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Undoubtedly what this oafish detective said was true: As well as Louisiana, the other states through which the car would have to pass would be alert and watchful. Every highway patrol would be on the lookout for a damaged head-light with a missing trim ring. There would probably be road-blocks. It would be hard not to fall victim to some sharpeyed policeman.

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*oafish：愚蠢或痴呆的人a offish and stupid people

*through which：引导定语从句（做状语）

*highway patrol：高速公路巡警（区别petrol汽油[英]/gasoline[美]）

*on the lookout for：watch for，alert for警戒，注意

*road-block： balk，block，obstacle，barrier，hindrance，handicap

1. obstacle物质障碍（精神）：She felt that her family was an obstacle to her work.

Barrier：和obstacle可以互换，也可以指栏杆

2. block：

1. n. There are road blocks on the country road. 2. vt.：A snowdrift blocked his path.

3. balk：I wanted to buy the dress, but I balked at the high price.喜欢裙子，犹豫它的高价

4. hindrance：without let or hindrance毫不犹豫，自由自在，为所欲为 They just do it without let or hindrance.

5. handicap：1. vt. We were handicapped by lack of money.2. n. The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race.坏天气影响他的竞赛发挥成绩

*fall victim to：受害，suffer from

*sharpeyed：sharp-eyed目光锐利的

But it might be done. If the car could be driven at night and concealed by day. 22.（There were plenty of places to pull off the highway and be unobserved. It would be hazardous, but no more than waiting here for certain detection）There would be back roads. They could choose an unlikely route to avoid attention.

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*conceal：vt.隐藏， 对...保密conceal one's feelings隐藏感情；conceal from sb.

对某人隐藏..：He conceal the fact from her mother.他对母亲隐藏了事实

*22：

1. unobserved：concealed不被发现的；

2. hazardous：hazard 1. vt.尝试做They have not used this method before, but they are willing to hazard a try. 2. 冒风险：Don't hazard your reputation by supporting that crook. 不要冒败坏你名声的危险去支持那个坏蛋，3. 危险，公害：He climbed into the car at the hazard of his life.；hazardous：risky，dangerous；

3. no more than：仅仅，只有only ：He is no more than a child, don’t be so serious！

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More than：超过，不止：

A：How many people are there in the party?

B：More than 10.

More than + a.形容环境： the pollution is more than serious. 讲到艾滋病： AIDS is more than medical. 迎接客人You are more than welcome.又帅又有才的马王子：He is more than handsome.

But there would be other complications ... and now was the time to consider them. Traveling by secondary roads would be difficult unless knowing the terrain. The Croydons did not. Nor was either of them adept at using maps. And when they stopped for petrol, as they would have to, their speech and manner would betray them, making them conspicuous. And yet ... these were risks which had to be taken.

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*Complications：（新出现的）困难，难题The car ran out of petrol, and as a further complication I had no money!（dry up用完）[后文的them指代物]

* secondary：支线公路，offshoot/branch of a main road；secondary：次要的All other considerations are secondary to his safety.对于他的生命安全，其他都是次要的

*terrain：地域; 地带; (尤指军事上用的)地势, 地形：Pilot should control their speed over unfamiliar terrain. (留心prep. Over)

*adept at：熟练于 sb specialized in，be good at ：She is adept at scheming; very calculating算计的；She is adep at cooking.他擅长烹饪

*betray：1. 背叛，出卖：He betrayed his own brother.；2. 泄漏，表明：Her accent betrays her a Londoner. 他口音说明了他是个伦敦人（indicate，suggest）

*conspicuous：1. 显眼的，醒目的（服装很花俏的）：He wears conspicuously.他穿衣花哨/I was shocked by her loud dress. 2. 杰出的（hot，successful）：a conspicuous statesman杰出的政治家

【方法总结】：

（一）、阅读时碰到新单词，推测其大概含义：1. 根据构词法（合成词法+词根词缀法）；2. 联系上下文（context，翻译的整体意识，语篇意识）；3. 根据主从复合句中的过渡词（逻辑连接词，逻辑连接词是作者的行文脉络，写作思路的“标志”）

（二）、听力的三步走原则：1. 能做题；2. 能听懂（能口述，中→英）；3. 能输出（别人听力（输入）的材料是你最好的口语资源，能否把别人听力材料的亮点词汇转化为自己的语言在口语中灵活运用，做到活学活用至关重要，比如我们所说的“more than”等等）

【参考翻译】：

    毫无疑问，这个粗俗愚笨的侦探说的是真话：要想把车子开到北方，沿途所要经过的各州都会像路易斯安那州一样警惕和注意的，所有的公路巡警都会留心注意一辆前灯撞破、框圈掉落的车子，也许还会设有路障。要想不被某个目光锐利的警察抓到，谈何容易。

　　但这还是有可能做得到的，只要能够趁着黑夜行车，而白天里将汽车隐藏起来。有许多偏僻地方远离公路，不会受人注意。这样做可能要冒风险，但总比在这里坐等受擒要强些。也许有些乡间小路可走，为掩人耳目，他们可以选择一条不大会有人走的路线。

　　但还存在其他的一些复杂问题……现在该对那些问题加以考虑了。走偏僻小路必须要熟悉地形才行，克罗伊敦夫妇可不熟悉地形，而且他们俩对地图都不怎么在行。另外，行车途中不能不停车加油，停车加油时他们的言谈举止都有可能暴露自己的身分而引起别人注意。不过……这些险是非冒不可的。