【大家说英语】 第427期:偷糖果的小偷

 I am waiting outside Ms. White's home. A boy runs past me. 我在怀特女士的住所外面等候。一个小男孩从我身边跑过。

He is tossing¹ a baseball into the air and catching² it. 他把一个棒球仍向空中，然后再接住。

He is wearing a baseball uniform. 他穿的是一件棒球队队服。

He shouts, "Number twenty wins the game! I am the homerun hero!" 他大喊道：“20号赢得了这场比赛！我是全垒打英雄！”

I see the back of his uniform. It only has a two on it. 我看了看他队服的背面。上面只有一个2。

Ms. White comes to the door and lets me in. 之后怀特夫人打开了房门，让我进到了屋里。

"Thank you for coming. Please come in," she says. 她说道：“感谢你能来。请进。”

"A thief broke my window. But he didn't take anything valuable³." “有一个小偷打碎了我的玻璃。但是他没有拿走任何有价值的东西。”

"Did he take anything at all?" I ask. 我问道：“她有拿走什么东西吗？”

"He took some candy⁴. It was next to the broken⁵ window!" “他就是拿走了一些糖果。糖果就在被打碎的玻璃旁边。”

"Were you home when this happened?" I ask her. 我问她：“事发时你在家吗？”

"Yes, I heard a loud noise. Maybe he threw a rock to break the window." She says. 她说道：“在家，我听到了一声巨响。也许他是拿石头打碎玻璃的。”

I look around. But there is no rock. 我四处看了看，但是并没有发现石头。

So I look outside. I find something. 于是我向外看去。我发现了些东西。

But it's not a rock. It is the number zero. 但是那不是一块石头。而是数字0。

"Something broke your window, Ms. White. But it wasn't a rock," I say. 我说道：“怀特女士，是有什么东西打碎了你的窗户。但是并不是一块石头。”

"And the thief left something of his own." “而且那个小偷也留下了自己的东西。”

"What do you mean, Mr. E? Do you know who it was?" she asks. 她问道：“E先生，你的话是什么意思？你知道小偷是谁吗？”

"I do. The homerun hero lost his zero." I say. 我说道：“我知道。全垒打英雄丢失了他的0。”

1 tossing   

v.（轻轻或漫不经心地）扔( toss的现在分词 )；（使）摇荡；摇匀；（为…）掷硬币决定

参考例句：

• Poor Joan has been tossing around all night with that fever. 可怜的琼因发烧而一整夜辗转不能入睡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The two boys agreed to decide the matter by tossing a coin. 这两个孩子同意用掷硬币的方法来决定这件事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

3 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。

4 candy   

n.糖果；vt.用糖煮，使结晶为砂糖；vi.结晶为砂糖

参考例句：

• I'd like a box of candy.我要一盒糖果。
• What shall I buy at the candy shop?我该买什么在水果糖店里？

5 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。