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Lesson 45 A clear conscience 问心无愧

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!'

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！”

butcher 屠夫; 卖肉的人
take sth to a place
outside prep. 在...外面
- outside the door
- outside the room
wrap up = wrap
- wrap A in B 用B把A包起来
- wrap the meat in leaves
newspaper (尤指用作他途的, 比如包东西)旧报纸
- wrap sth in newspaper
per cent adv. / adj.
- he is 50 percent a thief.
  - > he is 100 percent honest.
in time 一段时间后 after a period of time
- They learnt to accept their stepmother(继母) in time.
pay sb/sth back 偿还sth 偿还给sb
- Can you lend me a fiver? I will pay it/you back tomorrow.

From Sam's View:

I am Sam Benton, a local butcher. I lost my saving on the way I was taking it to the post-office. The whole village had learnt that I had lost the money and I was sure that the money was found by one of the villagers but no one returned it back to me. 'One morning after three months'[=> Three months passed, and then one morning], I found my wallet outside my door. It was wrapped in newspaper and it contained half 'of'[=> ] the money I ''[=> had] lost. It also contained a note which wrote: "A thief, yes, but only fifty per cent a thief." Two months later, some more money was sent to me with another note that wrote:"Now twenty-five per cent a thief." In time, ''[=> all] my money was paid back in this way. The last note wrote: "I am one hundred per cent honest now."

Knowledges

after 后面是跟着一个时间点
half 前置限定词 predeterminer.
- all the money I lost
- half the money promised
那么 50 per cent在50 per cent a thief也是做为前置限定词, 这么理解对吗?

From Thief's View:

One day, I picked up a wallet on my way home and the wallet contained a large sum of money. Because of no witnesses, I hide the wallet in my pocket and quickly went home. Soon I learnt that it was Sam Benton ''[=> who/that] lost the wallet. But the tempation of the huge money drove me not to return the wallet to Sam. I felt one hundred per cent guilty until I wraped up the wallet with half 'of'[=> ] the money in newspaper and put it outside Sam's house. But I was still fifty per cent guilty so I wrapped more money in newspaper and put it outside Sam's house again. I was still twenty-five per cent a thief so I decided to return the rest of the money. Now I am not a thief but one hundred percent honest.

Knowledges

guilty 因做错事, 或者未做该做的事而不开心 feel unhappy because you think that you have done something wrong or have failed to do something which you should have done.
rest / else
- the rest of my life / the money
- else: 跟any-, some-之类的词同用
  - What else have you had for your birthday.
    + > There's not much else I can say.
    + > Everybody else has agreed except for you.

Remembers

half 前置限定词 predeterminer.
- all the money I lost
- half the money promised
pay sb/sth back 偿还sth 偿还给sb
- Can you lend me a fiver? I will pay it/you back tomorrow.

任务时间: 2017-01-27
(作文时间: 2017-01-29, 耗时: 120 分钟)