Lesson 44

Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.
安妮·斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时，并没有考虑到她所冒的风险。
They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
当她和孩子们在森林边缘野餐时，他们冲向她并试图偷走她的手提包。
In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.
在挣扎中，带子断了，包到了他们手里，两个男人随即开始穿过树林逃跑。
Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them.
斯特林夫人变得如此生气，以至于她追赶他们。
She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run.
她很快就上气不接下气了，但她还是继续跑。
When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them.
当她追上他们时，看到他们已经坐了下来，正在翻包里的东西，于是她直冲向他们。
The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.
这些男人受到了如此的惊吓，以至于他们扔下包逃跑了。
'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'
“带子需要修理，”斯特林夫人后来感叹道，“但他们没有偷任何东西。”