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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Episode 1Edward Coke used to be an army officer, but he is in prison now. Every day is exactly the same for him. It is winter now and all the other men get up at six, when it is still cold and dark. They have breakfast at six thirty. Work begins at seven thirty. Some of the men work in

2、the prison factory, where they make mailbags, but Coke often works in the fields outside.The men have lunch at twelve. Lunch lasts an hour and then the men go back to work again. Dinner is at six. Coke usually goes to the prison library after dinner and reads until 9.30. The lights go out at ten. Th

3、e day is long, hard, and boring and every man has a lot of time to think. They usually think about why they are there. Coke does. He always thinks about two men.One of the men is called Eric Masters. He used to be an army officer, just like Coke. Coke knows that Masters has a lot of money now. The s

4、econd mans name is Hugo. That is all Coke knows about him. Masters knows where and who Hugo is, but Coke doesnt.Every night Coke lies in bed and thinks about Eric Masters and Hugo. There is another thing he thinks about, too. Escaping. He wants to escape and find Masters, and then the other man. Cok

5、e is in prison for something he did not do.Episode 2It is six oclock on a very cold winter evening. All over England people are sitting down in their living-rooms and are watching the news on television or are listening to it on the radio. There is one very important piece of news this evening. It i

6、s this:In the West of England this evening, hundreds of policemen are looking for a man who escaped from Princeville Prison early this morning. The mans name is Edward Coke. He is 30 years old, six feet tall, and has black hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a dark blue prison uniform. The police do n

7、ot think he can stay free very long. It is only a few degrees above zero and it is snowing.The radio is on in an expensive pub in Soho, in the centre of London. Most of the people there are not very interested in the news programme, but one man is. His name is Eric Masters. He is about 45 and is wea

8、ring very expensive clothes. He is looking very afraid of something. There is another man standing next to him at the bar. Masters is asking him a question. Did they say the mans name was Coke?Yes, thats right, Coke. Edward Coke. Why? Do you know him?Pardon?Do you know him?No. no. I dont know him. I

9、 . I just wanted to know the mans name, thats all.In another part of London, a young detective is standing in the office of his chief at Scotland Yard. The young detectives name is Richard Baxter. You knew Coke, didnt you, Baxter?Yes, sir. I arrested him four years ago.Baxters chief is nodding his h

10、ead. Yes, I know that, Baxter. Thats why Im giving you this order, now. Find Coke again! You must find him immediately!Episode 3It is 6.30 in the evening now, and the wind is still blowing. It is getting colder. About ten miles away from Princeville Prison a man is hiding in a field. The wind is cut

11、ting through his thin prison uniform like a knife. A dog is barking somewhere in the distance. Is it a police dog perhaps? The man in the field does not know. There is only one idea in his mind at the moment: he must find food and some warm clothes, but where?Two hundred miles away in London, Baxter

12、s train is standing at platform 9 in Paddington Station. Baxter is sitting in a comfortable compartment. There is another man opposite him. Baxter doesnt know the man but he can see he wants to talk. The man is holding a newspaper in his hands.I see someone escaped from Princeville Prison this morni

13、ng.Oh, really?Yes. Would you like to read about it? Its all here in the paper.No, thank you.The train is leaving the station now. Baxter is looking out of the window. He can see a thousand bright lights in the windows of pubs, cafes, houses and flats. Everywhere people are sitting down to warm meals

14、 and hot cups of tea. The world looks warm and comfortable. The man opposite Baxter is still talking. The paper says the man was a spy. he gave important military secrets away. I hope the police catch him!Yes, so do I.Episode 4NOTE: From this point onwards, there is a synopsis at the beginning of ev

15、ery unit. The synopsis tells in a few words what happened in the last episode.The story is also told in the past tense from now on.Synopsis: A young detective, Richard Baxter, arrested Coke four years ago. Coke escaped from prison because he wanted to find two men, Rick Masters and someone called Hu

16、go. That was all Coke knew about the second man. He knew Masters when they were officers in the army. Baxter, the detective, left London on the same day Coke escaped. His job was to catch Coke again.Baxter got on the train at 5 oclock. An hour later, at 6, he was asleep in the warm train compartment

