第6课 Smash and Grab

1、Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. 珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。

2、…, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. 但由于他忙着抢钻石首饰，竟连疼痛都顾不上了。 这里出现了3个结构的嵌套：

Too… to…/ busy + V.ing/ help oneself to

第5课 The Facts

1、Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.

报刊杂志的编辑常常为了向读者提供成立一些关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。

2、He sent yet another telegram informing the journalists that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.

于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。

第4课 The Double Life of Alfred Bloggs

1、Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers. 许多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣，此乃人之常情。

2、This can give raise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Elessmere Corporation. 而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。

3、He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.

不过他觉得，地位升高了，损失点儿钱也值得。

第3课 An unknown Goddess

1、The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.

这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明 Must have。。表示推测

2、She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. 她身高3英尺，双手叉腰。

第2课 Thirteen Equals One

1、The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged during the war and has been silent ever since. 教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。

2、One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: 一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了

3、In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

借着电筒光。他看见一个人，马上认出那是本地杂货店主经比尔.威尔金斯。

4、Whatever are you doing up here Bill? 你究竟在这上面干什么，比尔？

第1课 A Puma at Large

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1、When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, …

伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时

2、It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. 家证实，美洲狮非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。 Not…unless…

3、Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.

无论它走哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物，

4、…, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and some how managed to escape.

因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。