書蟲入門級(jí) 摩托女孩

1

Is there a motel?

Kenny is going across America by bus. One evening in summer, his bus arrives in a little town in California.

I want to stop here tonight,' says Kenny to the bus driver. 'Is there a motel, do you know?'

Yes,' says the bus driver. 'There's a nice motel across the river. It's not expensive.'

Is there a bus to San Francisco tomorrow?' asks Kenny.

Yes,' says the bus driver, 'there's a bus every day.'

Kenny gets off the bus with his bag.

2

Give me the money!

In a street in Los Angeles, somebody is robbing a security guard outside a supermarket. The robber is sitting on a motorcycle and has a gun.

Give me the money!' the robber tells the security guard. 'OK, OK!' says the security guard, and gives the robber the money.

Then the robber rides away – but a camera is taking pictures.

After the robbery, the supermarket manager phones the police.

Yes,' he says. 'A robbery... yes, long blond hair, and with a motorcycle... a man or woman? We don't know... yes, we have some pictures... OK! Quickly.'

3

Room twenty-three

In the little town, fifty kilometres away from Los Angeles, Kenny goes into the motel and asks for a room.

Room twenty-three,' says the man at the desk. He gives Kenny a key.

Thank you,' says Kenny. And he goes up to his room.

An hour later, Kenny comes down to eat.

I'm hungry,' he thinks.

He sees a girl arrive on a motorcycle. She walks to the front desk, and the man gives her a key.

Room seventeen,' says the man at the desk.

I think I know her face,' thinks Kenny. 'Is she somebody famous?'

4

Is it her?

Early the next morning, Kenny puts on the TV in his room. A news-reader is talking about the supermarket robbery. There are some pictures from the supermarket camera.

Kenny watches the news.

The robber is somebody with long blond hair, and with a motorcycle,' says the news-reader.

Suddenly, Kenny remembers the girl at the motel desk. 'Is it her?' he thinks. 'Is she the robber?'

5

Can I sit here?

He goes for breakfast. The girl is eating her breakfast at a table near the window. Kenny looks at her. 'Is it her?' he thinks. 'I think I know her, but...' He walks across to her table.

Can I sit here?' he asks.

The girl looks up. 'Well... OK,' she says.

Kenny sits down. 'My name's Kenny,' he says.

Pleased to meet you,' she says. 'I'm Mel.'

Where are you from?' asks Kenny.

San Francisco,' says Mel. 'I'm going there later this morning. Where are you from?'

Boston,' says Kenny. 'I'm going across America by bus. And I'm going to San Francisco later this morning, too.'

Are you?' the girl says. 'I don't like buses. I like motorcycles. Look, excuse me. I need to make a phone call.'

She gets up and leaves the room.

6

Not the police

A young man near the door is watching Mel.

Why is he watching her?' thinks Kenny. 'Does he know her face, too? Is he thinking she's the girl from the robbery, too?'

Kenny goes to sit next to the young man.

Hi,' he says. 'My name's Kenny Muir.'

Hi,' says the young man. 'I'm... Ned.'

They begin talking. Kenny tells Ned about the news of the robbery on TV. He looks across at Mel. 'Are you thinking that's the same girl?' he asks Ned.

Ned looks across at her. 'I – I don't know,' he says. 'Perhaps it is.'

What can we do?' says Kenny. 'She's leaving soon. Let's phone the police. I think it's her.'

No!' Ned says quickly. 'Not the police. Wait...'

Kenny looks carefully at him. 'What's the matter? Are you... afraid of something?' he asks.

No, but... perhaps she's got a gun!' says Ned.

7

Perhaps I'm wrong

Is it her?' thinks Kenny. 'I want to know. Perhaps the money from the robbery is in her room.'

Kenny goes upstairs. Suddenly he sees the girl again. She is coming out of room seventeen. Kenny watches her. She locks her door and goes downstairs.

How can I get into her room?' he thinks.

Then Kenny sees a woman working in the motel.

Excuse me,' says Kenny. 'Can you open the door of my room? My key's in the car. It's room seventeen.'

Yes, of course,' she says, and opens the door of room seventeen.

Thank you,' says Kenny, and he goes into the room.

Kenny searches the room, but he cannot find the money from the robbery.

Perhaps I'm wrong about her,' he thinks.

Then he hears somebody opening the door with a key.

It's Mel!

8

I must get away

Kenny runs into the bathroom. A minute later he hears Mel talking into the phone.

Hi, Fran,' says Mel. 'No, I'm at the motel... No, I'm leaving in an hour... Yes, OK...'

