最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit9-Part5

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[00:00.00]Megan’s parents, Nancy and Don,
[00:03.51]cancelled all their immediate¹ plans
[00:05.91]and flew to the island.
[00:08.32]Rather than wait for
[00:10.29]the small island ship to
[00:12.26]transport them to the island
[00:14.23]they were flown in by helicopter.
[00:16.20]After hiring a lawyer
[00:20.24]as an advocate for their cause,
[00:22.43]they began to work with
[00:24.51]the local police tracking down
[00:26.59]any angle of the case t
[00:28.78]hat would bring these creeps
[00:30.96]first to court and then
[00:32.72]to trial before a jury,
[00:34.36]who in turn would convict them
[00:36.87]to lengthy² jail sentences.
[00:39.83]As the days slipped by
[00:42.34]without any answers, they experienced
[00:45.19]severe emotional fatigue³ and
[00:48.47]life became a living hell.
[00:51.75]The investigation⁴ seemed
[00:55.04]to lag at first, but they
[00:57.33]were reluctant to interfere⁵.
[00:58.65]The initial reports from this mess
[01:03.24]were inconclusive; many of
[01:06.08]the details not being addressed.
[01:08.71]As paying clients they lodged⁶
[01:12.32]a complaint with the Governor
[01:13.85]of the island.
[01:15.61]After several months  passed,
[01:17.35]the authorities had a frank discussion
[01:19.76]with Megan’s parents stating
[01:22.05]that as each day passed
[01:24.25]they were less and less
[01:26.65]liable to solve the murder.
[01:28.73]They cited other examples
[01:32.12]of unsolved cases and encouraged
[01:34.64]Nancy and Don to return home.
[01:38.14]Feeling both annoyed and frustrated⁷,
[01:40.99]they decided⁸ they had
[01:43.28]done all they could
[01:44.81]here for the moment.
[01:46.13]Once at home again,
[01:49.41]Nancy withdrew from community life
[01:51.93]choosing to spend her time alone.
[01:54.76]These days, if you went looking,
[01:58.70]you could often find Don
[02:00.13]in a local pub having
[02:01.77]a pint⁹ or two of beer.
[02:04.51]He, too, is unable to
[02:06.48]come to terms with the sequence
[02:08.23]of events that tore
[02:10.08]his family apart this year.
[02:12.50]Just thinking about Megan
[02:16.10]brings a lump to his throat
[02:17.85]and makes his head spin.
[02:20.80]As time passed, it was
[02:24.96]becoming more and more evident
[02:27.04]that the stack of paperwork
[02:28.79]pertaining to his daughter’s case
[02:32.18]was not going to provide
[02:33.71]any answers immediately, if ever.
[02:37.43]Tips provided by the public
[02:40.28]proved to lead nowhere.
[02:43.24]The records will remain open
[02:45.42]until the case is solved,
[02:47.61]however for the moment
[02:49.47]the natural rhythm of life
[02:51.55]has been destroyed.
[02:53.95]Can a family withstand
[02:56.80]such a tragedy?
[02:58.22]Only time will tell