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。
259. 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.
        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。
0 G% J' _6 P6 S# l+ N/ R" Z4 K261. 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.
% O* I0 Q+ @' A( k6 \3 J. T        绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。
0 Y" Q" n- G5 ?* b/ q' i263. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.
2 q, t. \" S6 q        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.
        他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。
" _- j4 w. L3 G265. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
' A* X) e$ i9 L5 n8 K  T$ y2 M        他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。
266. 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。
! {+ l% T% z) F! l1 f! Q3 Z( \267. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
  Q. G5 {# m' D0 V        迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊，
; _3 X0 u4 y/ Q+ u2 H3 v4 J268. 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。
2 E5 A/ W; f. y269. 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。
1 m' G9 a* n) E+ t3 }- I270. 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.
! ~& Z8 P+ V( }        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.
4 t- ^& h6 Z, X8 ^8 ~        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.
, w, h& e# s! R        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!
% [* s! N, l# y. i9 v7 A( w        原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！