课文文本第12册（缺5－12课）

非常感谢maomao。

Book 12 Lesson 1
I'm so tired of this whole thing

SCENE ONE: THE NATURE CENTER
Steven: I got here as fast as I could. I'm very upset about this investigation.
Modine: I'm certain of that.
Steven: Well?
Modine: I asked you to meet me here because I was concerned about meeting in your office.
Steven: Why would you be concerned about that?
Modine: Your office might be bugged. You can't be too careful about anything when you're dealing with criminals.
Steven: I'm so tired of this whole thing. I don't want to worry about this any more. I don't  want to think about criminals of sabotage. I just want to do my job. I just want to produce a news show.
Modine: I can see how you feel. You're probably disappointed in the investigation.
Steven: Yes, I am. I'm surprised at how long this is taking. I think you're a little slow at solving this case, Ray.
Modine: Now, don't be angry at me.This investigations are very delicate.
Steven: Ray, tell me what you know.
Modine: I'll give it to you in two words.
Steven: Yeah? Yeah? What?
Modine: Leather glove...
Steven: Leather glove...
Modine: That's it. Leather glove.
Steven: Did you call me all the way out here to say the words leather glove to me?
Modine: Yes. The leather glove is the key to the case. You seem disappointed.
Steven: Disappointed? Are you kidding? Wait untill I tell Peter Case I've been spending money to pay a detective and all he could come up with was the words leather glove. He's not going to be happy about this, Ray.
Modine: Be patient with me, Steven. There's something I didn't tell you. You're going to be interested in this.
Steven: What?
Modine: The leather gloves are the missing link.
Modine: First, Roger Ward had one. Then Jake saw Thomas Ames with one exactly like it. Finally, one of the gloves was on the tape that Chris made of Terry.
Steven: Does Thomas Ames know Roger Ward? What about Terry?
Modine: Terry may be involved.
Steven: No! He's so kind and friendly to everyone. Are you sure about Terry?
modine: You're not always the best judge of character, Steven. Sometimes you can miss important clues. That's why you hired me!
Steven: Where are we going?
Modine: To my car. It's parked at a meter. I'm worried about getting another ticket. Look, isn't that Terry Smithers?
steven: Where?
Modine: Next to my car. He dosen't see us.
Steven: He's pacing backing and forth. He seems nervous about something.
Modine: Maybe he's afraid of being seen here. I'll call you later, Steven.

Lesson Two
RIGHT NOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT MAKING MY PLANS.

SCENCE ONE: THE OFFICE
Steven: Hi, Chris. I'm on the phone with my son.
Chris: Oh, yes.
Steven: He's going to be six months old this week. Please sit down. This will only take a second... Hello, big guy... Are you excited about talking to Daddy on the telephone?... Bye-bye. Daddy loves you... I think he thinks I live inside the telephone.
Chris: You really love being a dad, don't you?
Steven: It's great, but what a responsibility. I'm always worried about not spending enough time with him.
Chris: I wouldn't be concerned about not spending enough time with him. Quality is more important than quantity.
Steven: I know. I know... But I believe in having both quality and quatity time with my family. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work out that way Whem I'm not working, I'm thingking I should be working. When I'm working, I'm worried about not being with Peter. Speaking of quality time, what can I do for you?
Chris: I just want you to know how much I've enjoyed working here. And I wanted to talk to you about the future.
Steven: We've enjoyed having you here. You're doing a good job.
Chris: Thanks. I'm interested in staying at WEFL, but I need to talk to you about the future.
Steven: I understand.
Chris: Right now, I'm thinking about making my plans. I can't be an assistant all my life. I'm hoping to become a reporter. Do you think there may be a spot for me?
Steven: To be honest, Chris, I'm not sure. I'm not making any promises about summer positions now. I expect to know more towards the end of the week.
Chris: OK. But I just want you to know I'm really excited about staying here.
Steven: Thank you for telling me. A lot of things are up in the air right now.
Chris: I understand. Just let me know what you decide to do... Isn't your son darling!
Steven: He is kind of cute, isn't he?

