第一篇：愛情與金錢 讀書筆記

愛情與金錢

作者：Rowena Akinyemi

故事情節：

在克拉克森家中所有的人都懷著一雙餓狼般的眼睛，如饑似渴的盯著房子的主人莫利的巨額財產，每個人都盼望著她早點逝世，得到她那數不勝數的地產和令人為之一震的巨額遺產，這其中包括著她的親生女兒，戴安娜和兒子羅杰，他們都急需這筆錢去為他們的奢侈生活付出代價；而另一個女兒杰基卻是因為母親不贊同她與另一個園丁湯姆的婚事而懷恨不已；還有就是莫利的姐夫艾伯特他也急需這筆錢來為他的妻子治病。卻沒有一個人是真正愛著莫利的。

就在一次全家聚會上，莫利終于被所有人那一句句另人厭惡話逼的無法忍受了，一人獨自氣沖沖的上了樓，一場聚會不歡而散。第二天，不幸的的事情終于發生了，在戴安娜去給母親請安時，看見的是映照在晨光里的躺在床上的已經冰涼了的尸體，莫利死了，警察在她的牛奶里發現了整瓶的安眠藥，證明她是死于過量服用安眠藥而死的。

餐后的每個人都在睡前去給莫利請了晚安，并不忘再次請求她能給予他們金錢上的幫助，每個人都是如此，每個人都不懷著好意，每個人都是那么的虛偽，可是莫利都一一回絕了他們，所有的的人。在沃爾什探長的詢問下真相好像已經慢慢浮出水面，最后的殺人兇手竟是和她朝夕相處的大女兒杰基，而她的理由僅僅是莫利不同意她的婚事而寧她不滿，僅此而已。

個人感想：

整編文章以毫無遮攔的手法表現出了人們對金錢的無止望的追求和骯臟不堪的心靈?；叵胛譅柺驳淖詈笠痪湓?'In the end，they get the money：Albert，Roger，Diane．They're all rich now．But are they going to be happy？' 即“最后，他們得到了錢，艾伯特、羅杰、戴安娜。他們現在都富有了?？伤麄儠鞓访?？”這句話也是給我的影響最深。

是啊，他們現在得到了自己所想要的，但失去了自己的親人，而在那閃閃發光的外表下藏著的卻是一個個骯臟不堪的東西，金錢可能會讓你快樂，但絕不可能會成為永恒，只有親人才是你永久的依靠。為了愛情而失去了親情的人等于在一個愛情與親情的天平稱上給愛情施加著永恒的重力，最后的結果是兩敗俱傷。

真正的愛情并不一定是他人眼中的完美匹配，而是相愛的人彼此心靈的相互契合，是為了讓對方生活得更好而默默奉獻。這份愛不僅溫潤著他們自己，也同樣溫潤著那些世俗的心，真正的愛情，是在能愛的時候，懂得珍惜。真愛是一種從內心發出的關心和照顧，沒有華麗的言語，沒有嘩眾取寵的行動，只有在點點滴滴一言一行中你能感受得到。那樣平實那樣堅定。金錢是萬能的，但不是完美的。有時候，人太貪錢就會變成冷血動物。不懂得愛，不懂得珍惜身邊的人。

因此，通過讀這短篇小說，我學會了要在合理地在金錢與友誼和親情之間要毫不猶豫地選擇友誼和親情，因為只有友誼和親情才是堅固不移的。

Sarah

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第二篇：愛情與金錢的讀后感

愛情與金錢的讀后感（一）

愛情、金錢、幸福是這本書最典型的三個詞語，如果讓你來選擇這三者，你會選擇什么呢？有的人因為幸福和愛情而放棄金錢，有的人會選擇幸福和金錢，還有更多的人三者都要……

有這么一個家庭，他們很富有，可正是因為他們的富有，讓他們一家四口過得很不幸福。其中，有一些人，整天為了錢爭論不休，甚至有殺死自己親生母親的念頭，但沒有人這么做?？捎幸惶?，他們的母親被人殺害了，兇手到底是誰呢？—噢！是她，是一個從來沒有為錢去爭搶過的女孩，她叫杰基，是什么讓她這么做的呢？是愛情沖昏了她的頭腦，這一切都是她的母親所造成的，她的母親仗著自己有錢，而瞧不起杰基所喜歡的人，杰基的行為或許是魯莽的，但請你相信，她的心是善良的。

人世間有許多東西用金錢是買不到的，不要過于依賴它，要多多挖掘人世間那些真正的寶藏，它會給予你的一定是比金錢還要寶貴，還要美好的東西，向新的未來前進吧！

愛情與金錢的讀后感（二）

第一次接觸英語版的書時，我手無足措，不知道該從哪里下手去看這種書。正如這次的書蟲一級的書《愛情與金錢》。

在看這種書時我總會忍不住去偷看中文解釋，但我還是抑制住了，我讀這本書是這樣讀的，先粗略地看一遍中文解釋的，在看英文原版的，這樣就好多了。這本書講述的是如果你是一名不錯的偵探的話，那你得比沃爾什探長先找出兇手。沃爾什探長是名警探，他工作雖說慢了點，可十分細心。偵探就是尋找線索的人。而線索就是告訴你誰是兇手的重要但又細小的事物。發現線索不容易，但本故事中有許多線索。有些線索有用，可有些線索卻不利會妨礙你找到兇手。此書的作者是羅伊納·阿金耶米（Rowena Akinyemi）她是一位英國人。

很多人會選擇金錢，他們認為有了金錢就會有愛情，但是那會是純真的愛情嗎？雖然這對初一的學生說非常深奧，但事實卻是這樣的，人們在面對愛情與金錢是總是兩者皆想得，但是魚和熊掌不可兼得，必須得選擇一項，在我認為愛情也好，金錢也好，只要你努力了，你總會得到，只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。而我將來一定會努力的，并得到這兩樣東西。

這本書對我受益匪淺，不僅對英語有幫助，增加更多的詞匯，也對許多人生道理上有了了解，我喜歡讀書，是它讓我獲得了許多許多。

第三篇：愛情與金錢中英文短篇小說

愛情與金錢

你是一名不錯的偵探，是嗎？如果是的話，那你得比沃爾什探長先找出兇手。沃爾什探長是名警探，他工作雖說慢了點，可十分細心。你是位“快手”嗎？偵探是干什么的呢？偵探就是尋找線索的人。而線索就是告訴你誰是兇手的重要但又細小的事物。發現線索不容易，但本故事中有許多線索。有些線索有用——它們能幫助你，可有些線索卻不利——它們妨礙你找到兇手。你得仔細點讀，否則你會錯過線索。