17、. Coke was still in his hiding-place in a field, 100 miles away. The winter evening got darker and colder. The wind cut through Cokes thin uniform like a knife. Coke was hungry and tired, and his arms and legs were so cold that he could hardly feel them. He knew he had to find food, warm clothing, a

18、nd a warm place somewhere. I have to make a move! I cant just stay in this field and die of the cold! he thought.Coke got up and began to walk. Where am I? Which direction am I walking in? Am I going back towards the prison? he asked himself. A few minutes later, the moon came out and Coke could see

19、 better. He stopped and looked around. Suddenly he saw a small light not far away. What can it be? It cant be a car. It isnt moving! It must be a house! he said to himself and began to walk towards it. The light got larger. It was a house! He could see the form of the roof in the darkness.Ten minute

20、s later, he was outside the house. He stopped and listened. Strange! he thought. I cant hear anything, not even a radio or a television, but there must be someone in there! Theres a light on. Just at that moment, a thought struck him.This is probably the only house around for miles! The police know

21、Im probably around here somewhere; and if theyre anywhere, theyre in that house, waiting for me!Coke didnt move. The wind became colder. His feet and hands felt like ice in the snow. I have to take the chance! I have to! This is the only place I can find warm clothes and food! he thought.Episode 5Sy

22、nopsis: Coke escaped from prison and hid in a field. It was very cold and he knew that he had to find warm clothes and food somewhere. He saw a house in the country, isolated and far away from the nearest town. He stood outside the house before going in. He could not understand why there was no nois

23、e coming from it, not even the sound of a radio or television.Coke listened for several seconds but he could not hear anything at all. And yet there was smoke coming from the chimney and there was a light on in the front room! Why is it so quiet? Is it a trap? Are the police waiting for me in there?

24、 he asked himself. He went to the front door and pushed it. To his surprise it was open! He went in very quietly. In the front room there was a fire burning in the fireplace. The room was clean, small and very warm. There was very little furniture in it-only a couch and a table in front of the fire

25、and two old-fashioned chairs. There were also some photographs on the shelf above the fire. They were yellow and old. There were also a few of the same young man and also a woman in old-fashioned wedding-clothes.Suddenly Coke froze. There was someone else in the room. He knew it. He could feel it! H

26、e turned around quickly and, at the same time, put his hand in his pocket. There was a small knife there. He saw an old woman. She had a covered dish in her hands and there was a delicious smell of meat and vegetables coming from it. She didnt look afraid. She didnt look even surprised.Im sorry, she

27、 said, and put the dish down on the table. Coke could hardly believe his ears. Here he was, a stranger in her house and yet she said she was sorry!Im sorry, she said again. I didnt hear you. Did you knock? Im deaf, you see.She pointed to her ear, shook her head and said deaf a second time. People of

28、ten come to the door and knock, but I dont hear them. Im glad you came in.Coke stared at her for a second and then finally found his voice, I . Im sorry I just stepped in.He looked down at his clothes. His prison uniform was so dirty that it was impossible to tell what kind of uniform it was. Then h

29、e suddenly had an idea.Im a mechanic from a garage in town. I came to repair a lorry somewhere out here but the road was icy. I had an accident. I . I fell off my motorbike.He had to say this several times before she finally understood him. When she did, she gave him some hot water and soap and afte

30、rwards some food. The only thing he needed now was a change of clothes!Episode 6Synopsis: After Coke escaped, he hid in a field all day. Then, when it got dark, he went into a small house in the country. There was an old deaf lady in the house. She gave him food. The young detective who arrested Cok

31、e four years ago, Baxter, left London by train. Scotland Yards orders were: Find Coke immediately!It was a cold and miserable night. Only a few miles from the house Coke was in, two policemen in a small village station could hear the wind outside. One of them was a sergeant. The other was much young

32、er.I wonder how Mrs Bentley is? the sergeant asked.Mrs Bentley? Oh, you mean that old lady whose husband died a few years ago?Thats right. Shes deaf, you know, so she never listens to the radio or watches television. In fact, she doesnt even read the papers.Oh? the young policeman said. He wondered

