【美国故事】一桶白葡萄酒 (2/7)

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美国故事是一档标准美音慢速英语听力节目，故事情节幽默风趣、语言生动，适合想要提高英语听力和口语的童鞋~~速来围观吧~~^_^
埃德加爱伦坡是美国著名的小说家，评论家，他的小说充满了哥特气息。其中《黑猫》《厄舍府的倒塌》等都是他的佳作。大家从这期的小故事中就能感受一二哦~

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Fortunato
AmontilladoI also was an expert on wine. I spent a lot of money buying rare and costly wines. I stored the wines in the dark rooms under my family's palace. Our palace was one of the oldest buildings in the town. The Montresor family had lived in it for hundreds of years. We have buried our dead in the rooms under the palace. These tombs were quiet dark places that no one but myself ever visited.
Late one evening during carnival season, I happened to meet Fortunato on the street. He was going home alone from a party. Fortunato was beautiful in his silk suit made of many colors, yellow, green, purple and red. On his head he wore an orange cap covered with little silver bells. I could see he had been drinking too much wine. He threw his arms around me. He said he was glad to see me. I said I was glad to see him too. Because I had a little problem.
"What is it?" he asked putting his large hand on my shoulder.
"My dear Fortunato," I said, "I am afraid I have been very stupid. The man who sells me wine said he had a rare barrel of Amontillado wine. I believed him. I bought it from him. But now I am not so sure that the wine is really Amontillado."