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商业周刊:火车模型劫持案(1)

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The Great Model Train Robbery

火车模型抢劫案

In the heart of Gravesend, in Kent, England, a hedged lane runs alongside a retired1 Royal Air Force field,

在英格兰肯特郡格雷芬德市中心,一条绿篱小巷与一个停用的皇家空军基地并排,

now occupied by the Cascades2 Leisure Centre, a recreation facility with a gym and a pool.

现在由卡斯卡德休闲中心占据,这是一个带有健身房和游泳池的娱乐设施。

Under a cloudy moon this past Valentine's Day, a van rolled into a mini-roundabout near the Leisure Centre, stopping opposite a row of brick homes.

就在今年情人节时,一轮明月被云朵遮挡,一辆面包车驶入休闲中心附近的一个小型环形交叉路口,停在一排砖房对面。

The van doors opened, and several shadows crept out, moving toward a high-tensile wire fence.

面包车的门打开了,几个人影悄悄走出来,朝着一个拉伸度极强的铁丝网走去。

Loosening one post and pressing the long strands3 down, they slipped over the fence into an expansive plowed4 field behind the recreation center.

他们把一根柱子弄松动,把长长的金属线压下去,翻过铁丝网来到娱乐中心后面一片宽敞的耕地上。

They walked past tree branches and dead shrubs5, their boots sinking into the damp soil.

他们走过树枝和枯死的灌木,靴子陷进潮湿的土壤里。

After a few hundred meters, they turned right, where two parallel chain-link fences separated the farm from the center's grounds.

他们走了几百米后右转,两个平行的链式栅栏把农场和娱乐中心区隔开。

They clipped both, climbed over a waist-high wood railing, and landed at their destination: a high-security shipping6 container.

他们把两个栅栏都剪断了,爬上齐腰高的木栏杆,到达他们的目的地:一个安全性能很高的集装箱。

They carved a small rectangle into the back of the container and peeked7 through, looking for the bounty8 hidden inside.

他们在集装箱的背面刻了一个小矩形,然后向里面偷看,寻找里面藏着的好东西。

They used angle grinders to slice the container's hinges,

他们用角磨机切割集装箱的铰链,

until its door swung backward, hanging only by the anvil-size lock that had been designed to resist this very kind of robbery.

直到它的门能向后摆动,锁只有铁砧大小,就靠它来抵御这种抢劫了。

Then they got into a second shipping container the same way.

然后,他们用同样的方法进到第二个集装箱里面。

Inside one of the containers, they cut the padlock off a cupboard door, and there she was: an exquisite9 steam-powered model locomotive named Mayflower,

他们在一个集装箱里,切断了橱柜门上的挂锁,他们要找的好物就在那里了:一辆精心制作的名为五月花的蒸汽动力机车模型,

her green boiler10 and brass11 engine bands glistening12 under the bandits' flashlights. They chopped into another cupboard housing a second locomotive.

它那绿色锅炉和黄铜发动机带箍在盗贼的手电筒下闪闪发光。他们砍开另一个装着第二辆机车的柜子。

Discovering a key for a third shipping container, they popped its doors open and spotted13 two more choo-choos for the taking.

发现了第三个集装箱的钥匙,他们打开集装箱的门,又发现了两辆要拿走的火车。


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1 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
2 cascades 6a84598b241e2c2051459650eb88013f     
倾泻( cascade的名词复数 ); 小瀑布(尤指一连串瀑布中的一支); 瀑布状物; 倾泻(或涌出)的东西
参考例句:
  • The river fell in a series of cascades down towards the lake. 河形成阶梯状瀑布泻入湖中。
  • Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. 现在他朝着太阳驶去,开始了穿越喀斯喀特山脉的漫长而曲折的路程。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
3 strands d184598ceee8e1af7dbf43b53087d58b     
n.(线、绳、金属线、毛发等的)股( strand的名词复数 );缕;海洋、湖或河的)岸;(观点、计划、故事等的)部份v.使滞留,使搁浅( strand的第三人称单数 )
参考例句:
  • Twist a length of rope from strands of hemp. 用几股麻搓成了一段绳子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She laced strands into a braid. 她把几股线编织成一根穗带。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 plowed 2de363079730210858ae5f5b15e702cf     
v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 );犁耕;费力穿过
参考例句:
  • They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
  • He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土,然后播种。 来自辞典例句
5 shrubs b480276f8eea44e011d42320b17c3619     
灌木( shrub的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The gardener spent a complete morning in trimming those two shrubs. 园丁花了整个上午的时间修剪那两处灌木林。
  • These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots. 这些灌木需要更多的光照才能抽出开花的新枝。
6 shipping WESyg     
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
参考例句:
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
7 peeked c7b2fdc08abef3a4f4992d9023ed9bb8     
v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 );偷看;窥视;微露出
参考例句:
  • She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句
8 bounty EtQzZ     
n.慷慨的赠予物,奖金;慷慨,大方;施与
参考例句:
  • He is famous for his bounty to the poor.他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。
  • We received a bounty from the government.我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。
9 exquisite zhez1     
adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的
参考例句:
  • I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。
  • I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。
10 boiler OtNzI     
n.锅炉;煮器(壶,锅等)
参考例句:
  • That boiler will not hold up under pressure.那种锅炉受不住压力。
  • This new boiler generates more heat than the old one.这个新锅炉产生的热量比旧锅炉多。
11 brass DWbzI     
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
参考例句:
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
12 glistening glistening     
adj.闪耀的,反光的v.湿物闪耀,闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
  • Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》
13 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
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