时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:劫机.Skyjack!


英语课

  Chapter NineHelen Sandburg stood up to welcome the American and British ambassadors 2. The two men were very different. The American ambassador 1 was a short round man with a loud voice, which Helen disliked very much. He often wore open neck shirts, and he had a very hairy 3 chest 4. She disliked that, too. The British ambassador, a tall thin Scotsman from Edinburgh, was always quiet, polite and well dressed. But she did not always believe what he said. Once a year ago, he had lied to her, and she could never forget that. But most of all, she disliked them because they were both military 5 men. And their counties 6 were much bigger than hers. They wanted military bases for their soldiers in her country, and she did not want them.


  “So gentleman, what can I do for you?”


  The American spoke 7 first, “Well, man! An American passenger is dead.”


  “Yes, I know. I am very sorry about that. I hope no more will die.”


  “I hope so, too, man. There are twenty-eight U.S. passengers on that plane, and my government wants to keep them alive.”


  “There are a hundred and seven passengers on that plane, ambassador. And my government wants them all alive.” Helen answered quietly.


  But the ambassador did not listen. “So the U.S. government is going to help you, man. We have fifty U.S. Marines of the U.S. embassy 8. And they can be here one hour from now. And then they’ll just take that __ plane apart.”


  The Scotsman smiled, “Excuse me, ambassador. Perhaps one hour from now will be too late. One man is already dead. But, perhaps you do know this plan, Prime 9 Minister. But this week six S.A.S soldiers are visiting the British embassy. They are waiting outside my car now. These men know a lot about hijackers, much more than the U.S. Marines, or probably own soldiers’ plane, Prime Minister. They know exactly what to do. So…”


  “Now, just a moment!” the American interrupted 10, “the U.S. Marines…”


  “Gentlemen!” Helen’s clear hard voice stopped them, “There is no time to argue. Firstly 11, I didn’t know about the S.A.S soldiers in the British embassy, and I am very surprised about it, very surprised indeed, ambassador! Secondly 12, I do not think it is a good idea to attack the plane with a hundred and seven passengers in it, and take it apart, as you say. I want these people to live, not die! So I thank you for your ideas. But this small country is ours, not yours. We will manage this problem in our own way with our own people! Thank you very much! Now you must excuse me, I am very busy!”


  At the door, the Scotsman turned back. “Prime Minister, I know you want to save lives.” he said, “I understand that, but these hijackers must not go free. My government does not want that! No government in the world wants that!”


  “I know that, ambassador.” Helen answered quietly, “I know that very well.”


  As they went out, the phone rang. Michael picked it up. Helen sat down at the table and watched him. His face was very serious. He wrote it on a piece of paper, and then put the phone down. For a moment, he did not look at her.


  “What is it, Michael? Tell me!”


  “It was a radio message from the plane, Prime Minister.”


  “Well, what did they say? Didn’t they want to talk to me?”


  “No, Prime Minister! Just a message!”


  It says, “We love our brothers! We hope the Prime Minister loves her husband! He is on the plane just behind the door.”


  For a long moment, she stared at Michael. She did not speak. The picture of the American passenger appeared in her mind. She saw him jumping out of the door, and the girl shooting 13 him, shooting him for ten, maybe for fifteen long seconds.


  “I’m sorry, Prime Minister.” said Michael softly 14.


  “What? Yes, so am I. I thought perhaps… perhaps the hijackers did not know Carl was my husband. But now they do know.”


  She ran her hand through her hair, and then looked at her watch. But her hand was shaking so much that she could not tell the time. The phone rang again. Michael picked it up,“Colonel 15 Court was outside, Prime Minister.” he watched her waiting for an answer, “I’ll tell him to wait, shall I?”


  She put her hands ___ on the table, and stood up. “Yes, yes, Michael. Tell him to wait two minutes, that’s all.” She walked to the window and stared out at the plane. She pressed her forehead against the cool glass. And for two minutes, she did not move. Then she turned around, and smiled at Michael. “Let’s just hope Colonel Court’s plan is a good one, shall we? Show him in!”


