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汽车旅店motel[英][məʊ'tel] [美][moˈtɛl] 中英文故事：小鸡快跑（5） 要摆脱尾随者，最后的机会是在南澳大利亚边境内。如果这辆希尔曼可以在它尾随者之前到达小镇，他们或许可以摆脱对手。天很快就要黑了，这对夫妇不想让他们的噩梦延长。 大卫驱车驶进伦马克主街道的第一家汽车旅店，但被告知店已客满，不过还有一间坏了空调的房间。这可不是考虑享受的时候！从他们住的这个房间，小镇的过往车辆能看得一清二楚，当然也有可能看到那辆追赶他们的车。 很快,熟悉的轰鸣声响彻半空。一辆带着挡泥板、有着弧形尾部的车子从一排细高的树旁平稳驶过。行进中，它的引擎从未停止。这对摆脱追踪的夫妇筋疲力尽，茫然地站在黑暗的门口。空气热得使人窒息，他们一直在那里听，直到远处引擎的轰鸣声逐渐消失在夜色中。 A final bid for freedom was granted within range of the South Australian border. If only the Hillman could reach town ahead of its pursuers, they might be able to head them off. Light was fa¬ding fast and the couple had no intention of seeing their nightmare prolonged. David pulled into the first motel in the main street of Renmark, only to be told it was fully booked. However, there was one vacant room where the air conditioning had broken down. This was no time to think of comforts! Their room provid¬ed a good view of the town’s incoming traffic , but there was still a chance that their vehi¬cle might be seen. Before long a familiar rumble filled the air. Beyond a row of spindly trees glided a sedately-driven winged vehicle with fox-tail aerial, and as it passed, its engine never fal¬tered. Exhausted and bewildered, the escapees stood in the stifling heat of their dark¬ened doorway, listening till the hum of a distant engine became lost in the night. 中英文例句 1. Days before, at the motel, I had asked myself, what color is the desert at night? 几天前，在汽车旅馆里，我曾问过我自己，夜晚的沙漠是什么颜色的呢？ 2. When we checked into the motel, I told the clerk that I wanted a room for me and my wife and a special room for sex. 我们住进了一家汽车旅馆，我跟旅馆的人说我跟我老婆要一间，另外一间给性爱。 3. The pair notified the virginia state police of their findings, who then found the 9-year old girl and her grandmother in the motel. 这两名警官把他们的发现通知了维吉尼亚州的警察，随后警察在这家汽车旅馆里找到了这名9岁女孩和她的祖母。 4. They decide to put their belongings in storage and find a cheap motel room for the night, so the children can walk to school. 她们决定把所有物品储存起来，在学校附近找一个便宜的汽车旅馆过夜，那样孩子们就可以走着去上学了。 5. I also have to get back to the motel. The manager took my passport last night, and now he and the passport are nowhere to be found. 我也必须回到汽车旅馆去，因为旅馆经理昨天晚上拿走了我的护照，到现在为止他本人和我的护照都不知所踪。 |
