英语听力：劫机.Skyjack! Chapter 13

　　Chapter Thirteen

       Helen Sandburg sat by the control room window staring at the plane. “Come on!” she said, “Why is that door shut? Where are the passengers?”

　　“The hijackers won’t set them free.” said inspector¹ Holm, “I told you, Prime² Minister, this is a serious mistake.”

　　“Be quiet, man.” said Colonel³ Court, “I think we’ve got something on the radio.”

　　Beside him, a soldier was turning the controls of a small army radio. Suddenly the voices of one of the hijackers and prisoner⁴ came into the room. “So how many soldiers are there in that airport building, my brother?”

　　“I didn’t see any soldiers and police.”

　　“That’s strange. No soldiers at all?”

　　“I did not see any, brother.”

　　“Very strange, but these are not military⁵ people. They do not have many soldiers. Perhaps the woman will do what she says that?”

　　“What’s happening, Colonel?” Helen asked, “those of hijackers’ voices, how can we hear them?”

　　The Colonel laughed, “Well, madam! You can see it’s raining, can’t you? We didn’t want our poor prisoner to get wet, so we gave him a nice yellow raincoat you see. But it was an expensive raincoat, because one of its buttons is a small radio transmitter. So now we can hear everything they say and we know where they are on the plane.

　　Helen smiled, “Good idea, Colonel, I hope it helps.”

　　“Prime Minister” Michael interrupted⁶, “They are coming!”

　　Helen looked through the window. The door of the plane was open and people walked coming downstairs one after another. Some of them started to run towards the airport building, and few knelt⁷ down on the tarmac. “What are they doing?” Helen asked.

　　“Praying , perhaps” said Michael, “To thank God they are alive.”

　　Police and doctors came out of the building to help the passengers. Helen stood and watched through the binoculars⁸. She did not see Carl.

　　“ninety-nine, a hundred, that’s it then.” said Colonel Court. The plane door closed. “Now we move on to the next step of our plan. Goodbye, Prime Minister.”

　　Helen turned and saw the Colonel was putting on white clothes on the top of his army uniform. He put several grenades in the coat pocket and machine gun into a long pocket inside his coat. He smiled at her. “I must help my men refuel the plane.”

　　“May God go with you, Colonel!” she said.

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1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

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 military   

n.军队；adj.军事的，军人的，好战的

参考例句：

• The area has been declared a closed military zone.这个地区已宣布为军事禁区。
• The king was just the tool of the military government.国王只是军政府的一个傀儡。

6 interrupted   

adj. 中断的 动词interrupt的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He could not conceal his annoyance at being interrupted. 他因受扰而难掩怒色。
• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant. 服务员进来，打断了她的话。

7 knelt   

v.跪( kneel的过去式和过去分词 )；(kneel的过去式与过去分词)

参考例句：

• They knelt down and prayed. 他们跪下来祷告。
• She knelt in supplication. 她跪地祷求。

8 binoculars   

n.双筒望远镜

参考例句：

• He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
• If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜，我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。