简单慢速英语阅读:A Man with a Gun

Jerry watched gangster¹ movies. He loved gangster movies. Gangsters² were cool. They were rich. They had pretty girlfriends. They drove fast cars. They had guns. They shot enemies with their guns. They shot police with their guns. They shot each other with their guns. Jerry wasn’t rich. He didn’t have a pretty girlfriend. He didn’t have a fast car. But he had a gun. It was a small gun. It fit into his pocket. He walked around with his gun in his pocket. He liked to walk around with his gun in his pocket. That’s what gangsters did. One day Jerry was shopping at Wal-Mart. He put his hand into his pocket. He accidentally pulled the trigger. His gun fired. The bullet went into Jerry’s foot. The ambulance came. The police came. The ambulance took Jerry to the hospital. Then the police took Jerry to jail.

 

1 gangster   

n.匪徒，歹徒，暴徒

参考例句：

• The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
• He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。

2 gangsters   

匪徒，歹徒( gangster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings. 歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱。
• One of the gangsters was caught by the police. 歹徒之一被警察逮捕。