新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第三册 te-unit01-a

[-1:-7.00]he bought the run-down Gordon Arms Hotel and totally restored it,
[-1:-8.00]transforming it from a mess
[-1:-9.00]into a glorious first-class hotelwith 30 handsomely furnished rooms,
[-1:10.00]wood-paneled stairs,
[-1:11.00]false bookshlves with fake leather books and an outstanding restaurant.
[-1:12.00]14  "I would offer him three choices of glasses for the restaurant:
[-1:13.00]an average one, a poor one,
[-1:14.00]and fine crystal. Always, he chose the crystal.
[-1:15.00]Nothing but the best," said David Abdy,
[-1:16.00]who was chosen by Mr.Williams to manage the construction work
[-1:17.00]and run the businesses.
[-1:18.00]15  Mr.Williams deceived everyone,
[-1:19.00]including Mr.Abdy and including even his own wife,
[-1:20.00]telling them he inherited the money from a rich uncle.
[-1:21.00]He was caught because his bank deposits were so large
[-1:22.00]that they were noticed by the bank's management.
[-1:23.00]The bank notified the police,
[-1:24.00]who discovered,to their terrible embarrassment,
[-1:25.00]that the criminal was one of their own.
[-1:26.00]16  The London police commissioner
[-1:27.00]publicly apologized for poorly supervising his department.
[-1:28.00]Under a hastily made arrangement.
[-1:29.00]the police will sell the properties,
[-1:30.00]but at a substantial financial loss.
[-1:31.00]Mr.Abdy, a 27-year-old businessman,
[-1:32.00]acquired the bulk of the properties for about half a million pounds,
[-1:33.00]obtaining bank loans and striking deals with various people
[-1:34.00]to pay only a part of what they are owed by Mr.Williams.
[-1:35.00]17  In the only interview he has given since his arrest a year ago,
[-1:36.00]Mr.Williams discussed his motives
[-1:37.00]for the crime with a London newspaper:
[-1:38.00]"I discovered this bloody huge amount of money.
[-1:39.00]I went from the need to pay off a few debts
[-1:40.00]to what can only be described as greed.
[-1:41.00]There is no way justify it."