| Song | 化学秘密 At home |
| Artist | 英语听力 |
| Album | 书虫系列第三级 |
| [00:03.034] | Chapter 2 At home |
| [00:05.771] | 'Hi, Dad. Your supper is in the kitchen.' |
| [00:09.098] | John is sixteen-year-old daughter, Christine, was sitting at the table doing her homework. |
| [00:17.164] | His son Andrew, who was thirteen, was watching television. |
| [00:23.323] | 'Thanks, Christine,'John said.'I am sorry I am late. Is everything OK?' |
| [00:32.556] | 'Fine, thanks.'Christine gave him a quick smile, then continued with her work. |
| [00:41.378] | John got his food from the kitchen. |
| [00:46.042] | Fried fish and chips. |
| [00:49.002] | The food was dry and didn't taste very good. |
| [00:53.316] | But he didn't say anything about that. |
| [00:57.152] | John was not a good cook himself and his children were no better. |
| [01:03.641] | His wife had been a good cook, he remembered. |
| [01:09.104] | John tried to eat the terrible supper and looked around the small, miserable flat. |
| [01:18.243] | The furniture was twenty years old, the wallpaper and carpets were cheap and dirty. |
| [01:28.313] | The rooms were all small, and he could see no trees or gardens from the windows just the lights from hundreds of other flats. |
| [01:40.361] | And there were books, clothes, and newspapers on the floor. |
| [01:47.154] | Once, when his wife had been alive, he had had a fine house. |
| [01:54.060] | A beautiful big house in the country, with a large garden. |
| [02:00.354] | They had had lots of new furniture, two cars, expensive holidays everything they needed. |
| [02:10.799] | He had had a good job;they hadn't needed to think about money. |
| [02:17.248] | And then he had started the boat-building company, and his luck had ended. |
| [02:24.464] | When Rachel had died, John had been terribly unhappy much too unhappy to think about business. |
| [02:34.411] | A few months later his company had closed, and he had lost all his money. |
| [02:42.097] | John had had to sell his beautiful house in the country, and move to this miserable flat. |
| [02:50.395] | And for the last two years, he hadn't had a job at all. |
| [02:56.050] | He was a poor man, and an unlucky one, too. |
| [03:01.764] | He had tried for lots of jobs, and got none of them. |
| [03:07.085] | There were too many bright young biologists. |
| [03:11.795] | But now that was all going to change. |
| [03:16.882] | He looked at his daughter and smiled. |
| [03:20.482] | 'Did you have a good day at school, Christine?'he asked her. |
| [03:27.427] | 'Oh, all right, I suppose,'she said. |
| [03:30.626] | She didn't look very happy. |
| [03:32.938] | 'I've got a letter for you.' |
| [03:35.578] | She pushed the letter across the table, and he opened it. |
| [03:41.154] | It was from her school. |
| [03:44.738] | One of the teachers was taking the children on a skiing holiday to the mountains in Switzerland. |
| [03:53.105] | It cost ￡400 for ten days. |
| [03:56.892] | Parents who wanted their children to go had to send the money to the school before February 25th. |
| [04:05.930] | John is smile grew bigger. |
| [04:09.343] | 'Do you want to go on this holiday, Christine?'he asked. |
| [04:15.145] | She looked at him strangely. |
| [04:19.316] | 'Of course I do, Dad,'she said. 'But I can't, can I? We haven't got ￡400.' |
| [04:28.399] | 'No, I suppose not. 'He looked at her carefully through his thick glasses. |
| [04:37.848] | She was a clever, strong girl good at her schoolwork, good at sports. |
| [04:48.333] | But she had never been skiing；John hadn't had enough money. |
| [04:52.490] | 'Are your friends going?'he asked her. |
| [04:55.978] | 'Some of them, yes. Miranda, Jane, Nigel, the rich ones, you know. |
| [05:03.629] | But they often go skiing； it's easy for them. |
| [05:08.828] | I know I can't go, Dad. Throw the letter away.' |
| [05:14.042] | John looked at her, and felt his heart beating quickly. |
| [05:19.328] | 'No, don't do that, Christine,'he said. 'Perhaps you can go, if you want to. Why not?' |
| [05:29.639] | Christine laughed. |
| [05:34.834] | 'What is happened, Dad? Have you robbed a bank or something?' |
| [05:39.818] | John stood up. |
| [05:42.907] | He went into the kitchen and got himself a drink. |
| [05:47.558] | 'No,' he said, when he came back. |
| [05:50.754] | 'But something interesting happened today. |
| [05:55.017] | Put your homework away, Christine and turn that TV off, Andrew. |
| [06:02.848] | I have got something to tell you.' |
| [06:05.193] | 'Oh, not now, Dad!'said Andrew. |
| [06:10.082] | 'This is an exciting story.' |
| [06:12.426] | John smiled. 'I have got an exciting story, too, Andrew. Come and listen.' |
| [06:21.062] | John Duncan's children lived in an old, untidy flat, they had no money, and they often ate awful food. |
| [06:33.105] | But they could still talk to their father. |
| [06:36.707] | So Andrew turned off the TV, and sat down in a big armchair beside his father and Christine. |
| [06:46.125] | The story didn't sound very exciting at first. |
| [06:51.914] | 'I went to a factory today,'John said. |
| [06:58.451] | 'That paint factory by the river. No, wait, Andrew. |
| [07:02.874] | Paint factories can be very exciting. |
| [07:06.256] | They gave me a job there. |
| [07:10.595] | I am going to have my own office, a big car, lots of money in fact, we are going to be rich!' |
