最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit9-Part4（在线收听）

[00:00.00]One Saturday evening a gang 

[00:03.82]of kids piled into a taxi, 

[00:06.01]heading off for 

[00:07.43]a barbecue on the beach. 

[00:09.18]Some of the girls decided 

[00:11.47]to walk along the beach. 

[00:13.00]Megan joined them, lagging slightly behind.

[00:17.05]She knew she ought to 

[00:19.90]hurry to catch up 

[00:21.10]but the moist sand 

[00:22.52]felt good under her feet. 

[00:24.49]Water lapped at her toes; 

[00:26.46]the tide was coming in. 

[00:28.54]The violet light of dusk 

[00:30.84]began to darken the sky.

[00:33.35]In the growing darkness 

[00:36.30]a van pulled alongside her, 

[00:38.83]stopping with a squeal of brakes. 

[00:41.12]Before she knew what was happening 

[00:45.17]two masked men leapt out 

[00:47.35]of the car and 

[00:48.89]began to chase her, 

[00:50.31]grabbing her and finally 

[00:52.06]throwing her to the ground. 

[00:53.92]The gross attack that followed 

[00:56.76]was brutal and unexplainable. 

[00:59.72]Initially Megan tried to 

[01:02.12]fight off her attackers 

[01:03.66]by clawing at their 

[01:05.19]faces with her nails. 

[01:07.16]Using a coil of rope 

[01:09.57]to bind her hands, 

[01:11.21]the men were free to proceed. 

[01:13.17]First a fist broke her 

[01:16.24]upper jaw leaving her unconscious. 

[01:18.65]Then the hoodlums used 

[01:20.89]a metal rod to crush 

[01:22.97]Megan’s skull and finally 

[01:25.27]a knife blade penetrated 

[01:27.46]her neck piercing an artery. 

[01:29.75]After the crude act 

[01:32.92]was completed her body was 

[01:35.23]bundled into the back 

[01:36.75]of a cab and discarded 

[01:38.73]in a ditch in an isolated district 

[01:40.69]far from the beach.

[01:43.43]Realizing that Megan had disappeared, 

[01:46.72]her friends dialed an emergency number,

[01:50.43]notifying the authorities of the situation. 

[01:53.17]Once Megan’s body was discovered, 

[01:56.67]a warrant was issued 

[01:58.42]for the immediate arrest 

[02:00.17]of the two wanted men.

[02:02.46]Megan’s parents were 

[02:04.32]notified by the embassy. 

[02:06.95]They in turn retained legal counsel 

[02:10.13]and an intense inquiry  

[02:12.42]began into the case. 

[02:15.05]Those officials with an intimate knowledge 

[02:18.77]of the island felt that 

[02:20.52]the mugging was a case 

[02:21.72]of mistaken identification and 

[02:23.69]a complete misunderstanding, a misguided outlet 

[02:28.18]for mounting frustrations on the island.