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
258. 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。
7 ^: F1 |  \0 E" H% W259. 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.
3 t: q% ^. y0 y% j        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.
$ y. h8 C  {0 c  F        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.
1 \5 W2 o3 W, E" S  T        绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。
4 u$ H  j3 g1 \# y; Q6 q8 z263. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.
        迪米特里从地里回来，妻子把情况跟他一说，
2 l1 o' y+ b7 q' n264. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
# ?! }; \. }. x6 V1 D( [* b        他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。
$ c* @+ C" i0 K& n. }1 G# X, o: J8 c265. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
; ^2 v+ \! |) f: }% z8 N        他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。
! h2 o$ M. S0 ?7 i8 Z# E7 h266. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.
$ E+ I: r. a9 `+ b3 O        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.
2 W! n# |5 H# A6 E1 f* f        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.
# |3 e2 }  o" o( q$ L        告诉他最好把羊交还，否则就去叫警察。
+ b) p1 v9 r. e2 |4 e/ g- f6 g0 v269. 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。
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。
271. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
        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。
$ b) |$ @( n; B! F( _7 w3 a: r5 a272. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.
/ p% X- |6 X! U        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。
9 r: e# Z8 t* u; K: W5 v$ ~273. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
$ L; E! e  R) ^' l! Z        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。
274. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
( m1 `2 W0 p# n) X/ S        原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！