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  “He appeared out of the blue, officer。 He came around the corner of the apartment building anxious about something, and then he stole my apple pie right out of the window! If he would have stolen anything but my apple pie, I'd not be so angry. But that was my last pie of the season! And I didn't have an appetite for anything else!”
  “Gee, I'm sorry Mrs. Anderson. I'll have to appeal to your neighbors to see if anyone got a good look at the boy! Now apart from his red jacket you saw nothing else?” The officer asked.
  “No sir. But if he would have stayed any longer, I would have knocked him with my broom!”
  “Okay. Well I'm anxious to move on. Your neighbors could leave for work any minute. So thank you. Oh, and if I do catch him, you'll file charges for theft?”
  “Oh no! You just bring that boy back here so that he can apologize to me for what he did. I don't think it's appropriate to send a boy to jail just for stealing apple pie. Let's just teach him a lesson!”
The officer laughed.
  “Mam, if you want me to apply myself to finding this boy, I'm going to need to get more han an apology!”
  “Oh, well then. Let's just forget it. I'll apply for another shipment of apples and make another pie when they get here. I guess it's not important enough to waste your time.”
  The officer shrugged, packed up his note pad and walked back to his car.

记短语

anxious about（或for）为…担心，为…发愁
anxious to急于，渴望
any minute随时，在任何时刻
anything but单单除…之外，恰恰不；根本不，决不，远非
apart from除…之外
apartment building宿舍楼
apologize to (sb.) for (sth.)（为某事）向（某人）道歉，认错
appeal to呼吁，请求；诉诸，求助；有吸引力，有感染力
appear out of the blue出乎意外地出现，突然出现
appetite for胃口，食欲；欲望，爱好
apple pie苹果派
apply for申请
apply to应用，运用；使（自己）致力于，使（注意力等）专注于；申请
appropriate for（或to）适合的，恰当的，相称的

    “他是突然出现的，长官。他从宿舍楼拐弯处过来，好像正为某事发愁，然后从窗户偷走了我的苹果派！如果他偷了其他任何东西而不是我的苹果派，我都不会这么生气。因为那是我这个季节一个苹果派，而我没有胃口吃其他任何东西！”
    “哎呀，很抱歉，安德生太太。我得求助你的邻居，看是否有人看清了那个男孩！除了他的红茄克，你没看见其他东西吗？”警察问。
    “没有，长官。如果他多呆一点时间，我一定会用扫帚把他打倒在地！”
    “那好，不过我现在得着急赶路了。你的邻居随时都有可能去上班。所以谢谢你啦！噢，如果我真的把他抓到了，你会告他偷窃吗？”
    “啊不！你只要把他带到这里来，让他给我认个错就行了。我想因为偷了一个苹果派就将一个孩子送进监狱并不合适。我们就教训他一下吧！”
警察笑了。
    “太太，如果你要我致力于寻找这个男孩，我需要的就不止是一个道歉了！”
    “啊，是这样，那就忘了这件事吧。我会申请再送一次苹果来，等苹果到了，我再做另外一个派。我猜这事没有重要到要浪费你的时间。”
    警察耸了耸肩，收拾好笔记本向他的车走去。

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