新课标小学英语阅读100篇 41

　　41 A Missing¹ "Tiger "一个失踪的“老虎”

　　We used to have a cat called Tiger.我们曾经有一只猫叫老虎。

　　He was a beautiful tabby with a great deal of character.他是一个漂亮的虎斑与大量的字符。

　　He was a natural hunter, and very soon no mouse dared³ to他是个天生的猎手,很快没有老鼠敢

　　show its face in our house.显示在我们家的脸。

　　Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and不幸的是老虎也用来捕捉大量的鸟类和

　　this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors.这让他很不受欢迎的邻居。

　　One day, just after his second birthday, Tiger disappeared.有一天,就在他的第二个生日,老虎消失了。

　　Perhaps he was run over by a car, 也许他是被车碾过,

　　for at that time we lived near a busy street. 当时的我们生活在一个繁忙的街道。

　　Although we offered a reward⁴. 尽管我们提供了奖励。

　　we never discovered what had happened to him 我们从来没有发现他出了什么事

　　and we never saw him again.我们再也没有见过他了

　　WORD BANK

　　tabby n．虎斑猫

　　character n.

　　(事物的）特性；性质；特点

　　natural adj,

　　自然的；天生的

　　hunter n．猎人

　　dare² v．敢

　　unfortunately adv.

　　不幸地

　　unpopular adj.

　　不流行的；不受欢迎的

　　neighbor n．邻居

　　disappear v．消失

　　offer v．提供

　　reward 厅，报酬；奖金

　　discover v．发现

1 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

2 dare   

n.敢，挑战；aux.敢；vi.敢；vt.敢于，勇于面对

参考例句：

• He didn't dare to look at her in the face.他不敢正眼看她。
• How dare you?Take your hand off me at once.放肆！马上把你的手挪开。

3 dared   

v.敢( dare的过去式和过去分词 )；敢做；激（某人做某事）；问（某人）有没有胆量（做某事）

参考例句：

• She said it as loudly as she dared. 她壮着胆子大声说了出来。
• I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不听老师的话。

4 reward   

n.报酬，酬谢，赏金；vt.奖赏，酬谢，报应

参考例句：

• He will expect some reward after working so hard.他工作很努力，会得到报偿的。
• I didn't do it for reward;I did it for love.我做这件事不是为了报酬，而是出于爱好。