但請記?。耗悴槐叵嘈湃藗冋f的每件事。兇手顯然會撒謊，可能其他人因不同的理由也會撒謊。也許他們希望某人死去。但是誰希望呢？誰殺的？你能找出兇手嗎？

羅伊納·阿金耶米英國人，但在非洲度過了許多年?！稅矍榕c金錢》是她為英語學生寫的第一部故事。Chapter

The Clarkson family lived in the country near Cambridge，about half a mile from the nearest village and about a mile from the river．They had a big，old house with a beautiful garden，a lot of flowers and many old．trees．

One Thursday morning in July，Jackie came in from the garden．She was a tall，fat woman，thirty years old．It was the hottest day of the year，but she wore a warm brown skirt and yellow shirt．She went into the kitchen to get a drink of water．Just then the phone rang．

'Cambridge 1379，'Jackie said．

'Hello．This is Diane．I want to talk to Mother．'

'Mother isn't here，'Jackie said．'She's at the doctor's．'

'Why？What's Wrong？'

'Nothing's wrong，'Jackie said．'Why are you telephoning？ You are going to come this weekend？ Mother wants everyone to be here．'

'Yes，I want to come，'Diane said．'I'm phoning because I have no money for the train ticket．'

'No money！Mother is always giving you money！'

'This phone call is very expensive，'Diane said coldly．'Tell Mother please．I need the money．'

Jackie put the phone down．She took a cigarette from her bag and began to smoke．She felt angry because her sister al-ways asked for money．Diane was twenty years old，the youngest in the family．She lived in London，in one room of a big house．She wanted to be a singer．She sang very well but she could never get work．

Jackie went back into the kitchen and began to make some sandwiches．Just then the back door opened，and her mother came in．

'It's very hot！'Molly said．She took off her hat and put it down on the table．She was a tall，dark woman with beautiful eyes．

Two big，black dogs came into the kitchen after her and ran across to her．She sat down and put her hands on their heads．

Jackie put the sandwiches on the table．'Mother，'she said，'Diane phoned．She wants money for her train ticket．'

Molly closed her eyes for a minute．Then she stood up．'This afternoon I want you to get the house ready for the weekend，'she said．'Oh，and please go to the village later and get my tablets．'

'Yes，Mother，'Jackie said．

Molly went to the door．

'Mother，please wait a minute，'Jackie said．'Peter Hobbs came here this morning．He's very angry with you about that letter．He lost his job，you know．Why did you write to his office？He wants to talk to you about it．'

'Well，I don't want to talk to him，'Molly said．She opened the door．

'But Mother，you don't understand．He's seventeen，and it was his first job．He's very，very angry．He says… he says he's going to kill you！'

Molly did not answer．She went out of the room and closed the door．

1克拉克森家住在劍橋附近的鄉下，離最近的村莊約有半英里路，距離河有1英里左右。他們有幢大而古老帶有美麗花園的房子，花園里有許多花和許多古樹。

7月的一個星期四早上，杰基從花園進了屋。她是個高大，肥胖，30來歲的女人。這是一年中最熱的日子，而她卻穿著暖色調的黃色襯衫和棕色裙子。她走進廚房去喝水，這時電話響了。

“劍橋1379號，”杰基說。

“你好！我是黛安娜。我想和媽媽說話?！?/p>

“媽媽不在家，”杰基說?！八瘁t生去了?！?/p>

“怎么了？出了什么事？”

“沒什么，”杰基說?！澳愦螂娫捀陕?？這個周末你回來嗎？媽媽希望每個人都在?！?/p>

“是啊，我想回來，”黛安娜說?！拔艺驗闆]錢買火車票，才打電話?！?/p>

“沒錢！媽媽總是給你錢！”

“電話費很貴，”黛安娜冷冷說道。“請告訴媽媽，我需要錢?！?/p>

杰基放下電話，她從包里拿了枝煙抽起來。她因她的妹妹總是要錢感到生氣。黛安娜20歲了，在家里最校她住在倫敦，在一所大房子里有間屋子。她想成為一個歌唱家，她唱得很棒可是她卻從來不愿找工作。

杰基走回廚房動手做一些三明治。這時后門開了，她的母親走了進來。

“天太熱了！”莫利說道，她脫下帽子放在桌上。她是位高個子、皮膚淺黑，有雙美麗眼睛的女人。

兩條大黑狗跟著她進了廚房圍著她轉，她坐下來把手放在它們的頭上。

杰基把三明治放在桌上。“媽媽，”她說道，“黛安娜打來電話，她想要錢買火車票?！?/p>

莫利閉上眼一會，然后站起來?！跋挛缥蚁Ｍ闶帐耙幌路孔訛橹苣┳鰷蕚洌彼f。“哦，隨后請去村里給我買些藥片?！?/p>

“好的，媽媽，”杰基說。

莫利向門口走去。

“媽媽，請等一會?！苯芑f?！氨说没舨妓菇裨鐏砹耍麑δ愕哪欠庑藕苌鷼?。你知道，他丟了工作。你為什么寫信給他的辦公室？他想和你談談這事。”

“好啦，我不想和他談，”莫利說，她打開門。

“可是媽媽，你不明白。他17歲了，那是他第一份工作，他非常非常生氣。他說……他說他會殺了你！”

莫利沒答話，她走出房間關上了門。Chapter

It was seven o'clock on Saturday evening．Jackie stood at the window．A car drove slowly up to the front door and stopped．A tall man with white hair got out，It was Albert，the husband of Molly's sister．

'Here's Uncle Albert，'Jackie said．'Always late．'

She went out of the room and opened the front door．Albert came in and went at once to Molly．

'Oh，dear．I'm very late．I am sorry，'Albert said．'Fifty years old today！What a wonderful dress！'

Molly did not smile．'Thank you，Albert．We're all getting older．'Tonight she wore a long black dress，and the two black dogs sat at her feet．'Everyone is here now．Let's go in to dinner，'she said．