SCENCE TWO: THE STUDIO
DETECTIVE
Modine: Do you get nervous about talking to millions of people every night?
Jake: Do you get nervous about annoying people every day?
DETECTIVE
Modine: What do you mean annoying? Do you think everyone finds me annoying? Chris, for instance?
Jake: What dose Chris have to do with any of this?
DETECTIVE
Modine: I was intersted in hearing about Chris tapes.
Jake: We've spent a lot of time watching those tapes, and I think there are some parts you may find helpful.
DETECTIVE
Modine: Good. Now we're getting somewhere.
Jake: I'd like to help you out, Ray... Believe me, I'm tired of having around here.
DETECTIVE
Modine: I'll ingore that comment, Jake. Here's the interesting news. I'm sure that your friend Roger Ward is the one who has been sabotaging the station.
Jake: Roger,
DETECTIVE
Modine: I don't have absolute proof. I don't even know how he's been doing it. But I plan to find out. And I need you help me find out.
Jake: OK. I guess I suspected it all along. But I'm still surprised to hear that it's definitely Roger.
DETECTIVE
Modine: He's in the studio now. I want you to talk to him...

And this is the end of lesson 2.

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LESSON 3
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SCENCE ONE: THE STUDIO
Jake: Hello, Roger.
Roger: Jake, What are you doing here? How's the story coming? I think your viewers will like it.
Jake: So do I... I'm surprised at you, Roger.
Roger: What do you mean?
Jake: I don't get it. You were always good at whatever you did. Why would you ruin a good career to go to work for Thomas Ames?
Roger: I know what you're talking about.
Jake: Don't pretend to be surprised at what I'm saying, Roger. I know what you're working for Ames. I know that he's been paying you to sabotage WEFL... What I'm interested in is why.
Roger: I'm surprised in you, Jake. You were so slow at figuring this out. What took you so long/
Jake: I thought you were my friend.
Roger: You were never good at judging who your friends really were.
Jake: I believe in you... When we were in college and no one would give you a chance, I did. I help you. I cared. Why would you do this to me?
Roger: I didn't mean to hurt anyone, Jake.
Jake: So it was you.
Roger: Yeah. It was me. The travel tape. The singing lesson. All the technical difficulties at the station were my fault.
Jake: But why?
Roger: Money. I needed money. But it wasn't supposed to be like this, Jake. It were too far.
Jake: Money?
Roger; Yes. I left the big television networks and started my own business. I was lucky at getting started. I got a lot of work. But then the networks hired new people and my business began to decline. I put everything I owned into that business, Jake. Everything. I was in debt. Then I met Thomas Ames. He helped me. He invested in my business. He loaned money to me. He told me about WEFL and helped me get some work here. But then he asked me to arrange for some techincal difficulties at WEFL. I thought it was nothing. It seemed funny at first, like a big joke. Then Ames threatened me. He was going to take over my business unless I helped. He wanted me to lower WEFL's ratings so Peter Case would have to sell him the station. By that time, I was worried about the money I owed him. I was afraid of Ames... So I did it. To tell you the truth, Jake, I'm glad it's over. It was like a nightmare.

SCENCE TWO: THE OFFICE
Steven: I'm shocked at how quickly the time has gone by. It feels like just yesterday that Peter was born. He's six months old already and he's becoming a real person. Now that Ray Modine is close to solving this mystery, I'm thrilled at the chance to spend more time at home. I haven't been spending enough time with Peter. I should buy him a present... But which one?... I know who can help.

