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高中新概念英语第三册
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Lesson 19 A very dear cat
一只贵重的宝贝猫
Kidnappers are rarely
interested in Animals, but they
recently took considerable interest in
Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's
cat. Mrs Eleanor
Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared
a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a
great many years. Rastus
leads an
orderly life. He usually takes a short walk in the
evenings and is always home by seven
o'clock. One evening,
however, he
failed to arrive. Mrs Ramsay got very worried.
She looked everywhere for him but could
not find him.
Three days after Rastus' disappearance,
Mrs. Ramsay
received an anonymous
letter. The writer stated that Rastus
was in safe hands and would be returned
immediately if Mrs.
Ramsay paid a
ransom of &1000. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to
place the money in a cardboard box and
to leave it outside
her door. At first,
she decided to go to the police, but
fearing that she would never see Rastus
again --the letter
had made that quite
clear--she changed her mind. She drew
&1000 from her bank and followed the
kidnapper's instructions.
The next
morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay
was
sure that the kidnapper would keep
his word. Sure enough,
Rastus arrived
punctually at seven o'clock that evening. He
looked very well, though he was rather
thirsty, for he drank
half a bottle of
milk. The police were astounded when Mrs.
Ramsay told them what she had done. She
explained that Rastus
was very dear to
her. Considering the amount she paid, he was
dear in more ways than one!
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1
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Kidnappers are
rarely interested in Animals, but they
recently took considerable interest in
Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's
cat.
rarely =
seldom
take interest in= be interested in
一句话中用不同的词组
表达同样的意思，是为了避免重复
take
considerable interest in sth. interest
之
前能够加上
写表示水准的形容词
take great interest in =
take tremendous interest in =
take
enormous interest in
2, Mrs Eleanor Ramsay, a
very wealthy old lady, has
shared a
flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many
years.
share sth. with sb.
e.g. I share
the room with my friend.
for a great many years =
for a long time
3, Rastus leads an orderly
life. He usually takes a
short walk in
the evenings and is always home by seven
o'clock.
lead an orderly life
过着很规律的生活
orderly
有秩序的，有顺序的，近义词：
disciplined
受过训练
的
, regular
规律的
take a walk = go for a stroll = go for
a walk
散步
4
，
Three day after
Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay
received an anonymous
letter.
after
能够和名词搭配
e.g.
three days after arrival
an anonymous letter
匿名信
5
，
The writer
stated that Rastus was in safe hands and
would be returned immediately if Mrs
Ramsay paid a ransom of
&1000.
state
非常正式的声明
in safe hands
在可靠的人手中，意指“很安全”
6
，
Mrs. Ramsay was
instructed to place the money in a
cardboard box and to leave it outside
her door.
be instructed to do sth.
受指示做某事
e.g. The journalist was
instructed to obtain the so-
called
important statistics.
7, At first, she decided to
go to the police, but
fearing that she
would never see Rastus again --the letter
had made that quite clear--she changed
her mind.
fearing
现在分词做原因状语
make it clear
to sb. that
e.g. The teacher has made it clear to
us that we must
read English aloud
every day.