1级-《彩票大赢家》-第4课

前情提要 

埃玛·卡特出院了，警察找到了她的包。回到家后埃玛看到电视上贾森·威廉斯用她买的彩票兑了这500百万的奖……

故事原文 

The Lottery Winner L4

彩票大赢家 L4

At ten o' clock on Monday night Jason was a very happy man. He was in a big room in a hotel with a lot of people in beautiful clothes. There were television cameras, reporters, people from Sunshine Lotteries. Everybody had a drink in their hands, and a girl went round the room with a bottle of champagne.

星期一晚上10点，贾森非常开心。他在一家酒店的一个大房间里，身边有许多衣着光鲜的人。那儿有电视摄像机、记者、阳光彩票公司的人……大家手里都端着饮料，一个女孩端着一瓶香槟酒，在房间里穿梭。

‘Have some more champagne,’ she said to Jason.(1)

“再来点香槟吧。”她对贾森说。

Jason's face went very red. He snatched the bottle and took a long drink.(2) The champagne ran down his new blue shirt. He laughed. 'Kiss me,' he said to the girl.

贾森的脸已变得很红了。他抓起酒瓶、喝了好大一口。香槟顺着他新的蓝衬衣流淌下来。他大笑起来。“亲亲我。”他对女孩说。

Suddenly the door opened and two men came in.

突然，门开了，两个男人走了进来。

'Hullo!' said Jason.' Come in and have some champagne. It's OK-Sunshine Lotteries are paying for it!’

“喂！”贾森说，“进来喝点香槟！没关系的一一阳光彩票公司请客！”

But the two men were not interested in champagne.(3) They were policemen. Everybody stopped talking and looked at them.

但那两个男人对香槟不感兴趣。他们是警察。大家都不再说话，看着他们。

‘Is Jason Williams here?' one of the policemen said.

“贾森·威廉斯在吗？”其中一个警察问。

‘That's me,' said Jason. ‘What do you want?’

“我就是。”贾森说，“你们想干什么？”

We'd like to ask you some questions, Mr. Williams. At the police station. Come with us, please.'

“我们想问你一些问题，威廉斯先生。在警察局问。跟我们走，请吧。”

On Tuesday morning Jason was tired and unhappy. He was in a small room at the police station, and there were two policemen in the room with him. One policeman stood by the door, and watched and listened. The second policeman sat at a table and asked questions, questions, questions-the same questions, again and again.(4)

星期二早晨，贾森疲惫不堪，心情很坏。他呆在警察局的一个小房间里，里面还有两个警察。一个站在门口，边看边听。另一个警察坐在桌旁，提问，提问，再提问——同样的问题，问了一遍又一遍。

‘Now,' said the policeman. ‘Tell me again. Where were you at four o' clock on Saturday afternoon?'

“嘿，”警察说，“再跟我说一追。周六下午4点你在哪儿？”

'At home,' said Jason. 'I'm telling you the truth. Ask my mother and father! I didn't steal anything!’(5)

“在家。”贾森说，“我说的是真的。问问我爸妈！我什么都没偷！”

‘I'm not interested in your mother and father,' said the policeman. 'I can talk to them later. At the moment I'm interested in you, and your answers to my questions. You were in town on Saturday afternoon. We know that, because a woman saw you.'

“我对你爸妈没兴趣。”警察说，“我之后会跟他们谈话的。现在我感兴趣的只是你，还有你对我的问题的回答。周六下午你在城里。我们知道这事儿，因为一个女人看到你了。”   

‘No!' said Jason. That's a lie. I was at home all afternoon and evening. I watched football on television.'

“不！”贾森说。“她撒谎。下午和晚上我一直都在家。我在看电视上的足球比赛。”

‘Tell me about the football, then. Who won?'

“那么，跟我说说那场球赛。谁赢了？”

Jason said nothing. His hands and his face felt hot.

贾森没说话。他感到手和脸发烫了。

‘When did the football finish? Five o' clock? Six o' clock?

“球赛什么时候结束的？5点？6点？”

‘Yes. No,' said Jason. ‘I don't remember.'

“是的。不，”贾森说，“我不记得了。”

The policeman smiled. ‘How much money was there in the bag, Jason?'

警察笑了：“包里有多少钱，贾森？”

'There wasn't--' Jason stopped. Careful, he thought. Be careful. 'There wasn't a bag,' he said. 'I told you. I didn't steal the old woman's bag!'

“没有——”贾森突然停住了。小心，他想，要小心。“没有包。”他继续说，“我告诉过你，我没有偷那个老女人的包！”

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1. champagne 香槟

例句：My father opened a bottle of champagne for my prize.

           我爸爸为我得奖开了一瓶香槟。

2. take a long drink 喝一大口

    take a short drink 喝一小口

3. be interested in sth. 对……感兴趣

    be not interested in sth. 对……不感兴趣

例句：Mr. Pang hopes you are interested in this book.

           庞老师希望你对这本书感兴趣。

4. sit at... 就……坐下； 坐在……旁边

例句：Sit at the table and eat.

           坐在桌子边上吃饭。

5. tell sb. the truth 告诉某人实情/真相

    truth 真相； 真理； 事实； 实情

    true 真实的

例句：He didn’t tell us the truth.

           他没有告诉我们真相。