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Passage Three
文章三
Hetty Green was a very spoiled, only child.
海蒂·格林是一個被寵壞了的獨子。
She was born in Massachusetts USA in 1835.
她1835年出生在美國曼徹斯特。
Her father was a millionaire businessman.
她的父親是一個百萬富商。
Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares.
她的母親經常生病，所以從她兩歲時她父親就帶著她工作并且教她股票與證券。
At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account.
在6歲的時候她開始讀財經日報，開了她自己的銀行賬戶。
Her father died when she was 21 and she inherited 7.5 million dollars.
她的父親在她21歲的時候死去，她繼承了7,500,000美元。
She went to New York and invested on Wall Street.
她去了紐約，在華爾街投資。
Hetty saved every penny, eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents.
海蒂節約每一分錢，在最便宜的餐館吃15美分的東西。
She became one of the richest and most hated women in the world.
她變成了世界上最富有也是最讓人討厭的女人。
At 33 she married Edward Green, a multi-millionaire, and had two children, Ned and Sylvia.
在33歲的時候，她嫁給了愛德華·格林，一個千萬富翁，并且生了兩個孩子，內德和西爾維婭。
Hetty's meanness was well-known.
海蒂的吝嗇是出了名的。
She always argued about prices in shops.
她經常在商店里討價還價。
She walked to the local grocery store to buy broken biscuits which were much cheaper, and to get a free bone for her much loved dog.
她走路去當地的雜貨鋪買更便宜的破損了的餅干，并為她的愛狗獲得一塊免費的骨頭。
Once she lost a two-cent stamp and spent the night looking for it.
有一次她丟了一張2分的郵票，找了一個晚上。
She never bought clothes and always wore the same long, ragged black skirt.
她從來不買衣服，總是穿著同一件破爛的黑色長裙子。
Worst of all, when her son, Ned, fell and injured his knee, she refused to pay for a doctor and spent hours looking for free medical help. In the end Ned lost his leg.
最糟糕的是，當她的兒子內德摔傷了膝蓋時，她拒絕付錢請醫生，花時間尋找免費的醫療幫助。最后內德失去了他的腿。
When she died in 1916, she left her children 100 million dollars.
在1916年當她死去時，她給她的孩子們留下了100,000,000美元。
Her daughter built a hospital with her money.
她的女兒用她的錢建了一家醫院。
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問題22到25是基于你剛剛聽到的文章的。
Question 22. What do we learn about Hetty Green as a child?
問題22.關于海蒂·格林小時候我們了解到了什么？
Question 23. How did Hetty Green become rich overnight?
問題23.海蒂·格林如何一夜間變得富有？
Question 24. Why was Hetty Green much hated?
問題24.為什么海蒂·格林被人非常討厭？
Question 25. What do we learn about Hetty's daughter?
問題25.關于海蒂的女兒我們了解到什么？
