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# 问心无愧

## 课文学习台 {#study}

### 第1段

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!'

中文理解：整个村子很快知道，有一大笔钱弄丢了。当地的屠夫萨姆·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，里面有一半他丢失的钱，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！” 后来，萨姆所有的钱都这样陆续还了回来。最后的那张字条上写道： “我现在可是百分之百的老实人了！”

* **a large sum of money**：投入使用 / 决心做 / 一大笔钱；注意一件东西投入使用，与人决定采取行动是不同的结构。

* **paid back**：借钱 / 归还 / 支付；借入用 borrow，借给别人用 lend；pay for 后说明购买对象。

* **in this way**：拾起或接人 / 用这种办法；pick up 的意义取决于宾语和情境，不能只记“捡起”。

#### 1. The village learnt that money had been lost.

复合句，主句主谓 + 宾语从句结构，that 引导的宾语从句为主谓结构.

句中lost 是lose 的过去分词，是动词，被弄丢了. lost 这个词本身还是形容词，如果是The money was lost. 则是主系表结构，钱不见了.

\[关键句型] 本课复习被动语态，had been lost 为过去完成时的被动语态表达，had been done 形式.

#### 2. Sam Benton had lost his wallet.

简单句，主谓宾结构，后面有一个while 引导的时间状语，并非从句.

#### 3. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found but it was not returned.

并列复合句，全句由but 连接，前句为复合句，主句为主系表结构，后面是that 引 导的宾语从句，该从句的核心为 the wallet must have been found，是情态动词 must 后接完成式被动结构，推测钱包一定已经被捡到，不是独立的现在完成时，也不是主谓宾结构；but 后句则是主谓结构.

\[关键句型] must have been found 为“情态动词 + 完成式被动结构”，对过去情况作较有把握的推测。

#### 4. Three months passed, and Sam found his wallet.

并列句，and 连接前后两个句子，前句为主谓结构，后句为主谓宾结构.

#### 5. It had been wrapped up and it contained half the money he had lost which said…

并列复合句，and 连接前后两句，前句为主谓结构. and 后句是复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，省略了引导词that 的定语从句修饰the money，最后则是which 引导的定语从句来补充说明a note 的内容，关于该纸条的内容，这里可以参考本课最后一句，I am + 表语，这里a thief 就是I am a thief 的省略表达，所以我们划分成表语.

\[关键句型] had been wrapped 为过去完成时的被动语态表达.

#### 6. some more money was sent…

简单句，主谓结构.

\[关键句型] was sent 为一般过去时的被动语态表达.

#### 7. all Sam's money was paid back.

简单句，主谓结构，句首的in time 一般多作“及时”来用，在这里是eventually，终于的意思.

\[关键句型] was paid 为一般过去时的被动语态表达.

#### 8. I am 100 per cent honest.

简单句，主系表结构，honest 在句中是形容词，该词的冠词用an，如an honest person 一个诚实的人.

我读小学的时候也遇到过类似的事情，我买了部四驱车，上午带去学校，放在书桌的抽屉里，一个课间之后就不见了. 小伙伴都帮我找，就是找不到，正当我已经放弃了之后，下午回学校，我发现四驱车又回到了我的抽屉里，不过电池被偷走我四驱车的人给用光了.

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