亡斧疑邻

江西省南昌市 郑晓岚供稿

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.怀疑，猜测

(2)betrayv.背叛

(3)cellarn.地窖

有一个人丢了斧子，他怀疑是邻居的儿子偷的。他看那孩子走路的样子、面部表情和言谈话语都像是偷斧子的；他的动作神情都表明他是偷斧子的人。

不久之后，他在挖地时，找到了他丢失的斧头。过了几天，他再看到邻居的儿子，觉得那孩子的动作神情都不像是偷斧子的人。

1.Who did the man suspect of stealing his axe?这个人怀疑谁偷了他的斧子？

2.How did the man think of the boy’s behaviour at first?开始的时候他是怎样看待邻居孩子的行为的？

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

did he think about the boy’s behaviour? 后来，当他再看邻居儿子的时候，他又是如何看待他的行为的呢？