【惊险悬疑小说】红玫瑰追杀令29
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The lava at the crater's centre had looked harmless enough as we had driven in.Now,it had burst into life,throwing up fountains of molten rock high into the air.Jameson turned around in his seat.
‘Not to worry!'he shouted.‘It won't reach us here.We're sticking to the edge until we reach the north wall.We leave the crater there and head down to a ski resort called Piano Provenzana.There's transport there to take us to Linguaglossa.I've got a car waitng at Linguaglossa that should get us to Taormina in good time for your fishing trip.'
I had begun to enjoy the natural‘firework'display when I noticed that Jameson kept looking in the driving mirror.
‘We've got a tail-another jeep close behind us.In all this light from the fireworks,I'm pretty sure I know who.It's Filippo Gela,Lippari's lieutenant-one of the best “hit”men to crawl out of the slums of Palermo.'
He tossed a pistol into the back of the jeep.( 文章阅读网：www.sanwen.net )
‘I'm going to try to lose him.Get down on the floor and hang on.The gun's a “Magnum”-not a toy!I'll tell you if I want you to use it.'
I could see nothing out of the back of the jeep because of the canvas cover,but I threw myself to the floor just as we lurched forward into a wild swerve.I coud feel that we were travelling downhill.The bumping got worse and the increasing sensation of speed more frightening .
Ash started to rain down on the canvas above me.Suddenly,it burst into flame and hot rock splattered the floor around.Jameson had gone mad!I eased myself off the floor,Jameson had gone.The driver's seat was empty!I could see nothing ahead but fountains of molten lava!The canvas at the back of the jeep was already burning.I flung myself through it.
I landed in hot,soft ash.Before I could move,there was a roar in my ears and a wave of heat shot over me.The jeep had exploded!
I had to get away from the heat.Hot ash and small rocks were scorching my skin and burning my clothes.I staggered upwards towards the rim.Was there a boat at Taormina(33)?Could I make it to Palermo and hope that someone would believe my story(35)?
注释：
1，lava：火山岩浆，熔岩。harmless：无害的；harm：有害的。
2，burst into life：突然有了生命。
3，throwing up fountains of molten rock high into the air：炽热的石块像喷泉般高高地射向天空。
fountain：喷泉；molten：熔化的，炽热的。
4，stick to ：坚持；edge：边缘；wall：墙一般的崖壁。
5，head down to a ski resort called Piano Provenzana：下山到达一个叫皮亚诺·普罗文扎诺的滑雪场。
6，I've got a car waitng at··· that should get us ：我搞了辆车在林瓜罗萨等着，那辆车会带我们及时赶到陶尔米纳送你上渔船。a car有两个定语：waitng at和定语从句that should get us···，关系代词that在从句中作主语。
7，firework display ：焰火表演，燃放烟花。when：突然，就在那时。driving mirror：（汽车）后视镜。
8，pretty sure：相当地确定。“hit”men ：“成功”人士。此处用引号有特殊意义。crawl out of the slums：从平民窟爬出来。
9，tossed a pistol into:扔过来一支手枪。
10，try to lose him：想法甩掉他。
11，Get down on the floor and hang on：趴在车底板上，抓紧扶手。
12,Magnum:马格南牌的手枪。
13,because of：由于，因为；because of是介词，后接名词或名词性短语；because 是连词，后接句子；canvas cover:帆布顶篷。
14，just as：正当；lurched forward into a wild swerve：急转弯而向一侧倾斜。lurch：突然倾斜，摇晃； swerve：转弯，突然转向。
15,bumping got worse···the increasing sensation of speed more frightening ：颠簸更加厉害，感到车速越来越快，也越加令人恐惧。
16，Ash started to rain down ：火山灰开始雨点般落下。
17，burst into flame：着火。splatter：（液体）飞溅，溅落。go mad：发疯，发狂。
18, ease··· off：把······轻轻移开。had gone：不见了。
19，I flung myself through it：我飞身穿越火焰，（跃出车外）。fling：投掷；it：指火焰。
20，land：着陆，着地。
21，move：移动，动弹。roar：呼啸，巨响； a wave of heat shot over me：一波热浪盖过了我。explode; 爆炸。
22，scorch：烧焦，灼伤。stagger：（步履蹒跚/摇摇晃晃地）走。upwards:向上； towards：向前；
rim：边缘。
23，make it to：到达，及时赶到。
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我们驶进火山口的时候，中心的熔岩看起来还在酣睡。此刻，它突然迸发出了生命，一下子活跃了起来：炽热的石块像喷泉般高高地射向天空。詹姆森转过头来。
“别担心！”他大声说，“那些岩石落不到我们这儿来。我们紧贴着边缘开到北面那堵像墙一样的山壁，从那儿下山，到达一个叫皮亚诺·普罗文扎诺的滑雪场；滑雪场有交通工具带我们到林瓜罗萨；我搞了辆车在那儿等着，那辆车会带我们及时赶到陶尔米纳送你上船。”
我正要好好地欣赏一下这大自然展示的烟花美景，突然注意到詹姆森不停地看着后视镜。
“后面有个尾巴——另一辆吉普紧紧咬住了我们。凭借这些亮光，我可以肯定是菲利普·杰拉，李帕利的副官，他是从巴勒莫贫民窟里爬出来的最‘成功’的人士之一。”
他扔过来一支手枪。
“我得想办法甩掉他。趴在车底板上，抓紧扶手。这是马格南手枪，可不是玩具。需要用枪时，我会叫你。”
因为帆布顶篷挡着，我朝后面什么也看不见。吉普突然向一侧倾斜，狂野地转着急弯，我扑到在地板上。我感觉到已在下坡；颠簸越来越猛，车速越来越快，恐惧越来越烈。
火山灰开始雨点般地打在车篷顶上。突然，车篷燃了起来，滚烫的岩石溅落下来。车子发疯般地疾驶。我轻轻移开地板，却见驾驶员座位上空空如也，詹姆森已不知去向！除了喷泉般的熔岩，前面什么也看不见！此刻，吉普车顶篷的后半部分也已经燃起来了！我飞身穿越火焰，跃出车外。
我掉进了灼热而松软的火山灰里。还未来得及动弹，只听一声巨响，热浪铺天盖地：吉普车爆炸了！
必须立即脱离这灼热之地。滚烫的火山灰和那些小石块灼伤我的皮肤，燃烧着我的衣服。我挣扎着爬起来，摇摇晃晃地朝上走向火山口的边缘。
陶尔米纳果真有船接我（33）？我还能够成功地回到巴勒莫并有望让人相信我的经历吗（35）？
