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lesson45
A clear conscience
A clear conscience
Once a thief, always a thief.
偷盗一次,做贼一世。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
A thief is a thief, whether he steal a diamond or a cucumber.
偷多偷少都是贼。
A liar is worse than a thief.
说谎比偷窃更可恶。
A true man and a thief think not the same.
君子与盗贼思想不同。
some proverb on thieves
First listen and then answer the question:
How did Sam get his money back?
Today, we are going to learn a story about a man who steal a large sum of money.
1 clear [kliə] a.无罪的,不亏心的
2 conscience ['kɔnʃəns] n.良心道德心
3 wallet ['wɑ:lit] n.皮夹,钱夹
4 savings ['seiviŋz] n.存款
5 villager ['vilidʒə] n.村民
6 per cent [pə'sent] 百分之…
clear
We could see the pig’s legs in the clear water.
adj.透明的,清澈的
clearly
He spoke loudly and clearly.
adv.清晰地,明了地
conscience 良知,道德心
I got nothing to hide. My conscience is clear.
我没有什么隐瞒的。我问心无愧。
A clear conscience 问心无愧
★wallet n. 皮夹, 钱夹
(一般指的是男用的那种皮夹)
purse n. 钱包
(女士用)
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savings
I put all my savings in the bank.
存款
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villager
村民
village
农村,村子
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per cent 百分之……
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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.
难点:steal与rob的区别
steal与rob:
steal为偷。rob为抢,
用法不同:
steal其后接物+from+某人、某地,
rob其后接人+of+抢的物品
rob后接场所
rob a building 抢大楼(场所)
rob a bank 抢银行
rob a house 抢房子
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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.
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!’
关于存储的部分口语
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