Lesson 44  Though the forest

Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees. Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away. 'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'

安•斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时，她并没有考虑到所冒的风险。刚才，当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候，这两个人冲到她跟前，企图抢走她的手提包。在争抢中，手提包的带断了，包落入这两个人手里，他们拔腿跑进了树林。斯特林夫人非常气愤，向着他们追了过去。只追了一会儿便上气不接下气了，但她还是继续追赶。当她赶上他们时，发现他们已经坐了下来，正翻着包里的东西。于是她直冲过去。这两个人吓了一跳，扔下提包逃跑了。“这提包带需要修理，”斯特林夫人事后说道，“不过他们什么也没偷走。”

Grammar

接动名词和不定式的动词。

常考的可接动名词和不定式的动词如：remember, forget, regret：后接不定式表示动作尚未发生，后接动名词(可用一般式或完成式)表示动作已经发生；stop：其后接动名词表示停止正在做的事情，接不定式表示停下正在做的事去做另外一件事

Exercises.

1. I always start the day by __________ my e-mails.

A. going through    B. giving up    C. go through    D. give up

2. Do you mind __________ the window? It’s so hot today.

- Of course not.

A. open    B. to open    C. opened    D. opening

1.解析：本题考查by+动名词的用法，根据题意，表达的是“浏览”，故选go through，give up意为“放弃”，所以答案为A。

2.解析：考查mind doing sth.的用法，表示“介意做某事”，所以答案选D。