16.Maybe I had just better begin to flush them down the toilet.Maybe I had better tear them to pieces and throw them into the toilet and flush them down.或許我還是現(xiàn)在就動(dòng)手，把日記扔進(jìn)馬桶沖掉。
flush sth.down the toilet：用抽水馬桶沖掉
eg：Mary accidentally flushed her ring down the toilet.瑪麗不小心把她的戒指掉到抽水馬桶里給沖走了。
17.On the other hand ……I calculatedthat the secret police would seize the General Staff maps. 我估計(jì)秘密警察會(huì)沒收那些軍用地圖。
19.The they would look at the layers of my broadcast scripts and I would point tothe censors' stamps of approvalon each page.他們會(huì)檢查那一摞摞的廣播稿，那我就會(huì)指著每一頁上檢查官所蓋的批準(zhǔn)的印章。
point to指向，指著
eg：He pointed to the box and asked，“whose it is？”他指著這個(gè)箱子問，這是誰的？
approval，n.approve，v.指著，同意
eg：Some contracts need not only be signed by the two sides but also be approvedby some leaders in charge.
有些合同不僅需要雙方的簽字，而且還需要有些主管領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的批準(zhǔn)。
20.That would be this make a Gestapo official sit up and take notice The censors' stamps of approval would immediately
make sb.sit up （and take notice）：（口語） 使……吃驚，使……嚇一跳；使警覺，引起……的注意
eg：The strange noise made all of us sit up and take notice.那奇怪的聲音使我們都警覺起來。
eg：A few strange personal ads in the paper made Bob Sugg sit up and take notice，and he helped smell out a series of burglaries.報(bào)紙上幾則蹊蹺的個(gè)人啟事引起了鮑勃？薩格的注意，他協(xié)助（警方）查出了一系列入室盜竊案。
21.It would give me prestige in his eyes，or at least make me less suspectforeigner though I was.—— This would make me look important in his eyes，or at least reduce his suspicion even though I was a foreign journalist.盡管我是外國人這也會(huì)讓他對(duì)我刮目相看，至少也能減少他對(duì)我的猜疑。
it指上句所提的內(nèi)容（他們對(duì)那些印章注目）
prestige：the respect and importance a person，organization，or profession has，because of their high position in society，or the quality of their work威信，威望，聲譽(yù)
eg：He is a man of high international prestige.他是一個(gè)有著很高國際威望的人。
suspect adj：信不過的；可疑的。the suspected：嫌疑犯
foreigner though I was：though I was a foreigner，是正式的用法。
22.I was going to gamble on their inspection ending there，before they dug deeper to my diaries.—— The success of my plan would depend on their stopping the inspection when they saw the stamped broadcast scripts and not going further to find what was beneath the scripts.But this was a great risk to take.我要把寶押在他們的檢查到此為止上，而不再往下翻到我的日記。
gamble on sth./ doing sth.：希望成功而冒著失敗的危險(xiǎn)做……，壓賭注
eg：You shouldn't gamble on one exams.你不應(yīng)該把命運(yùn)壓在一次考試上。
eg：He called for another vote，gambling on getting more support.
他要求再舉行一次投票，冒著失敗的危險(xiǎn)尋求更多人的支持。
eg：You shouldn't gamble on the supply of spare parts arriving promptly.
你可不能把賭注全押在零件能立即到位這一點(diǎn)上。在這個(gè)句型中，gamble后面的動(dòng)名詞表示的是主語的行為（如getting more support），如果不是就需要在動(dòng)名詞的前面加上一個(gè)名詞短語作其邏輯主語，如their inspection和 the supply of spare parts.它們的行為分別是 ending和 arriving.
