Lesson 45  A clear conscience

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!'

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！”

Grammar

复习各种时态的被动语态

被动语态的结构： be p.p. (过去分词)

情态动词的被动语态结构： 情态动词+be p.p.(过去分词)

Exercises.

改为被动语态

1. We don’t need to correct the composition any more.

The composition _________ _________ _________ _________ _________.

2. They are making a big dinner for New Year`s Eve.

A big dinner _________ _________ _________ for New Year`s Eve.

1.解析：本题考查动词被动语态和need的用法，所以答案为doesn’t need to be corrected。

2.解析： 本题考查现在进行时的被动语态is/are being done, 答案为A big dinner is being made for New Year`s Eve。