高中英语人教版高三1 10

[05:30.08]He walked over to one of the telephones and called his friend Mick Miles.
[05:36.33]"Mick,this is important.I'm being followed.
[05:41.39]Can you come at once to Pyramid Hotel?How quickly can you get here?Good.
[05:48.45]When you arrive,go to the clerk at the desk.
[05:53.20]Ask for me by name but don't say my name aloud.
[05:58.16]Just show the clerk a piece of paper with my name written on it.
[06:03.34]Don't go to my room.Telephone my room from downstairs.
[06:08.69]Listen,but don't say anything don't repeat anything.That's very important!
[06:16.14]I will tell you what to do.Bring your passport with you and lots of money.
[06:22.80]You're going to Japan instead of me!"
[06:27.06]Bill walked around the ground floor of the hotel
[06:31.50]and bought a magazine from the bookshop.
[06:35.02]He glanced at his watch once again and then looked at the front entrance.
[06:41.40]Outside a taxi was driving up to the hotel.
[06:46.36]It stopped and a tall fair man with sunglasses got out.
[06:52.84]Bill smiled to himself and began to feel less anxious.
[06:59.08]Then he walked up to the counter and spoke to the clerk.
[07:04.05]"Please can someone show me to my room?"
[07:08.62]I'd prefer someone large,he thought to himself.
[07:13.06]They took the lift to the fourth floor and went to Room 411.
[07:19.30]Bill entered the room,had a look around and smiled.This was perfect!
[07:26.54]Lesson 39
[07:35.29]1 Reading comprehension
[07:39.55]THE TRICK(2)
[07:43.39]The man with beard smiled to himself.This was perfect!
[07:50.54]Right now he had two men outside the hotel.
[07:55.72]He had two men inside the entrance,two on the stairs.
[08:01.88]And he was sure to make a lot of money.
[08:06.14]The moment he entered the room,Bill fixed the chain across the door.
[08:11.78]Then quickly and quietly he pushed a table against the door.
[08:18.26]Someone knocked at the door and the felt afraid for a moment.
[08:21.73]Just then the telephone began to ring.
[08:27.06]One hour later,
[08:30.30]Mick was already at the airport waithing to get on the aircraft to Japan.
[08:36.65]This was a strange adventure indeed!
[08:40.72]He had never been to Japan before,but now he had the chance.
[08:46.79]He put his hand inside his case
[08:51.96]and felt the flat box containing the computer program--it was safe with him.
[09:00.29]He wondered whether Bill had managed to escape.
[09:04.73]And what a curious hotel it was! It was perfect for a tricxk like this.
[09:12.18]The two men forced open the door of Room 411,
[09:18.24]broke off the chain and pushed the table to one side.
[09:24.01]They found themselves next to a bathroom at the bottom of a flight of twelve stairs.
[09:32.06]They ran up the stairs into the room.The room was empty.
[09:38.01]Was this a trick? There was nowhere to hide.
[09:43.05]The window was open but it was not possible to climb out of the window because it was too high.
[09:49.82]They turned round and stood in kthe middle of the room,completely astonished.
[09:56.35]Twelve more steps led up to another door,on the other side of which was Room 511.
[10:05.02]They looked at each other and shook their heads.
[10:09.88]The man with the teard was going to be very unhappy.