读故事

　　Only a hiss could be heard from behind the hideous hockey mask the hermit was wearing as he hoisted up the hooded body of the heroine of our story.He hitched the rope to a post and began the long hike down from the mountain back into town.His only homage to her beauty hitherto was several piles of homogenous red roses directly below her.But she was still alive.

　　As no one could hear her screaming,however,our heroine's voice soon became hoarse. While she hung there she could see the heritage of her family dying with her.Historians would conclude the story of her family and their place in the hierarchy of deposed kings and queens in tragedy.She knew that her life hinged on her convincing her holder that her hijacking didn't need to result in her death.

　　When he returned she was able to speak.She told him that he shouldn't hoard her to himself,but return her for money.She pleaded and she begged.She even said that she would do all she could to hinder his capture.As he reached for a hoe our heroine was sure this would be the tool he would kill her with.Instead the hermit struck the hinge she was hanging from.As she pulled off the hood and looked up from the flowers into which she had fallen the hermit said to her,“I want ten million!”

　　记单词

　　heritage n.遗产，继承物，传统

　　hermit n.隐士，遁世者

　　heroine n.1女主角2女英雄

　　hideous a.极其丑陋的，难看的，可怕的

　　hierarchy n.1.等级制度2.统治集团，领导层

　　hijack v./n.劫持(尤指劫机)

　　hike n.1.徒步旅行2.(数量、价格等)增加，上升vi.徒步旅行vt.提高(价格等)

　　hinder vt.阻碍，妨碍

　　hinge n.铰链

　　hinge on /upon依…而定，以…为转移

　　hiss vi.1.发出嘶嘶声2.发嘘声表示不满vt.(因不满)对…发嘘声

　　historian n.历史学家，史学工作者

　　hitch vt.1.免费搭车(旅行)2.(用绳、钩等)系住，拴住，钩住

　　3.(up)急速提起(或拉起)vi.免费搭车旅行n.1.故障，障碍2.急提，急拉

　　hitherto ad.到目前为止，迄今

　　hoard n.贮藏，聚藏(物)v.(up)贮藏，囤积

　　hoarse a.(声音)嘶哑的，粗哑的

　　hockey n.1.曲棍球2.冰上曲棍球，冰球

　　hoe n.锄v.用锄整(地)，用锄除草

　　hoist vt.举起，升起，吊起

　　n.1.起重器械2.举起，升起，吊起

　　holder n.1.持有者，占有者2.支托物，夹具

　　homage n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬

　　homogeneous a.同种类的，同性质的，有相同特征的

　　hood n.1.风帽，兜帽2.罩，排风罩3.车盖，(折叠式)车篷

　　隐士举起我们故事中女主角被罩起来的身体时，只能听到从他戴着的难看的曲棍球面罩后面传来的嘶嘶声。他把绳子拴在一根柱子上，开始了长时间的下山回城的徒步旅行。到目前为止，他只用了她正下方一堆同种类的玫瑰对她的美丽表示了敬意，但她仍然活着。

　　然而，由于没有人能听到她的叫声，我们的女主角的声音已经喊得嘶哑了。在她吊在那里的时候她能看到她家的遗产正和她一起死亡。历史学家只能用悲剧来总结她家的故事以及他们在废黜国王和王后统治集团中的地位。她知道她的生命就靠她能让抓着她的人相信对她的劫持不需要导致她的死亡。

　　他回来的时候她已经能够说话了。她告诉他他不应该把她藏起来，而应该要钱放人。她再三恳求。她甚至说她将尽全力阻止捉拿他。当他去拿锄头的时候，我们的女主角肯定地认为那就是他用来杀她的工具。可是隐士却用它砸断了吊着她的锁链。在她扯掉罩子从她掉进的花丛中抬起头来的时候，隐士对她说道：“我要一千万!”