雅思阅读：肖申克的救赎_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读：肖申克的救赎

　　After 6 years of writing letters, Andy received $200 from the state for the library, along with a collection of old books and records. He put a record of Mozart on a turntable and channelled the music through a PA system. He turned up the volume and locked the office where the record player was to prevent interference by the warden and guards. That stunt landed Andy in solitary for a week but he seemed unfazed. With the enlarged library and more materials, Andy began to teach those inmates who wanted to receive their high school diplomas.

　　Not long afterward, Brooks threatened to kill another prisoner in order to avoid getting paroled. Andy was able to talk him down. Brooks was paroled. He later sent a letter to his friends at Shawshank about how hard it was for an institutionalized prisoner to get by on the outside. In the flashback, it ends with him hanging himself at the halfway house where he was staying.

　　Warden Samuel Norton profited on Andys knowledge of bookkeeping and devised a scheme whereby he put prison inmates to work in projects which he won by outbidding other contractors . Occasionally, he let others get some contracts if they bribed him. Andy laundered money for the warden by setting up many accounts in different banks, along with several investments, using a fake identity: Randall Stephens. He shared the details only with his friend, Red, noting that he had to go to prison to learn how to be a criminal.