译文:罗伊.特雷顿原是开出租汽车的，然而就在前不久，他开上了公共汽车，也并不为此而感到后悔。他发觉自己的新工作令人兴奋得多。最近，当他正开车在凯特福德街上行驶时，看到有两个小偷从一家商店里冲出来，奔向等在那里的一辆汽车，其中一个提着一只装满钞票的提包。罗伊行动迅速，开车直冲窃贼而去。拿钱的那个小偷吓得把提包都扔了。当那两个小偷企图乘车逃跑时，罗伊驾驶他的公共汽车撞在了那辆车的后尾上。当那辆被撞坏的车开走后，罗伊停下车，给警察挂了电话。小偷的车损坏严重，很容易辨认。没过多久，警察就截住了那辆车，两个小偷都被抓住了。
1. Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. Used to——过去常常做某事。Used to使用过去时，表示过去是开出租车的，现在已经不开了。
2．A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he was not regretted it.While这里是做名词，表示“一段时间”。我们学过的还有：wait for a while（等会儿）和after a while（过了一会儿） Regret Regret to do sth.表示“即将要说”。 Regret doing sth.表示“已经做了”。来看看例句： I regret to tell you this, but I just crashed the car.我很抱歉（遗憾）告诉你，我刚才撞坏了你的车子。（在说I regret to tell you this的时候，是还没有告诉的状态，是即将告诉你。）I regret telling you I crashed the car.我后悔告诉了你我撞坏了你的车子。（我对已经告诉你这件事而后悔、遗憾。） 在口语中，我们常用You’ll regret it.这句话来表示“你会后悔的。（威胁某人时） 另外，注意一下：如果是对某事后悔即是regret sth.并没有regret about或是regret for这种用法。
3．He is finding his new work far more exciting. 发觉、感觉什么事情怎么样： find something+表示感觉的形容词。 比如我们学过的He is finding this trip very exciting.（他觉得这次旅行非常令人激动。） 这里more exciting是形容词比较级。Far是副词，放在形容词前，表示程度，可以译做“很”、“大大地”。
4．When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. 来看看see sb. do sth.的结构： see和其他一些感知动词（如feel，hear，notice，smell，watch等）可以使用“动词＋名词或代词宾语＋不带to的不定式结构中： I saw him take the money.我看到他拿了钱。 I heard her play the piano.我听到她弹钢琴。 He felt his blood run cold and his flesh creep.他感到毛骨悚然，心惊肉跳。 课文中rush和run是two thieves的两个连续的动作，使用的都是不定式的动词原形。 Waiting为现在分词做定语，表示“等待着的”、“等在那里的”。
5．One of them was carrying a bag full of money. A bag full of money=a bag which was full of money一只装满钞票的提包 Full of…是形容词短语，此处作定语。再比如： A bottle full of milk一个装满牛奶的瓶子
6. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. Drove straight at… 直朝……开去
7. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. With表示“带着”、“拿着”。With the money修饰the one。表示“拿着钱的那个（小偷）”。 Such…that…表示“如此…以至于…”。Such是形容词，所以后面要跟名词, 也就是： (such + a/an + 形容词 + 单数名词 + that )； 而so…that…结构中so是副词，后面要跟形容词，（so + 形容词/副词 + that ）。因此上面的句子我们也可以改写成: The one with the money got so frightened that he dropped the bag. so和 such用法的区别： so (adv.) 只能跟形容词和副词；such (adj.) 只能跟名词。 a) so + 形容词 + a/an + 单数名词 such + a/an + 形容词 + 单数名词 so lovely a child --- such a lovely child 那么可爱的孩子 so easy a question --- such an easy question 那么简单的问题 b) such + 形容词 + 复数名词；so 不能这样用： such high salaries such funny stories c) so + many/much + 名词；such不能用于many/much之前： You have so many friends. There is so much water in the pond.
8. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. Get away这里表示“逃跑”、“逃脱”： How did the thief get away? 小偷是如何逃掉的？ Drive into的原义是“把…开进”，这里是指撞上。
9. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Batter和damage的区别： Batter作为“破坏”解释，主要强调两点：第一，打击的重复性。第二，撞击后是变形的损坏。 而damage则说明“破坏”的结果，一般动作是瞬间的。 The bombs destroyed two buildings and damaged several others. 炸弹摧毁了两栋大楼，并炸坏了另外几栋楼。 The ship was battered to pieces by the strom. 轮船被风暴撞成了碎片。
10. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested. Arrest是指警察根据法律逮捕触犯法律的人： The police arrested the thief.警察逮捕了小偷。 而我们常说的“抓捕罪犯”“抓获罪犯”用的是catch这个词。尤其是指经过追捕后的抓获。 The thief was caught in the bar.小偷是在酒吧里被抓获的。 而我们这课的标题stop thief是指拦住正在奔逃的小偷或罪犯： Several people ran after the thief and tried to stop him. A thief crying “stop thief”.贼喊捉贼。