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[2018年10月29日] 来源:译林牛津高中英语Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained 编辑:给力英语网   字号 [] [] []  

Boy missing, police puzzled


Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing three days ago in Dover, New Hampshire.


This incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.


Justin Foster, a high school student, was last seen Friday night.


That evening at 8 p.m., Justin went to play baseball with two friends,who both say Justin went home after the game.


Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his house at 10.45 p.m.


Justin's sister, Kelly, age nine, says she heard her brother return home at about 11 p.m.


"I was getting ready for bed," Kelly said. "Justin went straight to his room.


I didn't see him, but I heard him put on his favourite CD.


I went to bed, and was broken up around midnight by a bright light outside my window."


At first, the young girl thought it was the light of the full moon,but then she realized that it was moving and coming closer.


"I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceship flying outside.  


It had blue lights all around it, and there were many windows.Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white-skin and large black eyes.


“I was frightened!"


Kelly said that the spaceship then moved around to the side of the house, towards her brother's bedroom.


"There was a flash of light and I heard Justin shout, and then the UFO just disappeared.


I haven't seen Justin since. I'm sure the aliens took him." Kelly then run and woke up her mother.


However, since Mrs Foster thought that Justin was spending the night with the friend, she assumed that Kelly was having a bad dream, and send her back to bed.


Mr. Foster was working that night on his road construction job, and was not home when these events occurred.


When Justin did not show up for lunch the next day, Mrs Foster became worried and told her husband to call the police.


Some people in Dover also say that they saw aliens that night.


"It's happened to me!" said Mavis Wood.


"The aliens took me aboard the UFO so that they could do research on me.


Luckily, they returned me home without any injuries.


The whole experience was terrible!


I haven't been sleeping well since I returned home.


I think Justin was taken away by them, too."


When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens,Detective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case, told journalists,"Sometimes people make up such amazing stories. There's really no hard evidence that aliens took him.


So, while we have not dismissed the idea, we are looking into other possibilities as well.We will not give up until we find out what happened."

男孩失踪,警方茫然


美国警方现已加紧对一名15岁失踪男孩的搜索,该男孩于三天前在新罕布什尔州的多佛市失踪。男孩的失踪事件引起公众的极大兴趣,原因是各种关于男孩失踪前后天空中出现奇怪光亮和外星人造访地球的新闻报道。


人们最后一次看见中学生贾斯廷o福斯特是在星期五晚上。


那天晚上八点,贾斯廷同两个朋友一起打棒球,


他的朋友们都说贾斯廷打完球后就回家了。


目击者也说他们在十点四十五分看到贾斯廷正朝家里走。


贾斯廷的妹妹凯利,九岁,说她大约十一点时听到她哥哥回家。


“我正准备上床睡觉,”凯莉说。“贾斯廷直接回到他的房间。我并没有看到他,但我听到他在放自己最喜爱的CD。我睡着了,半夜的时候被窗外的一束亮光弄醒了。”


开始时,这个小女孩以为那是满月的光。但是接着她意识到光在移动并且越来越近。


“我拉开窗帘,并看到一艘巨大的太空船在外面飞行。它全身发出蓝色的光,并且有许多窗户。里面站着许多白皮肤、眼睛又黑有大的奇怪生物。我非常害怕!”


凯利说那艘太空船接着便绕到房子另一面,朝向她哥哥的卧室。


“一道光快速闪过,我听到贾斯廷喊叫,然后不明飞行物正好消失了。


从那以后我就再没见过贾斯廷。我确信外星人带走了他。”


然后凯莉跑出去叫醒了妈妈。


然而,福斯特夫人只是认为贾斯廷在一个朋友家过夜了,因此她认为凯莉只是做了一个恶梦,于是将她打发回床上。


福斯特先生那晚忙于筑路工程上的工作,事情发生时并不在家。


第二天贾斯廷没有出来吃午饭,福斯特夫人着急了,并让她丈夫报了警。


多佛市的一些人们也说,他们那晚看到了外星人。


“在我身上发生过这种事!”梅维斯o伍德说。


“外星人把我带到了UFO上,这样他们就可以研究我了。幸运的是,他们把我毫无损伤地送回了家。整个经历非常让人害怕!自从我回家后,我从来没有睡好过。我认为贾斯廷也是被他们带走的。”


当问及贾斯廷是否有可能被外星人劫持,负责此案的侦探萨姆o彼得森告诉记者:


“有时候人们喜欢编造这类耸人听闻的故事。现在还没有确凿的证据证明是外星人劫持了他。所以,尽管我们不排除这种想法,但是我们也在调查其他的可能性。我们不会放弃,直到我们找到事情的真相。”