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# 45 · 问心无愧

### 第1段

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. 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!'

中文理解：没多久，全村都知道有人丢了一大笔钱。当地肉店老板萨姆·本顿去邮局存款时，把钱包弄丢了。 萨姆认定，钱包肯定被某个村民捡到了，却一直没人还给他。 三个月后的一天早上，他在家门外发现了钱包。钱包用报纸包着，里面有一半失款，还有一张字条：“我是贼没错，可我只是个百分之五十的贼！” 又过了两个月，他收到更多的钱和另一张字条：“现在只算百分之二十五的贼了！” 过了一段时间，他的钱就这样全都还了回来。最后一张字条写着：“我现在百分之百诚实了！”

* **a large sum of money**：一大笔钱；把 sum 连同 money 一起记，用来说明一笔金额。

* **must have been found**：一定已被找到；对过去的被动事件作强推测，不是过去的义务。

* **wrapped up in**：用……包裹；in后说明包裹材料；本课不是专心于某事。

* **together with**：连同；和……一起；补充附带的人或物；不自动让单数主语变复数。

* **In time**：最终；迟早；本课指随着时间最终发生；也可指来得及，需看语境。

* **paid back**：偿还；归还；归还借款；代词宾语通常放中间，如 pay it back。

#### The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.

复合句，主句主谓 + 宾语从句结构，that 引导的宾语从句为主谓结构.

句中lost 是lose 的过去分词，是动词，被弄丢了. lost 这个词本身还是形容词，如果是The money was lost. 则是主系表结构，钱不见了.

\[关键句型] 本课复习被动语态，had been lost 为过去完成时的被动语态表达，had been done 形式.

#### Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.

简单句，主谓宾结构，后面有一个while 引导的时间状语，并非从句.

#### Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.

并列复合句，全句由but 连接，前句为复合句，主句为主系表结构，后面是that 引 导的宾语从句，该从句的核心为 the wallet must have been found，是情态动词 must 后接完成式被动结构，推测钱包一定已经被捡到，不是独立的现在完成时，也不是主谓宾结构；but 后句则是主谓结构.

\[关键句型] must have been found 为“情态动词 + 完成式被动结构”，对过去情况作较有把握的推测。

#### Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.

并列句，and 连接前后两个句子，前句为主谓结构，后句为主谓宾结构.

#### 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!'

并列复合句，and 连接前后两句，前句为主谓结构. and 后句是复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，省略了引导词that 的定语从句修饰the money，最后则是which 引导的定语从句来补充说明a note 的内容，关于该纸条的内容，这里可以参考本课最后一句，I am + 表语，这里a thief 就是I am a thief 的省略表达，所以我们划分成表语.

\[关键句型] had been wrapped 为过去完成时的被动语态表达.

#### Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!'

简单句，主谓结构.

\[关键句型] was sent 为一般过去时的被动语态表达.

#### In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way.

简单句，主谓结构，句首的in time 一般多作“及时”来用，在这里是eventually，终于的意思.

\[关键句型] was paid 为一般过去时的被动语态表达.

#### The last note said: 'I am 100 per cent honest now!'

简单句，主系表结构，honest 在句中是形容词，该词的冠词用an，如an honest person 一个诚实的人.

我读小学的时候也遇到过类似的事情，我买了部四驱车，上午带去学校，放在书桌的抽屉里，一个课间之后就不见了. 小伙伴都帮我找，就是找不到，正当我已经放弃了之后，下午回学校，我发现四驱车又回到了我的抽屉里，不过电池被偷走我四驱车的人给用光了.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《问心无愧》：全村知道有人丢钱 → 怀疑有人捡而不还 → 第一次退回一半 → 又退回一部分 → 最后全部还清。再借一个结构讲自己的事：先列出故事的一条线索，再选合适的情态词推测原因。

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