1.missing [5mIsIN]  a. 遗失的=lost

    e.g. Is there anything else missing?

    还有别的东西丢了吗？

2.interview [5IntEvju:]  vt. 与…面谈，会见=meet

    e.g. The newspaper reporters interviewed the minister.

    报社记者们采访了部长。

3.envelope [5envElEJp]  n. 信封=covering of a letter

    e.g. Fold the letter and put it in an envelope.

    把信叠好放入信封中。

4.payment [5peImEnt]  n. 支付；报偿=paying

    e.g. The payment of this bill is due tomorrow.

    明天就该支付这个账单了。

5.cash [kAF]  n. 现金=money in coin or notes

    e.g. I have no cash with me — may I pay by cheque?

    我没带现金——用支票付款可以吗？

6.mail [meIl]  n. 邮件=post

    e.g. You’d better send the letter by air mail.

    这封信你最好航空邮寄。

7.exactly [I^5zAktlI]  ad. 正好，恰恰=just

    e.g. That’s exactly what I expected.

    那正是我所期待的。

8.normally [`nR:mElI]  ad. 通常，按惯例=usually

    e.g. Normally the train takes twenty minutes to reach the next town.

    通常火车要花二十分钟到达下一个市镇。

9.newsagent [`njU:z9eIdVEnt]  n. （英）报刊经售人=shopkeeper who sells newspapers

    e.g. I bought today’s Daily at the newsagent’s of the railway station.

    我在火车站的报摊上买了今天的日报。

10.safe [seIf]  n. 保险柜=fireproof and burglar-proof box in which money and other valuables are kept.

    e.g. Important documents like these should be kept in the safe.

    象这样的重要文件应该放在保险箱里。

11.fold [fEJld]  vt. 折叠=bend one part of a thing back over on itself.

    e.g. After get-up, he folded back the bed clothes.

    起床后他叠起了被褥。

12.slip [slip]  vt. 悄悄地塞=put secretly

    e.g. He slipped a marker between the pages.

    他在书页中加上书签。

13.tempt [tempt]  vt. 引诱=lure

    e.g. Nothing could tempt him to such a course of action.

    没有任何事情能够诱使他做这种事。

14.flick (through) [flIk]  vi. 飞快地翻阅=touch lightly

    e.g. He flicked through the magazine, then threw it away.

    他随手翻翻杂志，就把它扔在一边。

15.accompany [E5kQmpEnI]  vt. 陪同=go with

    e.g. He was accompanied by his secretary.

    他由秘书陪同。

16.admit [Ed5mIt]   vt. 承认，供认=confess

    e.g. The accused man admitted his guilt.

    被告承认了他的罪行。

17.suspect [5sQspekt]  vt. 怀疑=doubt

    e.g. We suspect the truth of the account.

    我们怀疑这一报告的真实性。

1. after all  毕竟

    e.g. Of course she behaved awfully, but after all, she is your sister.

    当然她表现得很糟糕，但毕竟她是你姐姐。

2. look after  照管

    e.g. I will come up occasionally to look after the house.

    我会偶尔来照管房子。

go after  追赶；追求

    e.g. The dogs went after the wounded deer.

    猎狗追赶着受伤的鹿。

day after day(year after year)  日复一日（年复一年）

    e.g. But year after year the government refused to provide these funds.

    但是年复一年政府都拒绝提供这些资金。

one after another 一个接一个地

    e.g. They rose one after another and walked out.

    他们站了起来，一个接一个地走了出去。

3. as soon as  一…（就…）

    e.g. I’ll tell him the news as soon as I see him.

    我一看到他就把这个消息告诉他。

Translation of some difficult sentences from the text

1. And where did the five-pound note come from in the first place?

    首先要问那张五英镑的钞票是怎么来的？

2. There’s someone with light fingers around here.

    我们这儿有人手脚不干净。

3. I folded and slipped it into my desk dictionary here.

    我把钞票对折了一下，夹在案头词典里。