1级-《奥米茄文件》第3课

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第一个故事发生在英国伦敦。阿拉派霍克和祖德去伦敦找一个叫做约翰尼的年轻人。这个年轻人准备向一家报社出卖一个有关药品公司的故事，阿拉让两人去打探这个故事到底是什么。于是两人到了伦敦，并在一家俱乐部找到了约翰尼……

故事原文  

The Omega Files L3

奥米茄文件 L3

'Hi, Johnny. Good to meet you,' said Hawker.

“你好，约翰尼。见到你很高兴。”霍克说。

'Hi,’ said Johnny Cook. He looked at Jude. 'Did we meet at Garcia's?'

“你好，”约翰尼·库克说。他看了看祖德，“我们在加西亚见过吗？”

'Of course we did,' laughed Jude. 'I was with Sara and Patti and the others. remember?'

“当然啦，”祖德大笑，“我那天和萨拉、帕蒂还有其他几个人在一起，想起来了吗？”

'Oh.Yeah,' said Johnny. 'I remember.' He looked around.(1) 'Are they here tonight?'

“噢。对了，”约輸尼说，“我记起来了。”他四处望了望，问：“她们今天晚上来了吗？”

'No, it's just me and Hawker tonight,' said Jude. 'Come on, let's dance.'

“没有，今晚就我和霍克来了，”祖德说，“走，去跳舞吧。”

They danced for two hours. Then they left with about ten other people, and went across the river to a new club.(2) The music there was louder and the dancing was very fast. After two more hours of dancing, Hawker was hot, tired and thirsty.

他们跳了两个小时的舞。然后他们和其他大约十个人一起渡过河去了另一个夜总会。那儿的音乐声更嘈杂，舞蹈节奏更快。又跳了两小时的舞以后，霍克感到又热、又累、又渴。

'I'm getting old,' he said to Jude. 'Don' t these people ever go to bed?'

“我老了，”他对祖德说，“这些人难道就不睡觉吗？”

'You're only twenty five!' said Jude. 'That's not old. And you can't stop yet. He's getting very friendly now, and we can take him to breakfast soon.'

“你才25岁！”祖德说，“谈不上老。你现在还不能停下来，他跟我们越来越熟了，过会儿我们还可以带他去吃早餐。”

At seven o'clock the club closed, and Jude and Hawker took Johnny back to their hotel. Jude picked up the phone and asked for three big breakfasts in the room.(3)

七点钟的时候，夜总会关门了，于是祖德和霍克带约翰尼回到了旅馆。祖德拿起电话，要了三份丰盛的早餐，让送到房间来。

Hawker took his shoes off.(4) 'Ah, that's better,' he said. He looked at Johnny. 'How often do you go clubbing, Johnny? And what do you do in the daytime?'

霍克脱了鞋。“哦，舒服多了，”他说，眼睛看着约翰尼，“约翰尼，你经常去夜总会吗？你白天干什么？”

'Not a lot. Sleep, usually. I go clubbing most nights.'

“去得不算多吧。我白天通常是睡觉，晚上差不多都在夜总会泡着。”

'Where do you live?' Hawker asked.

“那你在哪儿住？”霍克又问。

'On the streets,' said Johnny. 'When I'm rich, I'm going to get a boat and live on that.'

“露宿街头，”约翰尼回答，“等我有钱了，就弄条船，住在那上面。”

'Rich?' Jude said. 'Oh yes, we all want to be rich!'

“有钱？”祖德说，“哦，是啊，谁不想有钱呢！”

’But I am going to be rich,' Johnny said. 'I've got a good story, see?' He laughed. 'I' m going to sell it. A newspaper wants to give me 100,000 Euros for it.(5) They gave me 1,000 last month, and I'm going to get the other 99,000 very soon.'

“而我确实就要有钱了，”约翰尼说，“我有个好故事，明白吗？＂他笑了，“我要卖了它。一家报社愿出10万欧元。他们上个月付给我1，000块，我很快就能得到剩下的9万9干块了。”

'Great!' said Jude. 'So what's the story then, Johnny? Have some more coffee, and tell us all about it.'

“太棒了！”祖德赞叹，“约翰尼，是个什么故事呀？再来点儿咖啡，给我们讲讲吧。”

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点  

1. look around 四处张望；四处参观

例句：

Can I look around your house?

我能参观下你的家吗？

2. go across 穿过

拓展：

go across the river 穿过小河

go across the bridge 穿过桥

go across the city 穿过城市

go across the country 穿过整个国家

3. pick up 捡起；拿起；接某人

例句：

I’ll pick you up after school.

你放学我去接你。

4. take sth. off 脱下（衣服）

    take off 飞机起飞

例句：

He took his coat off after he got home.

他回家后脱下外套。

The plane will take off at eight o’clock.

这架飞机将在 8 点起飞。

5. euro 欧元