的土，計(jì)程車(chē)

n.2)[C]thepartofabus,trainortruckinwhichthedriversits(公共汽車(chē)、火車(chē)或卡車(chē)的)駕駛室

initial

a.happeningatthebeginning;first開(kāi)始的，最初的

Thegovernmentunderwrotetheinitialcostsoftheoperation.政府為該項(xiàng)活動(dòng)提供了啟動(dòng)經(jīng)費(fèi).

Aftershe'dovercomeherinitialshyness,shebecameveryfriendly,她克服了一開(kāi)始的羞澀之后，就變得非

常友善。

n.[C]thefirstletterofsomeone'sfirstname名字的首字母

sneaker

n.[C]膠底運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋

intrigued

a.veryinterestedinsth./sb.andwantingtoknowmoreaboutit/them好奇的，感興趣的，著迷的

Hibernationhaslongintriguedbiologists.生物學(xué)家長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)直對(duì)冬眠很感興趣。

Thenoticeintriguedmanystudents.這張告示引起了許多同學(xué)的興趣。

thrill

n.1)[C]anexperiencethatproducescsuddenfeelingofexcitementorpleasure引起激動(dòng)或興奮的經(jīng)歷

ItwasathrilltoseeParisagain.重歸巴黎，真是令人興奮。

n.2)[C]astrongfeelingofexcitementorpleasure興奮感，興奮，激動(dòng)

ItgavemeathrilltoknowIhadpassedtheexamination.我得知考試通過(guò)后很興奮。

vt.tomakesomeonefeelexcitedandhappy使興奮，使激動(dòng)

Themenwerethrilledbyaloudwhistleblow.隨著一聲響亮的口哨,人群變得亢奮起來(lái)。

fumble

vi./vt.1)toholdortryandmovesomethingwithyourhandscarelesslyorawkwardly瞎摸；笨手笨腳地

做(某事)

vi./vt.2)tohavedifficultyspeakingclearlyorfindingtherightwordstosay支支吾吾地說(shuō)：笨嘴笨舌地說(shuō)

zipper

n.[C]拉鏈，拉鎖

proof

n.1)[U,C]facts,information,documents,etc.thatprovesomethingistrue證明，證據(jù)

n.2)[C,usu.pl.]aprintedcopyofapieceofwritingusedtofindandremovemistakesbeforethefinal

printingisdone校樣

escort

vt.togowithsomeonetoprotectorguardthemortoshowthemtheway護(hù)送，護(hù)衛(wèi)

Severallittleboatsescortedthesailingshipintotheharbour.幾艘小船護(hù)送這艘帆船進(jìn)入港口。

Thepoliceescortedhertotheairport,andmadesurethatsh