英语中级听力课程Lesson 35Word格式.docx
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Iimmediatelythought,wellmaybemycook,Idris,hastakenthis,because,thethingwas,thattheroomswerealllockedandyoucouldn'
thavegotintothe,erm,totheroom,oranyoftheroomsofthehouse,withoutshowingsomesortofsignofentry,ifyouseewhatImean.(Yes)And,er,hehadaccesstoallthekeysinthehouse,youknow.(Oh,Isee.)So,erm,Iwenttohisroom.And,erm,he'
dgoneoffalready.He'
dgoneshopping,infact.Infact,hisroomwaslocked.Erm,Igotthekeys,unlockedit,wentin,sortofsearchedtheroom,...feltrathersortof...guilty,youknow,atsortofgoingthroughhispersonalpossessionsinthisway.Buttherewasnothingthere.So,youknow,Ithought,'
Well,hell,whatdoIdonext?
I'
dbettergotothepolice'
.And,erm,mymindwasstillverymuchonhim,that...itmustbehim.Erm,soIwentdowntothepolicestationand,erm,saidthatthemoney'
dbeenstolenandwouldthepolicepleasecometothehouse,andinvestigate.Andwouldtheyalso...investigatemycook,whomIsuspected.Andtheysaid,erm,well,theywouldn'
tcomeandsearchthecookorlookroundthehouseunlessImadeadefiniteaccusationagainsthim.AndifImadeadefiniteaccusationagainsthim,they'
dcomealongand,er,takehimbacktothepolicestationandreallysortitout.Well,Iwasn'
tveryhappyaboutthat,becauseIfelt,erm,Ididn'
treallyhaveanyevidence,youknow,Iwasjustextremelysuspiciousofhimbecauseofthecircumstances.So,erm,Isaid,'
No,'
and,butfeltprettydesperateaboutitthen.SoIwentbacktothehouse...Anyway,laterintheday,Isaidtohim,'
Youknow,Ihadsixty-fivepounds,whichIputinthedesk,andit'
sdisappeared.'
Andhesortofsaid,'
Oh,yeah'
.Youknow,hedidn...didn'
tregisteranythingatall.Er,soIsaid,'
Yes,sixty-fivepoundshasdisappearedandnobodyseemstohavecomeintothehouse'
.Andhesortofsaid,'
Ohyeah,well'
(youknow).SoIsaid,'
Yes,I'
mgoingtogetthepolice'
.Andhestilldidn'
tsortofregisteranything,youknow.Hejustsortofshruggedhisshoulders.SothenIthought,'
Well,theonlythingtodoisthatI'
llhavetotellhimthat,erm,that'
sit,youknow,Idon'
twanthimtoworkformeanymore'
.But,erm,beingacowardoverthesesortofthings,Iletitdriftforaboutacoupleofdays,andthen,thedayIwasactuallygoing,erm,Isaidtohim,er,youknow,'
Idris,I'
mafraidthat,er,Idon'
twantyoutocomebackaftertheholidays.Ithinkit'
sbetterifyoudon'
tworkformeanymore.'
And,er,heimmediatelymadeatremendousspeech,hesaidwhatthehelldidIthinkIwasdoing,etcetera,etcetera,why,whatweremyreasons,etcetera,etcetera.SoIsaid,probablyverystupidly,butIsaidtohim,'
Well,youknowaboutthatsixty-fivepoundsthatdisappeared,well,I'
mnotsayingyoutookit,butIjustthinkyoumight'
vetakenit,andthereforeIdon'
tfeelIcantrustyouanymoreand,er,soIjustdon'
tthinkyoucangoonworkingforme.'
So,ofcourse,thatwasit!
Heabsolutelywentthroughtheroofatthis!
And,erm,youknow,gavemeasortoftremendous...tirade.Anyway,I'
dquitemadeupmymind,althoughI'
dtakensolongtotellhim...AndIsaid,'
Well,sorry'
youknow,'
that'
sit.'
Then,infact,erm,afrienddroppedin,erm,who,who,whowasagreatfriend.He,he,helivedthere,hewasalocalperson.And,erm,Osmancameinandhesortof...startedgettinginvolvedintheconversation,...anyway,Iwasn'
tgoingtochangemyattitudeoverit.ThenIdrisgotterriblyupsetandwasallsortofsadaboutitandupsetaboutitandstartedtocry,saidIwasruininghislife,etcetera.But,anyway,Iwascompletelysortofhard-heartedaboutitanddidn'
tdoanythingaboutitandthatwasit.Andhewent.I,er,ImeanI...paidhim,...youknow,quiteabitofmoneyinlieuofnoticeandeverythingbut,Imean,hestillfeltextremelyupset,anditwasoneofthose,erm,verykindofunpleasantthings,whichleftone...feeling...rather...upsetaboutitandnotknowing...IneverknewwhetherI'
ddonequitetherightthingornot.Well,IworkedthereforacoupleofyearsmoreandwhenIwasfinallyleavingaftertwoyearsIwasthrowingoutlotsandlotsofthingslikemagazines,booksandsoon,andthischap,Osman,who'
dactuallybeentheretheafternoonIdrishadfinallyleftamidstalltheserows,Igavehimsomeoldmagazines,includingactually,er,anoldEncounterand,erm,hecamebackafewdayslaterandhesaid,'
Youknow,Ididn'
tknowwhethertoactuallycomeandtellyouornot,butIwaslookingthroughthatcopyofEncounteryougavemeandIfoundsixty-fivepounds(laughter)inthebackofthemagazine.'
