书虫三级下《劫机！》：第三章

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Chapter 3
第三章

Here we are, madam.' The big black car stopped and a police officer opened the back door.

“我们到了，夫人。”黑色大轿车停了下来，一个警官打开了车的后门。

Thank you.' Helen Sandberg smiled at him as she got out. Another police officer opened the front door of her house.

“谢谢你。”海伦·桑德伯格一边下车，一边对他微笑着。这时，另一个警官走过去打开了她家的前门。

Inside the house it was quiet. Her daughter was reading. She put the book down.

家里很安静。女儿正在看书。她放下手中的书。

Hello, Mummy. You're late. You said you'd be home by ten o'clock. I wanted to talk to you about my homework, remember?'

“您好，妈妈。您迟到了，您说您10点之前到家的。我想跟您谈谈我的家庭作业，您还记得吗？”

Helen sat down. 'I'm sorry, Sarah. I did remember, really. But I had a very busy day. Anyway, I'm home now. What's the problem?'

海伦坐了下来。“对不起，萨拉。我当然记得，真的。但是我今天太忙了。不过，我现在回家了。你有什么问题呢？”

It's this book,' said Sarah. 'I have to write about it at school on Friday, and I don't understand it.'

“是关于这本书，”萨拉说，“星期五我得在学校根据它写一篇文章，但是我看不懂。”

All right,' said Helen. 'Bring the book into the kitchen and I'll look at it while you make me a cup of coffee.'

“好吧，”海伦说，“把它拿到厨房来，你给我煮一杯咖啡，我来给你看看。”

They sat in the kitchen and talked for nearly half an hour. Then Helen looked at her watch. 'OK, Sarah, that's enough for now. It's nearly midnight, and I must be up at six tomorrow. I'm going to bed. Goodnight.'

她们在厨房里坐下，谈了将近半个小时。然后海伦看了看手表。“好了，萨拉，就谈到这儿吧。快半夜了，我明天早晨6点就得起床。我要去睡觉了，晚安。”

Alone in her bedroom, she undressed and got into the big empty bed. She was very tired. She closed her eyes and in three minutes she was asleep.

她一个人回到卧室，脱下衣服，躺在空荡荡的大床上。她非常疲惫，闭上眼睛不到三分钟就睡着了。

The phone rang at 12.15 a. m.

凌晨12:15的时候，电话铃响了。

Helen groaned, and picked it up.

海伦嘴里嘟囔着，拿起了听筒。

Hello... What?... Who?... Do you know what time it is?'

“喂……什么？……谁？……你知道现在几点吗？”

She ran her hand through her hair and turned the light on. 'What, now? I don't believe it. Are you sure?'

她用手理了理头发，打开了灯。“什么，现在？我不相信。你确定吗？”

The voice on the telephone explained carefully. Helen groaned again, and sat up. 'I hope it is serious. If it isn't, somebody is going to be in big trouble... yes... All right... Send the car in fifteen minutes, then. And bring me some coffee! Goodbye.'

电话另一端的人在认真地解释着。海伦又嘟囔了几句，坐了起来。“我希望这的确很严重。否则的话，有人可能会有大麻烦的……是的……好吧……那15分钟之后把车开过来。再给我带点儿咖啡来！再见。”

She put the phone down and got out of bed. Outside the window she could hear a strong wind blowing.

她放下电话，起了床。窗外，她能听见狂风怒吼。

Twenty minutes later she was sitting in the back of her big black car, drinking a cup of coffee and talking to the Chief of Airport Police on the car telephone. It was raining heavily.

20分钟之后，她已经坐在了她那辆黑色大轿车的后排座上，一边喝着咖啡，一边用车上的电话和机场警察局的局长通着话。车外大雨倾盆。