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第三十篇“Lucky” Lord Lucan — Alive or Dead
On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan, a British aristocrat, vanished. The day before, his children's nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too. To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found. Now, over 30 years later, the police have reopened the case, hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery. 1
People suspected that “Lucky”, as he was called by friends, wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark, killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged wife heard noises, came downstairs and was also attacked, but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder, a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.
What happened next is unclear, but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories: he may have killed himself, he could have escaped or he might have been killed. It appears that the night after the murder, “Lucky” borrowed a car and drove it, Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.
Another version of events says that “Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. 2 He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country. However, after a time, his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.
A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan MacLaughlin, a former detective. He believes that Lucan travelled to Goa, India, where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996. In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin, an ex-schoolteacher turned hippy. So what is the truth about “Lucky”? DNA testing has solved many murder cases, but who knows if it can close the book on this one. 3
練習(xí)：
1. The public are still interested in the investigation because________.
A) of the terrible murder
B) of the use of new DNA techniques
C) Lord Lucan has never been found
D) Loard Lucan was famous
2. It is thought that Lucan killed the nanny because________.
A) she was looking after the children
B) she was a friend of Lucan's
C) it was dark and he thought she was Lady Lucan
D) Loard Lucan thought the nanny stole his car
3. Aspinall thought Lucan killed himself by________.
A) jumping into water
B) jumping out of his house
C) sailing his boat
D) sinking his boat
4. Lucan could have been killed because people________.
A) didn't want the police to catch him
B) thought he might talk to the police about them if he was caught
C) were unhappy with him
D) thought he was rich
5. Ex-detective MacLaughlin claimed that Mr. Barry Haplin________.
A) was an old schoolteacher
B) died in Goa, India
C) was really Lord Lucan in disguise
D) was a merchant
【答案】
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C
【譯文】
第三十篇 “幸運(yùn)的”魯肯伯爵——是死是活
1974 年11 月8 日，英國(guó)貴族魯肯伯爵失蹤。此前一天，他孩子們的保姆被殘忍地殺害，他的妻子也遭到了襲擊。直到現(xiàn)在，英國(guó)民眾對(duì)這個(gè)謀殺案仍然很感興趣，因?yàn)轸斂喜粢恢睕]有被找到。30 多年后的今天，警察重新調(diào)查案件，希望新的DNA 技術(shù)幫助揭開這個(gè)謀殺之謎。
魯肯伯爵被朋友稱為“幸運(yùn)的”，人們猜測(cè)是他想要?dú)⒘怂辉倥c之一起住的妻子。有人說魯肯踏進(jìn)他的老房子，在一片漆黑中錯(cuò)殺了保姆。與他不和的妻子聽到聲音走下樓，也遭到了攻擊，但是她設(shè)法逃了出去。7 個(gè)月后，陪審團(tuán)斷定是魯肯殺了保姆。
接下來發(fā)生了什么誰(shuí)也不清楚，但是眾多斷言被總結(jié)為三點(diǎn)：他自殺了，他逃跑了或者他可能已經(jīng)被殺了。在謀殺發(fā)生的第二天晚上，“幸運(yùn)的”借了一輛車然后開走了。魯肯的朋友皮諾爾在一個(gè)采訪中表示，他覺得魯肯伯爵在英吉利海峽中弄沉了自己坐的船，已經(jīng)自殺了。
另一個(gè)版本是說“幸運(yùn)的”把被血染了的車子扔在了海岸上，乘上了一艘開往法國(guó)的船。某些人在那發(fā)現(xiàn)了他，把他送往另一個(gè)國(guó)家使他安全。但是，過了一段時(shí)間，救他的人開始擔(dān)心自己也會(huì)被卷入到謀殺案件中，所以他們殺了魯肯。
一個(gè)更有意思的看法是前偵探鄧肯·麥克勞克林在他的書《幸運(yùn)者之死》中談到的。他確信魯肯逃到了印度的果阿，在那里他換了個(gè)身份，假裝這個(gè)人。魯肯在果阿一直生活著，直到1996 年他去世。最終這個(gè)斷言被證實(shí)是錯(cuò)誤的。1996 年去世的是真正的哈普林，他曾經(jīng)是一個(gè)學(xué)校老師，后來做了嬉皮士。那么關(guān)于“幸運(yùn)的”結(jié)果哪個(gè)是真的?DNA 鑒定破了很多謀殺案件，但是不知它能否把這個(gè)案件做個(gè)了結(jié)。
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