23.The feared Gestapo，I knew，was really not very efficient.It was true that the Gestapo were much feared.But they were not as competent as they were thought to be.我知道那些令人畏懼的蓋世太保并非真的很能干。（注意挖苦的口吻。）
Efficient，adj.能干的，有效率的efficiency，n.效率
24.Everything at Gestapo headquarters worked out as I had planned.在秘密警察總部，一切都按照我的計(jì)劃順利進(jìn)行。
work out：develop in a specific way按……發(fā)展；產(chǎn)生結(jié)果；成功
eg： Their experiment worked out differently 他們實(shí)驗(yàn)產(chǎn)生了不同的結(jié)果。
eg：Things did not work out as well as we expected.情況的發(fā)展不如我們預(yù)料的那樣好。
eg：Their marriage did not work out.他們的婚姻并不成功。
25.They had been very valuable to me in reporting the army's great victories.I realized I shouldn't take out General Staff maps.這些地圖對(duì)我報(bào)道軍隊(duì)的偉大勝利非常有用。我認(rèn)識(shí)到我不應(yīng)該把軍用地圖帶出德國。（對(duì)付蓋世太保作者采用了兩個(gè)手法，一是假意贊揚(yáng)，二是主動(dòng)“認(rèn)錯(cuò)”，二者均十分奏效。）
valuable to對(duì)……有價(jià)值，有用
eg：These materials are valuable to him in studying the ancient culture.這些資料對(duì)他研究古代文化非常有價(jià)值。
26.every page，as you see，stamped for approval by the High Command and two ministries.你看，每一頁都蓋有指揮部和兩個(gè)部門的批準(zhǔn)印章。
every page stamped……在every page與stamped之間省略了has been.
the High Command：the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces德國武裝力量指揮部的簡(jiǎn)稱。
27.I could see they were impressed.I could see that the stamps of approval made them look at me with some respect.
impress：to feel great admiration for留下印象
impress upon/on one's mind/memory把…印在腦海/記憶中
eg：I'm very impressed with the new airport.新機(jī)場(chǎng)給我的印象很好。
eg：What impressed me most is the beautiful scenery and the kind people there.
給我留下最深印象的是那兒美麗的風(fēng)景和善良的人們。
eg：He impressed what the teacher said to him upon his mind.他把老師對(duì)他說的話記在腦海中。
Impression，n.
eg：What's your first impression about the city？你對(duì)這個(gè)城市的第一印象如何？
28.They put their hands in a little deeper，each man now looking intoa suitcase.Soon they would reach the diaries. 他們兩人把手往深處伸去，一人檢查一個(gè)箱子，很快他們就會(huì)摸到日記。
each man now looking into a suitcase為獨(dú)立主格分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，做伴隨狀語。
look into調(diào)查，檢查
eg：A group was organized to look into the case.成立一個(gè)小組來調(diào)查這個(gè)案件。
29.Furthermore，several people can confer What a fool！—— When their hands almost reached my diaries，I regretted having taken this risk and blamed myself for getting myself into this critical situation/delivering myself into the hands of the Gestapo officials.What a foolish thing I had done，I thought to myself.我覺得我渾身開始冒汗，我這是自投羅網(wǎng)，真是個(gè)大傻瓜！
（in a） jam：a difficult or uncomfortable situation處境困境
eg：We are in a real jam.我們的麻煩大了。
be/ get （oneself） into a jam：（使自己）處境困境或?qū)擂巍?BR> 30.“All the way to Paris，” I said.“A great army it was，and a great story for me.It will go down in history！”“This great army provided me with a lot things to report.What it has accomplished is going to be recorded in history.” “一直追蹤報(bào)道到巴黎?！蔽艺f?！罢媸且恢Я瞬黄鸬能婈?duì)，對(duì)我來說是極好的新聞素材。這支軍隊(duì)的業(yè)績(jī)將會(huì)載入史冊(cè)?！保ㄓ质且环?意贊揚(yáng)的話使情況有了轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)。）
all the way/ the whole way：during the entire journey；during the whole period of a time一路上；自始至終
eg：In order to catch the 8.20 bus，he ran all the wafy to the stop.
