第1级-《爱情与金钱》-第5课

前情提要 

终于，莫利爆发了。她生气地告诉所有人，在她死之前没人能从她那儿多拿走一分钱，然后上楼休息去了。不料，第二天早上，不幸的事情发生了，戴安娜发现莫利死了，她赶紧告诉罗杰，并打电话给普拉特医生。莫利为什么会突然死亡？

故事原文 

Love or Money L5

爱情与金钱 L5

Roger slowly went downstairs after her and stood by the telephone. 

罗杰跟着她慢慢走下楼站在电话旁。

'Dr Pratt, this is Diane Clarkson. It's my mother—she's dead. Can you come quickly?'

“普拉特先生，我是黛安娜·克拉克森。我的妈妈——她死了。你能尽快赶来吗？”

Diane put the phone down. 'It isn't true, Roger! Mother dead! Daddy died last winter, and now Mother. 'Diane began to cry. 

黛安娜放下电话。“这不是真的，罗杰！妈妈死了！爸爸去年冬天死了，现在妈妈也死了。”黛安娜开始哭泣。

'Don't cry, Diane, 'Roger said. 'Let's go upstairs and tell Uncle Albert and Jackie.'

“别哭了，黛安娜，”罗杰说。“咱们上楼去告诉艾伯特姨父和杰基。”

'No! You tell them! Nobody loved Mother. You aren't sorry.(1) Look at you! You want her money. That's all!'

“不！你去告诉他们！没人爱妈妈，你们不必内疚。看看你们！你们想要她的钱。不过如此。” 

Roger suddenly wanted to hit Diane. (2) 'Be quiet! 'he said.' What about you? You didn't love Mother. You wanted her money, too. Don't forget that!'

罗杰突然想揍黛安娜。“安静点！”他说。“你怎么了？你不爱妈妈，你也想要她的钱，别忘了这点！” 

'It's true, 'Diane said. 'Oh, I can't stay in this house. I'm going out. I'm going to the river with the dogs.'

“不错，”黛安娜说。“哦，我不能再呆在这儿了。我要出去。我要和狗去河边。” 

'No, 'Roger said. 'The doctor's coming and I want you here.'

“不行，”罗杰说。“医生就要来了，我想你留在这儿。” 

Diane said nothing. She went into the kitchen and at once the dogs got up and came to her. 'Beautiful dogs! Daddy loved you and Mother loved you. Now I'm going to love you.' She opened the back door and went out with the dogs. 

黛安娜没说话。她走进厨房。狗立即站起来走到她旁边。“多漂亮的狗！爸爸爱你们，妈妈也爱你们。现在我会爱你们的。”她打开后门，带着狗走了出去。

Roger did not move. He stood by the telephone. 'It's true, 'he thought.' I am happy about the money. I needed money, and now I'm rich. Things are going to be easier for me now.(3) But Mother…why didn't I love her more? And now she's dead.'

Slowly, Roger went back upstairs. He wanted to dress before Dr Pratt arrived. 

罗杰没动，他仍站在电话旁。“不错，”他想。“我的确为钱高兴。我需要钱，现在我是富有的了。事情现在对我来说更容易。但是妈妈……我为什么不多爱她些呢？可现在她死了。”罗杰慢慢地上了楼，他想在普拉特医生来前穿好衣服。

Dr Pratt was a little fat man without much hair. He was the family and he knew all the Clarkson family very well.(4) He went upstairs at once and looked at Molly's body. He looked carefully at the cup of coffee and the empty cup on the table next to her bed. 

普拉特医生是个矮胖没有多少头发的男人，他是家庭医生并且他非常清楚克拉克森一家人。他立即上楼查看莫利的尸体。他仔细看了床边桌子上的一杯咖啡和空杯子。

'I'm sorry, Roger, 'he said. 'Where is Diane? She phoned me.'

“抱歉，罗杰，”他说。“黛安娜在哪儿？她给我打了电话。”

'She went out with the dogs,' Roger said. 'She was angry with me—angry with everyone.'

“她带着狗出去了，”罗杰说。“她冲我生气，对每个人都生气。”

Dr Pratt said nothing for a minute.' This is going to be very difficult. I'm going to phone the police, Roger.'

普拉特医生沉默了一会。“这事非常难办。罗杰，我要打电话给警察。”

'Police! Why? What's wrong? 

“警察！为什么？出了什么事？”

'I don't know. Your mother wasn't ill. I saw her on Thursday and she was very well. Why did she die? I don't understand. I want to find out.'(5) 

“我不清楚，你的母亲没病，我周四见到她身体很好。她为什么会死？我不明白，我想找出原因。”

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.sorry 遗憾；内疚；对不起

例句：

Sorry about that. 很抱歉。

I’m sorry to hear that. 听到这消息我很遗憾。

2.hit v. 击打

拓展：

hit sb. 打某人

hit the road 出发；上路

3.Things are going to be... 情况/局势会……

例句：

Things are going to be easy if you tried. 

只要你努力，事情就会变得容易起来。

Relax! Things are going to be all right.

放松点，没事的，一切都会很好的。

4.know sb. very well 很熟悉某人

例句：

Because I usually hang out with him,I know him very well.

因为我经常和他一起出去玩，我对他特别了解。

He's one of my contacts.But I didn't know him very well.

我认识他，但我跟他不是很熟。

5.find out 找出；查明

例句：

To find out more,visit our website.

如果你想了解更多，欢迎访问我们的网站。

I must find out how much it will cost.

我得先搞清楚它的价钱。