Everyone stood up and went to the table．

'The table looks nice，Jackie．What wonderful flowers！'Diane said．She was a beautiful girl，with long black hair and dark blue eyes．She wore a long red dress．

Albert sat down next to Roger Roger was Molly's son，her second child．He lived in Cambridge，in an expensive house．

'Someone called Peter stopped me down the road，'Albert said．'Who is he？ He's very angry with you，Molly．'

'That's Peter Hobbs，from the house across the road，'Jackie said quickly．She looked across the table at Molly．'He lost his job last week and he's angry with everyone．'

'It's Molly he doesn't like，'Albert said．

Molly said nothing．Everyone began to eat．

'How is Aunt Annie？'Jackie asked．

'She's much worse now，'Albert said．'She stays in bed all the time．She needs a nurse twenty-four hours a day．'

'I am sorry，'Molly said．

Albert stopped eating and looked at Molly．'It's very difficult and very expensive，you know．Annie feels very unhappy because you don't visit her，Molly．She loves you very much．You are her little sister；you know．'

Molly closed her eyes for a minute．' I know that，Albert．I am fifty years old，but I am always her“little”sister．Well，we can talk about it later．'

Albert laughed．'Oh yes，we can talk later．It's always later with you，Molly．Always tomorrow．Never today．'

Jackie watched her mother．Her mother was angry with Albert．Molly never liked talking about her sister Annie and she did not like visiting her because she was very ill．

'That's a beautiful dress，Diane．Is it new？'Jackie asked．

'Thank you，Jackie．Yes，it's new，and very expensive．I got it on Wednesday，'Diane said．She smiled at Jackie．

'All your things are expensive，'Jackie said．She remembered the phone call on Thursday about the train ticket．

'I don't like cheap things，'Diane said．'And I'm going to need more money soon．I want to go to America．Can you help me，Roger？'

'Oh no，'Roger said．'Nobody wants to help you，Diane．You don't like working，we all know that，but we all want you to get a job．'

Diane laughed．'It doesn't matter，Roger．I don't need your help．Mother always helps me．Mother loves me best．'She suddenly smiled，a quick，beautiful smile．But her eyes were cold．

Jackie looked at her mother．Molly's face was white．Jackie did not understand．Was her mother afraid of Diane？Jackie wanted her mother to be happy today．

'Would you like some more meat，Uncle Albert？'Jackie asked．'Roger，can you give everyone some more to drink？

Roger got up and began to give more wine to everyone．'This is good wine，'he said．

Molly smiled for the first time．'Yes，your father loved this wine．He often drank it．'

'Yes，'Albert said，and looked at Molly．'Expensive，too．'

'Would you like to meet Mr Briggs this weekend，Roger？Jackie asked quickly．'He's the new man at the farm．He wants to meet you．'

'Briggs？Briggs？'Molly said，suddenly angry．'Don't talk to me about that man．I don't like him．He wants half my garden for his farm．He needs more land，he says．I don't want him in my house．He's always dirty and he has bad teeth．'

Jackie stood up and got her bag．'Excuse me，I want a cigarette．'

'Cigarettes！Always a cigarette in your mouth，'Molly said．'I don't like it．Cigarettes aren't good for you．'

Jackie began to smoke．She felt angry but she said nothing．She wanted her mother to be happy this evening，but it was very difficult．

Roger drank some more wine．'Well，Mother，perhaps Mr Briggs is right．The garden is very big，you know，'he said．'It's a lot of work for you．The house is big，too．You're fifty now．You need to be more careful．'

'Roger！I don't need a nurse，you know！I work in the garden every day；I feel happy there．'Molly stood up．'I know you all want my money．You come here for a free dinner，you don't want to see me．You don't love me．You want my house，and my money．Well，you can all wait．No-body is getting more money from me，not before I die！'

'Don't say that，Mother！'Jackie cried．

Molly walked across the room to the door．'I feel ill now．I'm going upstairs to bed．'

Molly left the room．Nobody moved．

'One day I'm going to kill that woman，'Diane said quietly．

Roger looked at Diane but said nothing．Albert moved his head slowly up and down．'Ill！She's angry，that's all，'he said．'Molly always gets angry about money．Why can't she be good to her sister？Annie's going to die soon．Molly knows that．'

Jackie finished her cigarette and stood up．'Would everyone like some coffee？Come into the kitchen and let's drink it there．'

2星期六晚上7點。杰基站在窗前。一輛小車徐徐駛到前門停下來。一個白頭發、高個子的男人下了車，他是艾伯特，莫利姐姐的丈夫。

“是艾伯特姨父，”杰基說。“他總是遲到?！?/p>

她走出房間打開前門。艾伯特走進來，立刻便走向莫利。

“哦，親愛的，抱歉，我來得太遲了，”艾伯特說?！敖裉焓悄?0歲生日！多漂亮的裙子！”

莫利沒有笑?！爸x謝你，艾伯特。我們都老了?！苯裢硭┝艘粭l長長的黑裙子，兩條黑狗蹲在她腳邊?！艾F在大家都到了，咱們吃飯吧。”她說。

大家都站起來走到桌前。

“餐桌看起來不錯，杰基。多美的花??！”黛安娜說。她是個美麗的女孩，有一頭長長的黑頭發和一雙深藍色的眼睛，她穿了一條紅色的長裙。

艾伯特坐在羅杰的旁邊。羅杰是莫利的兒子，她的第二個孩子。他住在劍橋一幢昂貴的房子里。

“有個叫彼特的人沿路阻擋我，”艾伯特說?！八钦l？他很生你的氣，莫利。”

“那是彼得霍布斯，家住在馬路對面的房子里?！苯芑芸斓卣f。她看著餐桌對面的莫利?！八现軄G了工作，他生每個人的氣。”

“他不喜歡的是莫利，”艾伯特說。

莫利一言不發。大家開始吃東西。

“安妮姨媽好嗎？”杰基問。

“她現在更糟糕了，”艾伯特說?！八袝r間都呆在床上。她一天24小時都需要護士?！?/p>

“我真難過”，莫利說。

艾伯特停下來看著莫利?！澳阒溃@事非常麻煩并且非?；ㄥX。莫利，安妮因為你不去看她很不高興。她非常愛你，你知道，你是她的小妹妹。”

莫利閉上了眼?！拔抑肋@些，艾伯特。我都50歲了，可我總是她的'小'妹妹。好吧，我們以后再談這事。”

