每日一篇新概念 -- 第二冊第四十四課（10月22日作業）

這位Sterling太太比李太太還跋扈！

出國前在北京俺也被人搶過。我騎一自行車，後麵坐著幼子，前麵的筐裏放著一公文包 -- 那是我至今為止最貴重的一件物品，雖然也並不值幾個錢。遇一上坡，騎不動，就下來推著走。這時一個人過來說“我車別著你的後輪了，你看一下有沒有問題。”就在我回頭的一霎那，包就被另一人抓跑了。旁邊有人喊，我一看意識到包沒了，就聲嘶力竭地叫喚。那天也是運氣，一位年輕的活雷鋒，衝上去製止住了逃跑中的搶劫者，並通知警察來給帶走了。

後來我被叫去警句錄證詞，看到那個搶包的人，還是個年輕的孩子！卻被打得頭破血流的。想想心裏又有些不忍。不知道自己當時到底該不該那麽拚了命地要奪回自己的東西，卻害得這個孩子這般慘。

Lesson 44 Through the forest



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.'