川猫之介
(一)It was a cold night in September.The rain was beating on the car roof as George and Marie Winston drove through the empty country roads towards the house of their friends,the Harrisons,where they were going to attend a party.As they drove,they listened to the local radio station,which was playing classical music. They were about five miles from the Harrisons' house when the music on the radio was interupted by a news announcement: "The Cheshire police have issued a serious warning after a man escaped from Colford Mental Hospital earlier this evening.The man,John Downey,is a murderer who killed six people before he was captured two years ago.He is described as large,very strong and extremely dangerous.People in the Cheshire area are warned to keep their doors and windows locked,and to call the police immediately if they see anyone acting strangely." Marie shivered."A crazy killer.And he's out there somewhere.That's frightening." "Don't worry about it,"said her husband."We're nearly there now.Anyway ,we have more important things to worry about.This car is losing power for some reason --it must be that old problem with the engine.If it gets any worse,we'll have to stay at the Harrisons' tonight and get it fixed before we travel back tomorrow." As he spoke,the car began to slow down.Finally they rolled to a stop,as the engine died completely.Just as they stopped ,George pulled the car off the road,and it came to rest under a large tree. "Blast!"said George angrily."now we'll have to walk in the rain ." "But that'll take us an hour at least ,"said Marie."And I have my high-heeled shoes and my nice clothes on.They"ll be ruined!' "well,you"ll have to wait while I run to the nearest house and call the Harrisons.Someone can come out and pick us up,"said George. "But George!Have you forgotten what the radio said?There's a murderer out there!You can't leave me alone here!" "You'll have to hide in the back of the car.Lock all the doors and lie on the floor in the back,under this blanket.No one will see you.When I come back,I'll koncks three times on the door.Then you can get up and open it.Don't open it unless you hear three knocks."George opened the door and slipped out into the rain.He quickly disappeared into the blackness.Marie quickly locked the doors and settled down under the blanket in the back for a long wait.She was frightened and worried,but she was a strong-minded woman.She had not been waiting long,however,when she heard a strange scratching noise.It seemed to be coming from the roof of the car. Marie was terrified.She listened,holding her breath.Then she heard three slow knocks,one after the other,also on the roof of the car.Was it her husband?Shoud she open the door?Then she heard another knock,and another.This was not her husband.It was somebody--or something else.She was shaking with fear,but she forced herself to lie still.The knocking continued--bump,bump,bump,bump. Many hours later,as the sun rose,she was still lying there.She had not slept for a moment.The knocking had never stopped,all night long.She did not know what to do.Where was George?Why had he not come for her? Suddenly,she heard the sound of three or four vehicles,racing quickly down the road.All of them pulled up around her,their tires screeching on the road.At last!Someone had come!Marie sat up quickly and looked out of the window. The three vehicles were all police cars,and two still had their lights flashing.Several policemen leapt out.One of them rushed towards the car as Marie opeed the door.He took her by the hand. "Get out of the car and walk with me to the police vehicle,Miss.You're safe now.Look straight ahead.Keep looking at the police car.Don't look back.Just don't look back." Something in the way he spoke filled Marie with fear.She could not help herself.About ten yards from the police car,she stopped,turned and looked back at the empty vehicle. George was hanging from the tree above the car,a rope tied around his neck.As the wind blew his body back and forth,his feet were bumping gently on the roof of the car--bump,bump,bump,bump… (二)This is one of the autumn night, it was raining heavily, because the weather is very cold, cool wind blowing, streets have no pedestrian. The house in the suburbs, Billy and his wife, Anna, is a phone call with his brother William, "come to my house, and friends here, everyone wanted to see you, we can drink a night." William during that first shouted. "But it's too late now, outside still raining, I afraid drive road safety, etc. Will we'll see you tomorrow." Telephone the spread again the William shout: "you how so timid? Just under a rain, must now come!" "But..." Don't say, phone etc, Billy was cut off. Then Billy and Anna's reluctance to wear coats, go out to the car and drove his factory of ford cars in the motorway, to live in the city's brother's house. Although not quite like in this environment, but they still driving to quickly see, brothers, in the way of two people talking in listening to the radio, the country music lively unconsciously has reached town. At this time, the music on the radio announcer of female was suddenly voice interrupted! "Emergency notification, attention, just in a mental hospital fled the prisoner, the criminal with brutal tactics have killed seven people, estimates now fled to 4 road nearby, please live in this range of citizens don't walk out, lest being attacked, please note that this is a dangerous man." After repeated several times announcers, radio and the music. "Billy, it can do? We are 4 road, not what happened?" Anna fear and trembling voice asked some. "Ok, we drove, won't have asked..." Billy things haven't finished, suddenly car stalled. "This damned broken car, at this time a problem!" Billy angry call, "I go to see what happened." He checked off, go back to the bus to the wife say: "dear, it seems that this car was badly, there seems to repair a phone booth, we go to call brother, maybe he can drive to meet us, we'll fix it tomorrow." "But now it was raining so big, my shoes?" Anna says while