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Lesson 44 Through the forest 穿过森林

Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. 'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'

安.斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时，她并没有考虑到所冒的风险。刚才，当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候，这两个人冲到她跟前，企图抢走她的手提包。在争抢中，手提包的带断了，包落入这两个人手里，他们拔腿跑进了树林。斯特林夫人非常气愤，向着他们追了过去。只追了一会儿便上气不接下气了，但她还是继续追赶。当她赶上他们时，发现他们已经坐了下来，正翻着包里的东西。于是她直冲过去。这两个人吓了一跳，扔下提包逃跑了。“这提包带需要修理，”斯特林夫人事后说道，“不过他们什么也没偷走。”

• think of 考虑
• the risk
• run after
  • 这种词组加插入语 through the forest 也是可以的
• rush up 飞奔向.. 这个up不是很明白
• have a picnic 野餐
• at the edge 边缘
• in the struggle
  • struggle: a physical or mental fight 身体或精神上的搏斗
• strap n. 皮带; 布带
  • watch strap 表带
  • bra strap

  • she pulled the strap of her nightgrown onto her shoulder...

• in one's possession = in the possession of sb 归谁所有, 归谁独有

  • I have in my possession a letter which you may be interested to you. 该句 in my possession 本因在a letter之后, 但为了照顾which引导的从句, 放到了前面

• start doing 开始做某事
• so ... that, not so ... as 如此...以致

  • I'm so tired (that) I could sleep in the chair.
    - > He's not so stupid as to listen to her lies.

• breath
  • out of breath: 上气不接下气 breathing very quickly and with difficulty because doing something energetic
  • short of breath: 因生病,气氛不足等导致的呼吸短促 也作 suffer from shortness of breath

  • She was dizzy and short of breath.

• go through 彻底地(查看或检查) look at them or deal with them one after the other

  • Let's go through the numbers together and see if a workable deal is possible.

• content 所含之物 everything that is contained within something

  • the contents of a bag
    - > Most of the gallary's contents were damaged in the fire.

• ran straight at sb
  • 飙车的那课 drive straight at the thieves
• got such ... that ...
• need doing

From Anne Sterling's View:

When I had a picnic at the edge of the forest with my two girl, two men rushed up to me and tried to steal my handbag. In the struggle, the strap 'was broken'[=> broke]. With the bag in their possession, they started running through the trees. I got so angry that I ran after them. I felt out of breath soon, but I 'kept on moving'[=> continued to run]. When I 'caught'[=> caught up with] them, I 'found'[=> saw] that they had sat 'on'[=> down] and 'went'[=> were going] through the contents of the bag. So I ran straight at them. They got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. Finally they didn't steal anything. Later I rememebered that I did not think of the risk I was taking when I ran through the forest after the two thieves.

Knowledges

• catch up with sb 追赶上..
• sit down 坐下来

From one of the thieves' View:

John and I walked in the Greenwood Park and found a woman was having a picnic at the edge of the forest with two little kids. We had lost all our money in the gambling house last day so we wanted to steal the woman's handbag. There was almost few people near there at that time so we rushed up to her and grabed at the bag. Even though the two kids got so fright that they cried loudly, the woman grasped the bag so firmly that we could not got it quickly. But luckly, in the struggle, the strap got broken and we had the bag in our possession. As soon as we got it, we began running through the trees. Soon we found the woman was running after us. We ran as soon as quickly and ten minutes later, the woman was not in our sight. We thought we had succeeded to fling off the woman so we sat 'on'[=> down] and went through the contents of the bag. Suddenly, the woman ran straight at us. We got such a fright that we dropped the bag and ran away. Finally, we didn't steal anything.

Knowledges

• grab at sth = try to grab sth
  • make a grab at sth
• fling off sb 甩开追赶的人

Remembers

• grab at sth = try to grab sth
  • make a grab at sth
• so ... that, not so ... as 如此...以致

  • I'm so tired (that) I could sleep in the chair.
    - > He's not so stupid as to listen to her lies.

任务时间: 2017-01-26
(作文时间: 2017-01-27, 耗时: 120 分钟)

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