译林版牛津高中英语(必修2):Unit1 Tales of the unexplained-Reading(1)

Boy missing¹, police puzzled

男孩失踪，警方茫然

Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing three days ago in Dover, New Hampshire.

美国警方现已加紧对一名15岁失踪男孩的搜索，该男孩于三天前在新罕布什尔州的多佛市失踪。

This incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.

男孩的失踪事件引起公众的极大兴趣，原因是各种关于男孩失踪前后天空中出现奇怪光亮和外星人造访地球的新闻报道。

Justin Foster², a high school student, was last seen Friday night.

人们最后一次看见中学生贾斯廷·福斯特是在星期五晚上。

That evening at 8 p.m., Justin went to play baseball with two friends,

那天晚上八点，贾斯廷同两个朋友一起打棒球，

who both say Justin went home after the game.

他的朋友们都说贾斯廷打完球后就回家了。

Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his house at 10.45 p.m.

目击者也说他们在十点四十五分看到贾斯廷正朝家里走。

Justin's sister, Kelly, age nine, says she heard her brother return home at about 11 p.m.

贾斯廷的妹妹凯利，九岁，说她大约十一点时听到她哥哥回家。

"I was getting ready for bed," Kelly said. "Justin went straight to his room.

“我正准备上床睡觉，”凯莉说。“贾斯廷直接回到他的房间。

I didn't see him, but I heard him put on his favourite CD.

我并没有看到他，但我听到他在放自己最喜爱的CD。

I went to bed, and was broken up around midnight by a bright light outside my window."

我睡着了，半夜的时候被窗外的一束亮光弄醒了。”

At first, the young girl thought it was the light of the full moon,

开始时，这个小女孩以为那是满月的光。

but then she realized that it was moving and coming closer.

但是接着她意识到光在移动并且越来越近。

"I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceship flying outside.

“我拉开窗帘，并看到一艘巨大的太空船在外面飞行。

It had blue lights all around it, and there were many windows.

它全身发出蓝色的光，并且有许多窗户。

Standing³ inside were lots of strange creatures with white-skin and large black eyes.

里面站着许多白皮肤、眼睛又黑有大的奇怪生物。

I was frightened!"

我非常害怕！”

1 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

2 foster   

vt.收养，培养，促进；adj.收养的，收养孩子的

参考例句：

• Nowadays young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
• The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• 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。