湖北省荊門市掇刀中學(xué) 文艷麗供稿
1.Detective Brown was reading a book at home at 9:00 in the evening.Suddenly the lights went out.晚上九點,布朗探長正在家里看書,忽然停電了。
2.Five minutes later,there was a loud noise,which shattered all the windows.五分鐘之后,一聲巨響把窗子的玻璃都震碎了。
3.A house nearby exploded and burned.Mr.Brown ran to the house at once.原來是附近的一所房子爆炸著火了。布朗探長連忙向現(xiàn)場跑去。
4.An old woman lived in the house.She said to Detective Brown sadly:“Fortunately,I was shopping then,otherwise...”There was a smell of gas on the scene.Detective said:“The explosion should be caused by the gas leakage.” “Really?My nose is not very keen,and I can’t smell the gas,”said the old woman.房子里住著一位老婦人。她傷心地對布朗探長說:“幸好我當(dāng)時在買東西,要不然……”現(xiàn)場可以聞到一股煤氣的味道。探長說:“應(yīng)該是您家里的煤氣泄露引起的爆炸。”“真的嗎?我的鼻子已經(jīng)不靈了,我根本聞不到煤氣的味道?!崩蠇D人說。
5.At this time,one police said:“The fire started from the bedroom.”就在這時,一個警察說道:“火是從老婦人的臥室燒起來的?!?/p>
6.The woman said:“But in my bedroom,there was just a bed,a phone and a wood box.”“我的臥室里只有一張床、一個電話和一個木箱。”老婦人說。
7.Police said:“It’s very strange.When the explosion happened,the power was off.So it couldn’t be caused by creepage.” “It seemed that it was a designed murder and arson incident,” said Mr.Brown.警察說:“很奇怪。 發(fā)生爆炸時,這一帶正停電,不可能是因為漏電引起煤氣爆炸發(fā)生火災(zāi)的?!翱磥磉@很可能是一樁有計劃的蓄意縱火謀殺案?!辈祭侍介L說。
8.By the inquiry,the police found out that the old woman’s nephew Roy was the suspect.The old woman had a lot of jewel and stock.She saved them in the bank and was insured.The beneficiary was Roy.經(jīng)過調(diào)查,警方認(rèn)為老婦人的侄兒羅伊是犯罪嫌疑人。老婦人有許多寶石和股票都寄存在銀行,并且投了保險,受益人就是羅伊。
9.But Roy was not on the scene when the explosion happened.There was proof proving that he was in the hotel 10km away from here.The Detective asked:“Did he go to the woman’s house that night?” “Yes.He finished his supper and left at half past eight o’clock.” 但是事發(fā)當(dāng)時,羅伊不在案發(fā)現(xiàn)場,而且有證據(jù)表明他當(dāng)時在離案發(fā)現(xiàn)場10公里以外的旅館里。探長說:“那天晚上,他去了老婦人的家嗎?”“是的。他吃完晚飯后,于八點半離開了?!?/p>
10.Detective Brown analyzed all the proof and thought about it.Then he said:“It was made by Roy.”布朗探長分析了所有的證據(jù),思慮良久說:“這起案件就是羅伊策劃的。”
布朗探長為什么說這起事件是羅伊策劃的呢?他的證據(jù)是什么?