Lesson 45 A clear conscience

中文

问心无愧

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！”

英文

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.

Sam [sæm] Benton [ˈbentən], the local butcher, had lost [lɒst] his wallet [ˈwɒlɪt] while taking his savings to the post office.

Sam was sure that the wallet [ˈwɒlɪt] 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 [ræpt] up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said:"A thief, yes, but only 50 percent a thief!"

Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: "Only 25 percent a thief now"

In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way.

The last note said: "I am 100 percent honest now!"

分析

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.

• complex sentence:
  • The whole village [subject]
  • soon [adverbial]
  • learnt [predicate verb phrase]
  • that a large sum of money had been lost [object clause]
    • a large sum of money [subject]
    • had been lost [predicate verb phrase]
• knowledge:
  • learn + (that) 引导的宾语从句
    • vt. 学习; 认识到; 得知
  • a + sum + of + money
    • n. 一笔钱, 一笔经费, 一笔款项

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Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.

• complex sentence:
  • Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet
    • Sam Benton, the local butcher [subject]
    • had lost [predicate verb phrase]
    • his wallet [object]
  • while taking his savings to the post office
    • while + clause [adverbial clause of time]
    • taking his savings to the post office
      • take [predicate verb phrase]
      • his savings [object]
      • to the post office [prepositional object phrase]
• knowledge:
  • post + office
    • n. 邮局, 邮政局

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Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.

• complex sentence:

  • Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers
    • Sam [subject]
    • was sure [predicate verb phrase]
    • that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers [object clause]
      • the wallet [subject]
      • must have been found [predicate verb phrase] [passive form of verb]
      • by one of the villagers [adverbial]
  • but it was not returned to him.
    • it [subject]
    • was not returned to [predicate verb phrase]
    • him [propositional object]

• knowledge:

  • be. + sure + (that) 引导的宾语从句
  • return + sth.① + to + sth.②

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Three months passed, and then one morning.

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Sam found his wallet outside his front door.

• simple sentence:
  • Sam [subject]
  • found [predicate verb phrase]
  • his wallet [object]
  • outside his front door [adverbial of place]
• knowledge:
  • outside + the + door
    • prep. 在门外

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It has 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 percent a thief'

• simple sentence:
  • It has been wrapped up in newspaper
    • it [subject]
    • has been wrapped up [predicate verb phrase]
    • in newspaper [adverbial of manner]
  • and
  • it contained half the money he had lost,
    • it [subject]
    • contained [predicate verb phrase]
    • half the money he had lost
      • he had lost [attributive clause] => half the money
  • together with a note which said: 'A thief, yes, but only 50 percent a thief'
    • together with a note which said
    • a thief, yes, but only 50 percent a thief

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Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note:'Only 25 percent a thief now!'

• simple sentence:
  • Two months later [adverbial of time]
  • some more money was sent to Sam with another note:'Only 25 percent a thief now!'
    • some more money [subject]
    • was sent to [predicate verb phrase]
    • to Sam [prepositional object phrase]
    • with another note [adverbial of accompany]

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In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way.

• simple sentence:
  • In time [adverbial of time]
  • all Sam's money was paid back in this way
    • all Sam's money [subject]
    • was paid back [predicate verb phrase] [passive form of verb]
    • in this way [adverbial of manner]

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The last note said:'I am 100 percent honest now!'

• complex sentence:
  • The last note [subject]
  • said [predicate verb phrase]
  • I am 100 percent honest now [object]