新概念英语第三册课文翻译及学习笔记：Lesson17Mary 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. 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 backyard. 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 the little black lamb was almost white. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain! 【课文翻译】 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。
玛丽最宝贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羔羊白天，玛丽把羔羊拴在地里的一颗树上，每天晚上把它牵回家可是，一天晚上，那只小羔羊失踪了绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷了 迪米特里从地里回来，妻子把状况跟他一说，他立刻出去找偷羔羊的人他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难把失窃的事告知几个朋友后，迪米特里发出他的邻居阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊迪米特里立即去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊，告知他把羊交还，否则就去叫警察阿列科不成认，并把迪米特里领进院子不错，他确实刚买了一只羔羊，阿列科解释说，但他的羔羊是黑色的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，始终等到雨停为止半小时后，当他从屋里出来时，他惊异地发觉小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成白色原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了! 【生词和短语】 prize adj. 宝贵的，珍贵的 tie v. 拴，系 theft n. 偷盗行为，偷盗案 accuse v. 指控 deny v. 否认 ashamed adj. 感到耻辱，惭愧 apologize v. 赔礼 dye v. 染 【学问点】 词汇 【prize】 例句： A guitar is probably the most prize possession for a rock singer. 【tie】 英英：fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord 例句： 1.He stooped to tie his shoes. 他弯下腰来系鞋带。
2.We need some rope to tie up the boat with. 我们需要用绳子把船系住 3.Tie the two ropes together with a secure knot. 将两条绳子打个牢固的结系在一起 【accuse】 英英：blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against 例句： 1.Critics of the Forum accuse it of being too closely associated with business interests. 批判这个论坛的人士责备它与商业利益联系过于严密 2.Refugees accuse both government troops and rebels of burning villages in Burundi . 难民们对政府军和叛军燃烧村庄的行动表示责备 3.Why he blames this moral codes? Even accuse them for “killing human individuality“? 他为什么责备这些礼教，甚至说它们“扼杀人的共性”呢? 【deny】 英英：declare untrue, contradict 例句： 1.American officials deny any such apology was given. 美方官员否认了该说法。
2.The President refused to either confirm or deny this rumor. 总统拒绝证明或否认这种传闻 3.Whatever is causing it, there”s no longer any way to deny that global warming is for real. 不管是什么缘由造成的，但已经不能再否认全球变暖已经成为事实 近义：object, refuse 【ashamed】 复原：shame→ashame→ashamed 例句： 1.Don”t be ashamed of your flaws. 不要认为你的缺点很耻辱 2.Joan was ashamed of her rudeness. 琼为自己的无礼感到惭愧。