The whole village soon learnt that a large sum ofmoney had been lost. Sam Benton, the localbutcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savingsto the post office. Sam was sure that the walletmust have been found by one of the villagers, but itwas not returned to him. Three months passed,and then one morning, Sam found his walletoutside his front door. It had been wrapped upin newspaper and it contained half the moneyhe had lost, together with a note which said: 'Athief, yes, but only50 per cent a thief!' Two months later, some more money was sentto Sam with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!' In time, all Sam's money waspaid back in this way. The last note said: 'I am 100 percent honest now!'
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4. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his frontdoor.
3個(gè)月過(guò)去了,后來(lái)在一天早上,薩姆在他家大門(mén)外發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的錢(qián)包。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 表示一段時(shí)間以后另外一件事情發(fā)生的三種常用表達(dá)方式:
1) ...passed and then... (Lesson 9 )
2) some time later... (Lesson 27)
3) nearly... passed before... (Lesson 33)
5. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,together with a note which said: “A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief !”
錢(qián)包是用報(bào)紙包著的,里面有他丟的錢(qián)的一半,而且還附著一張紙條,上面寫(xiě)著:“一個(gè)小偷,是的,但只是一個(gè)50%的小偷!”
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 half the money錢(qián)的一半;half an hour半個(gè)小時(shí);half a year半年
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 the picture said...圖片上寫(xiě)著.…
the newspaper said...報(bào)紙上寫(xiě)著……
the note said...紙條上寫(xiě)著……
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)3 together with( = with)介詞短語(yǔ)作伴隨狀語(yǔ)。
6. Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: 'Only 25percent a thief now!'
又過(guò)了兩個(gè)月,又有一些錢(qián)送還給了薩姆,又附了一張字條:“這回只是一個(gè)25%的小偷了。”
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) one,two等數(shù)量詞以及some,many,much等加比較級(jí)起修飾作用:
one more chair另外的一把椅子
some more mistakes更多的錯(cuò)誤
much more water更多的水