新課標英語閱讀 41：一個失蹤的“老虎”

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We used to have a cat called Tiger.我們曾經(jīng)有一只貓叫老虎。

He was a beautiful tabby with a great deal of character.他是一個漂亮的虎斑與大量的字符。

He was a natural hunter, and very soon no mouse dared to他是個天生的獵手,很快沒有老鼠敢

show its face in our house.顯示在我們家的臉。

Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and不幸的是老虎也用來捕捉大量的鳥類和

this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors.這讓他很不受歡迎的鄰居。

One day, just after his second birthday, Tiger disappeared.有一天,就在他的第二個生日,老虎消失了。

Perhaps he was run over by a car, 也許他是被車碾過,

for at that time we lived near a busy street. 當時的我們生活在一個繁忙的街道。

Although we offered a reward. 盡管我們提供了獎勵。

we never discovered what had happened to him 我們從來沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)他出了什么事

and we never saw him again.我們再也沒有見過他了

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tabby n.虎斑貓

character n.

(事物的)特性;性質(zhì);特點

natural adj,

自然的;天生的

hunter n.獵人

dare v.敢

unfortunately adv.

不幸地

unpopular adj.

不流行的;不受歡迎的

neighbor n.鄰居

disappear v.消失

offer v.提供

reward 廳，報酬;獎金

discover v.發(fā)現(xiàn)