背诵为王 第 一 册 第 57 课

57 A Forgetful Person

Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot things. So then hewent out, his wife always said to him, "Don's forget this."One day he went ona long trip alone. He went to the station and bought a ticket.
Then he boarded the train. About an hour later, the conductor began to checktickets. He came to the old man and said, "Will you please show me yourticket?"The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could notfind it. "I surely bought a ticket, but I cannot find it,"said the old man. "Ibelieve you bought a ticket. All right. You don's have to buy another ticket"said the conductor kindly¹, but the old man still looked worried and said, "IfI don's find my ticket, I cannot remember my station. Where am I going?"
forgetful 健忘的
board 上（船、飞机等）
conductor 乘务员，售票员
surely 肯定地

           一个健忘的人
 

　　从前，在一个镇里住着一位老人。他总是忘记事情。所以当他出门时，他的妻子总是对他说，“不要忘记这个。”
一天，他要独自出趟远门。他去火车站买了票。
随后，他上了火车。 大约一小时后，乘务员开始查票。他走到老人面前说：“可以把你的票给我看一下吗？”老人翻遍了口袋，怎么也找不到他的票。“我肯定买了票，但我找不到了。”老人说。“我相信你买了票。好吧。你不用补票了。”乘务员和善地说。但是老人看上去仍然非常着急，他说：“如果我找不到我的票，我就记不起该在哪个站下车。我是要去哪里呢？”

1 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。