双语有声阅读：黑夜里的陌生人

Stranger in the Night

黑夜里的陌生人

Many television programs are very realistic¹.

很多电视节目极其逼真。

The viewer² often feels

观众经常感到

that whatever happened in the film could well happen to him.

片中情节会碰巧在自己身上重演。

With only a little imagination,

稍微发挥一点想象力，

every man in the street becomes a thief,a spy³ or a murderer⁴.

大街上的所有人就变成了小偷，间谍或者杀人犯。

Jane had been watching a spy film at a friend's house.

简正在朋友家里看一部间谍片，

In it,a young girl had been followed and murdered.

片中，一位年轻姑娘被跟踪并被杀害。

It had been very realistic,

故事情节很真实，

and she felt a little frightened walking to the station.

看完电视去车站时，简很害怕。

She took the train back to the center of the city.

她搭乘火车返回市中心。

There were a lot of people traveling,so she felt much safer.

乘车的人很多，所以她感觉到很安全。

During the trip she looked round at the other people in the compartment⁵.

她环视了一圈车厢里的其他人。

A man sitting opposite her, reading a newspaper, glanced at her.

坐在她对面的人在看报纸，他瞥了她一眼。

She thought nothing of it until she saw him staring at her.

起初,她不以为然。

Remembering the film and feeling very uncomfortable.

可是，她猛然想起了片中的情节，一下子变得不安起来。

she got out of the train and went to the bus stop.

她下了火车奔向汽车站。

When he boarded the same bus as her she was convinced⁶ that he was following her.

当他也乘上同一辆公共汽车时，她确信他在跟踪她。

As long as she had been with other people she wasn't frightened.

只要有人跟她在一起，她就不会害怕。

But when she got off the bus,the streets were almost empty.

但是当她下车时，街道上空无一人。

She walked as quickly as she could.

她跑得飞快，

She could hear footsteps⁷ following her but she didn't dare⁸ to look.

她能听见后面的脚步声却不敢回头看。

After what seemed to have been hours,but was in fact only a few minutes,

几分钟过去了，对她来说宛如漫长的几个小时，

she reached the front door.

她终于到达了门口。

She felt for her keys,

她想掏出钥匙，

but was unable to find them because she was so frightened.

但是没有找到，因为她太害怕了。

The footsteps stopped behind her.

脚步声在她后面停下了。

She felt a hand on her shoulder.

她感到一只手放到自己肩上。

Instead of feeling hands round her throat,

但是，那只手没有像她想象的那样掐住她的喉咙，

however,she heard a pleasant voice.

相反，她听到了一个愉快的声音。

I apologize if I frightened you.

我很抱歉吓到你了,

I'm your new neighbor.

我是你的新邻居。

I thought I recognized you in the train,but I wasn't sure.

我想我在火车上认出了你，但那时我不敢确信。

1 realistic   

adj.现实的，逼真的，现实主义的，实在论的

参考例句：

• She is a realistic woman.她是位很实际的女人。
• He will go down in history as a realistic poet.他将作为一个现实主义诗人而永载史册。

2 viewer   

n.观察者，看电视者，视察员，观察器

参考例句：

• Every viewer has his personal rainbow.每一个观察者各自看到不同的彩虹。
• These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响。

3 spy   

n.间谍，侦探，侦察；vt.侦察，找出，发现；vi.做密探，侦查

参考例句：

• I'm sure my neighbours spy on me.我肯定邻居暗中监视我。
• The spy never told his family about his underground activities.那个间谍从来不把他的地下活动告诉他的家人。

4 murderer   

n.杀人犯，凶手

参考例句：

• How long should a murderer be kept in prison?犯了谋杀罪的人应在监狱关多少年？
• They discovered the murderer to have run away.他们发现凶手已逃之夭夭。

5 compartment   

n.卧车包房，隔间；分隔的空间

参考例句：

• We were glad to have the whole compartment to ourselves.真高兴，整个客车隔间由我们独享。
• The batteries are safely enclosed in a watertight compartment.电池被安全地置于一个防水的隔间里。

6 convinced   

adj.确信的；深信的；有坚定信仰的v.使确信(convince的过去分词)；说服

参考例句：

• I am convinced of her innocence. 我坚信她是清白无辜的。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看这辆汽车是灾星。

7 footsteps   

n.脚步（声），一步的距离，足迹；脚步（声）( footstep的名词复数 )；一步的距离；足迹

参考例句：

• the sound of footsteps on the stairs 楼梯上的脚步声
• Their footsteps echoed in the silence. 他们的脚步声在一片寂静中回荡着。

8 dare   

n.敢，挑战；aux.敢；vi.敢；vt.敢于，勇于面对

参考例句：

• He didn't dare to look at her in the face.他不敢正眼看她。
• How dare you?Take your hand off me at once.放肆！马上把你的手挪开。