為了趕8點(diǎn)20分那趟公共汽車，他一口氣跑到車站。
eg：The defendant kept silent all the way through the trial.被告在審判過程中自始至終沒有開口。
flush sth.down the toilet：用抽水馬桶沖掉
eg：Mary accidentally flushed her ring down the toilet.瑪麗不小心把她的戒指掉到抽水馬桶里給沖走了。
17.On the other hand ……I calculatedthat the secret police would seize the General Staff maps. 我估計(jì)秘密警察會(huì)沒收那些軍用地圖。
19.The they would look at the layers of my broadcast scripts and I would point tothe censors' stamps of approvalon each page.他們會(huì)檢查那一摞摞的廣播稿，那我就會(huì)指著每一頁上檢查官所蓋的批準(zhǔn)的印章。
point to指向，指著
eg：He pointed to the box and asked，“whose it is？”他指著這個(gè)箱子問，這是誰的？
approval，n.approve，v.指著，同意
eg：Some contracts need not only be signed by the two sides but also be approvedby some leaders in charge.
有些合同不僅需要雙方的簽字，而且還需要有些主管領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的批準(zhǔn)。
20.That would be this make a Gestapo official sit up and take notice The censors' stamps of approval would immediately
make sb.sit up （and take notice）：（口語） 使……吃驚，使……嚇一跳；使警覺，引起……的注意
eg：The strange noise made all of us sit up and take notice.那奇怪的聲音使我們都警覺起來。
eg：A few strange personal ads in the paper made Bob Sugg sit up and take notice，and he helped smell out a series of burglaries.報(bào)紙上幾則蹊蹺的個(gè)人啟事引起了鮑勃？薩格的注意，他協(xié)助（警方）查出了一系列入室盜竊案。
21.It would give me prestige in his eyes，or at least make me less suspectforeigner though I was.—— This would make me look important in his eyes，or at least reduce his suspicion even though I was a foreign journalist.盡管我是外國人這也會(huì)讓他對(duì)我刮目相看，至少也能減少他對(duì)我的猜疑。
it指上句所提的內(nèi)容（他們對(duì)那些印章注目）
prestige：the respect and importance a person，organization，or profession has，because of their high position in society，or the quality of their work威信，威望，聲譽(yù)
eg：He is a man of high international prestige.他是一個(gè)有著很高國際威望的人。
suspect adj：信不過的；可疑的。the suspected：嫌疑犯
foreigner though I was：though I was a foreigner，是正式的用法。
22.I was going to gamble on their inspection ending there，before they dug deeper to my diaries.—— The success of my plan would depend on their stopping the inspection when they saw the stamped broadcast scripts and not going further to find what was beneath the scripts.But this was a great risk to take.我要把寶押在他們的檢查到此為止上，而不再往下翻到我的日記。
gamble on sth./ doing sth.：希望成功而冒著失敗的危險(xiǎn)做……，壓賭注
eg：You shouldn't gamble on one exams.你不應(yīng)該把命運(yùn)壓在一次考試上。
eg：He called for another vote，gambling on getting more support.
他要求再舉行一次投票，冒著失敗的危險(xiǎn)尋求更多人的支持。
eg：You shouldn't gamble on the supply of spare parts arriving promptly.
你可不能把賭注全押在零件能立即到位這一點(diǎn)上。在這個(gè)句型中，gamble后面的動(dòng)名詞表示的是主語的行為（如getting more support），如果不是就需要在動(dòng)名詞的前面加上一個(gè)名詞短語作其邏輯主語，如their inspection和 the supply of spare parts.它們的行為分別是 ending和 arriving.
