Once a Month

    Now there was a man who stole a chicken from his neighbour evey day．“This is not the way a man of moral¹ principles should behave，”he was told．“Well，then I'll reduce the number，”he replied，“I'll steal one every month and next year I won't steal any more．”
    Since he knew he was doing something wrong，he ought to stop at once．Why wait till next year？
    Exercises：
    判断对（T）、错（F）：
    ① The man stole a chicken from his neighbour every month atfirst．② He accepted someone's idea．③ The man really wanted to do something right．

1 moral   

adj.道德(上)的，有道德的；n.品行，寓意，道德

参考例句：

• Moral beauty ought to be ranked above all other beauty.品德之美应列于其他美之上。
• He deceived us into believing that he could give us moral support.他骗得我们相信他能给我们道义上的支持。