时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:109 The Rock N Roll Mystery


英语课

The children rode their bikes over to the Greenfield four’s rehearsal 1 studio. It was a large room with big windows and a high ceiling. The Aldens had been there several times during the past week, listening to the band practice. Everyone had been so excited about the festival.



But the mood was very different now. Alan was standing 2 in one corner, speaking quietly to a Greenfield police officer. Nearby, a young man was sitting behind his drum kit 3. Dave was the “funny one” in the group, always quick to make a joke or smile—but he wasn’t smiling at the moment. Amy Keller was talking with another police officer, who was taking notes.



Karen looked hurt and confused. She stood on the far side of the room, by a row of empty guitar stands. She was young and pretty, with straggly brown hair and lively green eyes. She stared in disbelief at the empty keyboard racks, the drum kit with no cymbals 4, and the cables thrown aside carelessly.



When she saw the Aldens, she tried to be cheerful.



“Hi, kids,” she said, smiling weakly.



“Karen, we’re so sorry,” Violet said. “What happened?”



“Someone came in during the night and took most of our equipment.”



“Have the police found any clues yet?”



“No,” Karen said. “Amy is giving them a list of the items that were stolen.”



“It looks like a lot,” Violet said.



“It is,” Karen told her. “Guitars, basses 5, horns, keyboards … I don’t know how we’ll be able to play tomorrow night.” As soon as she said this, she looked twice as upset. The concert was supposed to be the band’s “big break.” Now it looked like it might not happen at all.



“Can’t you just borrow some instruments?” Benny asked.



Karen shook her head. “It wouldn’t be the same. A lot of our instruments were made just for us.”



“You mean they were custom-made?” Jessie asked, remembering what Mr. Lessenger had said before.



“That’s right,” said Alan. He slumped 6 into a chair next to Karen. “Like my painted guitar. Not only does it look different, it has a special sound, too.”



The children had always noticed Alan’s guitar at concerts. It was beautiful—the wooden body had been painted with a colorful autumn leaf design.



“We do our best when we play our own instruments.” Karen sighed. “And it would take days to program new keyboards.” She put her head in her hands. “There’s no way we could do that now. We have to get ours back.”



“We promise to help,” Violet said, trying to make her feel better. “We’ve solved a few mysteries before.”



Karen smiled. “We can use all the help we can get. Time is running out fast.”



“Leave it to us!” Benny exclaimed.



After the police were gone, the Aldens went to work. They searched every inch of the big room for clues. Jessie and Benny checked every window, but they were all locked tight. Violet went to each spot where an instrument had been taken, hoping for something like a torn piece of clothing or maybe a footprint on the floor. No such luck. Henry was looking around the door—the only other way into the room aside from the windows—when he noticed a small plastic cover on the wall, next to the light switch.



When he lifted the cover, he found a keypad underneath 7. The buttons looked like the buttons on a telephone—each one had a number and three tiny letters on it.



“Is this an alarm system?” he asked.



“Yes,” Amy replied. She was a tall woman with blond 8 hair. “We had it put in a few years ago.”



“It must’ve been off last night,” Henry said. “If it was on and someone broke in, the alarm would’ve sounded, right?”



The four members of the band looked at each other.



“I figured it had been accidentally left off,” Karen said with a shrug 9.



“Me, too,” Dave said. He was twirling a drumstick between two fingers.



“No, I’m sure I turned it on when I left,” Alan told them. “That’s what I told the police.”



Henry looked back at the keypad. “Then how could the thief have broken in without the alarm going off?”



“Good question,” Alan replied.



He dug through a cabinet and found the owner’s manual to the alarm system. Henry read the manual for a few minutes. He was good at reading instructions, even when they were long. Finally, Henry had it figured out. He tapped a few buttons, and the following words appeared on the little screen—



SYSTEM ACTIVATED 10 10:33 PM



“Ac-ti-va-ted? What does that mean?” Benny asked. He was still learning to read, and he loved discovering new words.



“Turned on,” Jessie told him. “It’s when the system was turned on.”



“So I did turn it on when I left last night,” Alan said.



“It looks that way,” Henry said. Then he hit another button, and the screen read—



SYSTEM DEACTIVATED 11 12:04 AM



“De-ac-ti-va-ted,” Benny said. “That must mean the opposite, right?”



“Yes,” Jessie told him. “Someone turned the system off just after midnight.”



“That’s how they got in without setting the alarm off,” Violet added.



“They knew the security code,” Henry pointed 12 out. “That’s the only way they could’ve done it. They had to know the six-number code.”



Jessie looked at the band members. “But who else knows it aside from the four of you? Anyone?”



“Only Raymond,” Amy Keller replied. “He was the one who programmed the code. It’s ‘463534.’ Very easy for all of us to remember.”



Benny made a face. “It doesn’t sound easy!”



“It isn’t,” Amy told him, “until you notice that those numbers can also stand for certain letters on the keypad as well—‘GNFLD4.’”



Benny smiled. “Oh, sure, I see now!”



Jessie said, “Do you think … maybe Raymond had something to do with the theft?”



Everyone in the room looked at each other.



“He seems like such a nice person,” Violet said. “Didn’t you think so, too, Henry?”



“Yeah, very nice,” Henry agreed.



“Honestly,” Amy Keller said, “I don’t know him all that well. He’s been with us for a while, but he’s so quiet. I have to say I’ve wondered about him from time to time.”



“Well, if someone in the band didn’t steal the instruments,” Karen said, “then who else could it have been?”



No one had an answer to that.



n.排练,排演;练习
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
  • You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物
  • The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
  • The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。
pl.铙钹
  • People shouted, while the drums and .cymbals crashed incessantly. 人声嘈杂,锣鼓不停地大响特响。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • The dragon dance troupe, beating drums and cymbals, entered the outer compound. 龙灯随着锣鼓声进来,停在二门外的大天井里。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
低音歌唱家,低音乐器( bass的名词复数 )
  • Oh, good! We need basses, and you can sing just as loudly as you like. 噢,很好!我们需要低音。您唱的声音大小可以随意。
  • We are manufacturer of high-and medium-end violins, violas, cellos and basses. 我厂是深圳专业生产制作高档、中档小提琴、中提琴、大提琴、低音提琴的企业。
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
  • Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
  • The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上,疲惫得睡着了。
adj.在...下面,在...底下;adv.在下面
  • Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
  • She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣,里面套着一条连衣裙。
adj.金发的;n.白肤碧眼金发的人
  • Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.她那淡黄色的长发披垂在双肩。
  • This blond man delivers newspaper every morning.这个白肤金发碧眼的男人每天早晨送报纸。
v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)
  • With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩,走出了房间。
  • I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。
v.解除动员( deactivate的过去式和过去分词 );使无效;复员;使不活动
  • \"The brain can be deactivated. It can be yours to command.\" “大脑计算机可以被停止。如果你下达命令的话。” 来自互联网
  • He successfully deactivated a nuclear reactor in a laboratory before meltdown. 他成功停用一个核反应堆在实验室之前崩溃。 来自互联网
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
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