最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3Unit1-Part3

[00:00.00]The next day,

[00:02.07]as the morning wore on,

[00:03.93]Lesley became more and more agitated 1,

[00:07.10]and her mood became apprehensive 2,

[00:09.62]when Jeff did not appear.

[00:11.26]When noon hour arrived

[00:14.32]and he still had not appeared,

[00:16.19]she started making some phone calls.

[00:19.14]None of their mutual 3 friends

[00:22.20]had either seen or talked

[00:24.17]with Jeff that day. Until today,

[00:27.89]Jeff had always been very punctual

[00:30.51]about returning the boy

[00:32.15]at the appointed time.

[00:35.10]Lesley  felt a knot

[00:36.85]forming in her stomach

[00:38.27]as a crazy thought persisted

[00:39.92]at the back of her mind.

[00:42.00]She was absolutely sure

[00:44.51]something was wrong.

[00:46.15]Jeff sat with his head bowed.

[00:50.09]He was undecided what to do.

[00:53.48]The domestic arrangement with his former

[00:56.77]wife was proving to be awkward.

[00:58.96]He was frustrated 4 at being

[01:01.69]able to see his  son

[01:03.33]only on weekends and felt

[01:05.52]he was always making concessions 5

[01:07.93]to accommodate Lesley’s work schedule.

[01:10.55]Every meeting was turning

[01:13.95]into a competition for the boy’s affection.

[01:16.90]His one desire was

[01:19.09]to take Zac away for good.

[01:21.06]The enormous decision to undertake

[01:24.77]this plan appeared to be presenting itself.

[01:27.40]Today he would depart

[01:29.81]for a conference in California.

[01:32.33]This appeared to be a marvelous opportunity

[01:36.04]to take the boy and leave the country

[01:38.34]for good.  He bet that

[01:41.19]he could pack sufficient baggage

[01:42.72]into his vehicle and

[01:44.36]then disappear across the border,

[01:46.22]gaining entry the U.S.A.

[01:49.61]He gave little thought to

[01:53.55]whatsoever of the fact that

[01:55.74]this act could lead to his conviction

[01:58.14]if he was tracked down by the cops.

[02:01.43]Meanwhile, for Lesley

[02:04.60]the nightmare continued to unfold

[02:07.23]as the reality of the situation deepened.

[02:10.28]After 48 hours, the spokesman

[02:14.22]for the district policedepartment assured her

[02:17.40]they would investigate Zac’s disappearance 6.

[02:20.57]Her faith that

[02:22.87]justice would be realized was faint.

[02:25.16]The shock of the past two days’ events

[02:28.67]made her realize that

[02:30.31]possibly her son would become

[02:32.39]One more statistic 7 in the missing children file.

[02:36.33]The police completed a preliminary survey

[02:39.61]after asking hundreds of detailed 8 questions.

[02:43.55]Hot lines proved fruitless