英语听力：劫机.Skyjack! Chapter 10

　　Chapter¹ Ten

       In the plane, Carl and Harold sat on the floor by the door. They were handcuffed together with Harold’s handcuffs. The girl hijacker² stood watching with her gun. The bearded³ man was in the captain’s cabin⁴, and the young man in a black shirt was watching the other passengers. Harold touched his head with his hand. There was blood in his hair.

　　“How do you feel, my young friend?” Carl asked.

　　“It hurts.” Harold answered, “And I can’t see well.

　　“This man needs a doctor!” Carl said to the young girl angrily.

　　She laughed, “Uh, that’s your wife’s problem, not mine!” she said, “If our brothers come, he will get a doctor. If they don’t, he won’t need one.” She pointed⁵ her gun at Harold’s head and laughed again. She wasn’t at all nervous now.

　　Carl felt angry. He was angry with the hijackers, and he was angry with himself, because he had not moved fast to help Harold. It was good to be angry. When he was angry, he did not feel so afraid. “How old are you?” he asked the girl.

　　She did not answer. “I ask you a question.” he said, “How old are you? eighteen? nineteen? You are not old really, are you? You are just a child!”

　　The girl’s face went red. “I’m twenty!” she said angrily, “I’m not a child!”

　　“You look like a child.” Carl said, “You are only two years older than my daughter. Why are you doing this?”

　　The girl laughed. She didn’t look at his eyes. “Why? You don’t understand.”

　　“I don’t think you understand what you are doing.” Carl said, “None of the people in this plane have hurt you! We are all innocent⁶! The man you killed! He wasn’t a spy⁷! He was just an American business man! You have never seen any of us before! Why do you want to kill us?”

　　The girl looked worried and angry. She pointed the gun straight at Carl’s head. “I don’t want to kill you.” she said, “I want your government, your wife to set our brothers free.”

　　“Yes, I know.” said Carl carefully. He watched the gun and the girl’s face, but he was not really afraid because he was still angry. He argued with the girl as though he was arguing with his daughter. “But remember what your brothers did! They tried to put a bomb⁸ on a plane! They wanted to kill innocent people like us! Why?”

　　“You are not innocent.” said the girl, “No one is innocent. People like you and your wife, and that American, you have money and power, and you take it from my people, from us! Do you know how I lived when I was a child? Ten people in one room with no bath, no water, nothing! My parents had no jobs, no passports⁹, no country, nothing! We lived in a town with ten thousand others. But ten kilometers away, there were rich people like you with big beautiful houses, fine cars, fine clothes! They were all innocent people like you! I tell you no one is innocent!” She was shouting now and nearly crying. There were tears¹⁰ in her eyes.

　　Carl and Harold watched the gun carefully. “Poor girl” Carl thought, “Poor little murderers”

　　The bearded man came out of the captain’s cabin, put his hand on the girl’s arm. “Stop it, little flower!” he said, “Don’t talk to them. That’s not your job.” Then he hit Carl in the face. “Keep your mouth shut!” he said, “Think about your wife instead. Do you see the time? I think she has forgotten you!”

　　Carl groaned¹¹ and held his mouth with his hand. There was blood in his mouth, and one of his teeth was broken¹². Then he looked at his watch. It was 2:23. Seven minutes left. Then the half hour was over. “I’m sorry, my friend.” he whispered¹³ to Harold, “You try fighting, I try talking, but it didn’t work. I think this may be our last journey¹⁴.”

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1 chapter   

n.章，篇，重要章节

参考例句：

• I will skip the next chapter.我将略过下一章。
• Go and open a wonderful new chapter.去开启美好的新篇章。

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 bearded   

adj.（男子）有胡须的；（植物）有芒的；（鱼钩等）有倒刺的；（编结针等）有钩的

参考例句：

• a tall, luxuriantly bearded man 留有浓密胡须的高个子男人
• I had visualized scientists as bearded old men. 我曾经把科学家想像成长满胡子的老人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

6 innocent   

adj.无罪的，清白的；无害的；天真的，单纯的

参考例句：

• I'm not quite so innocent as to believe that.我还不至于简单到相信那种事的地步。
• I was very young,and very innocent.我那时非常年轻，幼稚无知。

7 spy   

n.间谍，侦探，侦察；vt.侦察，找出，发现；vi.做密探，侦查

参考例句：

• I'm sure my neighbours spy on me.我肯定邻居暗中监视我。
• The spy never told his family about his underground activities.那个间谍从来不把他的地下活动告诉他的家人。

8 bomb   

n.炸弹，爆炸，爆炸性事件；v.投弹于，轰炸

参考例句：

• It is an atomic bomb.这是一个原子弹。
• The bomb blew the windows out.炸弹炸毁了窗户。

9 passports   

n.护照( passport的名词复数 )；手段，保障

参考例句：

• He muddled up our passports and gave me back the wrong one. 他把我们的护照搞混了，把别人的发还给了我。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Forged passports were found in a secret pocket in the hold-all. 假护照是在手提箱的暗袋里发现的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 tears   

n.眼泪( tear的名词复数 )；破洞；裂口；裂缝v.撕( tear的第三人称单数 )；（使）分裂；撕碎；扯破

参考例句：

• She made a gallant attempt to hide her tears. 她强掩泪水。
• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。

11 groaned   

v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦

参考例句：

• He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
• The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 broken   

adj.坏掉的，患病的，被制服的，断掉的；vbl.break的过去分词

参考例句：

• He is mending a broken cup.他在修补破杯子。
• Something was broken in my engine.我的发动机里有个东西损坏了。

13 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》

14 journey   

n.旅行，旅程；路程

参考例句：

• She will give up this journey.她将放弃这次旅行。
• The journey home was great fun.回家的旅程非常有趣。