猴抓chapter1-英语听力

[00:35.61]Chapter 1 [00:38.62]It was cold and dark out in the road [00:41.75]and the rain did not stop for a minute． [00:45.46]But in the little living－room of number 12 Castle Road it was nice and warm． [00:52.17]Old Mr White and his son, Herbert, [00:54.82]played chess and Mrs White sat and watched them． [00:59.78]The old woman was happy because her husband [01:02.29]and her son were good friends and they liked to be together． [01:07.16]'Herbert's a good son,' she thought． [01:10.60]'We waited a long time for him [01:13.35]and I was nearly forty when he was born, [01:17.05]but we are a happy family．' [01:19.64]And old Mrs White smiled． [01:22.99]It was true．Herbert was young and he laughed a lot, [01:28.89]but his mother and his father laughed with him． [01:33.31]They had not got much money, [01:35.40]but they were a very happy little family． [01:39.37]The two men did not talk because they played carefully． [01:44.21]The room was quiet, but the noise of the rain was worse now [01:49.08]and they could hear it on the windows． [01:51.68]Suddenly Old Mr White looked up． [01:56.05]'Listen to the rain!' he said． [01:59.85]'Yes, it's a bad night,' [02:02.75]Herbert answered．'It's not a good night to be out． [02:07.50]But is your friend, Tom Morris,coming tonight?' [02:11.05]'Yes, that's right． [02:13.76]He's coming at about seven o'clock, [02:16.18]the old man said．'But perhaps this rain…' [02:21.34]Mr White did not finish because [02:23.83]just then the young man heard a noise． [02:27.33]'Listen!'Herbert said． [02:29.82]'There's someone at the door now．' [02:32.89]'I didn't hear a noise,' [02:35.62]his father answered, [02:38.11]but he got up from his chair and went to open the front door． [02:43.28]Mrs White got up too and began to put things away． [02:48.25]Mr White said,'Come in, come in, Tom． [02:53.53]It's wonderful to see you again． [02:56.72]What a bad night! [02:58.78]Give me your coat and then come into the living－room． [03:03.04]It's nice and warm in there．' [03:07.20]The front door was open, [03:09.54]and in the living-room Mrs White and Herbert felt the cold． [03:14.56]Then Mr White came back into the living－room [03:17.51]with a big,red-faced man． [03:21.31]'This is Tom Morris,' [03:23.69]Mr White told his wife and son． [03:27.02]'We were friends when we were young． [03:30.02]We worked together [03:31.09]before Tom went to India． [03:33.83]Tom, this is my wife and this is our son, Herbert．' [03:41.29]'Pleased to meet you,' Tom Morris said． [03:45.66]'Pleased to meet you, Mr Morris,' [03:48.67]Mrs White answered． [03:50.57]'Please come and sit down．' [03:53.27]'Yes, come on, Tom,' [03:56.15]Mr White said．'Over here． [03:58.99]It's nice and warm．' [04:02.07]'Thank you,'the big man answered and he sat down． [04:07.58]'Let's have some whisky,' [04:09.57]Old Mr White said． [04:11.82]'You need something to warm you on a cold night．' [04:16.09]He got out a bottle of whisky and the two old friends began to drink and talk． [04:23.25]The little family listened with interest [04:25.52]to this visitor from far away and he told them many strange stories．