Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it. He is finding his new work far more exciting. When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The thieves' car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.
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譯文:羅伊.特雷頓原是開出租汽車的，然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽車，也並不為此而感到後悔。他發覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。最近，當他正開車在凱特福德街上行駛時，看到有兩個小偷從一家商店裡衝出來，奔向等在那裡的一輛汽車，其中一個提著一隻裝滿鈔票的提包。羅伊行動迅速，開車直衝竊賊而去。拿錢的那個小偷嚇得把提包都扔了。當那兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的後尾上。當那輛被撞壞的車開走後，羅伊停下車，給警察掛了電話。小偷的車損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。沒過多久，警察就截住了那輛車，兩個小偷都被抓住了。
1. Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. Used to——過去常常做某事。Used to使用過去時，表示過去是開出租車的，現在已經不開了。
2．A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he was not regretted it.While這裡是做名詞，表示“一段時間”。我們學過的還有：wait for a while（等會兒）和after a while（過了一會兒） Regret Regret to do sth.表示“即將要說”。 Regret doing sth.表示“已經做了”。來看看例句： I regret to tell you this, but I just crashed the car.我很抱歉（遺憾）告訴你，我剛才撞壞了你的車子。（在說I regret to tell you this的時候，是還沒有告訴的狀態，是即將告訴你。）I regret telling you I crashed the car.我後悔告訴了你我撞壞了你的車子。（我對已經告訴你這件事而後悔、遺憾。） 在口語中，我們常用You’ll regret it.這句話來表示“你會後悔的。（威脅某人時） 另外，注意一下：如果是對某事後悔即是regret sth.並沒有regret about或是regret for這種用法。
3．He is finding his new work far more exciting. 發覺、感覺什麼事情怎麼樣： find something+表示感覺的形容詞。 比如我們學過的He is finding this trip very exciting.（他覺得這次旅行非常令人激動。） 這裡more exciting是形容詞比較級。Far是副詞，放在形容詞前，表示程度，可以譯做“很”、“大大地”。
4．When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. 來看看see sb. do sth.的結構： see和其他一些感知動詞（如feel，hear，notice，smell，watch等）可以使用“動詞＋名詞或代詞賓語＋不帶to的不定式結構中： I saw him take the money.我看到他拿了錢。 I heard her play the piano.我聽到她彈鋼琴。 He felt his blood run cold and his flesh creep.他感到毛骨悚然，心驚肉跳。 課文中rush和run是two thieves的兩個連續的動作，使用的都是不定式的動詞原形。 Waiting為現在分詞做定語，表示“等待著的”、“等在那裡的”。
5．One of them was carrying a bag full of money. A bag full of money=a bag which was full of money一隻裝滿鈔票的提包 Full of…是形容詞短語，此處作定語。再比如： A bottle full of milk一個裝滿牛奶的瓶子
6. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. Drove straight at… 直朝……開去
7. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. With表示“帶著”、“拿著”。With the money修飾the one。表示“拿著錢的那個（小偷）”。 Such…that…表示“如此…以至於…”。Such是形容詞，所以後面要跟名詞, 也就是： (such + a/an + 形容詞 + 單數名詞 + that )； 而so…that…結構中so是副詞，後面要跟形容詞，（so + 形容詞/副詞 + that ）。因此上面的句子我們也可以改寫成: The one with the money got so frightened that he dropped the bag. so和 such用法的區別： so (adv.) 只能跟形容詞和副詞；such (adj.) 只能跟名詞。 a) so + 形容詞 + a/an + 單數名詞 such + a/an + 形容詞 + 單數名詞 so lovely a child --- such a lovely child 那麼可愛的孩子 so easy a question --- such an easy question 那麼簡單的問題 b) such + 形容詞 + 複數名詞；so 不能這樣用： such high salaries such funny stories c) so + many/much + 名詞；such不能用於many/much之前： You have so many friends. There is so much water in the pond.
8. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. Get away這裡表示“逃跑”、“逃脫”： How did the thief get away? 小偷是如何逃掉的？ Drive into的原義是“把…開進”，這裡是指撞上。
9. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Batter和damage的區別： Batter作為“破壞”解釋，主要強調兩點：第一，打擊的重複性。第二，撞擊後是變形的損壞。 而damage則說明“破壞”的結果，一般動作是瞬間的。 The bombs destroyed two buildings and damaged several others. 炸彈摧毀了兩棟大樓，並炸壞了另外幾棟樓。 The ship was battered to pieces by the strom. 輪船被風暴撞成了碎片。
10. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested. Arrest是指警察根據法律逮捕觸犯法律的人： The police arrested the thief.警察逮捕了小偷。 而我們常說的“抓捕罪犯”“抓獲罪犯”用的是catch這個詞。尤其是指經過追捕後的抓獲。 The thief was caught in the bar.小偷是在酒吧裡被抓獲的。 而我們這課的標題stop thief是指攔住正在奔逃的小偷或罪犯： Several people ran after the thief and tried to stop him. A thief crying “stop thief”.賊喊捉賊。