clear conscience 問心無愧
【課文】
The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. 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. 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!' In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way. The last note said: 'I am 100 per cent honest now!'
【課文翻譯】
整個村子很快知道，有一大筆錢丟失了。當?shù)氐耐缿羲_姆.本頓在把存款送往郵局的途中把錢包丟了。薩姆確信那錢包一定是被某個村民撿到了，可是卻不見有人來送還給他。3個月過去了，后來在一天早晨，薩姆在自己的大門外發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的錢包。錢包是用報紙包著的，里面有他丟失的錢的一半，而且還附著一張紙條，上面寫著：“一個小偷，是的，但只是一個50%的小偷!”又過了兩個月，又有一些錢送還給了薩姆，又附了一張字條：“這回只是25%的小偷了!”很快，薩姆全部的錢都用同樣的方式還了回來。最后的那張字條上寫道：“我現(xiàn)在是一個100%的誠實人了!”
【知識點講解】
1 learn 動詞
① 學習、學會 +to do/ n.
She is learning dancing.
她在學習跳舞。
② 認識到 +that 從句
He has learnt that he was fired.
他認識到自己被開除了。
③ 得知，獲悉，了解 + that 從句
From what he said we learned that Lily was studying business in Australia.
從他的話中我們了解到莉莉正在澳大利亞念商科。
2 The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.
整個村子很快知道，有一大筆錢丟失了。
a large sum of money=a large quantity of money
lose表示丟失，lost既可以做它的過去式，也可以做它的過去分詞。這個句子中that后面引導賓語從句，從句中的時態(tài)為過去完成時，即“丟失”這一動作是在“知道”之前的。
3 savings [名詞] 儲蓄，存款(不可數(shù))
savings bank 儲蓄銀行 savings account 儲蓄存款賬戶 individual savings 個人儲蓄
saving [名詞]節(jié)約，挽救 [介詞]除……之外
Saving is getting.
節(jié)約等于增加收入。
4 Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers.
薩姆確信那錢包一定是被某個村民撿到了。
be sure +that從句 認為……一定是 這里主語必須是人，且that可省略，be sure 后面也可接whether、where、who、when等引導的名詞性從句。如：
I'm not sure whether I will have a trip this weekend.
我不確定這周末是否會出門旅行。
be sure to 一定，肯定 后接不定式表示局外人的推測、評論，主語既可以是人，也可以是物。
It's sure to rain this afternoon.
今天下午肯定會下雨。
Don't worrry! He is sure to come.
別擔心，他肯定會來的。
5 短語 in time 及時，適時;最后，終于
wrap up 包起來，包裝;掩飾，偽裝;穿暖和
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