英语听力:劫机.Skyjack! Chapter 7
时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:劫机.Skyjack!
Chapter SevenHelen Sandburg sat at the radio in the control room. Michael, Inspector 1 Holm and Colonel 2 Court sat behind her. They could all see the plane two hundred meters away. And they could all hear the voice of the hijacker 3 on the radio. It was loud, excited. “Our brothers have done nothing wrong. They are innocent! They are fighters for the freedom of our people! We need them with us on this plane now!”
Helen kept her voice low and calm. “Look, I understand what you say, but those men are criminals. They are in prison. I can’t bring them here! And remember the passengers on the plane are innocent people, too, with families and children! Please set them free! We will not hurt you. We…”
The voice on the radio interrupted her. “Mrs Sandburg, I don’t want to talk anymore. It is now 1:59 a.m. Do you have our brothers here the airport?”
“No, I told you…”
“Then watch the front door of the plane! You can see it well, I hope.”
“Yes” Helen’s voice was quiet now, almost whisper.
“Then watch! There is an American spy behind it. And remember we have many American spies and many important business people on this plane. In half an hour, I will ask you again about my brothers.”
Helen stared out at the plane. Its front door was very small and far away. Colonel Court touched her arm. “Here are some binoculars 4, Prime Minister. You will be able to see more clearly with these.”
She did not want to look, but she had to. She had decided 5 not to free the prisoners, so now she had to see what happened to the passengers. She picked up the binoculars and stared at the front door of the plane. The door opened slowly. There were no steps outside the door, so it was about four meters above the ground. Standing 6 in the door was a short fat man, his hands above his head, his face was white and he looked very frightened. Then he jumped. But as he jumped, a girl came to the door and shot him. Some bullets hit him in the air, and more bullets hit him as he lay on the ground. One of his arms moved a little, and blood ran out of the side of his head to the wet tarmac. The girl continued shooting him for ten, maybe fifteen seconds. Then someone pulled her back into the plane, and the door closed.
For a long time, everyone was silent. Then Colonel Court spoke 7, “Inspector, why did your man shoot? That girl was in the doorway 8 for nearly fifteen seconds! Why isn’t she dead?”
“We are police officers, not soldiers! I…”
But the Colonel interrupted him, “Prime Minister, let my men deal with this problem. They have killed a man, now they’ll kill another one in half an hour. We must attack that plane! We are commandoes. We know how to do it.”
Helen was still watching the dead body of the man on the tarmac. She saw a hand move for a moment, but no, he must be dead by now. There was a pool of blood on the tarmac now around his head. He could not possibly be alive. For a moment, she did not hear the voices around her.
“In half an hour, Prime Minister.”
“Yes.” She turned towards them, “Yes, Colonel Court, bring your men here immediately. Meet me here in ten minutes with your plan. But I warn you, it must be a good one. I don’t want any more dead passengers!”
“Yes, Prime Minister, better ones.” the Colonel turned to go.
“Inspector!”
“Yes, madam!”
“I want those two prisoners brought here from the prison at once. You have twenty-five minutes, no more. Do you understand?”
“But Prime Minister, you can’t do that.” the Inspector and Colonel stared at her in surprise.
“I can, and I will.”
“But these men are dangerous criminals, terrorists 9. They tried to put a bomb on a plane. They are in prison for…”
“For thirty years, Colonel, I know! But they are only two men, and there are over a hundred innocent people on that plane. My job is to save their lives, and I need time to do it.”
The Inspector stood up very tall and straight in his fine uniform. “Prime Minister, I strongly advise you not to do this! You don’t understand…”
Helen interrupted him, her voice ice-cold and angry. “I understand very well indeed, Inspector! And I thank you for your advice. But I think I must make the decisions, and you must obey my orders! You now have only twenty-four minutes. Bring those prisoners here, please!”
“Yes, madam!” the Inspector and the Colonel left the room, looking very unhappy.
“Prime Minister”
“Yes, Michael!” she turned and saw that Michael was smiling quietly.
“The American and British ambassadors 10 are here. Do you want to see them?”
She groaned 11 and sat down suddenly. “Do I want to? Of course, I don’t! But I suppose I must talk to them because that man was an American. Send them in! They can have five minutes with me. That’s all.”
“Yes, Prime Minister” Michael picked up the telephone.
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- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
- It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel.可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系。
- An army major ranks between a captain and a colonel.陆军少校的军阶在上尉与中校之间。
- We needed a credibIe hijacker who knew the pIane. 也需要一个懂飞机的让人相信的劫机犯。
- I've never heard of a hijacker Ietting passengers deboard before. 以前也从没听说过有劫机犯让乘客离开。
- He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
- If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜,我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- 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。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
- Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
- The terrorists have halted their bloody campaign of violence. 恐怖分子已经停止了他们凶残的暴力活动。
- They were finally forced to capitulate to the terrorists' demands. 他们最后被迫屈从恐怖分子的要求。
- Kennedy, greatly admiring, rated him very high among his ambassadors. 肯尼迪十分赏识他,在所有大使中对他评价很高。
- Many countries were represented by their ambassadors at the Independence Day celebrations. 庆祝美国独立纪念日时,许多国家都派其大使代表参加。