文章目录
1 课文
How did Sam get his money back?
The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.
【1 learn 学习，了解。learn learned leaned/learn learnt learnt
2 had been lost 过去完成时，动作发生在learn之前】
Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.
Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.
【1 must have been found by 情态动词与被动语态想结合】
Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.
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!’
Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: ‘Only 25 per cent a thief now!’
【was sent 】
In time, all Sam’s money was paid back in this way. The last note said: ‘I am 100 per cent honest now!’
【1 in time 最后2 pay back 支付，返回】
参考译文
整个村子很快知道，有一大笔钱丢失了。当地的屠户萨姆.本顿在把存款送往邮局的途中把钱包丢了。萨姆确信那钱包一定是被某个村民捡到了，可是却不见有人来 送还给他。3个月过去了，后来在一天早晨，萨姆在自己的大门外发现了他的钱包。钱包是用报纸包着的，里面有他丢失的钱的一半，而且还附着一张纸条，上面写 着：“一个小偷，是的，但只是一个50%的小偷！”又过了两个月，又有一些钱送还给了萨姆，又附了一张字条：“这回只是25%的小偷了！”很快，萨姆全部 的钱都用同样的方式还了回来。最后的那张字条上写道：“我现在是一个100%的诚实人了！”
2 单词
2.1 clear [klɪə®] adj. 无罪的，不亏心的
2.2 conscience [ˈkɒnʃəns] n. 良心，道德心
have a clear conscience 有一个清白的，无罪的良性
have no conscience
2.3 wallet [ˈwɒlɪt] n. 皮夹，钱夹
wallet （普通的男生，女士都可以用的钱包）
purse [pɜ:s] n.女用的手包。
2.4 savings ['seɪvɪŋz] n. 存款
2.5 villager [ˈvɪlɪdʒə®] n. 村民
village n.村庄
2.6 percent [pə’sent] 百分之…
ten percent 10 %
3 被动语态
3.1 过去完成时被动
had been done 过去完成时的被动语态。过去的之前已经被怎么怎么样了。
Classrooms had been cleaned before I came back.
一般过去时v.过去完成时
一般过去时：I came back
过去完成时：Classrooms had been cleaned
教室被打扫在前，一般过去时动作发送在后
3.2 被动语态与情态动词结合
the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers