第13课（235字 1分钟）

Passage Thirteen

（K9 level）

1. One evening, after attending a lively birthday party, Agatha Christie walked home along a quiet, empty road.

2. Suddenly, from the shadows of a dark building, a tall man holding a sharp knife in his right hand ran toward her and threatened her in a calm voice, saying she had to give him her earrings or lose her life.

3. Hearing this threat, Agatha appeared less worried and kept her composure.

4. She used one hand to adjust the collar of her overcoat to cover her necklace while using the other hand to remove her earrings, which she quickly threw onto the ground.

5. She urged the man to take the earrings and let her go.

6. The man paused, suspicious, realizing she didn’t seem to care about the earrings but was focused on hiding her necklace.

7. Convinced the necklace must be worth far more, he demanded she hand it over instead.

8. She begged him to let her keep it, claiming it wasn’t valuable, but her pleas were ignored.

9. The man ordered her to stop wasting time and quickly hand over the necklace, so with shaky hands, she reluctantly removed it and gave it to him.

10. After the man disappeared, Agatha, smiling slightly, picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to a friend’s house.

生词表（New Words）

1. evening 晚上 quiet 安静的 empty 空荡的  

2. suddenly 突然 shadows 阴影 sharp 锋利的

knife 刀  

3. hearing 听到 threat 威胁 composure 镇定  

4. collar 领子 overcoat 大衣 cover 遮住

necklace 项链 earrings 耳环   

5. urged 催促  

6. paused 停了下来 suspicious 怀疑 realizing 意识到

focused 专注 necklace 项链  

7. convinced 确信 worth 值钱 demanded 要求  

8. begged 请求 claiming 声称 valuable 值钱的

ignored 无视  

9. quickly 迅速 reluctantly 不情愿地  

10. disappeared 消失 slightly 微微地

1. 一个晚上，在参加完热闹的生日派对后，阿加莎·克里斯蒂沿着一条安静、空荡的道路步行回家。

2. 突然，一个高个子男人从一座黑暗建筑的阴影中跑出来，右手握着一把锋利的刀，用冷静的语气威胁她说，如果她不交出耳环，就会失去生命。

3. 听到这个威胁，阿加莎显得并不那么担心，并保持了镇定。

4. 她用一只手调整大衣的领子遮住自己的项链，同时用另一只手摘下耳环，并迅速把它们扔到地上。

5. 她催促那个男人拿走耳环然后放她离开。

6. 那个男人停了下来，感到怀疑，他意识到她似乎并不在意耳环，而是专注于遮住项链。

7. 他确信项链一定更值钱，于是要求她交出项链。

8. 她请求他让她保留项链，声称它并不值钱，但她的恳求被无视了。

9. 那个男人命令她不要浪费时间，迅速交出项链，于是她颤抖着手，不情愿地摘下项链递给了他。

10. 那个男人消失后，阿加莎微微一笑，捡起了地上的耳环，然后飞快地跑向一个朋友的家。