My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlanti CityMy uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City.I say he “used to” live there because he doesn’t live there any more.He was killed two years ago.Uncle John wrote novels.He not only enjoyed his job,but also made a lot of money doing it.When he died,he had $ 60 million in the bank.After Uncle John’s death,I came to stay in his house for a
My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlanti City
My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City.I say he “used to” live there because he doesn’t live there any more.He was killed two years ago.
Uncle John wrote novels.He not only enjoyed his job,but also made a lot of money doing it.When he died,he had $ 60 million in the bank.
After Uncle John’s death,I came to stay in his house for a while.I had been there for two days when I noticed a message on the screen of the old computer.I was very surprised,because I thought the computer had been turned off.The message said,“You have new mail!”When I read it,I thought it looked like the beginning of a novel.“This looks interesting,” I thought.“It must be from one of Uncle John’s friends.” I decided I should make an answer to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle was dead.However,the computer would not let me reply.
Every day for the next three weeks,more email kept arriving.I printed copies of all of them.The story was about Jane Winterbourne,a young writer working on her first novel.She sent her novel to Jack Tanner,an old writer and asked him to help her to publish it.However,he cheated her,and published the novel himself---pretending that he had written it.The novel was very successful.Tanner made a lot of money,and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City.It was then that I realized that “Jack Tanner” and “Jane Winterbourne” were false names.“Jack was meant to be Uncle John.
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我叔叔约翰过去常生活在Atlantic市靠海边的小房子里.我说的“过去常常”指的是他现在不再住那了,因为,两年前,他被杀了.
叔叔约翰是写小说的.他喜爱他的工作,为此,也赚了大量的钱.他死的时候,银行存款达6千万.
叔叔约翰死后,我在他家呆过一段时间.在哪里呆了两天的时候,我突然早一台旧电脑显示屏上发现了一条信息.我很吃惊,因为我认为电脑早已关了.这条信息提示“你来新邮件了”.读着它,我认为这像是一部小说的开头.“看起来有点趣”,我想,“可能是叔叔生前的一个朋友发来的吧.”我觉得应该回复,告诉他或她叔叔的死讯.然而,计算机阻止了我.
接下来的三个星期的每天,邮件纷纷而至.我也打印出了所有的邮件.原来,它们说了一个有关一个叫Jane Winterbourne的年轻的作者的故事.这个叫Jane Winterbourne的年轻的作者写了自己的第一篇小说,并把小说寄给了一个名叫Jack Tanner的老作家,请求这位老作家帮助发表.没想到,Jane Winterbourne受骗了,而这位老作家用自己的名字发表了这部小说(假装是自己写的).这部小说很成功,为此,Tanner得到了一笔钱,并用这钱为自己在Atlantic市买了一栋靠海边的房子.直到后来,我才意识到Jack Tanner和Jane Winterbourne都是假名,而Jack 就是约翰叔叔.