A Missing "Tiger "
一個失蹤的“老虎”
We used to have a cat called Tiger.
我們過去叫一只貓為老虎。
He was a beautiful tabby with a great deal of character.
他有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.
出現在我們家。
Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and
不巧的是,老虎也吃飛禽,
this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors.
這讓他很不受鄰居的歡迎。
One day, just after his second birthday, Tiger disappeared.
有一天,就在他的第二個生日后,老虎消失了。
Perhaps he was run over by a car,
也許他是被車撞了,
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
但是我們對它的事情還是一無所知。
and we never saw him again.
我們再也沒有見過他了
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詞匯表
tabby
虎斑貓
character
(事物的)特性;性質;特點
natural
自然的;天生的
hunter
獵人
dare
敢
unfortunately
不幸地
unpopular
不流行的;不受歡迎的
neighbor
鄰居
disappear
消失
offer
提供
reward
廳,報酬;獎金
discover
發現