艾伯特笑道。“哦，是啊，我們以后再談。莫利，和你總是以后，總是明天。從來不是今天。”

杰基看著她的母親，她的母親生艾伯特的氣。莫利從來就不喜歡談論她姐姐，也不喜歡去拜訪她。而她病得很重。

“這裙子真漂亮，黛安娜。是新的嗎？”杰基問。

“謝謝，杰基。是的，新裙子，非常貴。我周三才買的?！摈彀材日f。她沖著杰基微笑。

“你所有的東西都昂貴，”杰基說。她記起周四關于火車票的電話。

“我不喜歡便宜的東西，”黛安娜說。“我不久會需要更多的錢，我想去美國。羅杰，你能幫我嗎？”

“哦，不行，”羅杰說?！皼]有人想幫你，黛安娜。我們都知道，你不喜歡工作，但是我們都希望你找份工作?！?/p>

黛安娜笑道?！皼]關系，羅杰。我不需要你的幫助，媽媽總是會幫我的，媽媽最愛我?！彼蝗恍α艘幌?，一個轉瞬即逝美麗的微笑?？伤难凵駞s是冷冷的。

杰基看著她的媽媽，莫利臉色蒼白。杰基不明白為什么。她的媽媽會怕黛安娜？杰基希望她的媽媽今天快快樂樂。

“艾伯特姨父，你還要些肉嗎？”杰基問。“羅杰，你能給每人再添些飲料嗎？”

羅杰站起來動手給大家加了些酒?！斑@酒不錯，”他說。

莫利第一次笑了。“是啊，你父親愛喝這種酒。他經常喝?！?/p>

“是啊”，艾伯特看著莫利說“也非常貴?！?/p>

“羅杰，這個周末你想見見布里格斯嗎？”杰基急忙問?！八麆倎磙r常他想見見你?！?/p>

“布里格斯？布里格斯？”莫利說，她突然生氣了?！安灰臀艺勀莻€男人，我不喜歡他。他想要我把一半的花園當他的農常他說，他需要更多的土地。我不希望他來我家，他總是臟兮兮的，還有一口壞牙?！?/p>

杰基站起來拿她的包?！氨福蚁氤橹??！?/p>

“煙！你的嘴總是叼著煙，”莫利說?！拔矣憛挓?，抽煙對你不好。”

杰基開始抽煙，她感到很生氣，但她什么也沒說。她想讓她媽媽今晚快樂些，可看來這非常難。

羅杰喝了好些酒?！昂美?，媽媽，布里格斯先生可能是對的。你清楚，花園是太大了，”他說。“你要干許多的事，房子也太大了。你都50歲了，你需要更多的照顧。”

“羅杰！你明白，我不需要護士！我每天在花園里干點活，我在那兒感到快樂?！蹦酒饋??！拔抑滥銈兌枷胍业腻X。你們來這兒只為一頓免費的晚餐，不是想來看看我，你們不愛我。你們想要我的房子，我的錢。好吧，你們都等著。在我死之前，任何人都別想從我這兒得一點兒！”

“別說這些，媽媽！”杰基叫道。

莫利穿過房間走到門前?！艾F在我感到不舒服。我要上樓睡覺了。”

莫利離開了房間，大家都沒動。

“有一天我會殺了這女人，”黛安娜平靜地說。

羅杰看看黛安娜，但什么也沒說。艾伯特上下搖晃著腦袋?！安皇娣?！她生氣了，就這樣，”他說。“莫利談到錢總要生氣。為什么她不能對她姐姐好點？安妮不久就要死了，莫利知道這些。”

杰基抽完煙站起來?！懊咳硕紒硇┛Х葐?？到廚房去，咱們在那兒喝吧！”Chapter

Early next morning the house was quiet．Suddenly there was a cry from the room next to Roger's，his mother's room．Roger opened his eyes and looked at the clock．It was nearly seven o'clock．He got out of bed and opened the door quietly．At the same time the door of his mother's room opened and Diane came out．Her face was very white．

'Roger！It' s Mother！I brought a cup of coffee for her and I found her dead．She's dead…dead in her bed，'she cried．

Roger went quickly to the door of his mother's room and looked in．The window was open but the room was warm．Molly was on the bed，one hand under her head．Roger went across to the bed and put his hand on her arm．It was cold．On the little table next to the bed was a hot cup of coffee and an empty cup．

'I'm going to call the doctor，'Diane said．

'She's dead，'Roger said slowly．His face，too，was white．'Mother is dead！'

Diane walked across the room to the door．'I'm going to phone the doctor，'she said again．

'Wait a minute！'Roger called．'Let's tell the family first．'

'Family！Nobody loved Mother！'Diane went out and ran downstairs．

Roger slowly went downstairs after her and stood by the telephone．

'Dr Pratt，this is Diane Clarkson．It's my mother—she's dead．Can you come quickly？'

Diane put the phone down．'It isn't true，Roger！Mother dead！Daddy died last winter，and now Mother．'Diane began to cry．

'Don't cry，Diane，'Roger said．'Let's go upstairs and tell Uncle Albert and Jackie．'

'No！You tell them！Nobody loved Mother．You aren't sorry．Look at you！You want her money．That's all．'

Roger suddenly wanted to hit Diane．'Be quiet！'he said．'What about you？You didn't love Mother．You wanted her money，too．Don't forget that！'

'It's true，'Diane said．'Oh，I can't stay in this house．I'm going out．I'm going to the river with the dogs．'

'No，'Roger said．'The doctor's coming and I want you here．'

Diane said nothing．She went into the kitchen and at once the dogs got up and came to her．'Beautiful dogs！Daddy loved you and Mother loved you．Now I'm going to love you．'She opened the back door and went out with the dogs．

Roger did not move．He stood by the telephone．'It's true，'he thought．'I am happy about the money．I needed money，and now I'm rich．Things are going to be easier for me now．But Mother…why didn't I love her more？ And now she's dead．'Slowly，Roger went back upstairs．He wanted to dress before Dr Pratt arrived．

Dr Pratt was a little fat man without much hair．He was the family doctor and he knew all the Clarkson family very well．He went upstairs at once and looked at Molly's body．He looked carefully at the cup of coffee and the empty cup on the table next to her bed．

'I'm sorry，Roger，'he said．'Where is Diane？She phoned me．'

