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# 玛丽有头小羊羔

## 课文学习台 {#study}

### 第1段

Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening. One evening, however, the lamb was missing. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.

中文理解：玛丽与丈夫迪米特里住在希腊南部一个叫波拉考拉的小村庄里。玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羊羔。白天，玛丽把羊羔拴在地里的一棵树上，每天晚上把它牵回家。可是，一天晚上，那只小羊羔失踪了。绳子被人割断了，所以很明显小羊羔被人偷走了。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①tiny = very small。②prize = valuable, precious, dear。③形近词辨析：lamb 羊羔, lame 瘸的/蹩脚的, lamp 台灯, lane 巷子, limb 手足/四肢, lime 石灰, limp 没精神的。 ④fetch = get。⑤missing = gone。

\[语法符号讲解] \[1]本句it 为形式主语，that 引导的主语从句作真正的主语，that 的“th”下画双横线，表示主语从句开始，而stolen 的“en.”下画双横线，表示从句结束，注意，结果状语从句的括号“]”下不需要画双横线，表示该主语从句是在结果状语从句里面的。

### 第2段

When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!

中文理解：迪米特里从地里回来，妻子把情况跟他一说，他马上出去找偷羊羔的贼。他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。把失窃的事告诉几个朋友后，迪米特里发现他的邻居阿列科家突然多了一只小羊羔。迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羊羔，告诉他最好还羊，不然就报警。阿列科矢口否认偷了羊羔，并带迪米特里到后院。不错，他的确刚买了一只羊羔，阿列科解释说，但他的羊羔是黑色的。迪米特里为自己的鲁莽而感到不好意思，向阿列科道了歉 ，说错怪了他。就在他俩说话的时候，天下起了雨，迪米特里便待在阿列科家里避雨，一直等到雨停。半小时后，当他从屋里出来时，他惊奇地发现小黑羊全身几乎都变成了白色。原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！

* **at once**：起初 / 终于 / 马上 / 首次 / 再一次；这些时间词不能随意互换，先看原文把哪两个阶段接起来。

* **set out**：出发 / 着手 / 建立；回到原句判断是旅程、目标还是建立某物，不把三个词组当成同义词。

* **found out**：查明；弄清；用于发现信息或原因；寻找具体物品通常用 look for。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①set out to do sth. 开始/着手做某事，而set about doing sth.。②acquired = got, obtained。③denied = said it wasn't true。④宾语从句中一个主语从句。⑤ashamed of sth./sb./oneself，为…感到羞愧。⑥apologized = said he was sorry。⑦dyed = coloured。

\[语法符号讲解] \[1]本句knew 后面为省略了that 的宾语从句，所以在“it”的第一个字母i 下面画横线，表示宾语从句的开始。

④宾语从句中一个主语从句。这里为省略了that 的从句作explained 的宾语，所以我们在it 的i 下面画横线，t 下面画双横线，分别表示宾语从句的开始和其本身是主语。最后在lamb 的“la”下面画横线，表示该单词本身是宾语，而在“mb,”下画双横线，则表示主语从句的结束，而后面还有一个横线，表示宾语从句的结束。

#### Summary 摘要

When Dimitri came home, Mary told him that her white lamb had been stolen. On learning that his neighbour, Aleko, had acquired a lamb, Dimitri went to Aleko's house and accused him of stealing it. When Aleko showed his lamb, Dimitri saw it was black, so he apologized. After staying in Aleko's house for a while because it had begun to rain, Dimitri got a surprise outside when he found the lamb was almost white. It had been dyed black! (80 words)

#### Composition 作文 Not So Black 不是那么黑

\[1]Dimitri was surprised to find that the lamb had turned white. He took a close look(仔细看) at it and recognized it as his own.

\[2]This discovery immediately led to an angry scene between Dimitri and Aleko. Dimitri repeated his accusation(控告) that Aleko had stolen the lamb, but Aleko still denied any theft. During the violent argument, Dimitri said the rain had proved that the lamb had been dyed black and he recognized it immediately as the one he had given to his wife. When Aleko finally admitted he had stolen the lamb, Dimitri called the police. Aleko was arrested and Dimitri took his lamb home.

\[3]The story caused a lot of excitement in the village. The villagers didn't often have the opportunity to talk about such an important event and they were greatly amused by(被逗乐) what had happened. Some thought Aleko had been very clever. Others thought he had been extremely stupid. Others said God had sent the rain to punish Aleko for his crime and to prove he was a thief. They discussed the event at great length(详细地，细致地) for a long time, as there wasn't much else to talk about in a village where nothing much ever happened.

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