| [00:03.034] | Chapter 2 At home |
| [00:05.771] | ' Hi, Dad. Your supper is in the kitchen.' |
| [00:09.098] | John is sixteenyearold daughter, Christine, was sitting at the table doing her homework. |
| [00:17.164] | His son Andrew, who was thirteen, was watching television. |
| [00:23.323] | ' Thanks, Christine,' John said.' I am sorry I am late. Is everything OK?' |
| [00:32.556] | ' Fine, thanks.' Christine gave him a quick smile, then continued with her work. |
| [00:41.378] | John got his food from the kitchen. |
| [00:46.042] | Fried fish and chips. |
| [00:49.002] | The food was dry and didn' t taste very good. |
| [00:53.316] | But he didn' t say anything about that. |
| [00:57.152] | John was not a good cook himself and his children were no better. |
| [01:03.641] | His wife had been a good cook, he remembered. |
| [01:09.104] | John tried to eat the terrible supper and looked around the small, miserable flat. |
| [01:18.243] | The furniture was twenty years old, the wallpaper and carpets were cheap and dirty. |
| [01:28.313] | The rooms were all small, and he could see no trees or gardens from the windows just the lights from hundreds of other flats. |
| [01:40.361] | And there were books, clothes, and newspapers on the floor. |
| [01:47.154] | Once, when his wife had been alive, he had had a fine house. |
| [01:54.060] | A beautiful big house in the country, with a large garden. |
| [02:00.354] | They had had lots of new furniture, two cars, expensive holidays everything they needed. |
| [02:10.799] | He had had a good job they hadn' t needed to think about money. |
| [02:17.248] | And then he had started the boatbuilding company, and his luck had ended. |
| [02:24.464] | When Rachel had died, John had been terribly unhappy much too unhappy to think about business. |
| [02:34.411] | A few months later his company had closed, and he had lost all his money. |
| [02:42.097] | John had had to sell his beautiful house in the country, and move to this miserable flat. |
| [02:50.395] | And for the last two years, he hadn' t had a job at all. |
| [02:56.050] | He was a poor man, and an unlucky one, too. |
| [03:01.764] | He had tried for lots of jobs, and got none of them. |
| [03:07.085] | There were too many bright young biologists. |
| [03:11.795] | But now that was all going to change. |
| [03:16.882] | He looked at his daughter and smiled. |
| [03:20.482] | ' Did you have a good day at school, Christine?' he asked her. |
| [03:27.427] | ' Oh, all right, I suppose,' she said. |
| [03:30.626] | She didn' t look very happy. |
| [03:32.938] | ' I' ve got a letter for you.' |
| [03:35.578] | She pushed the letter across the table, and he opened it. |
| [03:41.154] | It was from her school. |
| [03:44.738] | One of the teachers was taking the children on a skiing holiday to the mountains in Switzerland. |
| [03:53.105] | It cost 400 for ten days. |
| [03:56.892] | Parents who wanted their children to go had to send the money to the school before February 25th. |
| [04:05.930] | John is smile grew bigger. |
| [04:09.343] | ' Do you want to go on this holiday, Christine?' he asked. |
| [04:15.145] | She looked at him strangely. |
| [04:19.316] | ' Of course I do, Dad,' she said. ' But I can' t, can I? We haven' t got 400.' |
| [04:28.399] | ' No, I suppose not. ' He looked at her carefully through his thick glasses. |
| [04:37.848] | She was a clever, strong girl good at her schoolwork, good at sports. |
| [04:48.333] | But she had never been skiing John hadn' t had enough money. |
| [04:52.490] | ' Are your friends going?' he asked her. |
| [04:55.978] | ' Some of them, yes. Miranda, Jane, Nigel, the rich ones, you know. |
| [05:03.629] | But they often go skiing it' s easy for them. |
| [05:08.828] | I know I can' t go, Dad. Throw the letter away.' |
| [05:14.042] | John looked at her, and felt his heart beating quickly. |
| [05:19.328] | ' No, don' t do that, Christine,' he said. ' Perhaps you can go, if you want to. Why not?' |
| [05:29.639] | Christine laughed. |
| [05:34.834] | ' What is happened, Dad? Have you robbed a bank or something?' |
| [05:39.818] | John stood up. |
| [05:42.907] | He went into the kitchen and got himself a drink. |
| [05:47.558] | ' No,' he said, when he came back. |
| [05:50.754] | ' But something interesting happened today. |
| [05:55.017] | Put your homework away, Christine and turn that TV off, Andrew. |
| [06:02.848] | I have got something to tell you.' |
| [06:05.193] | ' Oh, not now, Dad!' said Andrew. |
| [06:10.082] | ' This is an exciting story.' |
| [06:12.426] | John smiled. ' I have got an exciting story, too, Andrew. Come and listen.' |
| [06:21.062] | John Duncan' s children lived in an old, untidy flat, they had no money, and they often ate awful food. |
| [06:33.105] | But they could still talk to their father. |
| [06:36.707] | So Andrew turned off the TV, and sat down in a big armchair beside his father and Christine. |
| [06:46.125] | The story didn' t sound very exciting at first. |
| [06:51.914] | ' I went to a factory today,' John said. |
| [06:58.451] | ' That paint factory by the river. No, wait, Andrew. |
| [07:02.874] | Paint factories can be very exciting. |
| [07:06.256] | They gave me a job there. |
| [07:10.595] | I am going to have my own office, a big car, lots of money in fact, we are going to be rich!' |