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Chemical Secret 化学秘密 　　简 介 　　犯罪有两种形式，一种是有意识的，一种是无意识的。很少人刻意去犯罪，但大多 数人对某些罪行视而不见。 　　然而，什么是犯罪？是应该以法律规定为依据还是以我们的内心感觉来判断？罪孽 多种多样——贪婪、施暴、凶狠、仇恨。但是也有不太明显的罪恶——比如我们破坏这个世 界：破坏天空、海洋、陆地。我们犯下的这些罪孽摧毁了未来和后代，但我们闭着双眼假 装看不到这一切。 　　约翰·邓肯是一个生物学家。当他开始在化工厂工作时，他想他是在保护他的孩子们。 他想为孩子们提供生活中最美好的东西，如一幢大房子、一艘船以及精彩的假期……然 而他到底将给他们带来一个什么样的前途呢？ 　　本书的作者蒂姆·维卡里从事英语教学数年，他在纽约生活工作。 　　1 A new start 　　1 A new start 　　Mr Duncan？Come inplease．Mr Wilson will see you now． 　　Thank you．JohnDuncan stood up and walked nervously towards the door．Hewas a tall，thin man，aboutforty-five years old，in an old grey suit．Itwas his best suit，but it was ten yearsold now．He had grey hair and glasses．Hisface looked sad and tired． 　　Inside the room，a manstood up to welcome him．Mr Duncan？Pleasedto meet you．My names David Wilson．Thisis one of our chemists，Mary Carter． 　　John Duncan shook hands with both of them，andsat down．It was a big office，witha thick carpet on the floor and beautiful pictures on the walls．DavidWilson was a young man，in an expensiveblack suit．He had a big gold ring on onefinger．He smiled at John． 　　I asked Miss Carter to come because shes one of our bestChemists．She discovered our wonderfulnew paint，in fact．When…Imean，if you come to work here， youwill work with her． 　　Oh，I see．Johnlooked at Mary．She was older thanWil-son—about thirty-five，perhaps—withshort brown hair，and a pretty，friendlyface．She was wearing a white coat with alot of pens in the top pocket．She smiledat him kindly， but John felt 第 1 页 共 43 页 / 原版英语阅读网 miserable． 　　Ill never get this job，hethought．Im too old！Employerswant younger people these days． 　　David Wilson was looking at some papers．Now，MrDun-can，he said，Isee that you are a very good biologist．Youworked at a university…and then for twovery famous com-panies．But…youstopped working as a biologist nine years ago．Whywas that？ 　　Ive always had two interests in my life，Johnsaid，biol-ogy and boats．Mywife was a famous sailor…Rachel Hors-ley…Perhapsyou re