和谐英语

高中英语人教版2000年高三下08

2015-04-03来源:和谐英语
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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 21 Who gets the money?
[00:02.49]第二十一单元 谁拿了这些钱?
[00:04.99]Lesson 81 1 Reading comprehension
[00:08.62]第八十一课 1阅读理解
[00:12.25]Read the text fast to find answers to these questions.
[00:15.12]快速朗读课文,找出问题的答案。
[00:18.00]1 Who is going to get the money?
[00:20.18]1 谁将会去拿钱?
[00:22.36]2 Who visited the detective and why?
[00:25.14]2 谁去拜访这位侦探,为什么?
[00:27.92]A PROBLEM FOR THE DETECTIVE (1)
[00:30.15]侦探遇到的问题(1)
[00:32.37]J.J.Coal stopped his work on a report, put down his cigar
[00:35.64]科尔停下他的报告工作,放下他的雪茄烟
[00:38.92]and went to the door to greet his new customer.
[00:41.05]走到门前去向他的新顾客问候。
[00:43.18]A handsome young man of about thirty stepped into the Washington office
[00:46.30]一个大约三十岁的英俊男子走直华盛顿办公室
[00:49.42]of the famous detective.
[00:51.20]一个有名的侦探。
[00:52.98]"Good morning,Mr Coal.
[00:56.03]I hear that you are one of the best detectives in the capital.
[00:58.51]“早上好,科尔先生。我听说你是整个首都城最好的侦探。
[01:01.00]Well,I have a problem""So how can I help you?" asked the detective.
[01:04.68]现在,我有个问题。”侦探问他:“那么我怎样才能帮助你呢?”
[01:08.36]"My name's Tom Goode,by the way.My aunt,Mrs Flower,died three weeks ago.
[01:12.49]“我叫汤姆.古德,顺便说一下,我的婶婶弗劳尔太太在三个星期前去世了。
[01:16.62]Her husband had built up a large business during his lifetime,
[01:19.35]他的丈夫在他的一生中创立了很大的生意,
[01:22.08]and when he died ten years ago in 1989 he lift all his money to his wife.
[01:26.01]"在十年前,也就是1989年,他去世了。他把所有的钱都留给了他的太太。”
[01:29.94]"So your aunt was a wealthy woman?"
[01:31.86]“所以你的婶婶是个很富裕的女人?”
[01:33.78]"That's right.And she's left about $4 million in her will“
[01:37.36]是的。她在遗嘱中将大约400百万美元
[01:40.94]to her husband's daughter by his first marriage.
[01:43.31]留给她丈夫第一次结婚所生的女儿了。
[01:45.69]The young woman's name is Calre Flower.She was born in 1966.
[01:49.71]这位年轻的女孩叫克莱尔.弗劳尔。她出于1966年。
[01:53.74]She left home when she was eighteen
[01:55.72]在她十八岁那年,她离开了家,
[01:57.71]and has lived in Los Angeles for the past fifteen years.
[02:00.35]在过去的十五年里,她一直生活在洛杉矶。
[02:02.98]She didn't visit her step-mother much,
[02:04.96]她没有拜访过她的继母,
[02:06.93]though I believe that they used to speak on the phone from time to time.
[02:09.66]可是我相信她们习惯于时不时在电话里通话。
[02:12.39]None of the family apart from her father and my aunt have seen her since.
[02:15.47]除了我的父亲和婶婶之外,我们家族里没有人见过她。
[02:18.55]"When my aunt was buried,Clare turned up at the service,”
[02:21.23]在我婶婶举行葬礼时,克莱尔出现了,
[02:23.91]and afterwards stayed for tea
[02:25.79]一杯茶的时间后
[02:27.67]while the family's lawyer explained how my aunt's money was to be divided up.
[02:30.75]家庭律师向大家解释怎样分配我婶婶的钱。
[02:33.84]In fact it all goes to Clare.
[02:36.02]事实上,全部归克莱尔。
[02:38.20]I was speaking to her about my aunt,
[02:40.17]我跟她谈起有关我婶婶的事,
[02:42.14]and mentioned that my aunt had been very sad ever since Klegg died,
[02:45.12]提到了我婶婶自从克莱格死后到现在有多伤心,
[02:48.10]and said to her,'Of course,you know how important Klegg was to her.'
[02:51.38]她说:“当然,你知道克莱格对她来说是何等重要。”
[02:54.65]And Clare said,'Did they use to go out a lot together,
[02:57.59]克莱尔又说:“他们经常一起出去吗?
[03:00.53]you know,for meals and to concerts and the cinema?'
[03:03.16]就如你所知道的一起用餐,去音乐会,去电影院。”
[03:05.78]I managed to hide my surprise when I answered,
[03:08.11]当我回答的时候,我尽力把我的惊奇掩藏起来,
[03:10.43]because Klegg,you see,was my aunt's pet dog.
[03:13.21]因为你知道克莱格是我婶婶的宠物狗。
[03:16.00]The point is,Clare didn't even seem to know about my aunt's dog Klegg.
[03:19.93]这就表明,克莱尔甚至不认识我婶婶的狗。
[03:23.86]And I know that they wrote to each other and spoke on the phone,
[03:26.29]我知道她们会通信和在电话里谈话,