新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课16

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课文16  玛丽有一头羔羊
* x3 r  M  A. V: k" r258. Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.
1 Y8 w4 V) ?% n0 D4 u' Z/ e        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。
+ C4 c3 k! |4 P" r7 Y6 |5 V  z259. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
        玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羔羊。
260. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.
* s# K- }% X# c) H; \. {        白天，玛丽把羔羊拴在地里的一颗树上，每天晚上把它牵回家。
261. One evening, however, the lamb was missing.
+ [! t" A3 S7 G9 ?        可是，一天晚上，那只小羔羊失踪了。
262. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.
5 K/ y3 \* u3 y# p9 J8 V4 @        绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。
263. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.
! Y; c" v$ y7 S. K& `        迪米特里从地里回来，妻子把情况跟他一说，
264. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
0 U3 x: ]9 w- t8 c. l        他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。
" g1 {6 F1 _* P; t265. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
        他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。
. ?, _; Q$ |4 P. O7 i" q/ _266. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.
# s) G9 c8 `, a8 E+ ]        把失窃的事告诉几个朋友后，迪米特里发出他的邻居阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊。
267. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
) v/ F' v0 z: b# \        迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊，
" P4 t3 j3 Y+ `1 X) Q! H268. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.
        告诉他最好把羊交还，否则就去叫警察。
) i& m; `( E' A- i$ J. J269. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.
        阿列科不承认，并把迪米特里领进院子。
2 ~# |' o0 m% n. N9 s9 d270. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black.
        不错，他的确刚买了一只羔羊，阿列科解释说，但他的羔羊是黑色的。
4 r! K3 l! _, t2 h- V8 f0 T( k1 ~271. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
% E  h) P) ~* M2 r0 e        迪米特里为自己的鲁莽而感到不好意思，向阿列科道了歉，说是错怪了他。
272. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.
$ D) R/ M( A1 [, j        就在他俩说话的时候，天下起了雨，迪米特里便呆在阿列科家里避雨，一直等到雨停为止。
4 t- [: t% X/ U$ L' u+ ?% Q273. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
        半小时后，当他从屋里出来时，他惊奇地发现小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成白色。
- j& ]8 ?4 F& w274. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
        原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！