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Lesson 44 Through the forest 穿過森林

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.斯特林夫人在穿過森林追趕兩個男人時，她并沒有考慮到所冒的風險。剛才，當她和孩子們正在森林邊上野餐的時候，這兩個人沖到她跟前，企圖搶走她的手提包。在爭搶中，手提包的帶斷了，包落入這兩個人手里，他們拔腿跑進了樹林。斯特林夫人非常氣憤，向著他們追了過去。只追了一會兒便上氣不接下氣了，但她還是繼續追趕。當她趕上他們時，發現他們已經坐了下來，正翻著包里的東西。于是她直沖過去。這兩個人嚇了一跳，扔下提包逃跑了?！斑@提包帶需要修理，”斯特林夫人事后說道，“不過他們什么也沒偷走。”

• think of 考慮
• the risk
• run after
  • 這種詞組加插入語 through the forest 也是可以的
• rush up 飛奔向.. 這個up不是很明白
• have a picnic 野餐
• at the edge 邊緣
• in the struggle
  • struggle: a physical or mental fight 身體或精神上的搏斗
• strap n. 皮帶; 布帶
  • watch strap 表帶
  • bra strap

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

• in one's possession = in the possession of sb 歸誰所有, 歸誰獨有

  • I have in my possession a letter which you may be interested to you. 該句 in my possession 本因在a letter之后, 但為了照顧which引導的從句, 放到了前面

• start doing 開始做某事
• 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: 上氣不接下氣 breathing very quickly and with difficulty because doing something energetic
  • short of breath: 因生病,氣氛不足等導致的呼吸短促 也作 suffer from shortness of breath

  • She was dizzy and short of breath.

• go through 徹底地(查看或檢查) 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
  • 飆車的那課 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 追趕上..
• sit down 坐下來

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 甩開追趕的人

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.

任務時間: 2017-01-26
(作文時間: 2017-01-27, 耗時: 120 分鐘)

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