玛丽有一头小羔羊

一、【Text】课文

Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening. One evening, however, the lamb was missing. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.新概念英语mp3下载

When Dimitri came in from the fields,His wife told him what had happened.Dimitri at once set out to find the thief. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his back-yard. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!

二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语

◆prize adj. 珍贵的，宝贵的

◆tie v. 拴，系

◆theft n. 偷盗案

◆accuse v. 指控

◆deny v. 否认

◆ashamed adj. 感到羞耻，惭愧

◆apologize v. 道歉

◆dye v. 染

★prize adj. 珍贵的，宝贵的

可以表示“珍贵的，宝贵的”的词包括：prize，valuable，preclous, cherishable，dear

Eg.: Mary has got a prize lamb.

The cat is prize to the old lady.

★tie v. 拴，系

tie sth to

1.把…拴在…上

Eg: I tie the dog to a tree

2.与…有联系

Eg: He is tied to his family

3.n. 领带;关系(强调血缘关系)

★theft n. 偷盗行为，偷盗案

Eg.: He reports the theft to the police.

★accuse v. 指控

accuse sb of doing sth 因为某事指控某人,指控某人做了某事

Eg.: He acciused his neighbour of stealing his bicycle.

=charge sb with doing sth

accuse比charge语意弱：accuse强调“严厉的指责” charge强调“控告”

★deny v. 否认

deny doing sth. 否认做了某事

He denied stealing the lamb.

He denied the truth.

deny sb. nothing百依百顺

Eg: He denies his wife nothing

deny oneself:克制自己

Eg: On some occasions we must deny ourselves.

★ashamed adj. 感到羞耻，惭愧

be ashamed of

He is ashamed of being a dustman.

shameful: 可耻的

The theft is shameful.

shameless:无耻的

The thief is a shameless person.

★apologize v. 道歉

apologize to sb. (for sth. )

apology n.

★dye v. 染

Dye the cloth black.

三、【课文精析】

in the tiny village of...在一个小小的山村

in the big city of Beijing

in the beautiful city of Paris

possession: 所有物

Eg: What I possess is valuable/ My possessions are valuable. 我所拥有的一切都很值钱。

belonging: 随身携带物(通常是用复数形式)

keep:使......处于某种状态

keep后的复合宾语(宾语补足语)可以是形容词、介词短语、分词

keep和过去分词搭配做宾语补足语，过去分词和宾语之间是逻辑上的动宾关系。

I keep my windows closed.

宾语补足语和宾语是主谓关系，那么宾语补足语是现在分词结构

I kept the boy standing outside.

It is obvious that…显而易见

set out to do sth. 开始着手做某事

it would not prove difficult, 是不难做到的

prove 是连系动词，作“证明是”讲，本句子与 it would not be difficult相同。

tell sb. about sth. 把某事告知某人

Eg.: He told the police about the theft.

or: 否则

Eg.: He can’t be ill or he wouldn’t have come.

or else: (口语) 否则……

Eg: Your room is so dirty. Clear it promptly, or else….

It is true that..., but... 诚然......, 但是......

Eg.: It is true that the work is hard, but we’ll finish it ahead.

Ashamed of having acted so rashly, ... 其前省略了being, 现在分词结构(形容词结构)做状语，此处相当于原因状语，放在主句前后均可。

Angry at everybody here, he left suddenly.

Anxious for a quick decision, he called his friends.

Nervous, the man opened the letter.