新概念英语3--（一天学一篇 --19

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课文19   一条贵重的宝贝猫
1 k  ]9 q0 Z* i4 R" {311. Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's cat.
. y8 H* i0 o5 P( i& Z: f& z        绑架者很少对动物感兴趣。最近，绑架者却盯上了埃莉诺.拉姆齐太太的猫。
4 a; Y5 z. Y; Q6 X. [9 d312. Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years.
        埃莉诺.拉姆齐太太是一个非常富有的老妇人，多年来，一直同她养的猫拉斯一起住在一所公寓里。
: ^. c" U$ s+ T) |6 V" i313. Rastus leads an orderly life.
" N  n+ i; ?7 L2 K" q& B        拉斯特斯生活很有规律，
2 |: i7 d, @' @- a314. He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o'clock.
        傍晚常常出去溜达一会儿，并且总是在7点钟以前回来。
) G1 y3 ], N( P8 D5 s% q5 f315. One evening, however, he failed to arrive.
4 y! }8 l" d1 R: z$ \0 r        可是，有一天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。
+ Z: e/ i0 C: s, \# X316. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried.
        拉姆齐太太急坏了，
3 ^0 V% j# {, I" p+ Y4 J317. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
/ H0 U/ U. ~) I' H1 c' f' M( z0 I        四处寻找，但没有找着。
318. Three days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.
) n+ X0 V9 |3 b& t+ s! p        拉斯特斯失踪3天后，拉姆齐太太收到一封匿名信。
* }" m" t/ m+ J, N319. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000.
$ @  p, @+ p+ e9 M        写信人声称拉斯特斯安然无恙，只要拉姆齐太太愿意支付1,000 英镑赎金，可以立即将猫送还。
0 @8 V( a/ P& {- {5 J8 k/ [& Q320. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.
        他让拉姆齐太太把钱放在一个纸盒里，然后将纸盒放在门口。
6 U3 m3 o. q8 O9 v2 Y321. At first she decided to go to the police,
5 W: S  g( m4 A2 ~2 }        一开始拉姆齐太太打算报告警察，
7 p  p, `9 ^: A: n, D( n322. but fearing that she would never see Rastus again -- the letter had made that quite clear -- she changed her mind.
& k1 Y4 r: T& x! b        但又害怕再也见不到拉斯特斯--这点，信上说得十分明白--于是便改变了主意。
323. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions.
! m+ A3 B2 V; b6 i5 k7 L7 {' ?) B        她从银行取出1,000 英镑，并照绑架者的要求做了。
8 h* B' u1 |( W( \324. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word.
8 m" r7 x! X) d0 Q$ Z' i- m        第二天早晨，放钱的盒子不见了。但拉姆齐太太确信绑架者是会履行诺言的。
325. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening.
        果然，当天晚上7点正，拉斯特斯准时回来了。
* L  T8 n5 |: H; |( I) c& x326. He looked very well though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk.
  _1 [: e2 w: i" P( f8 ?        它看上去一切正常，只是口渴得很，喝了半瓶牛奶。
327. The police were astounded when Mrs. Ramsay told them what she had done.
        拉姆齐太太把她所做的事告诉了警察，警察听后大为吃惊。
328. She explained that Rastus was very dear to her.
' _* m: L% y2 h2 S+ N* w* t) b        拉姆齐太太解释说她心疼她的猫拉斯特斯。
; ]' h" _9 j9 h- M329. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!
        想到她所花的那笔钱，她的心疼就具有双重意义了。

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