Lesson 73 The record-holder 紀(jì)錄保持者
Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.
句子講解:
5、When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travdted to Calais.
第二天早上當(dāng)他醒來時,發(fā)現(xiàn)這艘船在他睡覺的時間已經(jīng)到了加萊。
語言點(diǎn) in the meantime是插入語,說明駛往加萊的時間。
6、No one noticed the boy as he crept off.
當(dāng)這個男孩從船里爬出來時,誰也沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)他。
語言點(diǎn) creep off爬出來
7、From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry.
從那里,他又搭乘一輛卡車到了巴黎。
語言點(diǎn) hitchhike to somewhere搭車去某地
8、The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city.
司機(jī)給了他幾塊餅干和一杯咖啡,然后就把他丟在了城外。