[00:20.91]Deadman's Island
[00:33.04]1 Coming to England
[00:38.58]My name is Carol Sanders．
[00:43.52]I live in England now，but when I was younger，I lived in Hong Kong．
[00:49.90]My father was a businessman there and my mother worked as a secretary．
[00:56.67]We lived in Hong Kong for seven years．
[01:01.14]I was happy at school，with lots of friends，and we had a good time．
[01:08.75]I liked pop music—the Rolling Stones，
[01:13.44]David Bowie and Jake Rosso were my favourites．
[01:18.40]Jake Rosso was my favourite singer．
[01:23.25]He died in a car accident the year I left school，
[01:28.37]But I listened to his pop records all the time．
[01:33.25]I had hundreds of pictures and photos of him on my bedroom wall．
[01:40.17]Then one day in winter when I was seventeen，things began to go wrong for me．
[01:49.32]My father went to Australia on business．
[01:53.93]I loved him very much and didn't like him going away．
[01:59.30]‘Come home quickly，’I always said to him．
[02:04.12]He was in Australia for two weeks．
[02:08.68]Then，on the day of his journey home，
[02:12.33]An aeroplane from Sydney crashed into the sea just south of Hong Kong．
[02:18.50]Everybody on the plane died．
[02:22.09]I heard about the plane crash on television．
[02:27.11]At first，I did not think about my father．
[02:32.08]Then I remembered he was flying back from Sydney on that day．
[02:38.63]‘Oh，no！’I cried．
[02:42.40]I telephoned the airport but they did not know the names of all the passengers then．
[02:48.86]‘Perhaps my father didn't get that plane，’I thought．‘Oh，please！Please！’
[02:56.88]My mother was at work and I called her on the telephone．
[03:03.25]She came home quickly and we went to the airport and waited for news．
[03:09.49]Later，we learned my father was on the plane．
[03:15.33]‘It's not true！’I shouted．
[03:19.45]But it was true，and I began to cry．
[03:23.81]I cried for weeks and weeks．I spent many days alone in my room．
[03:32.30]I was lonely and sad and I wanted to die，too．
[03:37.97]I stopped going out with my friends．I didn't want to see other people．
[03:45.46]I stopped listening to Jake Rosso's records，
[03:50.20]And took his pictures off my bedroom wall．
[03:55.62]I didn't listen to music or watch television．Nothing mattered any more．
[04:02.80]Then I stopped crying．I stopped feeling sad and began to feel angry．
[04:13.29]‘Why did it happen to him？’I asked my mother．
[04:18.96]‘Why do the best people die？Jake Rosso．My father．’
[04:26.41]‘I…I don't know，Carol，'my mother said．She was unhappy，too．
[04:36.58]At the time of the plane crash，I was a student at college．
[04:43.70]I enjoyed the college work and life very much，
[04:49.64]But after my father's death I stopped doing my work at the college．
[04:56.53]I began to go out with some new friends．
[05:00.74]They were different from my other friends，and my mother didn't like them．
[05:07.02]‘They're bad people，Carol，'she told me．‘They do dangerous things．’
[05:14.90]‘They're exciting，’I said．‘And I like them．’
[05:21.17]I knew she was angry but I didn't care．
[05:26.75]But then I learned my new friends took drugs，and I began to take drugs，too．
[05:33.56]It was wrong and stupid，I know that now，but I was unhappy and angry．
[05:40.41]The police came to the college to arrest some of the students．
[05:46.59]They didn't arrest me，but I had to leave the college．It was a bad time．
[05:53.73]My mother was very unhappy with me．
[05:58.15]‘What am I going to do with you，Carol？she said．
[06:03.94]‘I'm sorry，’I told her．
[06:08.43]‘We'll go back to England，'she said．
[06:12.40]‘You can find a college there．Perhaps you can be happier in England．’
[06:19.28]‘All right，’I said．‘I want to forget what's happened．
[06:25.87]I want to forget what I've done and begin a new life，be a new person．’
[06:32.54]A month later，we came back to England．
[06:39.68]We lived in London，in a hotel．
[06:44.03]It was strange，at first，with all the red buses and everybody speaking English．