'She went out with the dogs，'Roger said．'She was angry with me—angry with everyone．'

Dr Pratt said nothing for a minute．'This is going to be very difficult．I'm going to phone the police，Roger．'

'Police！Why？What's wrong？

'I don't know．Your mother wasn't ill．I saw her on Thursday and she was very well．Why did she die？I don' t understand．I want to find out．'

Roger went across to the window and looked out at the gar-den．It was a beautiful summer morning．The sky was blue and the garden was green．It was all very quiet．His mother loved this garden．But Tom Briggs wanted the garden．And Roger wanted the garden，too．Roger felt worse and worse．

'Your mother took sleeping tablets，'Dr Pratt said．'Did you know？On Thursday she had a new bottle of tablets，but I can't find it here in her room．'

'I didn't know，'Roger said．'Very well．Let's go down-stairs and you can phone the police．'

Roger went into the kitchen and made some coffee．Just then Diane came in with the dogs．

'Roger，'she said．'Look，I'm sorry．I was angry and said some angry things．'

'It doesn't matter，'Roger said．'Here you are，have some coffee．Dr Pratt is phoning the police．Did you know Mother took sleeping tablets？Well，the bottle is not in her room．'

'What？I don't understand．'Diane took the coffee and be－gan to drink．Her eyes looked big and dark．

Just then Dr Pratt came into the kitchen．'They're coming at once，'he said．'Diane—I'm sorry about your mother．'

'Dr Pratt，I want to tell you about last night．Everyone was very angry…'

'Be quiet！'Roger said quickly．

'Diane never thinks before she opens her mouth，'he thought angrily．

Diane did not look at Roger．'Last night Mother went to bed early because everyone…'

'Don't tell me，'Dr Pratt said．'You can tell the police．'

Roger's face went red．Suddenly he felt afraid．'The police are going to talk to everyone，and ask questions，'he thought．'And they're going to want answers．It's going to be very difficult．'He finished his coffee and stood up．

'I'm going upstairs，'he said．'I'm going to tell Uncle Al-bert and Jackie about Mother…and about the police．'

第二天清晨整幢房子靜悄悄的。突然從羅杰房間旁邊他母親的屋子里傳出一聲尖叫。羅杰睜開眼看了下鐘，還不到7點。他下了床，悄悄打開門。正在這時他母親房間的門也打開了，黛安娜走出來，她的臉非常蒼白。

“羅杰！媽媽她，我端了杯咖啡給她，發現她死了。她死了……死在她床上，”她哭道。

羅杰急忙走到他母親的門前往里看，窗戶是開著的，可房間里是溫暖的。莫利躺在床上，一只手在她頭下。羅杰走到床前把手放在她的手臂上，尸體已經冷了。床邊的小桌上有杯熱咖啡和一個空杯子。

“我打電話去叫醫生，”黛安娜說。

“她死了，”羅杰慢慢地說。他的臉也變白了?！皨寢屗懒?！”

黛安娜穿過房間走到門口?！拔胰ゴ螂娫捊嗅t生，”她又說。

“等會兒！”羅杰叫道。“咱們得先告訴家人。”

“家里人！沒有人愛媽媽！”黛安娜走出去跑下樓。

羅杰跟著她慢慢走下樓站在電話旁。

“普拉特先生，我是黛安娜克拉克森。我的媽媽——她死了。你能盡快趕來嗎？”

黛安娜放下電話?！斑@不是真的，羅杰！媽媽死了！爸爸去年冬天死了，現在媽媽也死了?！摈彀材乳_始哭泣。

“別哭了，黛安娜，”羅杰說。“咱們上樓去告訴艾伯特姨父和杰基?！?/p>

“不！你去告訴他們！沒人愛媽媽，你們不必內疚?？纯茨銈?！你們想要她的錢。不過如此?！?/p>

羅杰突然想揍黛安娜?！鞍察o點！”他說?！澳阍趺戳?？你不愛媽媽，你也想要她的錢，別忘了這點！”

“不錯，”黛安娜說。“哦，我不能再呆在這兒了。我要出去。我要和狗去河邊?！?/p>

“不行，”羅杰說。“醫生就要來了，我想你留在這兒?！?/p>

黛安娜沒說話。她走進廚房。狗立即站起來走到她旁邊。“多漂亮的狗！爸爸愛你們，媽媽也愛你們?，F在我會愛你們的?！彼蜷_后門，帶著狗走了出去。

羅杰沒動，他仍站在電話旁?！安诲e，”他想?！拔业拇_為錢高興。我需要錢，現在我是富有的了。事情現在對我來說更容易。但是媽媽……我為什么不多愛她些呢？可現在她死了?！绷_杰慢慢地上了樓，他想在普拉特醫生來前穿好衣服。

普拉特醫生是個矮胖沒有多少頭發的男人，他是家庭醫生并且他非常清楚克拉克森一家人。他立即上樓查看莫利的尸體。他仔細看了床邊桌子上的一杯咖啡和空杯子。

“抱歉，羅杰，”他說?！镑彀材仍谀膬海克o我打了電話?！?/p>

“她帶著狗出去了，”羅杰說。“她沖我生氣，對每個人都生氣?！?/p>

普拉特醫生沉默了一會?！斑@事非常難辦。羅杰，我要打電話給警察?！?/p>

“警察！為什么？出了什么事？”

“我不清楚，你的母親沒病，我周四見到她身體很好。她為什么會死？我不明白，我想找出原因?！?/p>

羅杰走到窗前向外看花園。這是個美麗的夏天清晨，天空藍藍的而花園是一片綠色，一切都非常安靜。他的媽媽愛這個花園，然而湯姆布里格斯卻打著這個花園的主意，并且羅杰也想要這個花園。羅杰覺得事情越來越糟。

“你的媽媽服了睡眠藥，”普拉特醫生說?！澳阒绬?？她周四買了瓶睡眠藥，可是我在她的房間卻找不到?！?/p>

“我不知道，”羅杰說?！昂冒伞Ｔ蹅兿聵侨?，你可以給警察打電話?！?/p>

羅杰走進廚房弄了些咖啡，這時黛安娜帶著狗走進來。

“羅杰，”她說。“你瞧，我很抱歉。我生氣了并說了些令人生氣的話。”

