【现代大学英语精读】（第一册）第六课 枫叶街上的怪物(4/10)

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原本一片祥和的街道突然被异常的停电打扰了， 所有人陷入一种紧张恐慌的状态中，此时，即将来临谣言的制造者小孩Tommy出现了。
        Hints：
        (shakes his head)
        两个as if 中间要有三个点的省略号
There's a murmur of reaction to this. Steve walks over to his car. I'll run downtown. We'll get this all straightened out. Steve gets into his car, turns the key. The engine is dead. He then gets out of the car. I don't understand it. It was working fine before. Out of gas? ( shakes his head) I just had it filled up. What does it mean? It's just as if ...as if everything had stopped. Then he turns toward Steve. We'd better walk downtown. Ok, Charlie. He turns to look back at the car. It couldn't be the meteor. A meteor couldn't do this. He and Charlie exchange a look. Then they start to walk away from the group. Tommy, a serious-faced young boy tries to stop them. Mr. Brand.You'd better not! Why not? They don't want you to. Steve and Charlie exchange a grin. Steve looks back toward the boy. Who doesn't want us to?