9 危急时刻 (doc)
9. At the Critical Moment When Lisa Cox needed help most, she found out just how caring people can be--even strangers. The 23-year-old college student was walking to her car in a video store parking lot one night when a man--later identified as Dennis Hanson--leapt out of his pickup1 and put a gun to her head. “ Don’t say a word,” he hissed2. “ Just get in the truck.” Lisa didn’t stop to think about what he might do if she screamed.Terror tore the scream from her throat:“ Somebody,please help me!” Andria Fallesen, a video store employee, heard Lisa’s cries. That woman’s in trouble! she thought, racing to the lot. Just then, Charity Combs and her fiancé 3 Paul Deavers were coming out of another store and heard Lisa too. “ We’ve got to help!” Charity cried as they sprinted4 toward the truck.Their shouts distracted5 the would-be6 kidnapper- -and Lisa broke free. Andria grabbed Lisa’s arm. “ Come with me!” she cried, and the two raced to call 911.Meanwhile, Charity and Paul saw Hanson jump into his truck. “ Stop him!” they screamed. Bystander Craig Blue knew it was too late for that--but thinking quickly, he memorized the truck’s license plate number--and police arrested Hanson within minutes. At the trial, another witness, Gina McCann, testified against Hanson, who’d also confessed to abducting7 and raping two women and to four other attempted kidnappings. He pleaded guilty to aggravated kidnapping8 and was sentenced to 60 years. “ So many people went out on a limb9 for me,” Lisa says gratefully. “ It’s nice to know people care.” 危急时时刻〔三〕 莉萨·考克斯发现当她最需要帮助的时候，人们是多么地关心她——即使陌生人也是如 此。 　　一天晚上，在一家录像器材店的停车场，当这位23岁的大学生向自己的汽车走过去 时，一个男子——后来查明此人叫丹尼斯·汉森——突然从他的货车里跳了出来，将一支手枪 指着她的头。“一声也别吭，”他压低着声音狠狠地说。“进到货车里去。”莉萨顾不得想 如果她喊叫起来，他会做什么。恐惧使她尖声喊道，“来人啊，快救我！” 　　录像器材店里的一位雇员安德里亚·法理森听到了莉萨的叫喊声。那个女子出事了！ 她想，一边往停车场跑去。这时，正从另一家商店里出来的查里蒂·库姆斯和她的未婚夫 保罗·迪弗斯也听到了莉萨的叫喊声。“我们得去救她！”查里蒂大叫着说，他们两人边朝 货车冲过去。他们的叫喊声使一场绑架未能实现——莉萨挣脱了出来。安德里亚抓住莉萨 的胳膊。“跟我来！”她叫莉萨。两人跑去打911。与此同时，查里蒂和保罗看见汉森跳进 了他的卡车。“抓住他！”他们大声喊道。旁边另一个看见此事的人克雷格·布卢知道抓已 经来不及了——但他立即想到把卡车的车号记住——不出几分钟警察就抓住了汉森。 　　审讯时，另一名目击者，吉娜·麦卡恩也证明汉森有罪。汉森自己供认曾经诱拐并强 奸2名妇女，另外绑架4名未遂。他承认自己犯加重绑架罪，被判了60年徒刑。“那么多的 人都挺身帮助我，”莉萨满怀感激地说。“人们都彼此关心，这真好。” 1.pickup[5πικΘπ]n.小卡车，轻型货车 2.hiss[ηισ]vt.带着嘶嘶声发出，挤出 3.fiancé[φι((((((]n.未婚夫 4.sprint[σπριντ]vi.用全速奔跑 5.distract[δισ5τρ“κτ]vt.使转变，使转向 6.would-be[ 5ωυδβι:]adj.想要(将要)成为的，未来的 7.abduct[“β5δΘκτ]vt.诱拐，劫持，绑架 8.aggravated[5“⊥ρΕπειτ]kidnapping[律](因有犯罪故意而构成的)加重绑架行为 9.outonalimb[λιμ][口]处于困境，处于孤立地位
9 危急时刻 (doc)