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
+ t  ^$ J! X3 `  {+ \! o4 G9 u311. 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。
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。
! `; ]8 ]7 V( x6 h/ J313. Rastus leads an orderly life.
        拉斯特斯生活很有规律，
$ O( Q# x7 I; u7 C& d314. 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。
! y. {4 _# t* m0 r: p: y4 j315. One evening, however, he failed to arrive.
        可是，有一天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。
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.
5 _! J' f, S! B0 g1 @' ?        四处寻找，但没有找着。
- z5 j8 D5 H2 K. O$ w! e318. Three days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.
0 c8 ?& n: x% ~1 z$ {! ]        拉斯特斯失踪3天后，拉姆齐太太收到一封匿名信。
319. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000.
        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.
        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。
% V5 P7 {7 z& X321. At first she decided to go to the police,
        一开始拉姆齐太太打算报告警察，
7 p. B1 O. K: s9 s# d; z( f322. 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.
# a+ h- q* M: b# e/ J3 m        她从银行取出1,000 英镑，并照绑架者的要求做了。
324. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word.
- I. ]8 \+ A+ T# W        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。
* n1 [( @9 i0 t+ O& Z1 {2 ]: z325. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening.
. ]- X, c, ^/ \        果然，当天晚上7点正，拉斯特斯准时回来了。
3 j# \6 l, y/ K7 T+ c' G326. He looked very well though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk.
4 J7 m8 O# j: T8 k        它看上去一切正常，只是口渴得很，喝了半瓶牛奶。
- J  L# I: E/ M1 [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.
6 R7 ]# }; D+ P: n; o" U+ w1 U        拉姆齐太太解释说她心疼她的猫拉斯特斯。
$ w7 s' i! n5 `+ C/ x, e329. 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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