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‘Mr Duncan，’ he said. I'll always remember this night. I know how much you love your daughter, and believe me, sir, I love her too. You’ve been worried about me because you want her to have the best husband possible, and I - well, I can’t promise anything, but I'm going to try to be that man. You're a rich man, Mr Duncan, and of course, Christine and I won’t have a lot of money at first, but I hope we’ll manage.’ He smiled at Christine. ‘And yesterday, Mr Duncan, I spoke to my employer, and he's going to pay me a little more than before!’
“邓肯先生，”他说，“我将永远记住这个夜晚。我知道你是多么爱你女儿，请相信我，先生，我也爱她。你一直担心我，是因为你想让她尽可能嫁一个最好的丈夫，而我——当然我无法许诺什么，但我将努力去成为那样一个人。你是一个富有的人，邓肯先生。当然克里斯汀和我一开始不会有很多钱，但我希望我们能应付。”他对克里斯汀笑了笑。“邓肯先生，昨天，我跟我的老板谈了，他将付给我比以前多一点的工资！”
John looked surprised. ‘Oh really? Why is that?’
约翰看上去很惊讶。“噢，真的吗？为什么？”
‘Well，because he's given me a new job. He's asked me to write about the environment for our newspaper. I have to write a full-page article every week on the environment. And this is the first one. Look here!’
“因为他给了我一项新任务。他让我替我们的报纸写关于环境的文章。每周我得写一整版关于环境的文章。这是第一篇，请看。”
He pulled a page of newspaper out of his pocket, and held it up in front of them. There were pictures of water, sandbanks, and some seals. The headline read:
他从口袋里抽出一页报纸，举在他们面前，上面有江河、沙滩和一些海豹的图片，标题是：
SEALS AT RIVER MOUTH HAVE STRANGE DISEASE
河口的海豹已染上怪病
Four baby seals found dead
发现4只幼豹死亡
