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。
9 f1 g) T3 c$ s9 ?/ @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.
        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.
" A8 b! Z% _  y! M6 i        可是，有一天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。
316. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried.
/ A( y: a( K3 c/ N7 J        拉姆齐太太急坏了，
0 x: L9 ^. W* E+ _8 c- R/ I317. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.
1 _# e' G5 y6 Y        四处寻找，但没有找着。
1 }3 {. S! k, [7 j/ w; S# G3 ~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。
( V% l$ n+ a; [3 g319. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000.
        写信人声称拉斯特斯安然无恙，只要拉姆齐太太愿意支付1,000 英镑赎金，可以立即将猫送还。
320. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.
% S. r, C8 P! |+ q$ 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。
; l9 d$ t3 Z1 q+ G& N, c0 |3 m321. At first she decided to go to the police,
        一开始拉姆齐太太打算报告警察，
, \& E, T' E! O" Q; Q322. but fearing that she would never see Rastus again -- the letter had made that quite clear -- she changed her mind.
7 U* G; f5 X( [% D        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。
2 y, T. O8 x  y5 y  I: ]" Z323. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions.
& Z! k/ n$ Z" L        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.
        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 }8 k  y3 Z- Z, q. M! g" V325. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening.
0 h* q$ b, ^7 a2 N/ G5 J3 W7 Y; N+ q        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.
" s3 z7 ], z2 j  o2 B% O! D        它看上去一切正常，只是口渴得很，喝了半瓶牛奶。
8 q8 t2 p/ X* c4 r" @4 Z327. The police were astounded when Mrs. Ramsay told them what she had done.
% q0 o' h3 w; L* }1 @" a        拉姆齐太太把她所做的事告诉了警察，警察听后大为吃惊。
/ }" `7 S2 D! k. s328. 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。
* H+ ^' _% _. X- w329. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!
! C# g, l5 R, x& g: l        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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