這本書講述了丁丁追蹤一架神秘失事的飛機(jī)來到英國邪铲，一路上與犯罪團(tuán)伙派出的各色人物纏斗琐驴，最終來到了蘇格蘭北部的黑島，發(fā)現(xiàn)這里是米勒博士的假鈔制作大本營使鹅，最終，丁丁和警方將這一犯罪團(tuán)伙徹底鏟除的故事昌抠。
下面讓我們看一下本書中的地道表達(dá)
1. The bullet only grazed a rib
graze=scrape
when you graze your elbow after falling off your bike.
2. he's coming round
come round=revive
3. plant the wallet in my pockets
4. what a cheek
when you're a little rude or sassy, your attitude itself can be called cheek
5. what a sneak!
If you sneak home after midnight, that means you’re quietly creeping into the house so no one will hear you.
6.?Snowy’s given the game away
give us away the secret：出賣（一般中間有us）
give away ：大促銷;分發(fā)（中間沒有賓語）
7. we're gaining on him
正在靠近他
8. it's the brakes
To brake is to stop. eg: When you want to brake, step on the brake.
9. behind bars
10. this joke has gone far enough
玩笑開得太出界了
11. put on an act
演戲
12. Tintin on our trail
丁丁追蹤我們
13. keep our eyes open
時(shí)刻警惕著
14. the wreckage of the plane
15. run into trouble
16. this pile of scrap-metal
some scraps of paper
17. pick up a scent
18. it must be the crew
Fire crew ready for duty!
19. too much to hope they'd leave anything in the pockets
這么想就太貪心了
20. you're trespassing;this is private property
trespassing (adj) = intrude(v)
21. meddle in our affairs?
meddle in=interfere with
intervene in 調(diào)停
22. set the room alight: describe something that’s on fire
23. is it a real alarm?
the dog may have raised the alarm
alarm和alert區(qū)別：二者都可以指物理方面的警報(bào)患朱，心理層面的警覺。alarm是指已經(jīng)發(fā)生后炊苫，alert是指沒發(fā)生前裁厅，提高警惕冰沙。
24. The fire brigade/fire crew A brigade is a unit of the army
25. stop him at all costs
不惜一切代價(jià)
26. cable=wire;
the cables are pulled up
27. beacon=light
light/put out the beacon
the beacons are alight
28. I am running short of money
29. discover our installation
30. be due to do
31. I'm daft
daft=insane
32. truss them up
捆住
33. pull yourself together
重整好自己，振作起來
perk up=cheer up
開心一下（更淺顯）
34. they caused a short-circuit
電線短路
circuit
35. beat the record
打破紀(jì)錄
36. provided they have a puncture
provided=if
puncture:pierce with a pointed object,make a hole into
37. liable to cause a breach of the peace
liable=likely
38. the train's pulling out
pull out=depart
39. hang on to me
緊緊抓住我
40. the train's pulling up
pull up=halt
41. the automatic brake will soon stop the coaches
42. my dog will pick up their trail in a flash
in a flash瞬間
43. pull yourself together
振作起來
44. strech a point
通融一下
45. If he pulls sth off ,we get all the credits
pull off: succeed despite difficult
46. we're commandeering?this plane
commander--conmandeer? 征用
eg: If you commandeer something — whether it's a car or a conversation — you use force to try to take over.
47. Rotten visibility,we 've lost sight of them
能見度很低
48. you drunken,disobedient dog
49. Well, that puts paid to that
這件事了結(jié)了
50. if you could put me up for the night?
留宿
51.it is a sinister place
sinister=evil=wicked
52.?managed to evade our faithful?gorilla
53. a glimmer of light
a flash of light
54. a printing press.the forgers
55. come to their senses
恢復(fù)理智执虹，醒悟過來
56. He made off when he heard us coming
make off =run away
57. spare me,for pity's sake
spare=forgive
58. scare out of his wits
嚇得魂不附體
59. aerobatic?display=air dispaly
60. the plane comes roaring down
呼嘯而下
61. another flawless loop
無懈可擊的轉(zhuǎn)圈
62. the judges are unanimous
63. a radio transmitter
64. round up a gang of forgers
round up ：to gather people, animals, or things into one place
65. trip over a stone
絆倒
66. put up much of a flight
抵抗
67. full of gorged notes ready for dispatch
dispatch=give away
68. what are they babbling about?
say something in a quick, confused way
