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.
5 P7 X- Q: }$ t3 t/ Q$ O; q  \/ }        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。
312. 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。
313. Rastus leads an orderly life.
) c  e# @3 }4 r+ P+ x9 P: y        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。
315. One evening, however, he failed to arrive.
        可是，有一天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。
( `: q# P5 R" v1 P, ]316. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried.
        拉姆齐太太急坏了，
317. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
7 T. X, ^. X, w* H" T1 q; T        四处寻找，但没有找着。
318. Three days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.
9 G+ y/ ?- L# b3 N- Y7 Z# f) q        拉斯特斯失踪3天后，拉姆齐太太收到一封匿名信。
* C! o2 {% z  c& @' {+ M9 x6 d+ I319. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000.
* }$ G% [$ r- k0 B        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。
320. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.
4 m' l. z! g- S        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。
: o) Z' J8 W( p% o6 {* s6 H321. At first she decided to go to the police,
        一开始拉姆齐太太打算报告警察，
- e* J# p$ m/ t$ R322. 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。
6 R# v5 m5 e9 q6 l; g% y  s323. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions.
" U: G. i" ]+ @, P5 Q) f& _        她从银行取出1,000 英镑，并照绑架者的要求做了。
' f* n+ H$ V' j9 `6 U4 H324. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word.
        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。
2 A* j- D/ m+ c  m: o325. 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。
% ^* T7 x; S( K; G5 h- K326. He looked very well though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk.
+ V& |; X' H1 m        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.
+ O, u. G5 w+ P6 S2 S. V4 ~5 k        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.
        拉姆齐太太解释说她心疼她的猫拉斯特斯。
5 R9 k. |% _; ]. }, Y+ E! m329. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!
2 R3 Z4 o5 V5 Z) V        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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