听力课堂网书虫1级小爵爷

书虫1级小爵爷

锡德里克·埃罗尔和妈妈一起住在纽约。妈妈是美国人。爸爸来自英国，但是几年前去世了。锡德里克对爸爸的家庭一无所知。一天，一位英国律师来到纽约。他是多林考特伯爵的律师哈维沙姆先生，他给锡德里克和他妈妈带来一个消息。伯爵是锡德里克的祖父，而锡德里克的父亲已经去世，所以锡德里克现在是多林考特财产和家族姓氏的继承人。他必须离开纽约，告别朋友——食品杂货店老板霍布斯先生和擦皮鞋的男孩迪克——前往英格兰。作为伯爵的孙子，他现在的名字是方特勒罗伊爵爷，他必须和富有的老祖父一起住在城堡里。

但是有钱人不一定是快乐的或好相处的。多林考特伯爵是一个易怒、自私、坏脾气的老头儿，而且他讨厌美国和美国人。每个人都怕他。但是对锡德里克来说，祖父是要去爱的人。同时，伯爵也会从他来自美国的孙子身上学到很多……

Cedric Errol lives with his American mother in New York. His father came from England, but he died some years ago, and Cedric knows nothing about his father's family. But one day an English lawyer comes to New York. He is Mr Havisham, lawyer to the Earl of Dorincourt, and he has news for Cedric and his mother. The Earl is Cedric's grandfather, and because Cedric's father is dead, Cedric is now the heir to the Dorincourt riches and family name. He must leave New York, say goodbye to his friends Mr Hobbs the grocery-man and Dick the boot-black, and go to England. As the Earl's grandson, his name is now Lord Fauntleroy, and he must live in a castle with his rich old grandfather.

But rich people are not always happy people, or nice people. The Earl of Dorincourt is an angry, selfish, bad-tempered old man, and he hates America and Americans. Everyone is afraid of him. But to Cedric, a grandfather is someone to love, and the Earl has a lot to learn from his American grandson...

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