【胡敏读故事背雅思单词】56扑灭奢华俱乐部的大火(1/2)

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        多处有飘号和引号
        Fire Chief
        Mc Allister
       
       
As Fire Chief Mc Allister used his extinguisher to put out the fire he couldn't help noticing that the extravagance of the interior of the club was extreme in comparison to the poor quality of the exterior. "It was a shame," he thought to himself, "that this place was burning down." He lifted his extinguisher to put out a flame on some eye-catching fabric. He knew, even if he was trying to save small pieces of the club, that the extent of the fire damage would require complete remodeling, a new facade, and an extraordinary sum of money. Mc Allister hoped also that the owners would be as extravagant as before. It had obviously been a fabulous place; the type that he had thought had become extinct. Anyhow, if they restored the place, he told himself, he would certainly return here to take his wife out to dinner.消防队长麦克阿利斯特用灭火器扑灭大火时，不禁注意到这家俱乐部外表相当寒碜内部却极其奢华。他暗自想道：“把这里烧毁，真是太可惜了。”他举起灭火器，想扑灭一件十分惹眼的织物上的火苗。他知道，即使他在努力抢救俱乐部的一些小物品，火灾造成的破坏程度将使俱乐部不得不彻底重建——建一个新的门面，需要一笔巨大的资金。麦克阿利斯特同时希望俱乐部的主人们还像过去一样奢侈。这里显然曾经是个极好的地方——他曾以为这种地方早已绝迹了。他想，只要他们修复这个地方，他无论如何会带妻子来这里吃饭。