CNN新闻英语 2004-3-29

The oldest bank robber: No regrets
最老的银行劫匪称：我不后悔!

Sunday, March 28, 2004 Posted: 1655 GMT (0055 HKT)

SPUR, Texas (AP) -- J.L. Hunter "Red" Rountree shuffled into the bank and surveyed the teller windows.
德克萨斯，SPUR－－J.L. Hunter "Red" Rountree挪进银行，并对出纳窗口进行侦察。

☆ shuffle 慢吞吞地走
     teller 银行出纳员

He had done this twice before and knew the best way was to pick a bank within a full gas tank's drive of home, hit it early before there were too many customers and then never, ever return to that city.
他如此做了两次，认为抢劫银行最好方法是开一辆加满油的汽车，在早上趁着人少实施抢劫，然后永远不再回这个城市。

He walked slowly up to an open window and handed two manila envelopes to the teller. On the first, in red marker, was written "ROBBERY." The second envelope, he told her, was for the money.
他慢慢走近一个营业窗口，递给出纳员两个信封。第一个上面用红笔写着“抢劫”。第二信封用来放钱，他告诉出纳。

☆ Manila 淡黄褐色

"What do you mean?" the teller asked the bespectacled man with nearly translucent skin and wrinkled, knotted hands. "Are you kidding?"
“你是什么意思呀？”出纳问这个带着眼镜，皮肤白晳，手上满是皱纹的老人，“你在开玩笑吗？”

☆ bespectacled  带眼镜的
    translucent  半透明的, 透明的
    wrinkled  皱纹的
    knotted 有节的, 多节的, 棘手的

"Hurry up and put the money in the envelope or you'll get hurt," Rountree told her.
“麻利点你，把钱装到信封里，否则对你不客气了!”Rountree告诉出纳。

As the teller complied, Rountree became the oldest known bank robber in U.S. history. He was 91.
出纳顺从了老人。Rountree也成了美国历史上年纪最大的银行劫匪，91岁。

☆ comply 顺从

Sitting in a wheelchair now at the Dickens County Correctional Center, at the edge of the Texas Plains,

Rountree puts his hand to his forehead, coaxing memories from a brain fogged by age. He's reached 92 and is serving a 12-year sentence, the equivalent of life for someone his age.

He can't remember when he decided to rob the First American Bank in Abilene. Or even what he planned to do with the loot -- $1,999. But he does have one answer.

"You want to know why I rob banks?" Rountree said. "It's fun. I feel good, awful good. I feel good for sometimes days, for sometimes hours."

It was one last adventure for a man who'd had others years ago. He once made millions as a businessman, once had a family.