《大城市小世界》第25期:入室盗窃

Oh no..Oh no..I don’t believe it!

不敢相信！

Let’s just nip into the café for breakfast.

去咖啡馆吃个早餐。

OK, sure.

好的。

Hi there, Tony! What’s the problem?

你好，托尼，怎么了？

Just have a look!

看看吧！

Ermm... Everything looks normal to me!

我看起来一切正常！

Hi, everyone! Just thought I’d nip in to get a coffee before work..er.what’s going on?

大家好！我只是想在上班之前来杯咖啡，发生了什么？

Tony’s upset about something.

托尼好像很不安。

I can’t see anything unusual.

一切正常啊。

Me neither.

我也看不出什么。

What?! Are you mad? Look,all these cups are broken¹!

什么！你们疯了吗？所有的咖啡杯都打碎了！

Oh, yeah. Now you mention it.

是的，真是。

And look at the mess² here!

看看这里，一片狼藉。

Some broken plates on the floor.

地上有许多打碎的盘子。

The dustbins³!

垃圾箱！

Hi, all! What's going on? What’s wrong with the dustbins?

怎么了？垃圾箱怎么了？

There’s rubbish everywhere!

到处都是垃圾！是的。

Oh yeah. Hi, all!

是的，麦格达，大家好！

What’s up?

怎么了？

There’s been a break-in!

入室盗窃！

A burglary?

抢劫？

Thieves? Oh no!

小偷？ 不会吧！

Has anything been stolen?

偷了什么东西？

Quick! Check!

快找找！

I never leave any money in the café overnight,so that’s not a danger.

咖啡馆晚上从不留钱，不用担心。

Is there anything else? Anything valuable⁵?

其他东西呢？其他贵重物品？

Well, there were those special pieces of fish.

有几条名贵的鱼。

Fish?

鱼？

Yeah..I had some really nice fish.

是的，我有几条名贵的鱼。

Hey, everyone! What’s going on?

大家好！怎么回事？

Blimey! What?!! What’s that?!

啊，这是什么？

Who the...? What the...?

什么？什么？

How did...?

怎么会？

A cat!!?

一只猫？

There’s your burglar⁴!

它是犯人！

That explains the fish.

这就是为什么那几条鱼。

Hello all! Ooohhh. Hello, puss! Is this the new café cat?

大家好！它是咖啡馆的新成员吗？

1 broken   

adj.坏掉的，患病的，被制服的，断掉的；vbl.break的过去分词

参考例句：

• He is mending a broken cup.他在修补破杯子。
• Something was broken in my engine.我的发动机里有个东西损坏了。

2 mess   

vt.将…弄糟，混乱，妨碍，使紊乱；n.食堂，伙食，用膳，一份食品，混乱，乱七八糟，困境

参考例句：

• Don't mess up my homework.不要弄乱我的家庭作业。
• You'll mess up my hair.你会把我的头发弄乱.

3 dustbins   

n.（家庭用的）垃圾箱[桶]( dustbin的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The dustbins clashed as people emptied rubbish. 垃圾桶在人们倒垃圾时发出撞击声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dustbins are used for household waste. 垃圾箱是盛扔掉的破烂东西的。 来自互联网

4 burglar   

n.窃贼，破门盗窃者

参考例句：

• The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.当夜盗开窗时，警察冷不防地捉住了他。
• The man glanced the burglar climbing out of the window.那人瞥见小偷从窗户爬出来。

5 valuable   

adj.有价值的，贵重的，宝贵的，可估价的

参考例句：

• This is one of the most valuable lessons I learned.这是我所学到的最宝贵的教训。
• He has a valuable collection of stamps.他收藏了很有价值的邮票。