歌词
--- lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb
玛丽有一头小羔羊
--- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。
--- Was Dimitri right to apologize to his neighbour? why not?
Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.
^玛丽与丈夫迪米特里住在希腊南部一个叫波拉考拉的小村庄里。
One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
^玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羔羊。
She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.
^白天，玛丽把羔羊拴在地里的一颗树上，每天晚上把它牵回家。
One evening, however, the lamb was missing.
^可是，一天晚上，那只小羔羊失踪了。
The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.
^绳子被人割断，很明显小羔羊是被人偷走了。
When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.
^迪米特里从地里回来，妻子把情况跟他一说，
Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
^他马上出去找偷羔羊的人。
He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
^他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难。
After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.
^把失窃的事告诉几个朋友后，迪米特里发现他的邻居阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊。
Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
^迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊，
He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.
^告诉他最好把羊交还，否则就去叫警察。
Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.
^阿列科并不承认，并把迪米特里领进院子。
It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black.
^不错，他的确刚买了一只羔羊，阿列科解释说，但他的羔羊是黑色的。
Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
^迪米特里为自己的鲁莽而感到不好意思，向阿列科道了歉，说是错怪了他。
While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.
^就在他俩说话的时候，天下起了雨，迪米特里便呆在阿列科家里避雨，一直等到雨停为止。
When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
^半小时后，当他从屋里出来时，他惊奇地发现小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成白色。
Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
^原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了！
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