基础段-猴爪（简写版第9集）

一，原文文章：

'What's the matter？ Is Herbert OK？' Mrs White cried a gain．

'Well…' the man began slowly．
'Is he in hospital？ the old woman asked， very afraid now．
'Yes， but…' the stranger looked at Mrs White's face and stopped．

'Is he dead？ Is Herbert dead？ Mr White asked quietly．
'Dead！' Mrs White cried．'Oh no… please…not dead！ Not Herbert！ Not our son！'
Suddenly the old woman stopped because she saw the stranger's face． Then the two old people knew． Their son was dead！ Old Mrs White began to cry quietly and Mr White put his arm round her．
Some time later the man from Maw and Meggins said， 'It was the machinery—an accident Herbert called， “Help！”． The men heard him—and ran to him quickly，but they could do nothing． The next minute he was in the machinery． I'm very， very sorry，' he finished．
For a minute or two the room was quiet． At last Mrs White said，'Our son！ Dead！ We're never going to see him again．What are we going to do without him？'
Her husband said，'He was our son． We loved him．'
Then Mrs White asked the stranger，'Can we see him？Can we see our son？ Please take me to him． I want to see my son．'
But the stranger answered quickly，'No！' he said．'It's better not to see him． They couldn't stop the machinery quickly． He was in there for a long time． And at first they couldn't get him out．He was… 'the man stopped． Then he said ,'Don't go to see him！'
The stranger went over to the window because he did not want to see the faces of the two old people． He said nothing， but he stood there for some time and he waited．
Then he went back to the old people and began to talk again．'There's one more thing，' he said．'Your son worked for Maw and Meggins for six years and he was a good worker． Now Maw and Meggins want to help you at this unhappy time．'Again the stranger stopped．After a minute he began again．'Maw and Meggins want to give you some money．' Then he put something into Mr White's hand．
Old Mr White did not look at the money in his hand． Slowly he stood up and looked at the stranger， afraid．'How much？' Mr White asked， very quietly． He did not want to hear the answer．
'Thirty thousand pounds，' the stranger said．

二，句子知识：

1. someone be in hospital 某人住院；someone be in the hospital 某人在医院里。

2. You better... 你最好，比如You better study English well.

3. go to do something= go do something, 比如Let's go swim.

4. There is one more thing. 还有件事、还有一点等。