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Lesson 16? Mary had a little lamb16 玛丽有一头小羔羊Was Dimitri right to apologize to his neighbour?Why not?迪米特里应该向他的邻居道歉吗?为什么？Mary and her husband Dimitri玛丽与丈夫迪米特里lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.住在一个叫波拉考拉的小村庄里,位于希腊南部。One of Marys prize possessions was a little white lamb玛丽最珍贵的财产之一是一只白色小羔羊,which her husband had given her.那是她丈夫送给她的.She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day白天,玛丽把羔羊拴在地里的一棵树上,and went to fetch it every evening.每天晚上把它牵回家.One evening,however the lamb was missing可是,一天晚上,那只小羔羊失踪了.The rope had been cut,绳子被人割断很明显小羔关是被人偷走了.so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.妻子把情况跟他一说,When Dimitri came in from the fields,当迪米特里从地里回来,his wife told him what had happened.妻子把情况跟他一说,Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.他马上出去找偷羊贼.He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.他知道在这样一个小村庄里抓住小偷并不困难After telling several of his friends about the theft,把失窃的事告诉几个朋友后,Dimitri found out that his neighbour,迪米特里发现他的邻居Aleko,had suddenly acquired a new lamb.阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊.Dimitri immediately went to Alekos house迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家,and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊,He told him he had better return it告诉他最好把羊交还,or he would call the police否则就去叫警察.Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard阿列科不承认,并把迪米特里领进院子.It was true that he had just bought a lamb,he explain,不错,他的确刚买了一只羔羊阿列科解释说,but his lamb was black.但他的羔羊是黑色的.Ashamed of having acted so rashly迪米特里为自己的鲁莽而感到不好意思，Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him向阿列科道了歉,说是错怪了他.While they were talking it began to rain就在他俩说话的时候,天下起了雨,and Dimitri stayed in Alekos house until the rain stopped迪米特里便呆在阿列科家里避雨When he went outside half an hour later,半小时后,当他从屋里出来时,he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white他惊奇地发现小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成了白色Its wool,which had been dyed black had been washed clean by the rain!原来羊毛上染的黑色被雨水冲掉了!Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world17 世界上最长的吊桥How is the bridge supported?桥是靠什么支撑的?Verrazano,an Italian about whom little