英语听力文摘 English Digest 66、瑞士赌场遭劫

　　Swiss police are describing the raid as highly professional and worryingly violent.
Ten masked men, armed with machine guns and pistols, stormed the casino, breaking down the entrance door with a sledge¹ hammer.
Witnesses among the 600 guests say they were ordered to lie on the floor, some were injured by being stepped on or hit by the robbers.
The gang emptied the casino's cash registers of hundreds of thousands of pounds, and tried to get into the casino's strong room by firing shots at the door, but were unable to break the lock.
It's thought the gang, who witnesses say spoke² French, may have escaped to France, the border is just 200 metres from the casino.
Swiss and French police are now working together to track the gang down.
raid:抢劫
stormed:突袭
sledge hammer:大锤
witnesses:目击者
cash registers:收银柜
strong room:保险库
gang:团伙
track the gang down:追查这组犯罪团伙

1 sledge   

n.雪橇，大锤；v.用雪橇搬运，坐雪橇往

参考例句：

• The sledge gained momentum as it ran down the hill.雪橇从山上下冲时的动力越来越大。
• The sledge slid across the snow as lightly as a boat on the water.雪橇在雪原上轻巧地滑行，就象船在水上行驶一样。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。