亡斧疑鄰

江西省南昌市 鄭曉嵐供稿

A man who lost his axe suspected that his neighbour’s son stole it.To him,as he observed the boy,the way the lad walked,the expression on his face,the manner of his speech—in fact everything about his appearance and behaviour betrayed that he had stolen the axe.

Not long afterwards the man found his axe while digging in his cellar.When he saw his neighbours son again,nothing about the boy’s behaviour nor appearance seemed to suggest that he had stolen the axe.

(1)suspectv.懷疑，猜測

(2)betrayv.背叛

(3)cellarn.地窖

有一個人丟了斧子，他懷疑是鄰居的兒子偷的。他看那孩子走路的樣子、面部表情和言談話語都像是偷斧子的；他的動作神情都表明他是偷斧子的人。

不久之后，他在挖地時，找到了他丟失的斧頭。過了幾天，他再看到鄰居的兒子，覺得那孩子的動作神情都不像是偷斧子的人。

1.Who did the man suspect of stealing his axe?這個人懷疑誰偷了他的斧子？

2.How did the man think of the boy’s behaviour at first?開始的時候他是怎樣看待鄰居孩子的行為的？

3.When he saw his neighbour’s son again,how

did he think about the boy’s behaviour? 后來，當他再看鄰居兒子的時候，他又是如何看待他的行為的呢？