这本书讲述了丁丁追踪一架神秘失事的飞机来到英国，一路上与犯罪团伙派出的各色人物缠斗，最终来到了苏格兰北部的黑岛，发现这里是米勒博士的假钞制作大本营，最终，丁丁和警方将这一犯罪团伙彻底铲除的故事。
下面让我们看一下本书中的地道表达
1. The bullet only grazed a rib
graze=scrape
when you graze your elbow after falling off your bike.
2. he's coming round
come round=revive
3. plant the wallet in my pockets
4. what a cheek
when you're a little rude or sassy, your attitude itself can be called cheek
5. what a sneak!
If you sneak home after midnight, that means you’re quietly creeping into the house so no one will hear you.
6. Snowy’s given the game away
give us away the secret：出卖（一般中间有us）
give away ：大促销;分发（中间没有宾语）
7. we're gaining on him
正在靠近他
8. it's the brakes
To brake is to stop. eg: When you want to brake, step on the brake.
9. behind bars
10. this joke has gone far enough
玩笑开得太出界了
11. put on an act
演戏
12. Tintin on our trail
丁丁追踪我们
13. keep our eyes open
时刻警惕着
14. the wreckage of the plane
15. run into trouble
16. this pile of scrap-metal
some scraps of paper
17. pick up a scent
18. it must be the crew
Fire crew ready for duty!
19. too much to hope they'd leave anything in the pockets
这么想就太贪心了
20. you're trespassing;this is private property
trespassing (adj) = intrude(v)
21. meddle in our affairs
meddle in=interfere with
intervene in 调停
22. set the room alight: describe something that’s on fire
23. is it a real alarm?
the dog may have raised the alarm
alarm和alert区别：二者都可以指物理方面的警报，心理层面的警觉。alarm是指已经发生后，alert是指没发生前，提高警惕。
24. The fire brigade/fire crew A brigade is a unit of the army
25. stop him at all costs
不惜一切代价
26. cable=wire;
the cables are pulled up
27. beacon=light
light/put out the beacon
the beacons are alight
28. I am running short of money
29. discover our installation
30. be due to do
31. I'm daft
daft=insane
32. truss them up
捆住
33. pull yourself together
重整好自己，振作起来
perk up=cheer up
开心一下（更浅显）
34. they caused a short-circuit
电线短路
circuit
35. beat the record
打破纪录
36. provided they have a puncture
provided=if
puncture:pierce with a pointed object,make a hole into
37. liable to cause a breach of the peace
liable=likely
38. the train's pulling out
pull out=depart
39. hang on to me
紧紧抓住我
40. the train's pulling up
pull up=halt
41. the automatic brake will soon stop the coaches
42. my dog will pick up their trail in a flash
in a flash瞬间
43. pull yourself together
振作起来
44. strech a point
通融一下
45. If he pulls sth off ,we get all the credits
pull off: succeed despite difficult
46. we're commandeering this plane
commander--conmandeer 征用
eg: If you commandeer something — whether it's a car or a conversation — you use force to try to take over.
47. Rotten visibility,we 've lost sight of them
能见度很低
48. you drunken,disobedient dog
49. Well, that puts paid to that
这件事了结了
50. if you could put me up for the night?
留宿
51.it is a sinister place
sinister=evil=wicked
52. managed to evade our faithful gorilla
53. a glimmer of light
a flash of light
54. a printing press.the forgers
55. come to their senses
恢复理智，醒悟过来
56. He made off when he heard us coming
make off =run away
57. spare me,for pity's sake
spare=forgive
58. scare out of his wits
吓得魂不附体
59. aerobatic display=air dispaly
60. the plane comes roaring down
呼啸而下
61. another flawless loop
无懈可击的转圈
62. the judges are unanimous
63. a radio transmitter
64. round up a gang of forgers
round up ：to gather people, animals, or things into one place
65. trip over a stone
绊倒
66. put up much of a flight
抵抗
67. full of gorged notes ready for dispatch
dispatch=give away
68. what are they babbling about?
say something in a quick, confused way