“沒關系，”羅杰說?！敖o你，喝點咖啡。普拉特醫生正打電話給警察。你知道媽媽服睡眠藥嗎？唷，瓶子不在她的屋里。”

“什么？我不知道?！摈彀材榷似鹂Х乳_始喝。她的眼睛看起來又大又黑。

這時普爾特醫生走進廚房?！八麄凂R上來，”他說?！镑彀材取覟槟銒寢岆y過?！?/p>

“普拉特醫生，我想告訴你有關昨晚的事，每人都非常生氣……”

“安靜些！”羅杰急忙說。

“黛安娜在張嘴前從不想想，”他生氣地想。

黛安娜沒看羅杰?！白蛲韹寢屧缭缇蜕洗擦?，因為每個人……”

“別告訴我，”普拉特醫生說?！澳憧梢愿嬖V警察?！?/p>

羅杰的臉紅了，突然他覺得有些害怕。“警察會找每個人談話，問些問題。”他想?！叭缓笏麄儠胍鸢?，這事非常棘手?！彼韧昕Х日酒饋怼?/p>

“我上樓去，”他說?！拔胰ジ嬖V艾伯特姨父和杰基有關媽媽的事……還有報警的事?！盋hapter

The police arrived very quickly．There were a lot of them．Some of them with cameras went upstairs to Molly's room．Two detectives talked to Dr Pratt in the kitchen．The family waited in the sitting room．It was a hot day again and the windows were open．The dogs sat quietly at Diane's feet．Nobody talked．Jackie smoked．They waited for a long time．Suddenly the door opened and the two detectives came in．

'Good morning．I am Detective Inspector Walsh and this is Sergeant Foster．'The Inspector did not smile．He was a big man in an old black suit and a black hat and coat．He wore a coat because he always felt cold．'Last night someone put sleeping tablets in Mrs Clarkson's hot milk．We are going to question everybody，and we need a room，please．'

Roger stood up．'I'm Roger Clarkson．You can have my father's old office．Come with me，it's along here，'

The office was not a very big room，but there was a table and three or four chairs．Roger opened the window．

'I would like to talk first to your uncle，Albert King，'In-spector Walsh said．He took off his hat and coat and sat down behind the table．

'Of course，'said Roger and left the room．

Sergeant Foster waited by the door．He was a very tall young man with black hair and a nice smile．He was not very happy this morning because he usually played tennis on Sunday mornings．He was one of the best players at the Cambridge Tennis Club．

Albert came in and sat down．

'I'm going to ask some questions，Mr King，'the Inspector said，'and Sergeant Foster is going to write it all down．'

Albert looked at his feet．'Yes，yes．It's your job．I know that．'

'Tell me about last night，'Inspector Walsh asked quietly．

'You were angry with Mrs Clarkson．'

Albert looked at Inspector Walsh for the first time．'Yes，I was．Everyone was angry．Roger was angry．Diane wanted money to go to America．Then there's a man called Tom Brig-gs…He wants half the garden for his farm．Molly was a rich woman．I need money because my wife Annie—Molly's sister—is very ill．I told Molly this．'

'What happened next？'

'Well，Molly was angry with everyone and went upstairs．We went into the kitchen for coffee．Jackie wanted everyone to go up and say good night to Molly．She lives here with Molly so she wanted Molly to be happy．At first Roger said no．He was angry and didn't want to see his mother．'

'And did you see Molly in her room？'

'Yes．I was tired and I went upstairs first．I went to Molly's room and asked her for money again．But no—there was no money for her sister．'Albert stopped and put his hand over his eyes．

Inspector Walsh watched Albert for a minute．'Did you hear noises after you went to bed？'

'Everyone went into Molly's room to say good night，I think．Later，I heard someone…He—or she—went down－stairs．That was about midnight．'

'Very well，Mr King．Thank you，you can go now．'Albert left the room．

Inspector Walsh put his hands behind his head．'What time is it？I'm hungry．We're learning a lot，but I need some coffee．'

'Shall I go to the kitchen？'Sergeant Foster asked．

'Oh，no．Later．Let's see Jackie Clarkson next．'

Jackie came in and sat down．She looked down at her hands and said nothing．

'We found the empty bottle of your mother's sleeping tablets in Diane's room，'the Inspector said suddenly．Then he waited．Jackie's face did not change and she said nothing．

'Tell me，did your mother get her tablets from the shop in the village？'

'Yes．My mother usually took a sleeping tablet every night so she needed a lot of tablets．Sometimes she got them from the shop，sometimes I did．On Thursday，I asked Peter Hobbs to get them．He lives in the house across the road，and he of－ten goes to the village on his bicycle．'

'I see．Your mother wanted to stay in this house．How about you？Did you want to move？'

Jackie looked up for a minute and then down at her hands a－gain．'This is Mother's house．I loved my mother．She was good to me．'

'Did you see your mother in her room last night？'

'Yes，everyone did．Diane made hot milk and took it to Mother．She usually drank a cup of hot milk before she slept．'

Inspector Walsh put his hands behind his head．Jackie was very quiet．'What did your mother say？'

Jackie opened her bag and looked for a cigarette．'Can I smoke？'

'Of course．This is your house，'Inspector Walsh said．He watched Jackie．'What did your mother say？'he asked again．

'She wanted to go downstairs again．She remembered the dogs—she wanted to get some dinner for them． I went to my room and she went downstairs．'

'What time was this？'

'I don't remember．About midnight，I think．'

'And the cup of hot milk？'

'It was on the table by her bed．'

'Did you need your mother's money？'

'No，Inspector．Money is not important to me．There are more important things，'Jackie said quietly．

'Well，your uncle Albert wanted money．Tom Briggs wanted the garden．You wanted nothing？'

Jackie finished her cigarette and looked up at the Inspector．Her eyes were suddenly angry．'Don't forget Peter Hobbs．He lost his job because of my mother．He wanted to kill her，you know．And what about Diane？You found the empty bottle in her bag．'

Inspector Walsh listened carefully．'We're going to question everyone，Miss Clarkson．'

Jackie said nothing for a minute．'Would you like some sandwiches and coffee，Inspector？'

'Ah！Yes，please！'Inspector Walsh said warmly．'I would like sandwiches and coffee very much．'

Jackie left the room．Inspector Walsh thought about her．Why was she suddenly angry？The room was quiet．

