Lesson 45 A clear conscience 问心无愧

1.原文

2. 参考译文

3. New words and expressions

★conscience n. 良心, 道德心
a clear conscience 问心无愧
a guilty/bad conscience 问心有愧(guilty adj.犯罪的, 有罪的心虚的)I have a guilty conscience.我问心有愧★wallet n. 皮夹, 钱夹 (一般指的是男用的那种皮夹) purse钱包(女士用) handbag n. 手袋billfold 皮夹, 钱包(美语) (意为纸币折叠形成的, 很形象)
★savings n. 存款
savings account 存款账号(有利息的, 有点象活期存款) checking account 存款(没有利息)
deposit n. 定金deposit account 存款(有利息, 有点象定期存款)ATM (auto teller machine) 自动取款机 self-service machine 自助银行
cash card 取款卡
IC ① interchange 高速公路转换出入口
② integrate circuit [电]集成电路,指令计数器

4. 课文讲解

1、The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.
village在这里为总称，指“村民”，the whole village指“全村的人”，后面通常跟单数动词(有时也可视为复数) The whole village was excited by news.
learn v. 得知，获悉
the whole world learnt… 全世界都知道……
a large sum of… 一大笔……
2、Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.
while doing是现在分词短语用于连词之后，作用相当于一个时间状语从句。现在分词这样用的前提是两个动词的主语是同一个，并且这两个动作通常是同时发生(即这句话一定要是进行时态)。如果主语不一致则必须用从句。
这句话完整的应为: while he was taking his savings…
3、Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.
三种表示一段时间以后,另外一件事情发生的方式：
①…passed, and then
② some time later
③ some time passed before…
4、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!’ wrap up 包裹
It had been wrapped up in newspaper by somebody. (用报纸包用in，不能用by)
half the money =half of the money 钱的一半(half 直接加在名词前表示 “一半” )
half an hour 半个小时 ， half a year 半年
Half the bread/half of the bread was bad.
together with… = with… 随它一起的还有……(介词短语作状语)
a note said… 纸条上说……the picture said… 图片上说……newspaper said… 报纸上说……
5、In time, all Sam’s money was paid back in this way.
in time = in the end 最终，最后，经过一段时间
pay back 还回来in the way 以这种方式

5. Special Difficulties

Steal and Rob
steal (something from someone or somewhere) 偷(从某人或某处) steal (sth.) from (sb.)
rob (someone of something )(a building，a blank，a house，etc.) 抢(某人的某物)(大楼、银行、房子等)rob (sb.) of (sth.) rob后跟人或地方
Pay back ① 偿还
②报答；向……报复(pay sb. back)
I’ll pay you back for what you did to me.你对我这样，我一定会报仇的。