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Broadcast: Saturday, October 23, 2004

Now the weekly Special English program--American Stories.

Our story today is called "the Killers1". It was written by Ernest Hemingway. Here is Lerry West with the story.

The door of George's small restaurant opened, and two men came in. They sat down on at one of the tables. George walked over to them.

"What would you like to eat? " he asked them.

"I don't know. " one of them said, "I don't know what I want to eat. "

Nick Adams, another customer, watched them from across the room. He had been talking to George when they came in.

"I'll take ham and eggs. " The man called Al said. He wore a hat and a black coat that buttoned across his chest2. His face was small and white, and he had thin tight3 lips4. He wore a silk scarf around his neck and gloves on his hands.

"What're you having, Max? " Al asked his partner.

"Bring me bacon5 and eggs. " Max said without looking at George.

Max was the same size as Al. Their faces were different, but they were dressed like twins: both wore heavy winter coats that were too small for them. George waded6 to the kitchen and came out of a few minutes later carrying two dishes of food.

"Which is yours? " he asked Max.

"You're a really smart boy, aren't you? " Max said.

He leaned7 forward and took the plate with the bacon and eggs on it. Both men ate with their gloves on. George watched them eat.

Al looked across the room.

"What's the name of that smart boy over there? " He asked George.

"Adams. " Nick said for himself,

"My name is Nick Adams. "

"All right, smart boy, come stand over here near your friend. " Al pointed8 to George.

"What are you going to do? " George asked.

"That's none of your business. " Al said.

"Who is out in the kitchen, the cook? "

George nodded "yes".

"Tell him to come out here. " Max ordered.

George knocked on the kitchen door.

"Sam, " he called, "come in here a minute. "

The door to the kitchen opened and Sam came out. The two men at the table looked at him. Al got up and pushed Nick and Sam back into the kitchen. The door shut after them. The man called Max didn't look at George, but looked in a mirror that was on the wall near the table.

"Talk to me, smart boy. " Max said.

"What do you think we are going to do? "

George did not say anything.

"I'll tell you. " Max said, "We're going to kill someone. Do you know a big man named Ole Anderson? "

"Yes, " George said at a low voice, "he sometimes comes in here to eat. "

Max looked at George.

"He sometimes comes in here? You mean he comes in here every night at six o'clock, don't you? "

"Why are you going to kill Ole Anderson? " George asked, "What did he ever do to you? "

"He never did anything to us. " Max said, "He's never even seen us. We're going to kill him for a friend, smart boy. "

"Shut up, Max. " Al shouted from the kitchen. "You're talking too much! "

George looked at the clock near the door, it was five minutes to six. Max pushed George to get his attention.

"If anybody comes in, tell them that the cook is gone for the day. You understand that, smart boy? "

"All right. " George said, "but, what are you going to do to us afterwards? "

"We don't know yet. " Max said.

During the next hour, two other people came in to the restaurant, once George went into the kitchen to make a ham-and-egg sandwich for a man who wanted to take it with him. When he was in the kitchen, George saw Al with his hat pushed back on his head. He was sitting on a chair near the door. A small shotgun rested in his arms. Nick and Sam, the cook, were sitting on the floor. Al had tied them up and had stuffed9 a towel in their mouths. George cooked the ham and eggs, put them on a roll of bread and put the sandwich in a brown paper bag. The man paid for his food and left.

"This smart boy can do everything. " Max said.

"He can even cook. You would make a girl a nice wife, smart boy."

"Your friend Ole Anderson isn't going to come tonight." George said, "it's already a quarter to seven."

"We'll give in ten minutes." Max said.

Max watched the mirror and the clock. The hands of the clock marked seven o'clock, and then five minutes past seven.

"Come on now, Al," said Max, "We'd better go. He's not coming tonight."

Al came out of the kitchen. The small shotgun made a little bump10 on the inside of his tight winter coat.

"What about the three smart boys?" Al asked.

"They're all right." Max said.

"Goodbye, smart boy." he said to George, "You were all lucky tonight."

The two of them went out of the door.

George watched them through the window. They passed under the streetlight, across the street. George went back through the kitchen door and untied11 Nick and Sam.

"They were going to shoot Ole Anderson." George said.

"They were going to shoot him when he came in here to eat? Ole Anderson?" Nick asked.

George nodded.

"Listen!" George said to Nick, "You had better go see Ole Anderson."

"I'll go see him." Nick said, "Where does he live?"

"He lives up at Hirsch's hotel." George said.

Outside the streetlights were shining through the branches of the tree. Nick walked up the street to Hirsch's Hotel. He walked in and saw a woman near the main desk.

