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
! r% }1 ^! k1 U9 f258. Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.
        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。
. ]. H* O# s5 x+ Q259. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
* x% E3 U. d" g; H        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.
4 _, M, E4 r/ H( {/ I, I, r        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。
* I4 \1 y! i4 ^8 F261. One evening, however, the lamb was missing.
        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.
        绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。
9 R: P4 b9 t7 ]+ V8 |$ x263. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.
: `* X8 y( ~+ J' R) {; M        迪米特里从地里回来，妻子把情况跟他一说，
& l, `+ t; d/ L- z  E4 D264. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
        他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。
265. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
7 ^  Q' ^* R0 i; T. I3 M        他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。
; A' q$ p/ u' Q. G266. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.
        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.
8 j5 z, H/ m) f1 h        迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊，
268. 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。
269. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.
# O+ b+ q# c& [9 C1 f2 O% m# x1 y        阿列科不承认，并把迪米特里领进院子。
270. 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。
$ v8 v5 \, |. c/ B7 w: v271. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
" O$ \6 Y7 o% v+ O3 Y        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.
3 Q$ X* B( J& d) y) ^        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。
273. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
* ?: j9 |& X4 @1 _( i5 G- S1 F        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。
) k7 U$ v2 D3 }. X/ D! x; B274. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
/ ~2 ?, O! o% U5 {* D5 r  `, P: @        原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！