Week 2 Day 5

The Best Laid Plans
Gloria Rogers overslept and then had to sprint to catch the same Greyhound Bus that she boarded on the last Thursday of every month. After a three-hour uneventful ride, she finally arrived at the bus terminal where a courtesy van was ready to transport bus passengers to Visitors Day at State Penitentiary.
Words
1.sprint 奮力而跑，衝刺 v.
2.greyhound 灰狗 n.
3.uneventful 平靜無事的 adj.
4.terminal 總站，終站 n.
5.courtesy van 接駁車 n.
6.penitentiary 監獄 n.

Although Gloria tried to act casual, she was more than a little nervous. Her boyfriend, Art, a convicted felon, had managed to gain admittance to the prison’s hospital on the pretext of having a gall bladder attack. Under her own slacks and bulky sweater, Gloria was wearing a set of clothes that she removed in the hospital bathroom and passed on to Art. He planned to use them after making his escape in the back of the prison ambulance that was parked outside his ward.
Words
1. gall bladder 膽囊 n.
2. slack 寬鬆長褲 n.
3. ambulance 救護車 n.
4. ward 病房 n.

Art had spelled out his escape plan during Gloria’s last visit, spending an hour trying to cajole her into being his accomplice. All that she had to do was appear to have a seizure. Then she would fabricate a story about her epilepsy while Art, with the smuggled clothes concealed under his prison bathrobe, would slip out of the ward during the excitement. Unfortunately for the schemers, a vigilant hospital guard spotted Art climbing into the rear of the ambulance and quickly foiled the escape attempt. The result was that Art had three years added to his sentence and Gloria was imprisoned for her role in the misadventure.
Words
1. spell out 詳加說明 v.
2. accomplice 共犯 n.
3. seizure (病的)發作 n.
4. epilepsy 癲癇，羊癇風 n.
5. smuggle 走私，偷運 v.
6. bathrobe 浴衣 n.
7. schemer 計劃者，謀士 n.
8. foil 挫敗，阻擾 v.