【惊险悬疑小说】红玫瑰追杀令7
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Not far from my hotel was the district of the old city called the Albergheria:a maze of narrow,twisting streets.Apart from a forest of TV aerials and small shrines to the Virgin Mary,now lit by electric candles,it is a part of Palermo almost untouched by time.Balconies hang out over the streets with lines of washing strun between them.Women sit sewing on the doorsteps.Between the houses are tiny workshops where men still works at the city's ancient and traditional crafts.
I made my way along one of the streets.The whistling of the caged birds,which seemed to hang at every open window,rose above the noise of the general bustle.There were barrows selling fruit and vegetatbles.Half -priced cigarettes were displayed on the bonnet of a car.A small boy tried to sell me a bag of lemoms.As he ran off,I saw him snatch the wallet from the back pocket of an unwary stallholder.
A man was walking in fromt of me.He half turned and I recognised him as the man from the phtographer's shop.I had the photographs in my pocket.If I couldn't return them,I might at least find out when the shop would be open.The man walked quickly.Before I could catch up with him,we had come out into the Via Marqueda.I saw him make a near suicide dash through the speeding traffic to the other side of the street.By the time I could follow,I had lost him.I tried the side street where I had last seen him.I didn't find the man,but I did find myself in Palermo's fish market.
I had seen nothing like it.Tunny or ‘tuna’is a commom fish in Sicily,but the one on the fishmoger's slab in front of me was a positive giant.Its huge jaws had been propped open with a stick and,like a guard of honour,the heads of two sward fish had been placed on either side with their swards pointing upward.
It was then that I spotted the photographer again.He was talking to someone at the back of the fish shop.I was about to go inside when I realised that things had gong suddenly quiet.A large Mercedes had appeared in the market.From it was stepping the man in my photographs!Who interested me most,the photographer(10),or the man whose appearance could silence a fish market(4)?( 文章阅读网：www.sanwen.net )
注释：
1，district of the old city called：叫做······的老城区；called短语作后置定语。
2，a maze of：迷宫般的；a forest of TV aerials：森林般的电视天线。
3，shrines to the Virgin Mary：供奉圣母玛利亚的神龛。
4，lit by ：在······照耀下。
5，almost untouched by time：几乎未受漫长岁月的影响；untouched：未受触动的
6，Balconies hang out over the streets：街道上方,两边阳台悬空而出。
7，lines of washing strun between them：一条条系着的晾衣绳连接着两边的阳台。strung是string的过去分词，作定语修饰lines of washing；string：动词，（用绳，线）缚，系，栓。
8，workshop：作坊。
9，make one’s way：往前走，前进
10，The whistling of the caged birds,which seemed to hang at every open window，above the noise of the general bustle.似乎每一个开着的窗口，都挂着一个鸟笼；笼里鸟儿的啭鸣此起彼伏，盖过了整个街市的喧嚣。全句的主干是：The whistling···rose above···；which seemed to hang at every open window：which引导非限制性定语从句，关系代词在从句中作主语，指代鸟笼。whistling：鸟儿的啭鸣；caged birds：关在笼中的鸟儿；caged 是过去分词作定语修饰birds；general bustle：所有的喧嚣。
11，barrow：手推车；bonnet：引擎罩
12 snatch：一把抓住，夺走；unwary：不谨慎的，没有警惕性的；stallholder：摆摊的小贩。
13，catch up with ：赶上；Via Marqueda;马克达街，Via：意大利语，=street。
14，make a near suicide dash through the speeding traffic：以接近自杀的冲刺速度，横穿疾驰的车流。make a dash ：猛冲；suicide：自杀；speeding traffic：快速行驶的车流
15，I had lost him=I had lost sight of him：我看不见他了。
16，the side street where I had last seen him:我上次见到他的那条小街；side street：小街。
17，but I did find myself in···：但我的确发觉自己到了······；did，助动词，加强语气；find myself in：突然发觉自己处于某种境地。
18，Tunny or ‘tuna’：tunny和tuna是金枪鱼的不同说法。作者估计有些人可能不认识tunny这个词，就用or tuna表示用tuna来解释前面的tunny。请注意这种英语中常见的情况：or的前面是难句或者生僻的词语，or后面的词句或是浅显易懂的说法，或是对前面的生词难句进行解释。
19，fishmoger：鱼贩 slab：平板，厚板，石板。
20，had been propped open with a stick：用一根棍子撑开；a guard of honour：仪仗队。
21，It was then that I spotted ：就在那时，我发现了；It was ··· that 是强调句型；spot：发现。
21，I was about to：be about to do：正要做（某事）。
22，when I realised：我突然意识到when=suddenly，at that moment.
23, had gone suddenly quiet:一下子安静了下来。go quiet：变安静了； go bad：变坏了。
24，Mercedes：奔驰牌轿车
25，From it was stepping the man in my photographs=The man in my photographs was stepping from it。这里用倒装句，一是与前句连接紧密，二是描写生动：先看到一双脚伸出来，然后看见那个人，然后认出是照片上那个人。
26，the man whose appearance could silence a fish market：那个一露面就能使鱼市安静下来的人。appearance：出现，露面；外表，外貌。动词：appear。Never trust appearance：人不可貌相。silence：动词，使······安静。
27，interest sb:引起某人的兴趣，使某人感兴趣；be interested in：对•••感兴趣。
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出了我所住的旅馆，走不了多远，就是巴勒莫的老城区，艾尔博格西莉亚：窄窄的街道曲折回环，犹如迷宫一般。巴勒莫的这部分街区，尽管经过了漫长的岁月，除了那些森林般的电视天线和供奉圣母玛利亚的电动烛光下的小小神龛，昔日的风情几乎依然如故：街道上方，两边阳台悬空而出，一条条晾晒着衣物的绳索连接其间；女人们坐在门口做着针线活儿；随处可见各种小小的作坊里，男人们从事着这个城市古老的行当，传承着传统的技艺。
我沿着其中一条街前行。似乎每一个开着的窗口，都挂着一个鸟笼；笼里鸟儿的啭鸣此起彼伏，盖过了整个街市的喧嚣。一辆辆手推车叫卖着水果蔬菜，而停放在路边的一辆小汽车的引擎罩上，则摆放着半价出售的香烟。一个小男孩向我兜售一袋柠檬，而当他跑开时，我却见他从一个摊贩的后衣兜里一把就掏出了一个钱包，那摊贩却毫无察觉。
我前面有一男子步行；他刚刚半转身子，我就认出他就是照相馆那个人。照片还在我身上，即使我此刻不能退还给他，至少也能弄明白那像馆何时开门呀！那人疾步前行，我还没赶上他，他就转入了马克达街。只见他以一种类似于自杀的冲刺速度，穿过疾驰的车流，跑到了街对面，很快就不见了。
我只好又到先前发现他的那条小街去找他，还是没找到。这时，我突然发现，自己来到了巴勒莫的鱼市。
这样的鱼市我还从未见过。在西西里，金枪鱼是很常见的，但我面前这个鱼贩的摊板上，却是一条当之无愧的巨无霸，它的大嘴用一条棍子撑开，它的两边各有一个似仪仗队般的剑鱼头，其剑直指蓝天！
就在那时，我又发现了照相馆那个人。他正在那家鱼店的里间与人交谈。
我正要跨进那家鱼店，突然意识到周围一下子安静了下来，原来不知何时来了一辆豪华大奔：一双脚从轿车里伸出来；那人——却是我那些照片的主角！
我最应该去找的人，究竟是谁：是这个照相的（10），还是这个一出场整个鱼市就鸦雀无声的人（4）？