41. You Let Me Search Quite

（单词翻译:单击）

　　Once upon¹ a time, there was a man who always forgot things. One day, he went out with his little son. He was so happy that he put the son ride his neck.

　　After a time, he suddenly thought of his son, he asked people: "Have you seen my child?"

　　One of his villagers² laughed and said: "Don't you know he is on your neck?"

　　Hearing³ this, the man took down his son from his neck, he was so angry that he hit the son on the face, then shouted: "I have told you not to go here and there. Where did you go just now?"

Notes:

　　(1) think of想起

　　(2) hearing this听到这话。这是个分词短语，相当于一个表示时间的状语从句，即：When he heard this.

Exercises:

根据短文填空：

　　① Once ______ a time, there was a man who always forgot things.

　　② He was so happy that he put the son ______ his neck.

　　③ After _______ time, he suddenly thought of his son.

　　④ _______ this, the man took down his son from his neck.

　　⑤ He was so angry that he hit the son _______ the face .

41.叫我好找

　　古时，有个人记性极差。一天，他带着小儿子出去玩。一高兴，便把小儿子举起来，让他骑在自己的脖子上。

　　过了一会儿，他忽然想起儿子来，逢人便问：“你看到我孩子了吗？”

　　“哎，你脖子上的那个不是吗？”有个邻居见了大笑。

　　这个人一把将小儿子从脖子上揪下来，狠狠地打了一耳光，骂道：“混蛋，叫你别乱跑，刚才你到哪里去了？”

练习参考答案：

① upon ② ride ③ a ④ hearing ⑤ on