[06:50.75]It was the beginning of the summer，
[06:53.41]Three months before college began in the autumn．
[06:57.57]London was full of tourists．
[07:01.19]We looked at all the famous buildings—Buckingham Palace，the Tower of London．
[07:07.67]And we went to restaurants and theatres in the evenings．
[07:12.69]It was interesting and exciting and I began to forget the bad times in Hong Kong．
[07:20.15]‘I'm pleased we came to London，’I told my mother．
[07:24.79]But after a few weeks，she said，‘You need to find a college，Carol．
[07:31.54]You must go on studying．And I need a job．’
[07:36.05]That evening，we looked in the newspapers．
[07:41.74]‘What about this？’I said．I showed my mother a job in the newspaper．
[07:50.78]SECRETARY
[07:52.18]for the summer months
[07:53.72]on a small private island in Scotland．
[07:58.39]Live with the family in a big house．
[08:01.96]interseting work and good pay
[08:04.45]for the right person．
[08:07.37]Phone Greta Poss．Telephone number 071…
[08:12.53]‘Well，that sounds interesting，'said my mother．
[08:16.48]‘I'd like to work as a secretary on an island in Scotland．
[08:20.49]It's a beautiful country，Carol，and you can go to a college there in the autumn．’
[08:27.34]‘And it's a place to live for the summer，’I said．‘Hotels are expensive．’
[08:34.74]My mother telephoned Greta Ross．
[08:39.43]Come and see me tomorrow，Greta Ross told her．
[08:44.12]‘Come to Savoy Hotel at eleven o'clock．’
[08:48.52]I went to Savoy Hotel with my mother．
[08:53.75]It was big and expensive，bigger than our hotel，and in the centre of London．
[09:00.82]‘Mum needs this job，I thought．
[09:04.48]‘And a private island in Scotland is a nice place to live．
[09:08.92]Perhaps I can forget what's happened if I go there．’
[09:12.78]‘Room twenty－two，'said the woman at the hotel desk．
[09:18.23]‘Go on up．Mrs Ross will see you now．’
[09:22.17]Greta Ross was waiting for us．
[09:26.53]She was about thirty years old and very beautiful．
[09:31.39]She wore an expensive red dress and her hair was very long and dark．
[09:37.91]‘This is my daughter，Carol，'said my mother．
[09:44.25]‘Hallo，Carol，'said Greta Ross．
[09:47.88]‘Hallo，’I said．
[09:50.70]‘Carol is eighteen years old，'said my mother．
[09:55.54]‘Can she come with me，if I get the job？
[09:58.08]Perhaps she can help in the house or in the garden．
[10:02.07]She likes gardening．She's studying farming at college．’
[10:06.13]‘Perhaps，said Greta Ross．‘There's a small farm on the island．’
[10:13.21]‘I'd like to work on the farm，’I said．
[10:16.93]Greta Ross looked at my mother．
[10:19.77]‘How long did you live in Hong Kong，Mrs Sanders？’
[10:24.97]‘Seven years，’answered my mother．
[10:28.41]‘My husband died in a plane crash last year，
[10:32.21]So we've come back to live in England．’
[10:34.79]‘Where did you live before Hong Kong？’
[10:38.12]‘We lived in India for three years．’
[10:42.15]Then Greta Ross took my mother into a room and asked her more questions．
[10:49.43]I waited outside．
[10:51.38]‘Greta Ross is nice，’I thought．‘I hope my mother gets the job．’
[10:58.56]Soon after，the door opened and my mother came out．She was smiling．
[11:04.97]Greta Ross said，‘Please wait here for a minute，Mrs Sanders．
[11:10.94]I want to make a phone call．'she went back into the room，and closed the door．
[11:17.93]I was sitting on a chair near the door，
[11:21.17]And I could just hear Greta Ross's voice speaking on the phone．
[11:26.18]‘I think I've found someone，'she was saying．
[11:30.84]‘She has a daughter，but the girl can work in the garden or on the farm…
[11:35.91]Don't worry，they've been away from England for ten years…
[11:40.30]It'll be all right，I tell you…Don't worry．’
[11:46.20]After a few minutes，Greta Ross put down the phone and came ont of the room．
[11:53.95]‘You've got the job，'she told my mother．
[11:58.12]My mother was pleased．‘Thank you，'she replied．
[12:03.08]I was pleased，too，but now I was worried about that phone call．
[12:08.74]I didn't understand it．