Kenny looks out carefully from the bathroom. He cannot get to the door, but he can get to the window. He moves quickly.

Mel puts down the phone. Kenny watches her through the window.

I must get away from here!' he thinks.

Kenny cannot go back into room seventeen, but he can open the window to room eighteen.

9

You're the robber!

Kenny climbs into room eighteen. There is nobody there. He goes across to the door. But then he sees something.

What's that?' he thinks. 'Is it... a wig? It is. It's a blond wig!'

Kenny searches the room.

Here's a black motorcycle coat,' he says to himself. 'And what's this in this bag? The money from the robbery!'

Kenny hears somebody coming. He wants to get out of the room, but he cannot.

Ned comes into the room. He sees Kenny.

What are you doing in my room?' says Ned.

Then he sees the blond wig and the money. He looks at Kenny again.

You know!' says Ned.

Yes, I know!' says Kenny. 'You're the Los Angeles supermarket robber!'

Suddenly, Ned takes a gun from his coat.

Don't move!' he says. And he takes the bag from Kenny.

You can't get away,' says Kenny.

Yes, I can,' says Ned.

He hits Kenny on the head, then he locks him in room eighteen.

10

I can't swim!

A minute later, Mel is looking across at the river from her room. Suddenly, she sees a man running.

What's the matter with him?' she thinks. 'Why is he running?'

Then she sees Kenny come out of the next room.

Th – that man!' says Kenny. 'He's the Los Angeles supermarket robber! Stop him, somebody!'

Ned hears him and looks up. Then he gets on his motorcycle and drives off quickly.

I can stop him!' says Mel.

She climbs down from her room. She runs around the motel, gets on her motorcycle and goes after Ned.

Mel rides her motorcycle quickly towards the river. When she gets to the river, she jumps across the river on the motorcycle, and stops in front of Ned. He cannot stop, and his motorcycle goes into the river.

Help! Help!' he cries. 'I can't swim!'

11

Can we go slowly, please?

Some people help Ned out of the water. More people are coming from the motel. Kenny runs across to Mel.

Are you OK?' he asks her.

Yes, I'm OK,' she says. 'Are you all right?'

Yes,' says Kenny. 'I'm all right.'

Soon after, the police arrive and take Ned away. Kenny tells a policeman his story. Then Mel tells the policewoman her story.

Do I know your face?'the policewoman asks Mel. 'Are you famous?'

Mel laughs. 'Perhaps you do,' she says. 'I'm on TV sometimes.'

Now I remember you,' Kenny says to Mel. 'You're Mel Palmer, the famous Stunt Girl! I see you on 'Stunt Girls, USA', on TV sometimes.'

Mel smiles. 'Yes, that's me,' she says. 'Now, do you want to come to San Francisco on my motorcycle, or do you want to go on the bus?'

I'm coming with you!' says Kenny, laughing. 'But can we go slowly, please?'

摩托女孩

1　有汽車旅館嗎?

肯尼正在乘公共汽車橫穿美國(guó)。一個(gè)夏天的夜晚，他乘坐的車停在了加利福尼亞的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上。

“我想在這兒住一晚?！笨夏釋?duì)司機(jī)說(shuō)，“這兒有沒(méi)有汽車旅館，您知道嗎?”

“有，”司機(jī)回答，“河對(duì)岸有家不錯(cuò)的汽車旅館，也不貴?！?/p>

“那明天有車去舊金山嗎?”肯尼問(wèn)。

“有，”司機(jī)說(shuō)，“每天都有車去?！?/p>

肯尼拿著包下了車。

2　把錢給我!

洛杉磯的一條街上，有人正在超市外搶劫一名保安。劫匪騎著摩托車，手里拿著槍。

“把錢給我!”劫匪對(duì)保安說(shuō)。

“好，好!”保安說(shuō)著把錢交給了劫匪。

然后劫匪騎摩托車跑了，但有個(gè)攝像頭拍下了這一切。

劫案發(fā)生后，超市經(jīng)理打電話報(bào)警。

“是的，”他說(shuō)，“搶劫……沒(méi)錯(cuò)，金色長(zhǎng)發(fā)，騎著摩托車……男的還是女的?不知道……沒(méi)錯(cuò)，我們有些照片……好的!快來(lái)!”

