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。
: ^4 D, t# J! A% I312. 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.
# N! k1 ]% w: T) b        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.
) a3 H6 w/ @9 r        可是，有一天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。
: M# f: f1 N1 p. p- J316. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried.
) o0 `8 l- J# _4 O: ]        拉姆齐太太急坏了，
317. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
        四处寻找，但没有找着。
; X+ B5 \' Y3 N/ A/ F7 l318. Three days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.
; ^! ]  g1 [7 M4 }1 v: V* |) f        拉斯特斯失踪3天后，拉姆齐太太收到一封匿名信。
+ X5 U! d) \3 q& D, f319. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000.
2 U/ X( r8 J1 {* w( e        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。
1 X  P5 w7 r& j/ q" a5 p320. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.
3 ^- ~2 Z& a0 P/ G# F# L        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。
; H3 P' l  d1 D7 r6 J  _+ |321. At first she decided to go to the police,
        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.
6 H( a+ o6 t# F- y        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。
( V; E( W0 v" D' H( I0 [323. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions.
        她从银行取出1,000 英镑，并照绑架者的要求做了。
; h5 K$ i' ^# G. n* L+ ?324. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word.
: d: H- W, V- f1 c& |        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。
7 \0 B4 d/ G  r325. 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。
7 s0 P7 L# ]/ ?. `8 A& M1 V* v326. He looked very well though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk.
        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.
8 M+ ^6 ^1 N  E        拉姆齐太太解释说她心疼她的猫拉斯特斯。
: @2 e; Z3 j  s1 K6 z) \' Z$ b9 F329. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!
6 e1 n* _0 u+ 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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