最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit9-Part5

[00:00.00]Megan’s parents, Nancy and Don,

[00:03.51]cancelled all their immediate 1 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 lengthy 2 jail sentences.

[00:39.83]As the days slipped by

[00:42.34]without any answers, they experienced

[00:45.19]severe emotional fatigue 3 and

[00:48.47]life became a living hell.

[00:51.75]The investigation 4 seemed

[00:55.04]to lag at first, but they

[00:57.33]were reluctant to interfere 5.

[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 lodged 6

[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 frustrated 7,

[01:40.99]they decided 8 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 pint 9 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