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4. A Cat Thief 猫贼
In Newcastle, England, recently a cat called Ziggy was found to have stolen things worth more than 1,000 pounds from houses in the neighborhood of its owner. At first, people reported to the police that they had many things stolen and Helen, Ziggy’s owner, kept finding new things in her kitchen. The things were not hers and they included jewelry, a bundle of blouses, underwear, toys, napkins from a restaurant, watches, rubber gloves, soap, and a banner. Ziggy even got back police cassette tape that had been important in a case. Helen had no idea where these things had come from, so she gave them to local charity shops. When the whole thing was found out, Helen said to her friends, “It was awfully embarrassing when I found so much strange underwear in my kitchen.”
译文
最近，在英格兰的纽卡斯尔，有只叫日枝的猫被人发现偷了很多东西，这些它从主人邻居家偷来的东西价值超过了1000英镑。起初，人们向警察报告说他们丢了很多东西，而日枝的主人海伦在厨房里总是能发现很多不是自己的新东西，包括珠宝、一捆上衣、内衣、玩具、饭馆的餐巾纸、手表、橡皮手套、肥皂，还有一个横幅。日枝甚至带回来一盘在某起案件中很重要的警方录音带。海伦不知道这些东西从哪儿来的，就把它们给了当地一家慈善商店。当事情真相大白后，海伦对她的朋友说，“当我在厨房里发现那么多陌生的内衣时，真觉得尴尬。”[HK]
四级词汇
1.recently ad.最近
【联想】recent a.最近的，近来的
2.neighborhood n.附近,邻近
3.bundle n.一捆，一包 ‖ vt. 捆，包，把…扎成一包
4.blouse n.女衬衫，童衫
5.toy n.玩具
6.napkin n.餐巾,餐巾纸
7.glove n.手套
8.soap n.肥皂
9.banner n.旗帜,横幅,标语
10.cassette n. 盒式录章(或录像)带
11.tape n.带子,带,录音带,磁带 ‖ vt. 录音
12.local a. ① 地方性的，当地的，本地的 ② 局部的，狭隘的
13.charity n. ① 救济金，施舍物 ② (常pl.)慈善团体，慈善事业 ③ 宽大，宽容
14.awfully ad.非常,很,十分
【联想】awful a. ① 极坏的，令人不快的，可怕的 ② (感到)难过的，不舒服的 ③ 非常的，极大的
15.embarrass vt.使尴尬，使窘迫，使不好意思
反馈测试
1.In ____ years, there have been many changes.
A) new B) modernC) contemporary D) recent
2.The books were tied up in of twenty.
A) bumps B) bubblesC) bundles D) bullets
3.None of us would like to live on ____ .
A) charter B) charityC) cherish D) chip
4.He died a (an) ____ death.
A) aural B) averageC) awful D) fearful
5.It is rather ____ that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today.
A) misleading B) embarrassingC) boring D) demanding
答案详解
1.【答案】D。译文：最近几年发生了很多变化。new指存在不久的新型事物，如a new road； modern所包含的时间比new长，意思是“现代的”，如an examination in modern history；contemporary当代的；recent指发生或出现不久的事物，如his recent visit to China。
2.【答案】C。译文：书被捆成了20捆。bundle捆；bump碰，撞；bubble水泡，气泡；bullet子弹。
3.【答案】B。译文：我们没有人愿意靠施舍生活。charity施舍；charter宪章；cherish珍爱，怀有；chip薄片，碎片。
4.【答案】C。译文：他死的可怕。awful可怕的，令人敬畏的；aural听觉的；average平均的；fearful指由于担心遭到失败、出现困难或害怕某种危险而具有的“恐惧，惊慌”的感觉，常与介词of连用，或跟that从句。
5.【答案】B。译文：令人尴尬的是，我们现在还不清楚世界上有多少种物种。embarrassing麻烦的，令人不安的；misleading误导的；boring 乏味的；demanding要求很高的。
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