SCENCE THREE: THE OFFICE, LATER THE SAME DAY
Rita: Are you interested in buying clothes or a toy for Peter?
Steven: I don't konw. He's only six months old. What do you think?
Rita: I don't think he's going to notice that you buy him. I think you're too concerned about it. Why don't you buy your wife something?
Steven: It's not her birthday.
Rita: Yeah, but I think she'd really like a gift. She'd probably be excited about it whatever it was. You know, your wife need as much attention as your baby.
Steven: You're right. I'm a little bit embarrassed about this, Rita. Thanks for the advice.
Rita: With all the things we've been through together? Don't be silly.
Steven: Look at these earrings. How about these for Anne? Do you think she'd like another pair of earrings?
Rita: I think she'd love the earrings. Who wouldn't?
Steven: Yeah. I'm going to order them.

This is the end of lesson three.

Lesson 4
MIKE, HELP ME OUT.

SCENCE ONE: THE CONTROL ROOM
Detevtive
Modine: I discovered Roger did it, but I didn't know how.
Mike: I discovered it this morning, so I called you right away.
Detective
Modine: Mike, help me out . I can't understand the technology, and I can't take a course.
Mike: tell me what you don't understand so that I can expain it better.
Detective
Modine: Why don't you just begin all over again? I'd like to know you discovered the switch and how you knew that it was the reason for all of the trouble at WEFL.
Mike: OK. This morning I was working in here. Something was bothering me, but I didn't know what it was.
Detective
Modine: You didn't know what it was, but you knew that something in this room was different.
Mike: Yeak. I began to look around the room. I looked on the board, and I studied the monitors. Iooked everywhere, but I couldn't find anything.
Detective
Modine: You were frustrated, so you went to get a cup of coffee.
Mike: Yeah. How did you know? I went to get some coffee and a donut. When I came back in the room. I thought I was going to have to look all over the place, but I didn't. It just struck me as soon as I came back in.
Detective
Modine: What?
Mike: I looked at the toggle switch, and I remembered it was new.
Detective
Modine: A new toggle switch solved the mystery. Amazing.
Mike: I didn't realiza right away that it was the answer to our problems, but I knew that it didn't belong here.
Detective
Modine: There are hundreds of buttons here, Mike. How did you know that one little switch was different?
Mike: I've been a cameraman, and I've also had experience in the control room. I know this board like the back of my hand, so I knew something was different.
Detective
Modine: Now tell me again so that I can really understand. Exactly what does this switch do?
Mike: All right. Here's the intersting part. Watch the monitors... This one shows what's on playback machine A in the control room. This one shows playback machine B, in the editing room. This monitor shows what goes out over the air.
Detective
Modine: Let me see if I understand this, Mike. If I want to put a tape about the President out on the air, I would put it on playback machine A, which is in the control room.
Mike: right.
Detective
Modine: If I wanted to edit a tape about the Nature Center, I would work on playback machine B. That's in the editing room.
Mike: Exactly.
Detective
Modine: OK. That's clear, but I still don't understand what this switch does.
Mike: I had to explain the first part so that you would be able to understand this part.
Detective
Modine:  I understand.
Mike: This switch determines which tape goes out over the air. If it's in position A., the tape about the President form playback machine A will go out over the air. If it is in position B, the tape in the playback machineB, in the editing room, will go out over the air instead.
Detective
Modine: Roger Ward came in here, and he moved the toggle switch to position B. That means the tape in the editing room went out over the air.
Mike: That's true, but that 's not the whole story. Roger is clever, and he also understand how these machine work.
Detective
Modine: He knew that would have been too simple.
Mike: We would have noticed, and we could have stopped this a long time agl. Roger was more clever than that, but he wasn't clever enough.
Detective
Modine: Criminals are never clever enough, Mike.
Mike: Roger is familiar with the machines, so he knew how to rewire the board.
Detective
Modine: So that's what he did!
Mike: Yes, Roger rewire the toggle switch so that he could control it from the editing room.
Detective
Modine: Brilliant!
Mike: Roger was able to put on another tape, and he could do it when on one was looking.
Detective
Modine:  Incredible!
Mike: Detective, what are you thinking about?
Detective
Modine: Parking tickets, Mike. I'm thinking about parking tickets.

This is the end of lesson four.

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