33、why the sergeant wanted to tell him all this. Then he found out.Why dont you go out to her place and see if shes all right?Who? Me? On a night like this?Its not far. Besides, youve got your bike, havent you?Baxter got off the train at a small station. There was a detective waiting for him on the pla

34、tform. He shook Baxters hand. My names Halls, Tom Halls. Scotland Yard phoned us and told us to meet you here. Theres a car waiting.Baxter wasted very little time on social formalities.Coke escaped more than 24 hours ago. I want to catch him before another 24 hours are up.Halls looked at Baxter for

35、a few seconds before he answered.A lot of us wonder why Scotland Yard is so interested in this fellow Coke. He isnt the first one to escape. Another man did only about six months ago, but Scotland Yard didnt send anyone to help us then. Baxter was already half-way to the car before he said anything.

36、Coke isnt an ordinary prisoner. Hes very special. Lets get going!The young policeman was angry. He was on the road now. The wind was cold and blew snow into his face. That stupid sergeant! he thought. We must be one the last stations in England that still uses bikes, and he sends me out on a night l

37、ike this!He had to get off the bike and push it up a hill. It was the last hill between the station and the old ladys house. When he got to the top of it he could see the house down below, at the bottom of the hill. Just as he looked down at it, he saw a light go on in one of the rooms upstairs. Stu

38、pid! Thats what it is, sending me out on a night like this! the policeman said again. Then he got on his bike and began to go down the hill very fast, towards the house.Episode 7Synopsis: Coke found food in a small house in the country. Baxter arrived at a small station. Another detective met him th

39、ere and asked Baxter why Scotland Yard was so interested in Coke. A sergeant in a police station not far from the house Coke was in sent a young policeman to the house to tell the old lady in it about Coke.You know, your clothes are in a terrible state, the old lady said after the meal. You ruined t

40、hem when you had the accident!Thats all right. Theyre just my work-clothes, Coke answered.My husband was just about your size. A little heavier perhaps. All his clothes are upstairs. Theyre no good to him. He died two years ago. She pointed up to the room above them.Why dont you see if any of his cl

41、othes fit you? You can bring them back tomorrow.Nobody can be this lucky! Coke thought to himself. He went upstairs and turned the light on. It was clear that the old lady was almost in another world. She trusted everybody. He found a heavy jacket, a woolen shirt and some trousers hanging in the roo

42、m.What do you know about Coke? Baxter asked Halls. They were in the car now. Very little, Im afraid. In fact, I dont think I know anything about him at all. Wasnt he the fellow who was in that spy case about four years ago?Yes, thats right. Coke always said it wasnt him . that it was someone else.Th

43、ats what they all say. But whats so special about him?Coke was in Army Intelligence. He knew important secrets. We could never understand why he sold them. There wasnt a real motive. Some said he did it for money. We couldnt prove it, but if he was a spy, he still knows much. We could never find out

44、 who he sold the secrets to. Thats why we have to catch him before he makes contact with any of his old friends!Coke put the clothes on as quickly as he could. They were old and shabby, but at least they were warm. When he came downstairs, the old lady was still in front of the fire. She smiled when

45、 she looked at him. You know, you look just like my husband in those clothes, when he was much younger, of course.I cant thank you enough. Its very kind of you to do all this for me. The old lady didnt seem to hear him.Just like my husband, she said again. Just then, there was a knock on the door.Ep

46、isode 8Synopsis: After Coke escaped from prison, he found a small house several miles away from the nearest village. The old lady in the house gave him food and clothes. She was deaf. A policeman came out to her house to tell her to look out for Coke.The deaf old lady didnt hear the knock, but Coke

47、did. His heart began to pound wildly. Whoever it was obviously knew there was someone inside because there was light on and smoke coming from the chimney. He had to decide what to do, and quickly.Theres someone at the door, he said loudly, but the old lady did not understand.Theres someone at the do

48、or, he said again, this time even more loudly than before. She went out of the room and Coke quickly stepped back into the shadows of the front room.The old lady opened the front door. Coke could see her quite clearly, but nothing else. He listened carefully.Hello, Mrs Bentley. Im from the village police station. The sergeant sent me. Ive got something to tell you.Then Coke saw the policeman very clearly. Coke looked around quickly. There was a poker lying in the fireplace.