"Is Ole Anderson here?" he asked.

"Yes, he's in." she said.

Nick followed the woman up a flight of stairs and back to the end of a dark hallway12. She knocked on one of the doors.

"Who is it?" a voice asked.

"It's someone to see you, Mr. Anderson."

"Come in."

Nick Adams opened the door and went into the room. Ole Anderson was lying on the bed with all his clothes on. He did not looked at Nick.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I was in George's restaurant tonight." Nick said, "and two fellows came in, tied up me and the cook, an ...and said they were going to kill you."

Ole Anderson looked at the wall.

"There is anything I can do about it." he said finally, "Thanks for coming to tell me, though."

Nick looked at the big man lying on the bed.

"Don't you want me to get the police?" he asked.

"That wouldn't do any good." Ole Anderson said.

"Well," Nick said, "Maybe you could get out of the town."

"No, "Ole Anderson said, "I'm through with all that running away." He looked at the wall.

"No, I made a mistake once." he said in a flat voice, "Now there's nothing I can do about it. After a while I'll go off to walk."

"So long." Nick said.

"Goodbye." said Ole Anderson, "Thanks for coming." he did not looked at Nick.

Nick walked up the dark street to the corner and went back into George's restaurant.

"Did you see Ole?" George asked as soon as he saw Nick.

"Yes." Nick said.

"Well," George asked, "What is he going to do?"

"Nothing!" Nick said.

"But they'll kill him!"

"I guess they will." Nick sighed.

George reached for a towel and began wiping one of the tables.

"I wonder what he did." he said.

"Probably he did one of the gangsters13 in Chicago." Nick said. He stood up.

"I'm going to get out of this town. I can't stand thinking about him waiting in his room and knowing he's going to be killed. It's too awful!"

"Well," said George, "You'd better not think about it."


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1 killers c1a8ff788475e2c3424ec8d3f91dd856     
凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事
参考例句:
  • He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
  • They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
2 chest sUMyW     
n.胸,大箱子,金库,资金,一箱,密封室,衣橱
参考例句:
  • The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
  • Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。
3 tight toCwI     
adj.紧的;难解的;紧密的
参考例句:
  • Time is going to be tight,so you'd better hurry.时间很紧,你最好抓紧一点。
  • The box is so tight that I can't open it.这个盒子太紧,我打不开。
4 lips f6e924595f10c1d9b68b5ae6a448f051     
abbr.logical inferences per second 每秒的逻辑推论n.嘴唇( lip的名词复数 );(容器或凹陷地方的)边缘;粗鲁无礼的话
参考例句:
  • Her lips compressed into a thin line. 她的双唇抿成了一道缝。
  • the fullness of her lips 她丰满的双唇
5 bacon vPny9     
n.咸肉,熏肉
参考例句:
  • He is frying the bacon.他在煎咸肉。
  • This bacon is too salty for me.这块熏咸猪肉我觉得太咸了。
6 waded e8d8bc55cdc9612ad0bc65820a4ceac6     
(从水、泥等)蹚,走过,跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。
7 leaned 725f4ee64e460865d2a6749276d2ed06     
v.(使)倾斜,屈身( lean的过去式和过去分词 );倚;依赖;使斜靠
参考例句:
  • He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly together. 他俯身向前,双手十字交错地紧握着。
  • He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan. 他向后一靠,为自己计划成功而得意扬扬。
8 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
9 stuffed c07925943917d17397a704e4a3632ff2     
adj.充满的;饱的v.塞住( stuff的过去式和过去分词 );把…装进;把…装满;(使)吃撑
参考例句:
  • stuffed animals in glass cases 玻璃柜里的动物标本
  • I was stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake. 我嘴里塞满了巧克力蛋糕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 bump rWUzQ     
v.(against,into)碰,颠簸;n.碰撞,隆起物
参考例句:
  • I heard a bump in the next room.我听到隔壁房间传来“砰”的一声。
  • He got a bad bump on his forehead.他碰得前额隆起一个大包。
11 untied d4a1dd1a28503840144e8098dbf9e40f     
松开,解开( untie的过去式和过去分词 ); 解除,使自由; 解决
参考例句:
  • Once untied, we common people are able to conquer nature, too. 只要团结起来,我们老百姓也能移山倒海。
  • He untied the ropes. 他解开了绳子。
12 hallway Hymyl     
n.门厅;走廊
参考例句:
  • The restroom is at the end of the hallway to the right.洗手间在走廊尽头右转的地方。
  • The two rooms connect by a hallway.这两个房间有过道相连。
13 gangsters ba17561e907047df78d78510bfbc2b09     
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。

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