A clear conscience作文

A clear conscience作文

Lesson 45 A clear conscience问心无愧

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 Sams money was paid back in this way. The last note said: I am 100 per cent honest now!

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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！”

clear adj.无罪的，不亏心的

conscience n.良心，道德心

wallet n.皮夹，钱夹

savings n.存款

villager n.村民

per cent 百分之......

Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.

must have been对过去发生的事情表示肯定的猜测。

在英语的情态动词中，只有can(及其否定形式 cant),could(及其形式couldnt),may,might,must可用来表示猜测。

can用来表示"可能"的猜测。

cant和couldnt表示"不可能"的猜测，在这种用法中cant和couldnt用法相同，只是couldnt的语气更弱。

may和might常用来谈论可能性：某事可能将发生，某事可能正在发生和某事已经发生。

1.Judging by the smell,the food must be good.

从气味来判断，这食物肯定很好吃。

2.Its a quarter past three.He must be in by now.

现在已是三点一刻了，他肯定已到家了。