英语听力：劫机.Skyjack! Chapter 4

　　Chapter FourCarl looked out of the plane window. It was very dark and rainy. It was a small airport with only one or two other planes. But there were three police cars near the airport building.

　　“I don’t understand.” He said quietly in Harold’s ear, “Why are we here?”

　　Harold looked worried, “Don’t ask me.” He whispered¹ back, “Ask them!”

　　“No, thanks.” Carl looked at the hijackers.

　　The young airhostess was still standing³ at the front of the plane with her machine gun. One of the young men, also with the machine gun, was standing at the back of the plane. The other hijacker² was in the captain’s cabin⁴. All the passengers sat very quietly in their seats.

　　A bell rang, and a man’s voice spoke⁵, “Ladies and gentlemen! Listen to me! This plane is ours now. You are our prisoners⁶. We do not want to hurt you. But as you can see, we have our guns and we know how to shoot. So please sit quietly in your seats and do what we say. We will be here for one or two hours. The government of this country has two of our brothers in a prison near this airport. We are asking the government to bring our two brothers to this plane.         When our brothers are free, you will be free. We think this will take one or two hours, but not very long. As you know, the Prime⁷ Minister of this country is only a woman. She will do what we say. So do not worry. Just sit very still and wait for a while. Good night.”

　　Carl looked at Harold. “Oh dear,” he whispered, “We are in a trouble, my young friend.”

　　“Big trouble!” Harold agreed, “We certainly are. The government won’t set those two men free. They tried to put a bomb on a plane last year, didn’t they, Sir? They are in prison for thirty years.”

　　“I know.” Carl whispered, “No one could set them free, so what about us?”

　　“What about you, you mean.” whispered Harold, “I’m not important. Look, Sir! You better give me your passport.”

　　“What? Why?”

　　“Sh!” Harold put his hand on the old man’s arm and stopped talking.

　　Carl looked upon, so the young airhostess looked at them. Her machine gun was pointing at them, too. He stopped talking and looked out of the window. After a few minutes, she stopped watching them.

　　“Give me the passport, Sir,” Harold whispered very quietly.

　　Very carefully and slowly Carl took it out of his pocket and gave it to him. There was still some coffee in Carl’s cup. Very carefully Harold put the passport on his tra and poured the coffee onto it. When the passport was very wet, he tore it slowly into little pieces. He was a strong young man. Because the passport was wet, he did not make a sound. Then one by one he put the pieces of wet paper into his mouth and ate them. In ten minutes, the passport had disappeared.

　　“I don’t understand,” whispered Carl, “Why did you do that?”

　　“You’ll see,” whispered Harold, “But when they ask questions, let me answer, Sir! Ok? You say nothing!”

　　“OK!” Carl looked away out of the window. A large black car was just driving up to the airport building.

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1 whispered   

adj.耳语的，低语的v.低声说( whisper的过去式和过去分词 )；私语；小声说；私下说

参考例句：

• She sidled up to me and whispered something in my ear. 她悄悄走上前来，对我耳语了几句。
• His ill luck has been whispered about the neighborhood. 他的不幸遭遇已在邻居中传开。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hijacker   

n.拦路抢劫者

参考例句：

• We needed a credibIe hijacker who knew the pIane. 也需要一个懂飞机的让人相信的劫机犯。
• I've never heard of a hijacker Ietting passengers deboard before. 以前也从没听说过有劫机犯让乘客离开。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 cabin   

n.(结构简单的)小木屋；船舱，机舱

参考例句：

• They threw up a new cabin in a couple of hours.在几小时之内他们就建起了一座新的小屋。
• It's very hot in the cabin;let's go on deck.舱室内很热，我们到甲板上去吧。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 prisoners   

n.囚徒( prisoner的名词复数 )；俘虏；被夺去自由的人[动物]等

参考例句：

• The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners. 总统大赦了所有的政治犯。
• The prisoners were living in appalling conditions. 囚犯的居住条件极为恶劣。

7 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。