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 A:    Veronica! Veronica! Veronica! Are you OK?

 B:    Steven!  What’s going on!  Who were those guys?
       I didn’t know you have a gun! What’s going on!

 A:    I will come clean as soon as we get to safety, OK?
       For now, you have to trust me, please! I  would
       never do anything to hurt you.

 B:    Steven, I...

 A:    Okay, run!  I haven’t been completely honest with
       you  Veronica,  I’m  sorry. I’m not a fireman. I’m
       not even from the United States. I’m a spy for the
       Indian government.

 B:    What? Why didn’t you tell me before? What are
       you doing here?
 A:    When I was a young boy, I used to play cricket¹
       my father back in my hometown of Hyderabad.
       It was a peaceful town, and my father was a
       renowned² chemist. One day, he was approached
       by members of the CIA,  claiming that my father
       had made the discovery of the millennium³ in his
       small lab back at the university where he taught
       bio-chemistry.  I never saw him again.  I vowed⁴ to
       discover the whereabouts of my father and con-
       sequently joined the Indian Intelligence Bureau.

 B:    What does that have to do with those men shoot-
       ing at us? Most importantly, why did you lie to me!

 A:    I’m sorry, I wasn’t supposed to meet you. I wasn’t
       supposed to fall in love with you, but you have to
       believe me when I tell you that what I feel for you
       is real.

 B:    I can’t believe this!  Why are all these things hap-
       pening to me!  I can’t take it anymore!  Let me out
       of the car!
 A:    Veronica, wait!

1 cricket   

n.蟋蟀，板球运动；adj.公平的

参考例句：

• The England cricket team scored quite a useful total.英格兰板球队得分总数令人满意。
• We could hear the shrill of the midsummer cricket.我们可以听到仲夏时节蟋蟀的尖叫声。
• Your behaviour isn't cricket.你的行为不光彩。

2 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

3 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

4 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。