有关抢劫事件的英语短文阅读带翻译:A Daytime Robbery
编者按：抢劫事件听起来往往让人觉得害怕。以下是一篇关于一场抢劫事件的英语短文，来看看主人公罗德是怎么应对抢劫的吧!
A Daytime Robbery
(一场抢劫)
Rod was a manager at House Depot.
罗德是House Depot的经理。
He worked about 50 hours a week.
他每周工作约50个小时。
He loved his job, although the extra hours cut into the time he could spend with his three little girls.
他喜欢他的工作，虽然额外的工作时间会打断和他三个小女孩一起共度时光。
One morning he was supposed to go home at 7 a.m.
有一天早晨，他应该在早上7点回家
Instead, he stayed on to help out for three more hours.
相反，他留在那里帮忙长达三小时
He was just about to leave at 10 a.m. when he heard something.
十点，当他打算离开时，他听到了这件事。
At one of the checkout counters, he saw a man dressed in white painter's coveralls pointing a gun at the female checker.
在其中一个结帐柜台，他看到一个穿着白色画家工作服的男子，用枪指着女检查员。
He had on a yellow cap, a white plastic painter's mask, and white gloves.
他有一个黄色的帽子，一个画家用的白色塑料面具和白色的手套。
Rod hurried over.
罗德快速跑过去。
Times in Los Angeles had changed.
在洛杉矶，时代已经变了。
All managers now received training on how to respond to armed robberies and hostage-taking.
所有经理现在接受了如何应对武装抢劫和劫持人质的培训。
Rod was nervous, but he knew what he was supposed to do.
罗德很紧张，但他知道他应该做什么。
He approached the gunman.
他接近枪手。
"Sir, please don't point that gun. "
先生，请不要开枪。
We will give you all the money you"
我们会给你所有的钱。
The gunman didn't even wait for Rod to finish his sentence.
枪手甚至没有听完罗德的话。
He shot Rod in the stomach.
他朝罗德的胃开了枪。
The checker screamed.
检查员尖叫。
The gunman ran out to a white van and hopped in.
枪手跑进了一辆白色货车。
The van sped off.
货车开走了。
Rod didn't even make it to surgery.
罗德甚至没有做到手术。
The killing made all the TV news shows.
所有的电视新闻节目都报道了这件事。
House Depot offered a $100,000 reward. House Depot
提供了10万美元的奖励。
重点知识讲解
【相关句型辨识】
He was just about to leave at 10 a.m. when he heard something.
十点，当他打算离开时，他听到了这件事。
这句话运用了 “be about to do...” 的结构表将来时，表示即将发生的动作, 指眼皮底下就要发生的事情(一般是不跟时间状语的)
【例如】
Look,the train is about to leave!
看，火车马上要开走了!
除此之外，中考常考的将来时结构还有 “will+do” “be going to do”等结构。
知识讲解老师：Linda
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