Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day186 2023-06-2

L58-3:A spot of bother

Then a police inspector arrived with a constable and she told them of her discovery of the ransacked flat. The inspector began to look for fingerprints, while the constable checked that the front door locks had not been forced, thereby proving that the burglars had either used skeleton keys or entered over the balcony. There was no trace of fingerprints, but the inspector found a dirty red bundle that contained jewellery which the old lady said was not hers. So their entry into this flat was apparently not the burglars' first job that day and they must have been disturbed. The inspector then asked the old lady to try to check what was missing by the next day and advised her not to stay alone in the flat for a few nights. The old lady thought he was a fussy creature, but since the porter agreed with him, she rang up her daughter and asked for her help in what she described as a little spot of bother.

constable /ˈkɑːnstəbl/  警察;警员、巡官

ransack  /ˈrænsæk/  洗劫

skeleton /ˈskelɪtn/      skeleton keys 万能钥匙

balcony /ˈbælkəni/  阳台

bundle /ˈbʌndl/ 捆;(一)包;(一)扎

fussy /ˈfʌsi/  大惊小怪的，小题大做的，爱挑剔的，过于讲究的，难以取悦的;