3　23號(hào)房間

在距離洛杉磯50公里外的小鎮(zhèn)上，肯尼走進(jìn)汽車旅館，要了個(gè)房間。

“23號(hào)房?！鼻芭_(tái)的男服務(wù)員說(shuō)著遞給肯尼一把鑰匙。

“謝謝?！笨夏嵴f(shuō)，然后他上樓進(jìn)了房間。

一小時(shí)后，肯尼下樓去吃東西。

“我餓了。”他心想。

他看見一個(gè)女孩騎著摩托車到了旅館。她走到前臺(tái)，服務(wù)員給了她一把鑰匙。

“17號(hào)房?！狈?wù)員說(shuō)。

“我覺(jué)得這張臉很面熟?！笨夏嵯?，“她是哪個(gè)名人嗎?”

4　是她嗎?

第二天一大早，肯尼打開房間里的電視機(jī)。一位新聞播音員正在播報(bào)超市劫案新聞。還播放了超市攝像頭拍到的照片。

肯尼看著新聞。

“劫匪有一頭金色長(zhǎng)發(fā)，騎著摩托車。”新聞播音員說(shuō)。

突然，肯尼想起在旅館前臺(tái)見到的那個(gè)女孩。“是她嗎?”他想，“她是劫匪嗎?”

5　我能坐這兒?jiǎn)?

肯尼去吃早飯。那個(gè)女孩正在靠窗的一張桌子旁吃早飯?？夏峥粗?。“是她嗎?”他想，“我覺(jué)得我認(rèn)識(shí)她，可是……”他向她的桌子走過(guò)去。

“我能坐這兒?jiǎn)?”他問(wèn)。

女孩抬起頭?！班拧冒伞！彼卮?。

肯尼坐下來(lái)?！拔医锌夏??！彼f(shuō)。

“很高興認(rèn)識(shí)你?！彼f(shuō)，“我叫梅爾?！?/p>

“你是哪里人?”肯尼問(wèn)。

“舊金山人。”梅爾說(shuō)，“我今早稍后要回那里去。你是哪里人?”

“波士頓人。”肯尼說(shuō)，“我正在乘公共汽車橫穿美國(guó)。我今早稍后也要去舊金山?！?/p>

“是嗎?”女孩說(shuō)，“我不喜歡公共汽車。我喜歡摩托車。嘿，不好意思，我得打個(gè)電話?！?/p>

她起身離開了餐廳。

6　不能報(bào)警

坐在門邊的一個(gè)年輕人一直盯著梅爾。

“為什么他老是看她?”肯尼想，“他也認(rèn)得她?他是不是也覺(jué)得她就是劫匪呢?”

肯尼走過(guò)去，在年輕人身邊坐下。

“你好?！彼f(shuō)，“我叫肯尼·繆爾?！?/p>

“你好?！蹦贻p人說(shuō)，“我叫……內(nèi)德?！?/p>

他們開始交談?？夏岣鷥?nèi)德說(shuō)起電視上關(guān)于超市劫案的新聞。他向梅爾望去。“你是不是覺(jué)得劫匪就是那個(gè)女孩?”他問(wèn)內(nèi)德。

內(nèi)德看向她?！拔遥也恢??！彼f(shuō)，“也許是吧?！?/p>

“我們?cè)撛趺崔k?”肯尼說(shuō)，“她馬上就要離開了。我們報(bào)警吧，我覺(jué)得就是她?！?/p>

“不行!”內(nèi)德馬上說(shuō)，“不能報(bào)警。等等……”

肯尼仔細(xì)打量他。“怎么了?你在……害怕什么嗎?”他問(wèn)。

“不是，不過(guò)……她可能有槍!”內(nèi)德說(shuō)。

7　也許我錯(cuò)了

“真的是她嗎?”肯尼想，“我想弄清楚。也許搶來(lái)的錢就在她房間里?！?/p>

肯尼走上樓。突然，他又看見了梅爾。她正從17號(hào)房間出來(lái)?？夏岫⒅?。她鎖好門，下了樓。

“我怎么才能進(jìn)入她的房間呢?”他想。

就在這時(shí)，肯尼看見了旅館的一名女服務(wù)員。

“勞駕，”肯尼說(shuō)，“你能幫忙開下我的房門嗎?我的鑰匙在車?yán)铩Ｊ?7號(hào)房間。”

“好的，沒(méi)問(wèn)題。”她說(shuō)著打開了17號(hào)房間的門。

“謝謝?！笨夏嵴f(shuō)，接著進(jìn)了房間。

肯尼搜遍了整個(gè)房間，卻沒(méi)找到搶劫來(lái)的錢。

“可能我錯(cuò)怪她了?！彼?。

這時(shí)他聽見有人正用鑰匙開門。

是梅爾!

