高中英语人教版高三2 07

[05:48.21]It only remains for me to pass all the money that she had to the right person.
[05:54.69]Will Clare Flower please step forward?"
[05:58.84]The young woman stood up and stepped forward.
[06:03.10]"Your name is Clare Flower?""It is."
[06:08.67]"Mrs Flower directed that all the money that belonged to her should come to you.
[06:15.61]Here is a cheque for $4,725,466.
[06:24.89]Please sign here to show that you have received the money."
[06:29.85]Clare took the pen and added her signature,saying"Good.That is all correct."
[06:37.22]"No,it isn't,"said the detective suddenly.He turned to the young lady.
[06:44.30]"You have signed your name'Clare Flower'but that is not your name."
[06:50.15]"Yes,it is,"she said."And who are you,anyway?"
[06:55.22]"My name is J.J.Coal,Private Detective.And this man is a police officer.
[07:02.87]You have tried to get Mrs Flower's money by taking a false name.
[07:08.64]Your name is Hope Darwin,"said the detective.
[07:13.92]Turning to the rest of the group,he continued.
[07:18.18]"You met Clare at university in Los Angeles,
[07:22.72]and later you shared a flat with Clare for five years.
[07:27.58]Then Clate at fell ill after a holiday in Mexico,
[07:32.94]and you knew she was going to die.
[07:37.09]You knew her step-mother was rich and you suddenly had a bright idea.
[07:43.86]If you could pretend to be Clare,you would be able to get the money instead.
[07:50.02]Fortunately,you knew that Clare had not seen any of her family for many years,
[07:56.24]apart from her step-mother.
[07:59.58]It was unlikely that any of them would know the difference between the two of you.
[08:05.64]Perhaps you will explain to this police of ficer why you changed the colour of your hair
[08:12.20]to dark brown two months ago?"
[08:16.14]"I'm allowed to change the colour of my hair,"she said angrily.
[08:22.02]"Yes,but you're not allowed to sign your name Clare Flower
[08:27.66]if your name is Hope Darwin."He turned to the police officer.
[08:33.72]"I watched Hope secretly for a week,and I even paid a visit to her at work.
[08:40.70]I had several photographs of Chare Flower,
[08:45.45]and I picked out one interesting photograph of Clare aged twelve
[08:51.20]in an art class school."
[08:55.17]"Don't tell me that all this is because of a photograph taken when I was twelve.
[09:02.12]A lot of things can change over twenty-one years."
[09:06.98]"Yes,but one thing is most unlikely to change.
[09:12.93]Just now we all watched you sign to show that you had received the cheque.
[09:18.81]You are left-handed,but in this photograph
[09:24.06]you will see that the young girl is painting with her right hand.
[09:29.39]People change,
[09:33.15]but they don't suddenly change from being right-handed to being left-handed."
[09:38.80]When the police officer had taken away Hope Darwin,
[09:43.55]Tom Goode turned to the lawyer.
[09:47.21]"Now we know that Clare Flower is dead,
[09:52.17]does that mean the money will now come to me?
[09:56.32]After all,I am the only one of my aunt's relations still alive."
[10:02.57]He was smiling hopefully.The lawyer was brief and to the point.
[10:09.72]"No.Your aunt did foresee that Ms Flower might die before her.
[10:17.17]She instructed in her will that if that were to happen,
[10:22.63]all the money should go to an organization for helping the blind
[10:28.27]called"Helping Hand".So,to answer your question,you get nothing."