胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯034：密探 Undercover

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2015年12月07日

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Lesson 34 Undercover 密探 Undercover

The smell of roasted chillis filled the air as the chef moved the large chunks of charcoal around in the fire. He chilled a bottle of red wine as he waited for the fire to build. I’m at a chateau in France. By the way, French chefs love to chat, and they usually have a fair amount of charisma. However, they will chide you if you try to speak French. Fortunately, I do not speak French.

空氣中彌漫著烤辣椒的味道，廚師正忙著將火里燒著的大塊木炭鋪開(kāi)。他涼了瓶紅葡萄酒，一面等著火旺起來(lái)。我在一座法國(guó)城堡里。對(duì)了，法國(guó)廚師喜歡聊天，而且他們通常很有魅力。但如果你試圖講法語(yǔ)，就會(huì)遭到他們的責(zé)罵。幸好我不說(shuō)法語(yǔ)。

Did I mention that I’m a well-trained secret agent? I keep my edge by remaining chaste. I’m also chary. I never work without a disguise that matches my assignment. I’m also an expert at using chicanery to accomplish my mission.

我提到我是個(gè)訓(xùn)練有素的密探了嗎?我為人正派，故總能勝人一籌。我還非常謹(jǐn)慎，工作時(shí)我總會(huì)偽裝起來(lái)，以配合任務(wù)需要。我尤其善用詭計(jì)，從而圓滿完成任務(wù)。

By the way, I’m working undercover at this moment. My job is to investigate Joe Banana who is the head of a big charity. I followed him to this island chateau where he’s holding a party. It was pretty tough getting here. I had to charter a private boat and even the captain had problems charting his course. It was a pretty chilly night to be on a boat.

順便說(shuō)一下，我現(xiàn)在正秘密工作。我的任務(wù)是調(diào)查一家大型慈善組織的頭目喬巴拿納。我跟蹤他來(lái)到這座島上城堡。他將在這里舉辦宴會(huì)。要來(lái)這里可不容易。我得租上一條私人小船，而船長(zhǎng)甚至很難把航線在海圖上標(biāo)示出來(lái)。這天晚上坐在船上感覺(jué)相當(dāng)寒冷。

Gaining entry to the chateau was just as difficult. They always check you at the door for weapons. Also, you have to make a charitable contribution to gain entry to these types of parties. I used my disguise to sneak in through the kitchen. I wish that noisy bird hadn’t chirped.

進(jìn)城堡也同樣困難。他們總是在門口檢查你有沒(méi)有攜帶武器。而且，你還得慷慨解囊，方能參加這種慈善宴會(huì)。我靠偽裝通過(guò)廚房混了進(jìn)去。要是那只吵死人的鳥(niǎo)沒(méi)喳喳叫就好了。

I really cherish these successful infiltrations. Now, all I need to do is to charm my way into a seat at Joe Banana’s table so that I can hear everything he says. I probably should have used a different disguise but this was the only one that seemed to match the assignment. I hope he likes chimpanzees!

我非常珍惜這些能成功潛入的機(jī)會(huì)?，F(xiàn)在，我只需一路應(yīng)酬地做到喬巴拿納的那桌酒席上就行了，這樣，我就可以一字不漏地聽(tīng)他發(fā)表講話。我也許改用別的偽裝，但只有這一身才適合這次任務(wù)。我希望他喜歡黑猩猩!

Words:

charcoal n. 炭;木炭

charisma n. (大眾愛(ài)戴的)的領(lǐng)袖氣質(zhì)，魅力

charitable adj. 慈善的，慈善事業(yè)的;仁慈的;施舍慷慨的

charity n. 施舍，慈善(事業(yè)、機(jī)構(gòu))

chart n. 海圖，圖表;vt. 制圖

charter vt. 準(zhǔn)許(某人或某物)包租。。。;特許;n.憲章，章程

chary adj. 小心的，謹(jǐn)慎的

chaste adj. 貞潔的;純潔的，正派的，高雅的;(思想、言論)樸素的

chat vi. 閑談

chateau n. 城堡，高級(jí)賓館