1. A few hours earlier， someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.
几个小时前，有人向警察举报说一群贼想设法偷走这些钻石。
知识点1 a few hours earlier=a few hours ago 几个小时前
知识点2 the police 警察（总称）一般为复数。
定冠词指“某一类”时的两种不同用法：
the+名词：the lion 狮子
the+形容词：the poor 穷人
知识点3 tell sb. that…意思是“告诉某人关于某事”，that引导的宾语从句的内容为真正讲述的内容，作直接宾语，而sb.为间接宾语。
He told us that the bus was late. 他告诉我们公交车晚点了。
知识点4 would用于过去将来时态，其原形为will。因为事情发生在相对于过去时间的将来，故用would.
My mother said that she would leave 20，000 dollars for me. 我妈说她会留两万美金给我。
知识点5 比较学习：
（1）try to do sth. 尽力做某事
Bill tried to write an English book. 比尔在竭尽全力写一本英语书。
（2）try doing sth. 试着做某事
The little boy tried phoning his home number. 这个小男孩试着给他家里打电话。
文中选用try to steal the diamonds，可见这小偷有多么“敬业”。
