亡斧疑鄰

江西省南昌市 鄭曉嵐供稿

A man who lost his axe suspected that his neighbour’s son stole it.To him,as he observed the boy,the way the lad walked,the expression on his face,the manner of his speech—in fact everything about his appearance and behaviour betrayed that he had stolen the axe.

Not long afterwards the man found his axe while digging in his cellar.When he saw his neighbours son again,nothing about the boy’s behaviour nor appearance seemed to suggest that he had stolen the axe.

(1)suspectv.懷疑，猜測(cè)

(2)betrayv.背叛

(3)cellarn.地窖

有一個(gè)人丟了斧子，他懷疑是鄰居的兒子偷的。他看那孩子走路的樣子、面部表情和言談話語(yǔ)都像是偷斧子的；他的動(dòng)作神情都表明他是偷斧子的人。

不久之后，他在挖地時(shí)，找到了他丟失的斧頭。過(guò)了幾天，他再看到鄰居的兒子，覺(jué)得那孩子的動(dòng)作神情都不像是偷斧子的人。

1.Who did the man suspect of stealing his axe?這個(gè)人懷疑誰(shuí)偷了他的斧子？

2.How did the man think of the boy’s behaviour at first?開(kāi)始的時(shí)候他是怎樣看待鄰居孩子的行為的？

3.When he saw his neighbour’s son again,how

did he think about the boy’s behaviour? 后來(lái)，當(dāng)他再看鄰居兒子的時(shí)候，他又是如何看待他的行為的呢？