裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记 第45课

Lesson 45 A clear conscience问心无愧

How did Sam get his money back?

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!'

参考译文

整个村子很快知道，有一大笔钱丢失了。当地的屠户萨姆.本顿在把存款送往邮局的途中把钱包丢了。萨姆确信那钱包一定是被某个村民捡到了，可是却不见有人来送还给他。3个月过去了，后来在一天早晨，萨姆在自己的大门外发现了他的钱包。钱包是用报纸包着的，里面有他丢失的钱的一半，而且还附着一张纸条，上面写着：“一个小偷，是的，但只是一个50%的小偷！”又过了两个月，又有一些钱送还给了萨姆，又附了一张字条：“这回只是25%的小偷了！”很快，萨姆全部的钱都用同样的方式还了回来。最后的那张字条上写道：“我现在是一个100%的诚实人了！”

一、New words and expressions 生词和短语

1) adj．透明的，清澈的，洁净的

clear glass 透明的玻璃

the clear water of a mountain lake山上清澈的湖水

a clear sky 晴朗的天空

a clear face洁净的脸

a girl with clear eyes 有着明亮眼睛的女孩子

2)adj. 易看清或听清的

a clear sound清楚的声音

3)adj．易懂的，明白的

a clear explanation 清楚明白的解释

a clear meaning 一个明白的意思

speak so that your words are clear说话说得要令人听清楚

4) adj．无罪的，无辜的

have a clear conscience问心无愧

innocent: not guilty of wrong doing无辜的，无罪的，清白的

eg: They have imprisoned an innocent man.

他们囚禁了一个无罪的人。

They have imprisoned an clear man.他们囚禁了一个无罪的人。

conscience n．良心，是非感

have a clear conscience 问心无愧

have a guilty conscience 有愧于心

have a bad conscience 有愧于心

have no conscience 没良心

She always cheats and lies; she have no conscience at all.

他又欺骗又说谎；根本就没有良心。

search one' s heart

/search one' s conscience反躬自问，扣心自问

search your conscience and ask if you are clear.

你摸摸良心问一下你是否是清白的。

conscious adj.感觉到的；有意识的

unconscious adj．感觉不到的，没有意识的

eg: Aren't you conscious of your faults?

你意识到自己的过错了吗？

I became conscious of a man looking at me.

我感觉到有个人在看我

conscientious

adj．任凭良心的，诚实的，（工作）负责尽职的，谨慎的

例：This essay is a most conscientious piece of work.

这篇论文是精雕细刻的工作。

wallet n．钱包

billfold n．钱夹pocket-book钱包

purse n．小钱包，小钱夹

two wallets只看到别人缺点，看不到自己缺点

源于伊索寓言，传说每个人来到世界上都背着两个口袋。一只挂在胸前，另一只背在背上，里面全装着缺点，挂在胸前的口袋里装的是别人的缺点，背在背上的那只口袋装的是自己的缺点。所以人们看别人的缺点时一目了然，而对自己的缺点却往往视而不见。

savings n．储金，存款，储蓄额（通常只银行存款）

My entire savings amount to only l00 dollars.

我的全部存款只有一百美元。

saving back 储蓄银行（只办有利息存款的银行）

saving account 储蓄存款帐户