最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit4-Part4

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[00:00.00]Although William was closely 

[00:03.15]involved in all aspects 

[00:04.80]of the construction and decoration 

[00:06.66]of the mansion¹, he continued 

[00:08.96]his business and social interests. 

[00:11.90]No stranger to scandal, 

[00:13.99]in November 1924, he found 

[00:17.49]himself in the topic of headlines. 

[00:20.44]The most enduring rumor² was that, 

[00:23.39]during a party on his yacht, 

[00:25.91]he had found Marion 

[00:27.33]kissing Charlie Chaplin. 

[00:29.85]In a fit of jealousy 

[00:31.71]he took a shot at Chaplin, 

[00:34.00]missed, and accidentally hit 

[00:36.74]Thomas Ince, killing³ him. 

[00:40.24]However, even though the morning papers

[00:43.20] carried the story, the evening paper 

[00:45.39]and successive editions printed that 

[00:48.12]Ince had died of acute indigestion.

[00:51.73]In 1945, William initiated 

[00:55.89]the Hearst Foundation and created  

[00:58.52]the California Charities Foundation 

[01:01.14]in 1948 (the name was changed

[01:04.86]to the William Randolph Hearst Foundation

[01:07.27] soon after his death in 1951).

[01:10.44]The Great Depression took its toll 

[01:14.37]on even the wealthiest and 

[01:16.35]William Randolph Hearst was no exception.

[01:19.52] His fantastically decadent⁴ lifestyle 

[01:22.59]couldn’t last forever, and 

[01:24.67]gradually his finances began to suffer,

[01:27.94] beginning the next chapter

[01:30.46] in the saga⁵ of excesses.

[01:33.20] He came close to being bankrupt

[01:35.71] but Marion rescued him from debt, 

[01:38.45]unselfishly selling her jewels 

[01:41.07]and some other property 

[01:42.93]to raise over a million dollars.