牛津书虫系列——第 01级[上]01_《Love or Money 爱情与金钱》Love or Money爱情与金钱爱情与金钱第 1页 / 共 17页Chapter 1The Clarkson family lived in the country near Cambridge, about half a mile from the nearest village and about a mile from the river. They had a big, old house with a beautiful garden, a lot of flowers and many old trees.One Thursday morning in July, Jackie came in from the garden. She was a tall, fat woman, thirty years old. It was the hottest day of the year, but she wore a warm brown skirt and yellow shirt. She went into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Just then the phone rang.'Cambridge 1379,' Jackie said.'Hello. This is Diane. I want to talk to Mother.''Mother isn't here,' Jackie said. 'She's at the doctor's.''Why? What's Wrong?''Nothing's wrong,' Jackie said. 'Why are you telephoning? You are going to come this weekend? Mother wants everyone to be here.''Yes, I want to come,' Diane said. 'I'm phoning because I have no money for the train ticket.''No money! Mother is always giving you money!''This phone call is very expensive,' Diane said coldly. 'Tell Mother please. I need the money.'Jackie put the phone down. She took a cigarette from her bag and began to smoke. She felt angry because her sister always asked for money. Diane was twenty years old, the youngest in the family. She lived in London, in one room of a big house. She wanted to be a singer. She sang very well but she could never get work.Jackie went back into the kitchen and began to make some sandwiches. Just then the back door opened, and her mother came in.'It's very hot!' Molly said. She took off her hat and put it down on the table. She was a tall, dark woman with beautiful eyes.Two big, black dogs came into the kitchen after her and ran across to her. She sat down and put her hands on their heads.Jackie put the sandwiches on the table. 'Mother,' she said, 'Diane phoned. She wants money for her train ticket.'Molly closed her eyes for a minute. Then she 1 1克拉克森家住在剑桥附近的乡下，离最近的村庄约有半英里路，距离河有 1英里左右。
他们有幢大而古老带有美丽花园的房子，花园里有许多花和许多古树7 月的一个星期四早上，杰基从花园进了屋她是个高大，肥胖，30来岁的女人这是一年中最热的日子，而她却穿着暖色调的黄色衬衫和棕色裙子她走进厨房去喝水，这时响了剑桥1379 号，”杰基说你好！我是黛安娜我想和妈妈说话妈妈不在家，”杰基说 “她看医生去了 ”“怎么了？出了什么事？”“没什么，”杰基说你打干嘛？这个周末你回来吗？妈妈希望每个人都在是啊，我想回来，”黛安娜说我正因为没钱买火车票，才打没钱！妈妈总是给你钱！”“费很贵，”黛安娜冷冷说道请告诉妈妈，我需要钱杰基放下，她从包里拿了支烟抽起来她因她的妹妹总是要钱感到生气 黛安娜20 岁了，在家里最小 她住在伦敦，在一所大房子里有间屋子她想成为一个歌唱家，她唱得很棒，可是她却从来不愿找工作杰基走回厨房动手做一些三明治这时后门开了，她的母亲走了进来天太热了！”莫利说道，她脱下帽子放在桌上 她是位高个子、 皮肤浅黑，有双美丽眼睛的女人两条大黑狗跟着她进了厨房围着她转，她坐下来把手放在它们的头上杰基把三明治放在桌上妈妈，”她说道，“黛安娜打来，她想要钱买火车票牛津书虫系列——第 01级[上]01_《Love or Money 爱情与金钱》第 2页 / 共 17页stood up. 'This afternoon I want you to get the house ready for the weekend,' she said. 'Oh, and please go to the village later and get my tablets.''Yes, Mother,' Jackie said.Molly went to the door.'Mother, please wait a minute,' Jackie said. 'Peter Hobbs came here this morning. He's very angry with you about that letter. He lost his job, you know. Why did you write to his office? He wants to talk to you about it.''Well, I don't want to talk to him,' Molly said. She opened the door.'But Mother, you don't understand. He's seventeen, and it was his first job. He's very, very angry. He says… he says he's going to kill you!'Molly did not answer. She went out of the room and closed the door.Chapter 2It was seven o'clock on Saturday evening. Jackie stood at the window. A car drove slowly up to the front door and stopped. A tall man with white hair got out. It was Albert, the husband of Molly's sister.'Here's Uncle Albert,' Jackie said. 'Always late.'She went out of the room and opened the front door. Albert came in and went at once to Molly.'Oh, dear. I'm very late. I am sorry,' Albert said. 'Fifty years old today! What a wonderful dress!'Molly did not smile. 'Thank you, Albert. We're all getting older.' Tonight she wore a long black dress, and the two black dogs sat at her feet. 'Everyone is here now. Let's go in to dinner,' she said.Everyone stood up and went to the table.'The table looks nice, Jackie. What wonderful flowers!' Diane said. She was a beautiful girl, with long black hair and dark blue eyes. She wore a long red dress.Albert sat down next to Roger. Roger was Molly's son, her second child. He lived in Cambridge, in an expensive house.'Someone called Peter stopped me down the road,' Albert said. 'Who is he? He's very angry with you, Molly.''That's Peter Hobbs, from the house across the road,' Jackie said quickly. She looked across the table at Molly. 'He lost his job last week and he's angry with everyone.''It's Molly he doesn't like,' Albert said.莫利闭上眼一会，然后站起来。
下午我希望你收拾一下房子为周末做准备，”她说哦，随后请去村里给我买些药片好的，妈妈，”杰基说莫利向门口走去妈妈，请等一会彼得·霍布斯今早来了，他对你的那封信很生气你知道，他丢了工作你为什么写信给他的办公室？他想和你谈谈这事好啦，我不想和他谈，”莫利说，她打开门“可是妈妈，你不明白 他17 岁了，那是他第一份工作，他非常非常生气他说……他说他会杀了你！”莫利没答话，她走出房间关上了门2 2星期六晚上7 点 杰基站在窗前 一辆小车徐徐驶到前门停下来 一个白头发、 高个子的男人下了车他是艾伯特，莫利姐姐的丈夫是艾伯特姨父，”杰基说 “他总是迟到 ”她走出房间打开前门艾伯特走进来，立刻便走向莫利哦，亲爱的，抱歉，我来得太迟了，”艾伯特说今天是你50 岁生日！多漂亮的裙子！”莫利没有笑。