Lesson 73 The record-holder 纪录保持者

　　Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.

　　句子讲解：

　　5、When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travdted to Calais.

　　第二天早上当他醒来时，发现这艘船在他睡觉的时间已经到了加莱。

　　语言点 in the meantime是插入语，说明驶往加莱的时间。

　　6、No one noticed the boy as he crept off.

　　当这个男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。

　　语言点 creep off爬出来

　　7、From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry.

　　从那里，他又搭乘一辆卡车到了巴黎。

　　语言点 hitchhike to somewhere搭车去某地

　　8、The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city.

　　司机给了他几块饼干和一杯咖啡，然后就把他丢在了城外。