Lesson45 A clear conscience

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post-office. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 'A thief, yes, 'but only fifty percent a thief!' Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note:' Only twenty-five percent a thief now!' In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way. The last note said:' I am one hundred percent honest now!'

[ðə] [hoʊl] [ˈvɪləʤ] [sun] [lɜrnt] [ðæt] [ə] [lɑrʤ] [sʌm] [ʌv] [ˈmʌni] [hæd] [bɪn] [lɔst]. [sæm] [ˈbɛntən], [ðə] [ˈloʊkəl] [ˈbʊʧər], [hæd] [lɔst] [hɪz] [ˈwɔlət] [waɪl] [ˈteɪkɪŋ] [hɪz] [ˈseɪvɪŋz] [tu] [ðə] [poʊst]-[ˈɔfəs]. [sæm] [wʌz] [ʃʊr] [ðæt] [ðə] [ˈwɔlət] [mʌst] [hæv] [bɪn] [faʊnd] [baɪ] [wʌn] [ʌv] [ðə] [ˈvɪlɪʤərz], [bʌt] [ɪt] [wʌz] [nɑt] [rɪˈtɜrnd] [tu] [hɪm]. [θri] [mʌnθs] [pæst], [ænd] [ðɛn] [wʌn] [ˈmɔrnɪŋ], [sæm] [faʊnd] [hɪz] [ˈwɔlət] [ˈaʊtˈsaɪd] [hɪz] [frʌnt] [dɔr]. [ɪt] [hæd] [bɪn] [ræpt] [ʌp] [ɪn] [ˈnuzˌpeɪpər] [ænd] [ɪt] [kənˈteɪnd] [hæf] [ðə] [ˈmʌni] [hi] [hæd] [lɔst], [təˈgɛðər] [wɪð] [ə] [noʊt] [wɪʧ] [sɛd]: [ə] [θif], [jɛs], [bʌt] [ˈoʊnli] [ˈfɪfti] [pərˈsɛnt] [ə] [θif]!' [tu] [mʌnθs] [ˈleɪtər], [sʌm] [mɔr] [ˈmʌni] [wʌz] [sɛnt] [tu] [sæm] [wɪð] [əˈnʌðər] [noʊt]:' [ˈoʊnli] [ˈtwɛnti]-[faɪv] [pərˈsɛnt] [ə] [θif] [naʊ]!' [ɪn] [taɪm], [ɔl] [sæmz] [ˈmʌni] [wʌz] [peɪd] [bæk] [ɪn] [ðɪs] [weɪ]. [ðə] [læst] [noʊt] [sɛd]:' [aɪ] [æm] [wʌn] [ˈhʌndrəd] [pərˈsɛnt] [ˈɑnəst] [naʊ]!'

L1

感受：需要注意整篇的连贯性和语调.