TerriblydifficultbecauseIwasleavingthecountry,nevertocomeback,youknow,inabouttwenty-fourhoursafterthat...feelingthatonehaddonesomethingwrongwhichonecouldn'
tputright!
AndIdidn'
thaveanyideawhathadhappenedtoIdris,infact.Prettyunfortunate!
Inthesummerof1933,theworld'
sfirstdrive-inmovietheatreopenedinCamden,NewJersey.Drive-insbecamepopularafterWorldWarIIandinthe'
50stherewerenearlyfivethousandtheatresacrossthecountry.Buttoday,lessthanthreethousandremained.Drive-insareintrouble.Landvaluesnearcitiesareincreasinganddrive-insarebeingtorndowntomakewayformalls.AndfamiliesaremorelikelytostayhomeforaneveningofcheapentertainmentwiththeirVCRsandcableTV.Whenonemoredrive-inclosedrecentlyoutsideJeffersonville,Indiana,reporterBobHansonwasthere,thelastnightattheLakewoodDrive-in.
ThesunsetasthelastcarsenteredtheLakewoodDrive-in.AttheticketboothLauraBoylefilledinforherdaughterwho'
sawayatcollege.Nomoneychangedhands.Theshowwasonthehouse.
ThirtyyearsagoJohnWalleyopenedtheLakewoodDrive-inonhisfather'
sfarmlandinsouthernIndiana.Cornfieldsstillsurroundthetheatre.Since1956peoplehavedrivenformilestogettothedrive-in.TheycameinStudebakers,andFords,Ramblars,andCorvats.Butthe'
80shaven'
tbeensokindtothedrive-in.AndonthisnightJohnWalleyisclosingup.
Beforetheshowstarted,parentstooktheirchildrentoaplaygroundinthefrontofthetheatre.FramedbyanorangeskyandinthehumidMid-westernair,theyplayedonswingsandslides.Insidethesnackbar,themenuwastimeless.
"
Fortycentsisyourchange,thankyou."
ThelmaWilsonstuffedhotdogsinbunsandwrappedtheminaluminumfoilbags.Fortwenty-threeyearsThelmahascookedhotdogs,poppedpopcornandfilleddrinksintheLakewoodDrive-in.
Inthemid-sixties,fivehundredcarswouldfilltheashfallanddirttheatre.Butintheeighties,seventy-fivecarswasconsideredagoodnight.Andsometimesthemovie'
splayedtojusttwenty.
CarloCrownswitchedonthethirty-fivemillimeterprojectorforthelasttime.Aboutahundredseventy-fivecarspointedatthecrumblingwhilescreen.AswordgotoutthattheLakewoodDrive-inwasclosingup,peoplecamefromthroughoutthearea.Astheblackandwhiteimagesflickeredonthescreen,somepeoplefoundthemselvesbackintime.LikeLindaKing,whospentherweddingnightheretwenty-twoyearsago.
There'
salotofmemorieshere.I'
vebroughtallmykidshere,mygrandkids,andtheyarenotgoingtobehereanymore.Sotheyaren'
tgoingtobringtheirchildrenherewhenthey'
regrown."
JohnnyBuckmanandhiswifeMerilynwatchedthemoviefromtheirtintedglasswindow.Thetwowentoutondatesheretwenty-sevenyearsago.
Ihavebeenthinkingabout,youknow,whenwewereyoung,andwhenheputhisarmsaroundmeand...andjustalotofoldmemories,youknow."
JohnWalleystoodoutsidethesnackbarandtalkedtooldfriendsandcustomers.Hetalkedabouthowharditwastocompetewithair-conditionedtheatresandcouldn'
tgetfirst-runmoviesanymore.Andmostofallhejustreminisced.
Thisisnicetogoouttothecountryandwatchmoviesonabigscreen.Theyoungpeoplejustdon'
tknowwhattheyaremissingbecausetherewon'
tbeanydrive-insaroundinanothertenyears.
Somepeoplewatchedthemoviefromthehoodoftheircar.Otherssatonlawnchairs.Manyjustwalkedaround.JohnWalleyplasteredauctionofftheequipment
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