23.The feared Gestapo，I knew，was really not very efficient.It was true that the Gestapo were much feared.But they were not as competent as they were thought to be.我知道那些令人畏懼的蓋世太保并非真的很能干。（注意挖苦的口吻。）
Efficient，adj.能干的，有效率的efficiency，n.效率
24.Everything at Gestapo headquarters worked out as I had planned.在秘密警察總部，一切都按照我的計(jì)劃順利進(jìn)行。
work out：develop in a specific way按……發(fā)展；產(chǎn)生結(jié)果；成功
eg： Their experiment worked out differently 他們實(shí)驗(yàn)產(chǎn)生了不同的結(jié)果。
eg：Things did not work out as well as we expected.情況的發(fā)展不如我們預(yù)料的那樣好。
eg：Their marriage did not work out.他們的婚姻并不成功。
25.They had been very valuable to me in reporting the army's great victories.I realized I shouldn't take out General Staff maps.這些地圖對(duì)我報(bào)道軍隊(duì)的偉大勝利非常有用。我認(rèn)識(shí)到我不應(yīng)該把軍用地圖帶出德國。（對(duì)付蓋世太保作者采用了兩個(gè)手法，一是假意贊揚(yáng)，二是主動(dòng)“認(rèn)錯(cuò)”，二者均十分奏效。）
valuable to對(duì)……有價(jià)值，有用
eg：These materials are valuable to him in studying the ancient culture.這些資料對(duì)他研究古代文化非常有價(jià)值。
26.every page，as you see，stamped for approval by the High Command and two ministries.你看，每一頁都蓋有指揮部和兩個(gè)部門的批準(zhǔn)印章。
every page stamped……在every page與stamped之間省略了has been.
the High Command：the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces德國武裝力量指揮部的簡(jiǎn)稱。
27.I could see they were impressed.I could see that the stamps of approval made them look at me with some respect.
impress：to feel great admiration for留下印象
impress upon/on one's mind/memory把…印在腦海/記憶中
eg：I'm very impressed with the new airport.新機(jī)場(chǎng)給我的印象很好。
eg：What impressed me most is the beautiful scenery and the kind people there.
給我留下最深印象的是那兒美麗的風(fēng)景和善良的人們。
eg：He impressed what the teacher said to him upon his mind.他把老師對(duì)他說的話記在腦海中。
Impression，n.
eg：What's your first impression about the city？你對(duì)這個(gè)城市的第一印象如何？
28.They put their hands in a little deeper，each man now looking intoa suitcase.Soon they would reach the diaries. 他們兩人把手往深處伸去，一人檢查一個(gè)箱子，很快他們就會(huì)摸到日記。
each man now looking into a suitcase為獨(dú)立主格分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，做伴隨狀語。
look into調(diào)查，檢查
eg：A group was organized to look into the case.成立一個(gè)小組來調(diào)查這個(gè)案件。
29.Furthermore，several people can confer What a fool！—— When their hands almost reached my diaries，I regretted having taken this risk and blamed myself for getting myself into this critical situation/delivering myself into the hands of the Gestapo officials.What a foolish thing I had done，I thought to myself.我覺得我渾身開始冒汗，我這是自投羅網(wǎng)，真是個(gè)大傻瓜！
（in a） jam：a difficult or uncomfortable situation處境困境
eg：We are in a real jam.我們的麻煩大了。
be/ get （oneself） into a jam：（使自己）處境困境或?qū)擂巍?BR> 30.“All the way to Paris，” I said.“A great army it was，and a great story for me.It will go down in history！”“This great army provided me with a lot things to report.What it has accomplished is going to be recorded in history.” “一直追蹤報(bào)道到巴黎?！蔽艺f?！罢媸且恢Я瞬黄鸬能婈?duì)，對(duì)我來說是極好的新聞素材。這支軍隊(duì)的業(yè)績(jī)將會(huì)載入史冊(cè)?！保ㄓ质且环?意贊揚(yáng)的話使情況有了轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)。）
all the way/ the whole way：during the entire journey；during the whole period of a time一路上；自始至終
eg：In order to catch the 8.20 bus，he ran all the wafy to the stop.
為了趕8點(diǎn)20分那趟公共汽車，他一口氣跑到車站。
eg：The defendant kept silent all the way through the trial.被告在審判過程中自始至終沒有開口。