华尔街中级英语Lesson 31

30. Granny P’s fruit farm!  Can I help you?
31. I want to speak with the boss
32. I beg your pardon?
33. Tell the boss that Roger Temple wants to speak with him
34. Very well.  Excuse me, sir. There’s a most unpleasant¹ man on the phone, called Roger Temple.
35. Roger Temple?  How can that be?  Give me the phone
36. Hello
37. Hello , Mr. P.  You know who I am, don’t you.
38. Possibly
39. You thought you’d got me out of the way when I went to prison, didn’t you?
40. Well, you were wrong.  Thanks to Hugo Peters, I know a lot about you and your : “business”.
41. If I spoke² to the police, they would come around to your ”farm” in ten seconds.
42. You wouldn’t want that to happen, would you,  Mr. P?
43. Go on.
44. I’m right here on this island, Mr. P, and I’m ready to make a deal with you
45. If you pay me two million dollars in used bills, I’ll go away.
46. A long way from here—and I’ll never bother you again.  Is it a deal?
47. Very well
48. There’s a place called Dead Man’s Hill
49. It’s on the road from Siparia that goes along the south coast of the island
50. My men will be there with the money in three hours.  They’ll be in a white Cadillac, plate number PEC 99
51. OK,  I’ll be in a black Toyota
52. What was that all about, sir?
53. The dumb³ bastard⁴!  Temple’s even more of a fool than Hugo Peters.
54. He thinks he can blackmail⁵ me and get away with it.
55. Ho-ho-ho; very funny!
56. Yes it is .  I’ll have to get rid of him, of course, And also that other fool, Peters
57. He’s made just one too many dumb mistakes.
58. Yes, sir. Of course.
59. I want you to go and get the white car, and take two of the boys down to Dead Man’s Hill.
60. And before you go, find me Maiu and Obi.
61. Yes, sir.
62. And send them off to Washdon straight away, to look for Hugo Peters.

1 unpleasant   

adj.使人不愉快的，使人厌恶的，煞风景的

参考例句：

• A very unpleasant thing has happened.一件令人很不愉快的事发生了。
• The kind advices are often unpleasant to the ear.好言常常不入耳。

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。

3 dumb   

adj.哑的；不会说话的；笨的；愚蠢的

参考例句：

• She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。
• It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。

4 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

5 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。