疯狂英语易背作文 45.The offender

The other day my brother and I went to the cinema by bicycle. With only one bicycle my brother had to sit behind me on the parcel¹ rack². Both of us kept an eye out for the policeman, but to our surprise, a young man and a girl came up and stopped us at the crossroads³. “We found you at long last,” they cried. However, we didn’t know them. The young man seemed to read our thoughts and explained, “The policeman stopped us about half an hour ago and made us catch the next offender⁴. Now it’s your turn. Don’t leave until you catch the next. I hope that you don’t have to wait as long as we did. Good luck!”

1 parcel   

n.小包；包裹；vt.分配；打包；adj.部分的；adv.局部地

参考例句：

• Shall I tie up your things in a parcel?我把您的东西包起来，好吗？
• The parcel was sent express.这包裹是用快递方式寄出去的。

2 rack   

n.挂架，搁架；vt.折磨；使紧张，使努力

参考例句：

• He went over and took his jacket from the coat rack.到衣架上取外套。
• The old house soon went to rack and ruin.这所旧房子很快就毁坏了。

3 crossroads   

n.十字街头，立交桥

参考例句：

• Take a right turn at the crossroads.在十字路口右转弯。
• I'll wait for you at the crossroads.我将在十字路口等你。

4 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。