【大家说英语】 第321期:走路去上班

 I am walking to work. It takes 15 minutes. 我走路去上班，整段路程需要十五分钟。

First, I pass a school. Then I pass a pet shop and a park. 首先，我要经过一所学校。接着经过一家宠物店和一座公园。

Sometimes I stop at the pet shop. I look at the cats in the window. 我有时候会在宠物店前停下脚步，看看窗户里的猫咪。

But all the lights are off¹. The shop is closed² today. 不过，现在灯光完全没亮。宠物店今天没有营业。

Near the park, I get a phone call. I answer the phone. It is a police³ officer⁴. 我走到公园附近时收到一通来电。我接起了电话。他是一名警察。

"A man took⁵ money from the bank this morning! He is tall. “今天早上有一名男子抢了银行！他很高。

He is wearing black pants⁶ and a black shirt. And he has a backpack⁷," the police officer says. 穿着黑色长裤和黑色衬衫，背着一个背包。”该警察说道。

"Thank you," I say to the officer. Then I see a man with a backpack in the park. 我对那名警察说道：“谢谢”。然后我就在公园里看到了一名背背包的男子。

He is wearing black pants and a black shirt. 他穿着黑色长裤和黑色衬衫。

I walk toward⁸ him. He looks nervous⁹. 我走向他。他看起来很紧张。

"Hi, I have a question for you," I say. 我说道：“嗨，我有个问题要问你。”

"Where were you this morning?" I ask him. 我问他：“今天早上的时候你在哪里？”

He thinks for a second. Then he says, "Well, I was¹⁰ at... the pet shop! 他想了一会儿。然后说道：“呃..我当时在宠物店！

I want a new cat. But I don't like any of the cats there." 我想要一只新的猫咪。但是那里的猫我都不喜欢。”

"Nice try," I say. "Let me see your backpack." 我说道：“得了吧。给我看看你的背包吧。”

1 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

2 closed   

adj.关闭的；封闭的

参考例句：

• He closed his eyes.他闭上了眼睛。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.他在工厂倒闭后失业了。

3 police   

n.警察，警察当局，治安，公安；vt.维持治安，警备，管辖

参考例句：

• They sent him over to the police.他们将他遣送警察局。
• It took the police only several days to break the case.警察只用了几天就破案了。

4 officer   

n.军官；(政府的) 官员

参考例句：

• His father is a police officer.他父亲是警官。
• Behind him an officer stood in the doorway.在他的背后，一个军官已站在门口。

5 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

6 pants   

n.(pl)裤子，短裤

参考例句：

• This is a pair of pants.这是一条裤子。
• What color are his pants?他的裤子是什么颜色？

7 backpack   

n.双肩背包

参考例句：

• Is this your new backpack?这是你的新背包吗？
• This backpack belongs to me.这背包是我的。

8 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

9 nervous   

adj.神经的；紧张不安的，神经过敏的

参考例句：

• He feels nervous when he faces so many people.面对那么多人，他感到紧张。
• He was over nervous.他太紧张了。

10 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。