新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 45 A clear conscience
1 . Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office.本頓在把存款送往郵局的途中把錢包丟了。
2 . The last note said: 'I am 100 per cent honest now!'「我現在是一個100%的誠實人了！」
3 . The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.整個村子很快知道，有一大筆錢丟失了。當地的屠戶薩姆。
4 . Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!'「這回只是25%的小偷了！」
5 . It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,錢包是用報紙包著的，裡面有他丟失的錢的一半，
6 . together with a note which said: 'A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!'「一個小偷，是的，但只是一個50%的小偷！」
7 . In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way.很快，薩姆全部的錢都用同樣的方式還了回來。
8 . Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.薩姆確信那錢包一定是被某個村民撿到了，可是卻不見有人來送還給他。
9 . Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.3個月過去了，後來在一天早晨，薩姆在自己的大門外發現了他的錢包。