浙江 张 琳

作者发现可怜的戈尔迪后， 误以为她被主人抛弃了， 直到有一天作者带着小狗外出散步，这才明白了事情的真相。

难词探意

1. abandon /ə'bændən/ v. 抛弃

2. restless /'restləs/ adj. 焦躁不安的

3. puppy /'pʌpi/ n. 小狗；幼犬

She appeared in front of my house in Cornwall with thin hair sticking on her small body.Maybe someone had kicked her out of his car the night before. No way could I have sent her away. “We're moving house.” “No space for her any more with the baby coming.” People find all kinds of excuses for abandoning her. She was so poor.

I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen, I would have given her a more creative name. She was so restless during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about herself. It seemed that there was nothing I could do to make her happy. God knows what had happened to her at her owner's home. How could her owner do such awful things! Judging her owner like this, I felt angry. Luckily, with my care, at the end of the first week she calmed down. She was always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.

That's why I was so surprised when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home,when she got very restless. At last I couldn't hold her any longer and she ran off down the road towards a farmhouse far away as fast as she could.

By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and angry with Goldie. When I arrived, I saw her licking four little dogs and watching them with soft eyes. Rushing out of the room, a boy hugged me with tears in his eyes, “Thank God! Thank you for bring her back to us.” “I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just got lost,” said the woman with great joy at the door. “We have looked for her for a long time.”

I must say sorry to the family for my own thoughts. Thanks to Goldie, I had the chance to meet her owner and learned a lesson from this experience.

Now I really miss Goldie, but I've got my Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother.

1. How did the author feel about Goldie when he met her?

A. Disappointed. B. Restless.

C. Sad. D. Tired.

2. Goldie looked sad about herself in the beginning because she ___________.

A. really wanted to be with her babies

B. strongly expected to leave the author

C. was abandoned by people with excuses

D. thought her previous owner did something terrible

3. What most probably happened after Goldie went back to the farmhouse?

A. Goldie was missing again and couldn't be found.

B. The author gave away Goldie to her previous owner.

C. Her previous owner was reluctant to accept Goldie.

D. The author had a daughter Nugget, who looked like her mother.

4. What lesson did the author learn from his experience?

A. Helping others is helping ourselves.

B. Animals are human beings' good friends.

C. We can't judge people just on our own thoughts.

D. Don't abandon your pets, or you will be punished.

Difficult sentence

That's why I was so surprised when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk.

【翻译】______________________________

【点石成金】本句是主从复合句，why引导的是表语从句，句子中的第一个when引导的是时间状语从句， 第二个when引导的是修饰one day的定语从句。