他的姐妹看著他，可羅杰用手捂住眼睛。“別對我說這些！”“現在沒關系！”黛安娜說?！皨寢屗懒耍覀冇泻芏噱X，你不需要一份工作?！?/p>

羅杰的臉又變紅了?！白∽欤彀材龋　?/p>

“現在，”沃爾什探長又開始說了。“彼特霍布斯是個非常忿怒的年輕人，克拉克森太太對他不太好。他從商店里買到睡眠藥，可他會把睡眠藥放在熱牛奶里嗎？我認為不會。湯姆布里格斯想要半個花園當他的農常他那晚在廚房，是他放睡眠藥在熱牛奶里了嗎？我認為沒有?！?/p>

突然天開始下雨了。好一會兒大家都看著窗外的雨。杰基從包里拿了枝煙，開始抽。

“可有人要彼特霍布斯那晚會廚房。她想要大家都看見他，并聽他說話，”沃爾什探長說。

“她……？我不明白，”羅杰說著，然后又停住了。

沃爾什探長從窗邊走過來坐下?！艾F在我將告訴你們事件的真象?？死松〗?，你那晚要彼特霍布斯來家里。他因為那封信很生你母親的氣。他說：'我要殺了她。'因而你想要大家都聽到這話。為什么？”

杰基的臉變白了?！斑@不是真的！黛安娜呢？你們在她包里發現了空瓶子！”

黛安娜站起來?！霸谖野?？杰基！你在說什么？”

“請安靜，坐下，”沃爾什探長說，看著杰基。

“沒錯，我們在黛安娜的包里發現了瓶子?？赡阍趺粗赖模课覀儾]有告訴你?！?/p>

“你們告訴了……先前……你們先前告訴了我！”

“沒有。我們在黛安娜的房間發現了空瓶，我們告訴了你這事。你說的是黛安娜的包，我們沒有告訴你。福斯特警官記下來了?！蔽譅柺蔡介L仔細看著杰基。“很久以前，你認識了湯姆布里格斯，他是這兒的園丁，你愛上了他，可你的母親不喜歡他。”

杰基把手放在頭上?！安?！不！”

“我發現你的相片——一張舊的——在布里格斯家里。你比現在年青，頭發長長的。去年湯姆布里格斯回來了，你想得到他，他也愛你，可他沒有錢。他想要花園當他的農場，他想要錢，他也想得到你。可你母親不同意。最后，你想殺了你母親……然后你真的殺了她。你母親下樓去看狗，然后你把睡眠藥放在她的熱牛奶里。隨后，你把空瓶子放進黛安娜的包里?！?/p>

杰基站起來，她黑黑的眼睛帶著恐懼?！澳銈儾恢?！”她大聲道。“母親什么也沒給我……這么多年了。我想要幸?！蜏芬黄?，就這些。我愛湯姆，他也愛我?？赡赣H不同意，總是不同意?！比缓笏_始哭，沒人理睬她。

杰基走出房子上了警車。沃爾什探長注視著她，然后慢慢走向他的車。他覺得又累又餓。他停下來回頭看著那所房子。

“好了，”他對福斯特警官說，“最后，他們得到了錢：艾伯特，羅杰，黛安娜。他們現在都富有了?？伤麄儠鞓穯?？”

他上了小車。“咱們走吧，”他說?！拔茵I了，我需要塊三明治?！?/p>

第四篇：金錢不能買什么讀書筆記

《金錢不能買什么—金錢與公正的正面交鋒》讀書筆記

作者：張芩

在這一書中，桑德爾教授論述了當下最為突出的道德問題之一：在我們這個世界，任何事物都可以出售，這個世界難道沒有問題？如果是這樣，我們又該如何防止市場價值觀侵蝕本不該由它們主導的領域？市場的道德界限又何在？近幾十年來，在我們生活的幾乎每一個層面，醫療、教育、政府、法律、藝術、體育，甚至家庭生活和人際關系等，非市場的準則都已被市場價值排擠出局。桑德爾認為，我們已經從一個擁有市場經濟的社會變成了市場化的社會。

市場與道德，在現代的市場化社會中，一直是飽受熱議的兩個話題。市場代表著金錢，經濟準則，而道德，則是人性的代表，是公平的代表。

似乎有這樣一種事情，在一些情況下，人們會花費更多的金錢去得到自己想要的東西。如：一個重感冒的病人愿意花費一千美元治病，一個lady gaga的狂熱粉絲愿意花好幾倍的價格從票販子手里購買一張一等票，一個有錢人愿意花大價錢購買一些虛有其表的奢侈品，一些人愿意花錢插隊，等等。這都是市場經濟下的產物，或多或少的違背了一些人類的社會道德。但是，即使違背了道德，我們在現實面前也是無能為力的，不可能去改變這種社會現實。

那么對于金錢與道德，人們該如何選擇？為了金錢，放棄道德底線？還是為了道德，放棄唾手可得的金錢？對誰來說，都將是一個艱難的決定。

具象化的來說，像票販子的問題。票販子，究竟有沒有錯？在北大演講時，桑德爾教授也提出了這個問題，引起了現場激烈的爭論。有些人認為，市場并沒有錯，人們為了追求更高的利益從而放棄了道德，而有些人，為了得到稀少的門票，心甘情愿的出更高的價，買更好的位置。另外一些人則認為，票販子為了金錢而放棄了道德，這是違背常理的。票販子的目的并不是為了進去聽一場音樂會或者講座，而只是為了錢，這對于那些真心想聽的人就是不公平，對于想聽又沒錢買高昂的黃牛票的人更不公平。這種情況同樣也適用于中國春運時期的火車票，所有人回家都有回家的權利，可有些人故意哄抬票價，導致一些工薪階層的農民工不能回家，這剝奪了他們的權利。在我看來，錯的是沒人來調控市場，市場是有它的弊端的，盲目性、滯后性、自發性使得市場經濟不是萬能的，需要國家的宏觀調控，也就是計劃性的市場經濟。所有的參與者，票販子、有錢人、窮人都是市場經濟中的一個因素。真正的市場操縱者是計劃性的經濟，就像一只看不見的大手，在左右著市場經濟的起伏。事實上，金錢的社會作用，還是很大的。如果沒有了金錢，那就沒有了社會再生產，經濟活動也隨之減弱，這種情況，除了原始社會就是共產主義。金錢可以調配社會資源，使社會資源在一定的合理范圍內進行流動。金錢是經濟的象征，同時也可能是一些非人性化的市場性的經濟活動。所以，我們要把握好獲利與道德的平衡。金錢和道德，兩者要兼顧。有些東西，如果有金錢的介入，包括激勵、補償等，這些東西就失去了它的意義或價值。比如說學校為了鼓勵學生努力學習，設立獎學金。是否會改變讀書的目的是一種興趣和愛好，而不是為了掙錢的目的呢？還比如說如果我們獻血實行有償制度，那么還會有更多的人去獻血么？金錢說到底不過是一種手段，并不能永久的用來衡量某種事物，所以我們此時需要用道德標準來衡量它。有些婦女染上了毒癮或者得了艾滋病，那么當地政府為了保證嬰兒的健康，鼓勵這些婦女做節育手術，甚至還可以獲得300美元的補償，這種時候，我們就不能只用金錢標準來衡量，而是要用道德標準去判斷。實際上，已經有3000多名婦女成功手術，并收到了應得的獎勵。為了金錢，這些婦女寧愿放棄生育的機會。評論家抱怨說，金錢并沒有幫助接受者戒掉毒癮，反而是在資助她們吸毒。正如一位該項目的推銷員所說的，“不要

