A dog attack

"Ibetour bereaved widow had no idea thebeastwould one day not listen to her husband." Said thebespectacledinspector as he sipped from his hotbeverageat the crime scene. "That's why I hate big dogs. I don' t think they have anybiastowards people who want them to be their best friend. They just do theirbiddingand live off their care while they are waiting for the right moment tobetraythem."
"Well, whether you think the dog knew what he was going to dobeforehandor not, it was an ugly attack. Look at the trail ofbeadsthat lead down to thebeach." Noted a policeman.
"Hmmm. Yes, that is strange." Said the inspector as he bent down to inspect the wounds on the man and then scratched at hisbeard. "But I don't think the husband was wearingbeads." He walked back into the house past thebellowshard at work keeping the furnace running,besetwith sudden doubt.
"That was abeneficialinsight." He said to the policeman. "I'll be sure to refer to you in thebibliographyof my report. Excuse me ma' am. You' re under arrest for the murder of your husband!"
"What?" Said thebewilderedwoman.
"Yes, ma'am. You murdered your husband, dragged him out of the house and then made the dog bite and chew him after the fact. I know this because of the trail of beads leading to your dead husband and the lack of deep, life threatening dog bites on his body."
"Wow." Said the policeman. "This will be abenchmarkin yourbidto be promoted to chief inspector."

狂犬出擊

“我敢打賭，我們那位喪失親人的寡婦從沒想過那個畜生有一天會不聽她丈夫的命令。”戴眼鏡的警官在案發現場抿了一口熱飲料說，“這也是我討厭大狗的原因。我認為，對于那些想與它們成為好朋友的人，它們是沒有偏見的，它們惟命是聽、靠主人的照顧過日子，同時卻又等待時機背叛他們。”
“嗯，不管你是否認為這只狗事先就知道它要做什么，這次襲擊太可怕啦。瞧這一路撒到海灘的珠子。”一名警察說道。
“是啊，真是奇怪。”警官邊說邊俯身去檢查那個男人身上的傷口，然后扯了扯他的胡須，“可我認為，這個丈夫沒有戴珠子。”他走回屋內，經過使爐火熊熊燃燒的風箱時，他忽然陷入了疑惑。
“你的見解非常有用。”他對警察說，“我一定會在報告的參考書目中提到你。對不起，太太，您因為謀害親夫而被捕了。”
“什么?”婦人充滿疑惑地問道。
“是的，太大。你殺了你丈夫，然后把他的尸體拖到屋外讓狗啃咬、嚼碎。找到你丈夫尸體的路上留下了許多珠子，而他身上卻沒有狗咬的深深的、致命的傷痕，從這兩點我知道是你殺了他。”
“哇!”警察說，“這將是您爭取晉升警察局長的一個重要參考啊!”

單詞詳解:

beach n.沙灘
bead n.小水珠
beard n.(上下巴的)胡須,鬢,絡腮胡子
beast n.野獸;畜牲
beforehand ad.預先,事先;提前地
bellows n.(單復同)皮腔;折箱;(折式)風箱
benchmark v.用基地問題測試(計算機系統)n.基準,基準尺度;(計)基準問題
beneficial a.有利的,有益的,有幫助的
bereave v.(死亡等)使喪失(親人等);使孤寂,使凄涼
beset v.困擾,使苦惱
bespectacled a.戴眼鏡的
bet v.打賭
betray v.背叛,出賣;泄漏,暴露
beverage n.飲料(如牛奶,咖啡,啤酒)
bewilder v.使迷惑,難住;使糊涂,使迷路,偏見,偏心
bias n.偏見,偏心
bibliography n.文獻目錄,參考書目
bid v.1命令,吩咐2出價,喊價,投標;叫牌
bidding n.命令,請求;(拍賣時)出價,喊價