A dog attack

"I bet our bereaved widow had no idea the beast would one day not listen to her husband." Said the bespectacled inspector as he sipped from his hot beverage at the crime scene. "That's why I hate big dogs. I don' t think they have any bias towards people who want them to be their best friend. They just do their bidding and live off their care while they are waiting for the right moment to betray them."

"Well, whether you think the dog knew what he was going to do beforehand or not, it was an ugly attack. Look at the trail of beads that lead down to the beach." Noted a policeman.

"Hmmm. Yes, that is strange." Said the inspector as he bent down to inspect the wounds on the man and then scratched at his beard. "But I don't think the husband was wearing beads." He walked back into the house past the bellows hard at work keeping the furnace running, beset with sudden doubt.

"That was a beneficial insight." He said to the policeman. "I'll be sure to refer to you in the bibliography of my report. Excuse me ma' am. You' re under arrest for the murder of your husband!"

"What?" Said the bewildered woman.

"Yes, ma'am. You murdered your husband, dragged him out of the house and then made the dog bite and chew him after the fact. I know this because of the trail of beads leading to your dead husband and the lack of deep, life threatening dog bites on his body."

"Wow." Said the policeman. "This will be a benchmark in your bid to be promoted to chief inspector."

狂犬出击

"我敢打赌，我们那位丧失亲人的寡妇从没想过那个畜生有一天会不听她丈夫的命令。"戴眼镜的警官在案发现场抿了一口热饮料说，"这也是我讨厌大狗的原因。我认为，对于那些想与它们成为好朋友的人，它们是没有偏见的，它们惟命是听、靠主人的照顾过日子，同时却又等待时机背叛他们。"

"嗯，不管你是否认为这只狗事先就知道它要做什么，这次袭击太可怕啦。瞧这一路撒到海滩的珠子。"一名警察说道。

"是啊，真是奇怪。"警官边说边俯身去检查那个男人身上的伤口，然后扯了扯他的胡须，"可我认为，这个丈夫没有戴珠子。"他走回屋内，经过使炉火熊熊燃烧的风箱时，他忽然陷入了疑惑。

"你的见解非常有用。"他对警察说，"我一定会在报告的参考书目中提到你。对不起，太太，您因为谋害亲夫而被捕了。"

"什么?"妇人充满疑惑地问道。

"是的，太大。你杀了你丈夫，然后把他的尸体拖到屋外让狗啃咬、嚼碎。找到你丈夫尸体的路上留下了许多珠子，而他身上却没有狗咬的深深的、致命的伤痕，从这两点我知道是你杀了他。"

"哇!"警察说，"这将是您争取晋升警察局长的一个重要参考啊!"

单词详解:

beach n.沙滩

bead n.小水珠

beard n.(上下巴的)胡须,鬓,络腮胡子

beast n.野兽;畜牲

beforehand ad.预先,事先;提前地

bellows n.(单复同)皮腔;折箱;(折式)风箱

benchmark v.用基地问题测试(计算机系统)n.基准,基准尺度;(计)基准问题

beneficial a.有利的,有益的,有帮助的

bereave v.(死亡等)使丧失(亲人等);使孤寂,使凄凉

beset v.困扰,使苦恼

bespectacled a.戴眼镜的

bet v.打赌

betray v.背叛,出卖;泄漏,暴露

beverage n.饮料(如牛奶,咖啡,啤酒)

bewilder v.使迷惑,难住;使糊涂,使迷路,偏见,偏心

bias n.偏见,偏心

bibliography n.文献目录,参考书目

bid v.1命令,吩咐2出价,喊价,投标;叫牌

bidding n.命令,请求;(拍卖时)出价,喊价
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