英文短篇故事（纽约）81 A Thief in the Waiting Room

 　　"Where's my jacket? Who stole my jacket? Security!" she shouted. Some people in the pharmacy¹ waiting room turned their heads. "Didn't anyone see anything?" she asked. Nobody spoke². A security guard appeared. He asked her what was wrong. She said she had gone to the ladies' room. She had left her jacket on the chair. Her medicine was in the jacket. When she returned to the waiting room, her jacket was gone. The security guard asked a hospital employee, "Has anyone turned in a jacket?" The employee said no. The guard asked the woman to describe her jacket. He asked for her name and phone number. He said he would call her if the jacket turned up. She said, "Ha! It'll never turn up. They stole my jacket and my medicine in broad daylight. Now I have to stand in line again. Why don't they have security cameras in here?"

1 pharmacy   

n.药房，药剂学，制药业，配药业，一批备用药品

参考例句：

• She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。
• Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。

2 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。