《新编英语教程》第-3-册的课文(3)

was barely 10 o?clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had almost emptied the streets.

①有一位警察正在辖区的街道上巡逻，非常引人瞩目。②这只是例行公事，

不是做秀，因为街上的“观众”很少。③还不到晚上十点，但是凄厉的寒风，夹杂着一丝小雨，街上几乎空无一人。

①Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful

movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye down the peaceful thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. ②The vicinity was one that kept early hours. ③Now and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or of an all-night lunch

counter; but the majority of the doors belonged to business places that had long since been closed.

①这位警察边走边推推各家各户的门，检查有没有上锁。②手里的警棍不停

地旋转，动作复杂娴熟，还时不时转过身来，非常警惕地巡视这条安静的大街。

③他体格健壮，威风凛凛，完全体现了警察作为安宁生活守护者的形象。④附近

的居民和商铺早睡早起，所以只是偶尔可以看见雪茄香烟店或全天营业的小吃店还亮着灯光。

①When about midway of a certain block, the policeman suddenly slowed his

walk. ②In the doorway of a darkened hardware store, a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. ③As the policeman walked up to him, the man spoke up quickly.

①走到一个街区的中段时，这个警察突然放慢了脚步。②原来在一家五家店

漆黑的门口有一个人靠在墙上，嘴里叼着一根没有点燃的雪茄。③警察走上前去，这个人马上说。

①“㈠It?s all right, officer,” he said, reassuringly. “㈡I?m just waiting for a

friend. ㈢It?s an appointment made twenty years ago. ㈣Sounds a little funny to you, doesn?t it? ㈤Well, I?ll explain if you?d like to make certain it?s all straight. ㈥About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands —?Big Joe? Brady?s restaurant.”

①“㈠没事，警官，”他说，这样说是为了安慰警察，让他放心，“㈡我只是

在等一个朋友，这是我们二十年前的约定，听起来有点可笑，是吧？㈢哦，如果

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不放心，我可以解释一下。㈣二十年前，就在现在这家店所在的位臵曾经有一个餐馆，叫Big Joe? Brady?s餐厅。”

①“Until five years ago,” said the policeman. “It was torn down then.”

“但是，在五年前，”警察说，“这家餐馆拆掉了。”

①The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. ②The light showed a

pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow.

③His scarfpin was a large diamond, oddly set.

①站在门口处的这个人划了一根火柴，点燃了雪茄。②借着火柴的亮光，可

以看见他脸色发白，方下巴，眼睛很有神，右眉旁有一小块儿伤疤。③围巾上的饰针是一颗大钻石，镶嵌得非常别致。

①“㈠Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man, “I dined here at ?Big Joe? Brady?s

with Jimmy Wells, my best chum, and the finest chap in the world. ㈡He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. ㈢I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. ㈣The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. ㈤Your couldn?t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. ㈥Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. ㈦We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”

①“㈠二十年前的今天晚上，”他说，“我和我最好的哥们儿，也是最好的朋友在这里吃饭。㈡我们都是在纽约长大的，就像亲兄弟一样。㈢那年我十八岁，他二十岁。㈣第二天上午我就要往西部挣钱了。㈤谁也没有办法让Jimmy离开纽约，他觉得纽约是唯一适合他的地方。㈥那晚我们约定，不管我们各自是什么状况，也不管距离有多远，二十年后的今天我们还在这里见面。㈦我们当时认为用二十年的时间我们应该可以知道自己的命运，看出自己的人生了。”

① “㈠It sounds pretty interesting,” said the policeman. “Rather a long time

between meets, though, it seems to me. ㈡Haven?t you heard from your friend since you left?”

①“㈠听起来很有趣，”警察说，“但是你们这么久没有见面了。㈡自从你离开后，你和你的朋友联系过吗？”

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①“㈠Well, yes, for a time we corresponded,” said the other. “㈡But after a year or two we lost track of each other. ㈢You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. ㈣But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he?s alive, for he always was the truest, staunchest old chap in the world. ㈤He?ll never forget. ㈥I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it?s worth it if my old partner turns up.”

①“㈠有啊！有一段时间，我们的确联系过”这个人说。“㈡但是一、两年之后，我们彼此就失去了联系。㈢你也知道，西部是一个发财的好地方，我经常在各地跑来跑去。㈣但是，我知道，只要Jimmy还活着，他就一定会来这里见我，他一直是我最忠诚、最可信赖的朋友。㈤他绝对不会忘记。㈥我跑了一千英里，今晚来到这里，就是为了和Jimmy见面，只要我这个老朋友能出现，所有辛苦都值得。”

①The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small

diamonds.

① 这个人掏出一块表，很精致，表盘上镶嵌着数颗小钻石。

① “Three minutes to ten,” he announced. “It was exactly ten o?clock when we

parted here at the restaurant door.”

①“还差三分钟就十点了，”他说，“我们当时在餐馆门口分手时，是十点整。”

①“Did pretty well out West, didn?t you?” asked the policeman.

“你在西部混得不错吧？”警察问道。

①“㈠You bet! ㈡I hoped Jimmy has done half as well. ㈢He was a kind of

plodder, though, good fellow as he was. ㈣I?ve had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile. ㈤A man gets in a groove in New York. ㈥It takes the West to put a razor-edge on him.”

①“㈠当然！㈡我想Jimmy能做到我的一半那么好。 …… 此处隐藏：5930字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……