looked at his feet new high-heeled shoes. "I understand, I go, you can wait for me in the car, I'll come back." Billy says. "But the radio? I'm afraid..." Anna seize Billy said. "Well, I walk behind you to sit in the back seat, the door is locked, then lay down a cushion cover yourself, don't sit up, don't give anyone opened the door, and knock: if I return next door, will know that I was so that you can give me. Don't worry, my dear, I'll be back in 10 minutes. Billy is quickly disappear in the rain. Anna to husband car locked, then take the car back cushion cover yourself, waiting to Billy. Ten minutes later, 20 minutes passed, and over half an hour! Billy didn't come back again! Anna frighten not move. At that moment, she heard the door from a knock on the door, the connection. Connection. Connection. Anna was delighted that is her husband came back, just opened, suddenly heard another voice, a connection. Connection. Connection. "No! This is not Billy!" Anna was called out, she wanted to go out and see what is going on, but she wouldn't dare. This strange knock on the door have been ringing, Billy and never came back. Lying in the backseat, Anna, and even can not breathe air. After a while, Anna imperceptibly asleep, only heard from outside the obscuring under the rain and connection. Connection. Connection. The next morning, the rain stopped, Anna was a calm voice woke chaos. She opened the door for a look around, many police car parked, an officer quickly ran to pull her asked: "are you Mrs. Billy?" "I am." Anna confused when she replied, suddenly remind of a night her husband not back! "Good, please go with us, we train station to give you something." Police officers and she went to the direction and say: "you must not look backward, must not see, come with me." When Anna go on the edge of the police, curiosity prompted her looked back and saw her startled. Except Billy neck with a hemp, position in his car was hanging on the branch of a tree, the wind, with the bodies of Billy, banging on the door, the connection. Connection. Connection.
臻品之心
Gunman Kills More Than 50, Injures Hundreds at Las Vegas ConcertA gunman killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 500 others Sunday night in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.The attack took place at an outdoor country music show in Las Vegas, Nevada.A crowd of more than 22,000 had gathered for the Route 91 Harvest Festival, not far from Las Vegas' famous Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. From the hotel's 32nd floor, police say, a gunman opened fire on the people below.Luke Broadlick was in the crowd. He was recording the performance of musician Jason Aldean on his mobile phone when he heard the sound of gunfire. He moved his camera toward the direction of the noise. His video shows Aldean and other musicians running off the stage.Broadlick put the video on Twitter in the early hours of Monday morning. He wrote, "Insane ... this JUST happened."Later, he wrote. "I'm okay...the guys here are okay."Another Twitter user, Austin Olson, posted a video from the same moment. In his video, you can hear the sound of rapid gunfire, shots coming one after another. The people in the crowd are lying on the ground, trying to avoid the bullets. The huge Mandalay Bay Hotel is visible.Police have identified the shooter as Stephen Paddock. They said he broke the windows of his room so that he could target the people below. Las Vegas police later broke into Paddock's hotel room. They found him dead. Police also said they found 10 guns, including rifles, in Paddock's room. (advance to 17:30 for audio)Kodiak Yazzie who was at the concert spoke with the Associated Press."It was the craziest stuff I've ever seen in my entire life," Yazzie said. "You could hear that the noise was coming from west of us, from Mandalay Bay. You could see aflash, flash, flash, flash."Yazzie was describing the burst of fire coming from the gun high above the concert area.In a two-minute-long video recorded on a cell phone, the first round of gunshots lasts for about 10 seconds. More shots start about 40 seconds later. People can be heard saying, "that's gunshots," "get down, stay down." More bullets come again about 30 seconds later.Aldean, the singer who was performing when the shots broke out, wrote about the experience on Instagram. He said he and his crew members were safe. He wrote: "It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night."Singer Jake Owen was on stage with Aldean when the shooting started. He told CNN that "the shooting was going on for at least 10 minutes. It was nonstop."Another witness told a Las Vegas newspaper that the shots were "relentless."Before Sunday, the deadliest shooting in U.S. history took place in June of 2016 in Orlando, Florida. A gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub.Buddy Dyer is the mayor of Orlando. On Twitter, he expressed his support for the people of Las Vegas. "Our community stands with Las Vegas during this difficult time," he wrote.President Donald Trump spoke about the shooting Monday morning. He described it as "an act of pure evil." He ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff to honor those who died.President Trump held a moment of silence at the White House on Monday."In moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one. And it always has," Trump said.Former president Barack Obama called the shooting "another senseless tragedy."Politicians around the world offered their support for the United States and the people affected by the shooting.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrote, "Japan expresses its sincere solidarity with the Government of the United States and the people of the United States as they try to overcome this difficult time."I'm Caty Weaver, and I'm Ashley Thompson.Dan Friedell wrote this story for Learning English based on reports by VOANews, The New York Times and The Associated Press. Ashley Thompson was the editor.
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