【胡敏讀故事背雅思單詞】32 會(huì)議中心協(xié)調(diào)員(1/2)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2013-12-12 04:00
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Carrigan
No one knew Carrigan' s history. Not even his employers at the convention center. Carrigan had escaped conviction for a serious crime. It was very controversial at the time and the public tried to convince the court afterwards to have Carrigan wear a copper device so that they would always know where he was. The controversy was great, but the court of law said that he was innocent and that it was not conventional to monitor an innocent man freed from conviction. That would contradict his right to freedom. Now Carrigan was just the conference convenor responsible for coordinating the daily events at the center. He was good at his job, contributing daily to the improvement of operations. But his contribution was not so great that he was always busy. He had, in fact, perhaps too much free time. That was when he converted his garage into a workshop for auto repair.
誰都不知道卡里根的來歷,就連他在會(huì)議中心的雇主們也不知道。卡里根犯有重案卻沒有被定罪。當(dāng)時(shí)這件事非常有爭議,后來公眾試圖說服法庭讓卡里根戴個(gè)銅制裝置以便隨時(shí)掌握他的行蹤。爭論非常激烈,可法庭說他是無罪的,而監(jiān)控一個(gè)沒有判罪的無辜者是不合常規(guī)的。那樣做會(huì)同他的自由權(quán)相矛盾。現(xiàn)在卡里根是中心負(fù)責(zé)協(xié)調(diào)日常事務(wù)的會(huì)議召集人。他工作出色,每天都為改進(jìn)中心的工作做出貢獻(xiàn),但是他的貢獻(xiàn)還沒有大到讓他終日忙碌的地步。事實(shí)上,他也許是自由的時(shí)間大多了。就在這時(shí),他把他的車庫改成了汽車修理鋪。