大学英语综合教程 第一册 unit 5b

[00:00.00]come across/  make out/  hope for/  clue
[00:03.10]碰上/辨认出/希望/线索
[00:06.19]identity/ forbid/  other than/  exchange
[00:09.40]身份/禁止/除了/交换
[00:12.62]match up to/  for sure/   goodness/  relief
[00:16.09]比得上/毫无疑问/天哪/轻松
[00:19.57]come to an end/  knot/ erect
[00:25.00]He hesitated.
[00:27.04]Was it better to leave them with their dreams of yesteryear
[00:32.37]rather than risk a rude awakening?
[00:36.44]THE WALLET by Arnold Fine
[00:40.67]Tt was a year ago today when I came across a wallet in the street.
[00:45.66](1)lnside was a letter that looked as if it had been carried around for years
[00:50.91]dated in 1924．
[00:53.76]The envelope was worn and all I could make out was the retun address
[00:59.40]I opened the letter carefully，
[01:00.34]hoping for some clue to the identity ofthe owner of the wallet．
[01:04.88]It was signed Hannah and written to someone called Michael.
[01:09.61]She wrote that she could not see him any more
[01:13.43]because her mother forbade it.
[01:16.06]She would always love him，but felt it would be best if they never met again.
[01:21.99]It was a beautifull letter．
[01:24.55](2)But there was no way,
[01:27.79]other than the name Michael,that the owner could be identified.
[01:32.47]There turn address was nearby,so I called in．
[01:36.96]I asked if anyone there knew of a Hannah，and was told
[01:41.64]"Oh，0f course!We bought this house from her some time ago．
[01:46.65]She's in a nursing home now．"
[01:49.42]They gave me the name of the home and I called the director.
[01:54.23](3)I explained the situation and was invited over
[01:58.38]arriving to find him chatting to the door guard
[02:02.33]We exchanged greetings and the director took me up to Hannah's room on the third floor ofthe large building．
[02:09.46]She was a sweet，silver-haired old lady with a warm smile,full oflife.
[02:15.68]I told her about finding the wallet and took out the letter
[02:20.53]The moment she saw it she recognized.
[02:23.67]"Young man,"she said， "this lette was the last contact I had with Michael
[02:31.22]I never heard from him again．
[02:34.67]"She 1ooked away for a moment in deep thought and continued，
[02:39.92]"I loved him very much
[02:42.95]I was 16 at the time
[02:45.93]and my mother felt I was much too young to even be seeing Michael
[02:51.86]He was so handsome．"
[02:54.81]Just then the director was called away and we were left alone．
[03:00.08]"Yes，Michael Goldstein was his name,
[03:05.83]she began once more．"If you do find him，
[03:10.79]give him my regards and tell him I still think of him often．That..."
[03:17.64]She hesitated for a moment，took a deep breath，and added，
[03:22.37]"I still love him.You know..."she said
[03:28.19]smiling through her tears，"I never did marry．
[03:33.63]I guess no one ever matched up to Michael．"
[03:37.88]At that moment the director returned．I thanked her and said goodbye．
[03:43.73]Downstairs the guard at the front door looked at me and asked
[03:48.41]Any luck?Was the old lady able to help you?"
[03:52.75]I told him she had given me a lead．"But I think I'll let this go for a while
[03:58.68]I spent almost a who1e day trying to find the owner of this wallet."
[04:03.40]I took it out and showed it to the guard．·
[04:06.43]The guard took one look and said，"(4)Hey,wait a minute.
[04:11.79]That's Mr．Goldstein's wallet．
[04:14.92]I'd know that anywhere．He's always losing it."
[04:18.84]Who'S Mr GOldstein?"I pressed him as my hand started to shake．
[04:24.25]"He's one of the old guys on the eighth floor．
[04:27.70]That's Mike Goldstein's wallet for sure．
[04:31.85]I'll take you up to him,if you like．"
[04:34.73]We found Mr．Goldstein in his room
[04:38.15]and the security man asked if he had lost his wallet．
[04:42.12]Mr．Goldstein put his hand to his back pocket,
[04:45.93]and realizing it was empty,said，"Oh，my goodness．it is missing."
[04:52.59]"could this be yours?"I asked，handing him the wallet．