来源 : 2009 年 12 期
邻居家被盗
作者: 张晓红;文艺芬
1.(冬天,威特在警局接电话,可卡在一边看报纸)
威特:好,知道了。我们马上过去。
Well,I see.We’ll get there in no time.
see(动词:看见,知道,明白)
in no time(很快,立即)
2.(中年男人在家里跟威特讲话,威特和可卡认真地听)
中年男人:我们邻居到南方过寒假去了,可刚才我听见他家有动静,就从窗外朝里看,可是天太冷了,玻璃上全是冰花,我呵了几口气才把冰花擦掉,发现里面一片狼藉。我想肯定是有盗贼了,就赶快给你们打电话。
Our neighbor went to the south to spend their winter vacation,but just now I heard there was some sound in their house,so I looked into the house from the window,but it was too cold,there was ice on the glass.I scrubbed it clean by puffed several times.Then I found it was messy inside.I think there must be a thief,so I called you as soon as possible.
neighbor(名词:邻居)
vacation(名词:假期)
just now(刚才,刚刚)
scrub(动词:擦)
puff(动词:一阵阵地吹)
messy(形容词:混乱的,肮脏的)
◎thief(名词:贼,小偷)
3.(威特冷冷地说话,可卡嘲笑中年男人,中年男人很莫名其妙的样子)
威特:请你仔细地想一想,这大冷的天,冰花会结在玻璃外面吗?
Please think it over.Can the ice on the outside of the glass in this cold weather?
可卡:哈,你编的故事太拙劣了!
Ha-ha,your story is too
stupid!
think over(仔细考虑)
stupid(形容词:愚蠢的)
4.(中年男人对着铁窗,很后悔的样子)
中年男人:我真后悔不该有那个歪主意呀!
I’m so regretful to have that bad idea!
regretful(形容词:懊悔的)
科普链接:
普通玻璃是一种很容易导热的材料,当室内温度高于室外时,室内的水蒸气碰到冰冷的玻璃就会结成小水珠,如果室外的温度低于零下十几度,室内的水珠就会凝固,冻结成漂亮的冰花。