英语听力：劫机.Skyjack! Chapter 11

　　Chapter Eleven

       Helen Sandburg decided¹ that she liked Colonel² Court. He spoke³ clearly. He explained his ideas carefully, and she listened what he said. He did not try to be difficult because she was a woman. Best of all, they had made plan together. “A good plan,” she thought, “It could really work, perhaps.” She looked at her watch. 2:23 “Right, Colonel, get your men ready. I’ll send the first prisoner⁴ down to you when they’ll arrive. But where are they? Michael, have they arrived yet?”

　　“No, Prime⁵ Minister, not yet”

　　“Then where the hell⁶ are they? Can you get Inspector⁷ Holm on the car radio?”

　　“They are trying, Prime Minister.” Michael spoke to the telephone.

　　Colonel Court left the room, and Helen walked upon and down slowly watching the clock. 2:24 2:25 2:26“They’ve gotten in, Prime Minister. He says, he says one of the cars has had an accident in the rain. He thinks he’ll be here in ten minutes.” Michael looked up. There was no smile on his face at all now.

　　“Ten minutes? What’s he driving? A police car or a bicycle?” Helen bent⁸ her face on the table. “We’ve got four minutes left. OK! I want to talk to the hijackers. Get them on the radio.”

　　She sat down at the table while Michael called the plane. Colonel Court came in and stood behind her. A voice came on the radio. “Well, Mrs Sandburg, where are our brothers?”

　　“They are coming!” said Helen, “They’ll be here in ten minutes.”

　　“That is too late. I gave you half an hour. Your husband will die in four minutes.” Helen pressed her hands flat on the table, so hard that the ends of her fingers went white. “Please don’t do that.” she said.

　　“I am sorry, Mrs Sandburg, but if my brothers are not here in four minutes, your husband will die.”

　　“Don’t you want to see your brothers?” she asked quickly, “I promise you if you kill my husband, you’ll never see them again!”

　　There was a pause¹⁰ while no one spoke. Then the radio answered. “Four minutes, Mrs Sandburg”

　　Helen spoke clearly, slowly and loudly. She filled her voice with all the anger she had in her body. “Listen, you murderer¹¹! I need ten minutes to get your brothers to this airport. Then I’ll send them to the plane. But if you kill my husband or anyone else, then I promise you your brothers will die on the tarmac in front of that plane. Is that what you want? Or will you wait ten minutes?”

　　There was another longer pause. Helen stared out into the night. She did not see anything.

　　“All right, ten more minutes”

　　“Thank you! Now there is one more thing. The passengers! What about them? You must set them free before I send your brothers to the plane.”

　　The voice on the radio laughed. “Because you are a woman, do you think all men are stupid like your husband? Send me our brothers, then refuel the plane, and then I will send you the passengers.”

　　“No!” answered Helen. She looked at Colonel Court. “This is how we will do it. I will send you one of your brothers, and then you must send me the passengers. When we have all the passengers, then we will refuel the plane and send you the other brother.

　　The voice laughed again. “Do you think you are buying cheap fish from a child in a market? Send us one brother then, and we will send you one hundred passengers. Refuel the plane and send us the other brother, and we will send you the other passengers. But the pilot and your husband must come with us to another country. We will set them free later.”

　　Helen looked at Colonel Court. There was the beginning of a smile on her face. She could see that he agreed with her. She waited for a moment longer to worry the hijacker⁹. “Isn’t it agreed, woman? Or do I kill your husband now?”

　　“I agree! I will send your first brother to you in ten minutes.”

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1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 colonel   

n.(英国陆军、美国陆空军及海军陆战队)上校

参考例句：

• It's a pity we didn't mend our fences with the colonel.可惜我们还没有和上校先生调整好关系。
• An army major ranks between a captain and a colonel.陆军少校的军阶在上尉与中校之间。

3 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。

4 prisoner   

n.俘虏，囚犯，被监禁的人

参考例句：

• The soldier reported that a prisoner was at large.士兵报告说一名囚犯在逃。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

6 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

7 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

8 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

9 hijacker   

n.拦路抢劫者

参考例句：

• We needed a credibIe hijacker who knew the pIane. 也需要一个懂飞机的让人相信的劫机犯。
• I've never heard of a hijacker Ietting passengers deboard before. 以前也从没听说过有劫机犯让乘客离开。

10 pause   

vi.暂停，中止，停顿；n.中止，停顿，踌躇，休止符

参考例句：

• After a little pause, he went on with his speech.稍停一会儿后，他又继续讲演。
• He made a pause and then went on reading.他停顿了一下，然后又读下去。

11 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。