《剑桥双语分级阅读·小说馆:低音大提琴之谜(第2级)(英汉对照)》为第2级的读本，本级别核心词汇量为800词，适合初二、初三学生及同等水平的读者阅读。低音大提琴手彭妮跟随乐团首次出国演出，一场令人期待的西班牙之旅却从大提琴的丢失开始笼上阴云。虽然首场演出大获成功，但半夜的一阵阵尖叫打破了刚刚沉寂的夜空。若即脱离的男友、看似亲密的好友、争吵猜疑的团员、冷酷帅气的督察围绕在彭妮的周围。低音大提琴如何丢失善良的乐团经理为何意外坠亡？这一切又与失窃的塞尚名画有着怎样的联系？答案究竟是什么？

作者：（英国）哈默（Jeremy Harmer） 编译：庞丹 杨玉芹

故事中的人物 
读前思考 
出了点儿问题 
美好的一天 
一份报纸，一片海滩 
音乐会 
夜半惊叫 
波蒂略督察 
秘密 
一家饭店，一场争执 
两个人，一辆卡车和一把低音大提琴 
你为什么要那样做？ 
再问一个问题 
读后活动 
学习指导故事中的人物 
读前思考 
出了点儿问题 
美好的一天 
一份报纸，一片海滩 
音乐会 
夜半惊叫 
波蒂略督察 
秘密 
一家饭店，一场争执 
两个人，一辆卡车和一把低音大提琴 
你为什么要那样做？ 
再问一个问题 
读后活动 
学习指导 
参考译文

'Who is he?' Inspector Portillo asked. 
'Do you have to know?' I asked. 'Is it important?' 
'I'll ask you a different question,' he said. Hisvoice was cold again. I didn't understand why. 'Doyou have a boyfriend in the orchestra?' 
'That's a very personal question,' I said. 
'Death is very personal,' he said, very quietly. 
'Yes. Sorry,' I said. I suddenly saw Frank's bodyagain. 
'So?' he asked. 
'What?' I said. 
'What's the answer? Do you have a boyfriend inthe orchestra?' 
'Yes,' I said. 
'Who is that?' 
'Simon Hunt,' I told him. 
'And did he, did you spend the night together?' 
'Well no, we didn't,' I said. I wasn't enjoying this. 
'I see.' He put his pen in his mouth. He didn't sayanything for a moment. Then he looked into my eyes.'All right,' he said. 'That's all.' 
'You aren't going to ask me any more questions?'I said, 'I can go?' 
'Yes. For now. But don't go far. Nobody in theorchestra must leave Barcelona. Stay near the hotel.' 
'Of course.' 
'I'll talk to you again,' he said. He was smilingagain. 'All right?'