爱情与金钱Chapter 3-英语听力

[00:02.76]Chapter 3 [00:06.06]Early next morning the house was quiet. [00:10.17]Suddenly there was a cry from the room next to Roger's, his mother's room. [00:19.62]Roger opened his eyes and looked at the clock. It was nearly seven o'clock. [00:29.76]He got out of bed and opened the door quietly. [00:36.07]At the same time the door of his mother's room opened and Diane came out. [00:45.14]Her face was very white. 'Roger! It's Mother! [00:53.07]I brought a cup of coffee for her and I found her dead. [01:01.21]She's dead…dead in her bed,' she cried. [01:09.91]Roger went quickly to the door of his mother's room and looked in. [01:17.86]The window was open but the room was warm. [01:23.53]Molly was on the bed, one hand under her head. [01:30.29]Roger went across to the bed and put his hand on her arm. It was cold. [01:39.30]On the little table next to the bed was a hot cup of coffee and an empty cup. [01:49.86]'I'm going to call the doctor,' Diane said. 'She's dead,' Roger said slowly. [02:02.71]His face, too, was white. 'Mother is dead!' Diane walked across the room to the door. [02:14.52]'I'm going to phone the doctor,' she said again.'Wait a minute!' Roger called. [02:25.31]'Let's tell the family first.' 'Family! Nobody loved Mother!' [02:35.49]Diane went out and ran downstairs. [02:40.62]Roger slowly went downstairs after her and stood by the telephone. [02:48.86]'Dr Pratt, this is Diane Clarkson. It's my mother—she's dead. Can you come quickly?' [03:05.81]Diane put the phone down. 'It isn't true, Roger! Mother dead! [03:17.13]Daddy died last winter, and now Mother.' Diane began to cry. [03:25.18]'Don't cry, Diane,' Roger said. 'Let's go upstairs and tell Uncle Albert and Jackie.' [03:36.60]'No! You tell them! Nobody loved Mother. You aren't sorry. Look at you! [03:48.75]You want her money. That's all.' Roger suddenly wanted to hit Diane. [03:58.75]'Be quiet!'he said. 'What about you? You didn't love Mother. [04:09.31]You wanted her money, too. Don't forget that!' 'It's true,' Diane said. [04:18.68]'Oh, I can't stay in this house. I'm going out. [04:28.34]I'm going to the river with the dogs.' 'No,' Roger said. [04:34.97]'The doctor's coming and I want you here.' Diane said nothing. [04:46.26]She went into the kitchen and at once the dogs got up and came to her. [04:53.53]'Beautiful dogs! Daddy loved you and Mother loved you. Now I'm going to love you.' [05:06.28]She opened the back door and went out with the dogs. [05:15.08]Roger did not move. He stood by the telephone. 'It's true,' he thought. [05:24.89]'I am happy about the money. I needed money, and now I'm rich. [05:35.24]Things are going to be easier for me now. [05:40.01]But Mother…why didn't I love her more? And now she's dead.' [05:52.19]Slowly, Roger went back upstairs. He wanted to dress before Dr Pratt arrived. [06:02.77]Dr Pratt was a little fat man without much hair. [06:10.87]He was the family doctor and he knew all the Clarkson family very well. [06:18.20]He went upstairs at once and looked at Molly's body. [06:24.10]He looked carefully at the cup of coffee and the empty cup on the table next to her bed. [06:34.28]'I'm sorry, Roger,' he said. 'Where is Diane? She phoned me.' [06:43.26]'She went out with the dogs,' Roger said. [06:48.73]'She was angry with me—angry with everyone.'Dr Pratt said nothing for a minute. [06:59.82]'This is going to be very difficult. I'm going to phone the police, Roger.' [07:08.08]'Police! Why? What's wrong? ’ 'I don't know. Your mother wasn't ill. [07:19.62]I saw her on Thursday and she was very well. Why did she die? [07:28.22]I don' t understand. I want to find out.' [07:34.08]Roger went across to the window and looked out at the garden. [07:42.34]It was a beautiful summer morning. [07:47.03]The sky was blue and the garden was green. It was all very quiet. [07:54.04]His mother loved this garden. But Tom Briggs wanted the garden. [08:05.36]And Roger wanted the garden, too. Roger felt worse and worse. [08:14.39]'Your mother took sleeping tablets,' Dr Pratt said. 'Did you know? [08:22.85]On Thursday she had a new bottle of tablets, but I can't find it here in her room.' [08:33.20]'I didn't know,' Roger said. 'Very well. [08:39.52]Let's go down-stairs and you can phone the police.' [08:44.78]Roger went into the kitchen and made some coffee. [08:51.39]Just then Diane came in with the dogs.'Roger,' she said. 'Look, I'm sorry. [09:02.51]I was angry and said some angry things.' 'It doesn't matter,' Roger said. [09:12.07]'Here you are, have some coffee. Dr Pratt is phoning the police. [09:19.96]Did you know Mother took sleeping tablets? Well, the bottle is not in her room.' [09:30.97]'What? I don't understand.' Diane took the coffee and began to drink. [09:40.40]Her eyes looked big and dark. Just then Dr Pratt came into the kitchen. [09:49.77]'They're coming at once,' he said. 'Diane—I'm sorry about your mother.' [09:59.99]'Dr Pratt, I want to tell you about last night. Everyone was very angry…' [10:09.82]'Be quiet!' Roger said quickly.'Diane never thinks before she opens her mouth,' [10:17.94]he thought angrily.Diane did not look at Roger. [10:24.25]'Last night Mother went to bed early because everyone…' [10:31.91]'Don't tell me,' Dr Pratt said. 'You can tell the police.' [10:38.90]Roger's face went red. Suddenly he felt afraid. [10:46.11]'The police are going to talk to everyone, and ask questions,' he thought. [10:52.13]'And they're going to want answers. It's going to be very difficult.' [11:00.12]He finished his coffee and stood up. 'I'm going upstairs,' he said. [11:09.89]'I'm going to tell Uncle Albert and Jackie about Mother…and about the police.'