第1级-《爱情与金钱》-第13课

前情提要 

探长他们见到了彼特·霍布斯。彼特说，他因为克拉克森太太的一封信丢了工作，所以上门把这事告诉了罗杰，但罗杰不听他的。

故事原文 

Love or Money L13

爱情与金钱 L13

Tom Briggs' farm was about half a mile away, near the river.⑴ It was not a big farm, and the house was old and dirty. 

汤姆·布里格斯的农场离河大约有半英里远。这是个不大的农场，并且房子又旧又脏。

'Not much money here, 'Inspector Walsh said. 

“这儿不值多少钱，”沃尔什探长说。

Tom Briggs was a young man, about thirty years old, with dirty hands and bad teeth. 'What's wrong?⑵ Excuse me, I'm eating my dinner, ' he said. 

汤姆·布里格斯是个年轻人，大约30来岁，一双手很脏，还有一口坏牙。“出了什么事？抱歉，我正在吃饭，”他说。

'We can wait. Finish your dinner,' Inspector Walsh said. 'We want to ask one or two questions about last night.'

“我们可以等，你去吃饭吧，”沃尔什探长说。“我们想问一两个有关昨晚的问题。”

 'Come and wait in the front room, 'Tom said and opened the door. 

“进来在前屋等吧，”汤姆说着打开了门。

Inspector Walsh looked at the things in the front room. There was an old black and white television, and some books on the table. There was a picture of a happy young girl with long brown hair on the table, too.⑶ Inspector Walsh looked at the picture for a long time. Who was the girl? 

沃尔什探长看着前屋的东西。屋里有一台旧的黑白电视机，桌上还有些书。一个棕色长发，充满快乐的年青女孩的相片也在桌上，沃尔什探长盯着照片看了好一会。这女孩是谁？

Tom Briggs came back into the front room. 

汤姆·布里格斯走进前屋。

'Finished? 'Inspector Walsh asked. 'You know Mrs Clarkson is dead? '

“吃完了？”沃尔什探长问。“你知道克拉克森太太死了吗？”

Tom Briggs sat down suddenly on the nearest chair. 'What? How did she die? When did it happen? I was there last night.'

汤姆·布里格斯突然跌坐在最靠近身边的椅子上。“什么？她怎么死的？什么时候发生的？我昨晚还在那儿。”

'She died last night or early this morning. What did you do last night?'

“她死于昨晚或是今天清晨。你昨晚干了什么？” 

'Me? Why are you asking me? I went there to meet Mr Clarkson Roger. I'm losing money on this farm and I need more land.⑷ I want half Mrs Clarkson's garden.'

“我？你为什么要问我？我去那儿见克拉克森先生——罗杰。我的农场在亏损，我需要更多的土地。我想要克拉克森夫人的半个花园。”

'You went into the kitchen. What did you do next? Can you remember?'⑸

“你进了厨房，你接下来干了什么？你能记得吗？”

Tom Briggs looked at Sergeant Foster and then back at Inspector Walsh. 'I remember it very well. All the family were in the kitchen. Peter Hobbs was there, too. I talked to Roger. He wants his mother to sell the house. But he wants the land. He doesn't want me to have it. But now Mrs Clarkson is dead. What's going to happen now?'

汤姆·布里格斯看着福斯特警官，然后又回头看着沃尔什探长。“我记得非常清楚。所有的家人都在厨房，彼特·霍布斯也在那儿。我和罗杰谈话，他想要他母亲卖了房子，可是他要地，他不想让我得到它。但是现在克拉克森夫人死了。将会发生什么呢？”

Inspector Walsh got up and took the picture of the girl from the table. 'Who's this?'

沃尔什探长站起来，拿起桌上女孩的照片。“这是谁？”

Tom's face went red. 'Who? Oh! That's a friend. It's not…It was a long time ago.'

汤姆的脸变红了。“谁？哦！那是一个朋友。这不是……这是很久以前的了。”

The two detectives walked back to the Clarksons' house through the garden. It was beautiful, green and quiet. Inspector Walsh felt tired and hungry. Who killed Molly? He knew the answer now, but he needed to ask one or two more questions. 

两人穿过花园走回到克拉克森家。花园美丽葱绿宁静。沃尔什探长觉得又累又饿。谁杀了莫利？他现在知道了答案，可他需要再问一两个问题。

'Let's go, Sergeant,' he said, and put on his hat again.⑹ 'Tomorrow is a new day.'

“咱们走，警官，”他说，然后戴上帽子。“明天是新的一天了。”

 （原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1.half a mile away 半英里远

   miles away 本意表示物理距离远，引申义为“心不在焉”

例句：Sorry, I was miles away. What did you say?

           不好意思，我没听。您说什么呢？

2.What’s wrong? 怎么了？

   What’s the matter? 怎么了？

   Are you all right? 你还好吧？

3.picture 照片（=photo）

   picture of... ……的照片

例句：I’ll take a picture of you.

           我给你拍张照片吧。

           Excuse me, can I take a picture with you?

           打扰一下，我可以和你拍张照吗？

4.lose... on sth. 在某方面亏损

例句：He had lost all his money on gambling.

           他把所有钱都输在赌博上了。

           I didn’t have any money on me.

           身上没钱。

5.remember sth. well 记得很清楚

例句：I remember it well; I’d never seen my mother so angry.

          我记得很清楚。从来没见母亲这么生气过。

          Some people could remember their childhood very well.

          有些人对他们的童年记得很清楚。

6.put on 戴上；穿上；打开（电器）

例句：Do you mind if I put some music on?

          你介意我放点音乐吗？

           I put the audio on while I prepared the meal.

          我在做饭的时候听音频。