讓懷孕破壞你的毒癮習慣”。

我們可以把這種交易看成是一種市場交易，因為它使雙方都獲得了益處，并且增加了社會功利。毒癮患者得到了300美元，交換條件是她放棄生育孩子的能力。通過支付300美元，哈里斯和她的組織得到了這樣一個保證，即毒癮患者不會在未來再生育身患毒癮的孩子。根據標準的市場邏輯，這種交易在經濟上是有效的。它把物品——在這個事例中是指對身患毒癮者再生育孩子能力的控制——分配給了那個愿意為此支付最高價格、因而被認為最珍視其價值的人。

大多數經濟學家不喜歡討論道德問題，至少在他們以經濟學家這個身份自居的時候是如此。他們說，他們的工作是來解釋人們的行為，而不是對其進行判斷。他們堅持認為，告訴我們什么規范應當用來調整某種活動或者我們應當如何評價某種物品，并不是他們要做的事情。價格體系是根據人們的偏好來分配物品；至于那些偏好是否有價值、是否值得贊賞或者是否適合于某種情勢，價格體系一律不予評價。然而，盡管經濟學家們極力堅持上述觀點，但他們還是越來越發現自己深深地陷入了各種道德問題之中。

在市場侵蝕非市場規范的地方，經濟學家（或某個人）就必須確定這是否代表我們失去了我們應予以關注的某種東西。我們是否應當在意：家長是否不再為遲接孩子而感到內疚，并是否應當用一種更為工具性的方式來看待他們與老師之間的關系？如果付錢鼓勵孩子讀書會使孩子把讀書看成是一份賺錢的工作并且會減少讀書本身的樂趣，那么我們是否應當在意呢？問題的答案會依情形的不同而不同。但是，這個問題使我們不只是對某種金錢激勵措施是否會起作用這一點進行預測。它還要求我們對下述問題做出道德評價：金錢可能會侵蝕或將其排擠出去的態度和規范具有何種道德重要性？非市場規范和預期的缺失是否會以我們感到懊悔的方式改變那種活動的性質？如果是這樣的話，我們是否應當避免把金錢激勵措施引入這種活動之中，即使這些措施有可能帶來某種好處？

對這些問題的回答，將取決于相關活動以及界定該活動的規范的性質和目的。即便是托兒所在這個方面也各有差異。在一個合作性質的托兒所中，父母們每個星期都會自愿花幾個小時去做義工；而在一個傳統的托兒所中，父母們則會付錢給老師讓他們去照顧孩子，爾后去干自己的事情。因此，就一個合作性質的托兒所與一個傳統的托兒所相比較而言，取代人們對彼此義務的共同預期會給前者帶去更多的傷害。但是無論如何，有一點是清楚的，那就是我們處于道德領域之內。為了決定我們是否應當依賴金錢激勵措施，我們需要追問這些激勵措施是否會腐蝕那些值得我們予以保護的態度和規范。而為了回答這個問題，市場邏輯必須變成道德邏輯。不論如何，經濟學家必須“進行道德買賣”。

第五篇：《金錢的魔力》讀書筆記

昨天，我跟隨著老師，學習了一篇課文——《金錢的魔力》。

這篇文章主要寫了主人公去一家裁縫店買衣服，店員見他穿得不華貴，看樣子是個窮光蛋，于是就從一堆被顧客拒絕的衣服里挑出了一件最蹩腳的衣服給他穿，只想讓他快點走人。后來主人公拿出了一張百萬英鎊的大鈔，店員的態度瞬間 360大轉變，和老板一起殷勤討好，竭力為主人公服務，并熱情地把主人公送了出去。

這篇文章摘自美國著名作家馬克·吐溫的《百萬英鎊》，極大地諷刺了當時社會上那些見錢眼開，愛財如命的家伙。我們不應該像老板和托德那樣做，見錢眼開、唯利是圖，以錢的多少來決定對人的態度。不管對方是窮人還是一個大富翁，都要熱情的對待和尊重他們。

文中的托德和老板簡直就是金錢的奴隸。其實現在社會上許多人都被金錢“指示”得團團轉。比如說有一種商品質量不合格，它要先過國家檢測總局這一關，就必須拿金錢，拿好酒，拿好煙來服侍那位“關鍵人”，難道有哪一位領導不曾在金錢面前失去了理智呢?

我們有時很懶惰，要買點東西但不想出去，便給別的同學五角、一元錢的“小恩小惠”，讓他們去幫我們買，這種錢被我們戲稱“跑腿費”。我們班的同學還很喜歡玩電腦游戲，某個同學要升級，但又沒時間，就讓另一個同學幫他玩，幫他升級，然后給多少多少錢，這種交易方式在我們班頗為流行。

人活在世上，如何對待金錢，應該持有怎樣的金錢觀?如果一個人像托德和他的老板一樣，唯利是圖、見錢眼開，就會淪為金錢的奴隸，失去自己應有的尊嚴。只有靠自己的雙手去奮斗，用智慧和汗水去證明自己的價值，才能有尊嚴地活著!