煤气爆炸之谜

湖北省荆门市掇刀中学 文艳丽供稿

1.Detective Brown was reading a book at home at 9：00 in the evening.Suddenly the lights went out.晚上九点，布朗探长正在家里看书，忽然停电了。

2.Five minutes later,there was a loud noise，which shattered all the windows.五分钟之后，一声巨响把窗子的玻璃都震碎了。

3.A house nearby exploded and burned.Mr.Brown ran to the house at once.原来是附近的一所房子爆炸着火了。布朗探长连忙向现场跑去。

4.An old woman lived in the house.She said to Detective Brown sadly：“Fortunately,I was shopping then,otherwise...”There was a smell of gas on the scene.Detective said：“The explosion should be caused by the gas leakage.” “Really?My nose is not very keen,and I can’t smell the gas,”said the old woman.房子里住着一位老妇人。她伤心地对布朗探长说：“幸好我当时在买东西，要不然……”现场可以闻到一股煤气的味道。探长说：“应该是您家里的煤气泄露引起的爆炸。”“真的吗？我的鼻子已经不灵了，我根本闻不到煤气的味道。”老妇人说。

5.At this time,one police said：“The fire started from the bedroom.”就在这时，一个警察说道：“火是从老妇人的卧室烧起来的。”

6.The woman said：“But in my bedroom,there was just a bed,a phone and a wood box.”“我的卧室里只有一张床、一个电话和一个木箱。”老妇人说。

7.Police said：“It’s very strange.When the explosion happened,the power was off.So it couldn’t be caused by creepage.” “It seemed that it was a designed murder and arson incident,” said Mr.Brown.警察说：“很奇怪。 发生爆炸时，这一带正停电，不可能是因为漏电引起煤气爆炸发生火灾的。“看来这很可能是一桩有计划的蓄意纵火谋杀案。”布朗探长说。

8.By the inquiry,the police found out that the old woman’s nephew Roy was the suspect.The old woman had a lot of jewel and stock.She saved them in the bank and was insured.The beneficiary was Roy.经过调查，警方认为老妇人的侄儿罗伊是犯罪嫌疑人。老妇人有许多宝石和股票都寄存在银行，并且投了保险，受益人就是罗伊。

9.But Roy was not on the scene when the explosion happened.There was proof proving that he was in the hotel 10km away from here.The Detective asked：“Did he go to the woman’s house that night?” “Yes.He finished his supper and left at half past eight o’clock.” 但是事发当时，罗伊不在案发现场，而且有证据表明他当时在离案发现场10公里以外的旅馆里。探长说：“那天晚上，他去了老妇人的家吗？”“是的。他吃完晚饭后，于八点半离开了。”

10.Detective Brown analyzed all the proof and thought about it.Then he said：“It was made by Roy.”布朗探长分析了所有的证据，思虑良久说：“这起案件就是罗伊策划的。”

布朗探长为什么说这起事件是罗伊策划的呢？他的证据是什么？