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
311. Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's cat.
        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。
. V3 I6 h6 Q/ m- u1 _312. Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years.
& m+ q# c. Y8 x4 a7 s8 g        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。
313. Rastus leads an orderly life.
        拉斯特斯生活很有规律，
314. 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。
6 b+ j/ C9 s1 K315. One evening, however, he failed to arrive.
        可是，有一天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。
1 r. i" b. c" t9 O* I$ ?8 ~316. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried.
        拉姆齐太太急坏了，
/ W; ^, d2 D/ y- k& E$ w' G317. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
3 H. }1 l9 b# A* [8 Q        四处寻找，但没有找着。
318. Three days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.
        拉斯特斯失踪3天后，拉姆齐太太收到一封匿名信。
: H# m6 @. y% E4 z# f319. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000.
( [" \$ Z0 ], d3 \/ T. s        写信人声称拉斯特斯安然无恙，只要拉姆齐太太愿意支付1,000 英镑赎金，可以立即将猫送还。
# V- ]) N/ n2 K/ q320. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.
) {' [  s& W& P1 ?        他让拉姆齐太太把钱放在一个纸盒里，然后将纸盒放在门口。
4 P# u1 Z# E* X  k  Z$ k321. At first she decided to go to the police,
) [/ S" n! z2 m: b5 R        一开始拉姆齐太太打算报告警察，
322. but fearing that she would never see Rastus again -- the letter had made that quite clear -- she changed her mind.
        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 $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions.
        她从银行取出1,000 英镑，并照绑架者的要求做了。
+ h% W- u; k) M. o3 u324. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word.
3 q4 y( ~/ O) |; j        第二天早晨，放钱的盒子不见了。但拉姆齐太太确信绑架者是会履行诺言的。
325. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening.
' S# h( }/ y$ B        果然，当天晚上7点正，拉斯特斯准时回来了。
326. He looked very well though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk.
5 w; J+ H0 D* W; T% V        它看上去一切正常，只是口渴得很，喝了半瓶牛奶。
$ q6 l) l) V/ ?" d* X0 ~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。
% W, h/ T+ U: j. b1 r' M328. She explained that Rastus was very dear to her.
        拉姆齐太太解释说她心疼她的猫拉斯特斯。
& k/ C/ q0 T" X* O* R329. 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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