8　我必須離開

肯尼跑進(jìn)衛(wèi)生間。不一會(huì)兒，他聽見梅爾在打電話。

“嗨，弗蘭?！泵窢栒f(shuō)，“不，我在汽車旅館……不，我一個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)離開……是的，好……”

肯尼小心翼翼地向衛(wèi)生間外張望。他沒(méi)法兒到門那兒，但可以到窗戶那邊。他迅速行動(dòng)起來(lái)。

梅爾放下電話。肯尼透過(guò)窗戶盯著她。

“我必須離開這兒!”他想。

肯尼不能再回到17號(hào)房間，但他可以打開18號(hào)房間的窗戶。

9　你是劫匪!

肯尼爬進(jìn)18號(hào)房間，里面沒(méi)人。他向房門走去，但這時(shí)他看見了一樣?xùn)|西。

“那是什么?”他想，“是……一頂假發(fā)?是的，是金色的假發(fā)!”

肯尼開始搜房間。

“這里有件黑色的機(jī)車外套?！彼匝宰哉Z(yǔ)道，“這包里又是什么?搶劫來(lái)的錢!”

肯尼聽見有人進(jìn)來(lái)。他想離開這個(gè)房間，但他出不去了。

內(nèi)德走進(jìn)房間。他看見了肯尼。

“你在我的房間干什么?”內(nèi)德問(wèn)。

這時(shí)他看見了金色假發(fā)和錢。他又看向肯尼。

“你知道了!”內(nèi)德說(shuō)。

“對(duì)，我知道了!”肯尼說(shuō)，“你就是洛杉磯超市劫匪!”

突然，內(nèi)德從外套里掏出槍。

“不許動(dòng)!”他說(shuō)，隨即從肯尼手中奪回包。

“你逃不掉的?！笨夏嵴f(shuō)。

“不，我可以。”內(nèi)德說(shuō)。

他一拳打在肯尼頭上，然后把他鎖在18號(hào)房間里。

10　我不會(huì)游泳!

過(guò)了片刻，梅爾正在房間里望著河。突然，她看見一個(gè)男人在奔跑。

“他怎么了?”她想，“為什么要跑呢?”

這時(shí)，她看見肯尼從隔壁房間出來(lái)。

“那——那個(gè)男的!”肯尼說(shuō)，“他是洛杉磯超市劫匪!攔住他，來(lái)人哪!”

內(nèi)德聽見肯尼的話，向上看了一眼。然后他跨上摩托車，迅速駕車離去。

“我能攔住他!”梅爾說(shuō)。

她從自己房間外面爬下來(lái)，跑到汽車旅館前面，騎上自己的摩托車，追趕內(nèi)德。

梅爾騎著摩托車，朝河邊疾駛。到了河邊，她駕著摩托車飛越過(guò)河，停在內(nèi)德前面。內(nèi)德剎不住車，連人帶車掉進(jìn)河里。

“救命!救命!”他大叫，“我不會(huì)游泳!”

11　我們騎慢點(diǎn)，好嗎?

有人把內(nèi)德從水里救了出來(lái)。越來(lái)越多的人從汽車旅館趕了過(guò)來(lái)?？夏嵯蛎窢柵苋?。

“你沒(méi)事吧?”他問(wèn)她。

“嗯，我沒(méi)事?！彼f(shuō)，“你還好吧?”

“嗯，”肯尼說(shuō)，“我還好?！?/p>

不一會(huì)兒，警察趕來(lái)帶走了內(nèi)德。肯尼向一位男警察說(shuō)明事情經(jīng)過(guò)。隨后梅爾也向一名女警說(shuō)明了情況。

“我是不是見過(guò)你?”女警問(wèn)梅爾，“你是名人嗎?”

梅爾笑了?！耙苍S你見過(guò)我?！彼f(shuō)，“我有時(shí)會(huì)上電視?！?/p>

“現(xiàn)在我想起你來(lái)了?！笨夏釋?duì)梅爾說(shuō)，“你是梅爾·帕爾默，著名的女特技演員!我有時(shí)在電視上看《美國(guó)女特技演員》，見過(guò)你?！?/p>

梅爾笑了?！皩?duì)，那是我。”她說(shuō)，“現(xiàn)在，你是想坐我的摩托車去舊金山呢，還是坐公共汽車去?”

“我跟你一起去!”肯尼笑著說(shuō)，“不過(guò)我們騎慢點(diǎn)，好嗎?”