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1 ambassador
n.大使,特使,(派驻国际组织的)代表
  • He took up office as an ambassador for ten years continuously.他连任十年大使。
  • The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
2 ambassadors
大使( ambassador的名词复数 ); (派驻联合国等国际组织的)代表; 特使; [比喻]使者
  • 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。
3 hairy
adj.多毛的,毛状的,长毛的
  • The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
  • I can see a hairy monster.我能看见一个多毛妖怪。
4 chest
n.胸,大箱子,金库,资金,一箱,密封室,衣橱
  • The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
  • Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。
5 military
n.军队;adj.军事的,军人的,好战的
  • The area has been declared a closed military zone.这个地区已宣布为军事禁区。
  • The king was just the tool of the military government.国王只是军政府的一个傀儡。
6 counties
郡,县( county的名词复数 )
  • The deposits spread for 100 kilometers across four counties. 这些矿藏绵延一百公里,跨越四个县。
  • The Jinggang Mountains stand where the boundaries of four counties meet. 井冈山位于四县之交。
7 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • 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。
8 embassy
n.大使馆,大使及其随员
  • Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.很多群众在英国大使馆外面示威。
  • He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.他是美国驻伦敦大使馆的一名外交官。
9 prime
adj.首要的,主要的;最好的,第一流的
  • The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
  • He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。
10 interrupted
adv.第一;首先
  • Firstly,you must be loyal to your homeland.首先,你必须忠于你的祖国。
  • Firstly,let us deal with the most important issue.首先让我们来处理最紧要的问题。
11 secondly
adv.第二,其次
  • Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二,动脑筋提出自己的见解。
  • Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次,需要确定所作用的载荷。
12 shooting
n.射击,发射;猎场,狩猎场
  • The soldiers began shooting away at the enemy positions.战士们开始朝敌人的阵地不断地射击。
  • I was in the act of shooting him when I suddenly recognized him.我正要向他开枪时,突然认出了他。
13 softly
adv.柔和地,静静地,温柔地
  • He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻,她听不见。
  • She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。
14 colonel
n.(英国陆军、美国陆空军及海军陆战队)上校
  • 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。
学英语单词
Adelphan-Esidrex
ahaptoglobinemia
Alfarelos
alice walkers
antiferromagnetically-coupled media
Ban Klang Dong
black-greiest
blue beeches
cellular-phone
colour inheritance
commuter train
composite shipbuilder
coral reefs
costocoracoid
curvilinear style
cyanalcohol
Daarlerveen
disposingly
Disse's spaces
drainage-tube
ectotrophic symbiosis
el carmen (carmen)
erasble optical disk
excitoreflex
fairgoers
familial histiocytic reticulosis
farrowing fever
follow my nose
for certainty
Full Packaged Product
gelicolous
graphic voltmeter
health insurance unit
high-viscosity pump
hitting people
huelga
importance(of a flare)
indexed sequential data set
indisciplined
inella verrucosa
keeper current
Kjeldahl analysis
klopemania
leprose
lobuli corticales (renis)
Millridge
Moroline
moulting liquid
mountainview
multiengined airplane
multiple-tariff meter
Mycobacterium friedmannii
myeloarchitectural
myiasis muscosa
mylar film
Neanderthaloid
obstructive glaucoma
odium
over-pot
pannor
pappuses
paraproteinaemia
pasan
pauselessly
phyllostomids
piesmatids
pocket accumulator
pressure distillation
price convention
programming theory
Raja batis
rubber bowl
Salching
sallusts
Sandy Plains
sessilinasis
ship shock
Snihurivka
soum
spiric
split-second collet tube
Staurograptus
string parsing
swap, pin
synonym ring
tape preamplifier
tetrasymmetric face
the lie of the land
Truro
two-sheave block
Ulmipollenites
ultralite
underdry
Urausu
vasopressinergic
vegetable drug
verification of forecast
Vincent's infection of tonsil
von Gierke
walk point
wave traps
Yongpyong-dong