简 介
  犯罪有两种形式，一种是有意识的，一种是无意识的。很少人刻意去犯罪，但大多数人对某些罪行视而不见。
  然而，什么是犯罪？是应该以法律规定为依据还是以我们的内心感觉来判断？罪孽多种多样——贪婪、施暴、凶狠、仇恨。但是也有不太明显的罪恶——比如我们破坏这个世界：破坏天空、海洋、陆地。我们犯下的这些罪孽摧毁了未来和后代，但我们闭着双眼假装看不到这一切。
  约翰·邓肯是一个生物学家。当他开始在化工厂工作时，他想他是在保护他的孩子们。他想为孩子们提供生活中最美好的东西，如一幢大房子、一艘船以及精彩的假期……然而他到底将给他们带来一个什么样的前途呢？
  本书的作者蒂姆·维卡里从事英语教学数年，他在纽约生活工作。
1 A new start
 
  'Mr Duncan？Come in please．Mr Wilson will see you now．'
  'Thank you．'John Duncan stood up and walked nervously towards the door．He was a tall，thin man，about forty-five years old，in an old grey suit．It was his best suit，but it was ten years old now．He had grey hair and glasses．His face looked sad and tired．
  Inside the room，a man stood up to welcome him．Mr Duncan？Pleased to meet you．My name's David Wilson．This is one of our chemists，Mary Carter．'
  John Duncan shook hands with both of them，and sat down．It was a big office，with a thick carpet on the floor and beautiful pictures on the walls．David Wilson was a young man，in an expensive black suit．He had a big gold ring on one finger．He smiled at John．
  'I asked Miss Carter to come because she's one of our best Chemists．She discovered our wonderful new paint，in fact．When…I mean，if you come to work here， you will work with her．'
  'Oh，I see．'John looked at Mary．She was older than Wil-son—about thirty-five，perhaps—with short brown hair，and a pretty，friendly face．She was wearing a white coat with a lot of pens in the top pocket．She smiled at him kindly， but John felt miserable．
  I'll never get this job，he thought．I'm too old！Employers want younger people these days．
  David Wilson was looking at some papers．'Now，Mr Dun-can，'he said，'I see that you are a very good biologist．You worked at a university…and then for two very famous com-panies．But…you stopped working as a biologist nine years ago．Why was that？'
  'I've always had two interests in my life，'John said，'biol-ogy and boats．My wife was a famous sailor…Rachel Hors-ley…Perhaps you remember her．She sailed around the world alone in a small boat．'
  'Yes，'said David Wilson，'I remember her．'
  'So we started a business，'said John．'We made small boats together，and sold them．'
  'And did the business go well？'asked Wilson．
  'Very well at first．Then we wanted to build bigger，better boats．We borrowed too much money．And then my wife…'John stopped speaking．
  'Yes，the Sevens Race．I remember now，'said David Wil-son．
  Both men were silent for a moment．Wilson remembered the newspaper reports of the storm and the lives lost at sea．He looked at the man who sat sadly in front of him．
  'So，after my wife died，'continued John，' I closed the business．That was five years ago．'
  'I see，'said David Wilson．'It's a hard world，the world of business．'He looked at John's old grey suit．'So now you want a job as a biologist．Well，this is a chemical comp
any，Mr Duncan．We make paint．But we need a biologist to make sure that everything in this factory is safe．We want someone to tell the government that it's safe to work here，and that it's safe to have a paint factory near the town．That's impor-tant to us．'
  'And if something's not safe，then of course we'll change it，'mary Carter said．David Wilson looked at her，but he didn't say anything．
  'Yes，I see，'John began nervously．'Well，I think I could do that．I mean，when I worked for Harper Chemicals in Lon-don I…'He talked for two or three minutes about his work．David Wilson listened，but he didn't say anything．Ihen he smiled．It was a cold，hard smile，and it made John feel un-comfortable．He remembered his old suit and grey hair，and he wished he hadn't come．
  'You really need this job，don't you，Mr Duncan？'david Wilson said．'You need it a lot．'
  'Yes，I do，'he said quietly．But he thought：I hate you，Wilson．You're enjoying this．You like making people feel small．I hate people like you．
  Wilson's smile grew bigger．He stood up， and held out his hand．'OK，'he said．'When can you start？'
  'What？'John was very surprised．'What did you say？'
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  'I said，“When can you start？”，Mr Duncan．We need you in our factory as soon as possible．Will Monday be OK？'
  'You mean I've got the job？'
  'Of course．Congratulations！'Wilson shook John's hand．'My secretary will tell you about your pay．You'll have your own office，and a company car，of course．I'd like you to start work with Mary on Monday．Is that OK？'
  'I…Yes，yes，of course．That's fine．Thank you，thank you very much．'
 
1 崭新的开始
 
  “邓肯先生吗？请进。威尔逊先生现在要见你。”
  “谢谢。”约翰·邓肯起身胆怯地往门口走。他瘦高个子，大约四十五岁，身着一套灰旧西服。尽管这套西服已穿了10年，但仍是他最好的西服。他头发灰白，戴一副眼镜，面带忧郁和倦容。
  屋内，一个男人站起来欢迎他。“邓肯先生吗？很高兴见到你。我叫大卫·威尔逊。这是玛丽·卡特，我们其中的一位化学师。”
  约翰·邓肯与他俩握手后坐下。这是一间宽大的办公室，地上铺着厚地毯，墙上悬挂着美丽的画。大卫·威尔逊很年轻，身着一套昂贵的黑西服，一只手指上戴着一个硕大的金戒指。他对着约翰微笑。
  “我让卡特小来是因为她是我们最好的化学师之一。事实上是她发现了我们最美妙的新油漆……我是说，如果你来这里工作，你将与她一起工作。”

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