clear conscience 问心无愧
【课文】
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!'
【课文翻译】
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!”
【知识点讲解】
1 learn 动词
① 学习、学会 +to do/ n.
She is learning dancing.
她在学习跳舞。
② 认识到 +that 从句
He has learnt that he was fired.
他认识到自己被开除了。
③ 得知，获悉，了解 + that 从句
From what he said we learned that Lily was studying business in Australia.
从他的话中我们了解到莉莉正在澳大利亚念商科。
2 The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.
整个村子很快知道，有一大笔钱丢失了。
a large sum of money=a large quantity of money
lose表示丢失，lost既可以做它的过去式，也可以做它的过去分词。这个句子中that后面引导宾语从句，从句中的时态为过去完成时，即“丢失”这一动作是在“知道”之前的。
3 savings [名词] 储蓄，存款(不可数)
savings bank 储蓄银行 savings account 储蓄存款账户 individual savings 个人储蓄
saving [名词]节约，挽救 [介词]除……之外
Saving is getting.
节约等于增加收入。
4 Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers.
萨姆确信那钱包一定是被某个村民捡到了。
be sure +that从句 认为……一定是 这里主语必须是人，且that可省略，be sure 后面也可接whether、where、who、when等引导的名词性从句。如：
I'm not sure whether I will have a trip this weekend.
我不确定这周末是否会出门旅行。
be sure to 一定，肯定 后接不定式表示局外人的推测、评论，主语既可以是人，也可以是物。
It's sure to rain this afternoon.
今天下午肯定会下雨。
Don't worrry! He is sure to come.
别担心，他肯定会来的。
5 短语 in time 及时，适时;最后，终于
wrap up 包起来，包装;掩饰，伪装;穿暖和
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