Lesson 24 A Double-Dyed Deceiver

Lesson 24Lesson 24A Double-Dyed DeceiverA Double-Dyed Deceiver

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1. Warm-up Questions

2. Background Knowledge

3. Text Analysis

4. Exercises

5. Questions For Discussion

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1. Who was the double-dyed deceiver in this story?

2. Whom did he deceive?

3. Did he carry out his plan by himself or did he conspire with somebody else?

4. What was the purpose of this dirty deal?

5. Did he succeed?

6. Why did Kid change his mind after he moved into the white house.

7. Why was Kid called the double-dyed deceiver?

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1. Poker: Poker is a card game for two or more persons in which the players bet on the value of the cards they hold. Its earliest forms date back to 1520 in Europe. It is now one of the world’s top three card games. (Picture)

2. Tattoo: A tattoo is a design or pattern made on the skin. It is a way of decorating the body by injecting colored pigment beneath the surface of the skin. This method of personal adornment has been used throughout history. (Picture)

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1. Do you think Donna Urique knew Kid was not her son? Explain your answer.

2. What made Kid change his mind about Thacker’s plot?

3. Can you predict the surprising ending when you begin reading? What do you know about the writer’s stylistic devices?

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1. True/False Questions

2. Multiple-choice Questions

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1. The young man Kid shot at the gambling house was American.

2. Usually consul Thacker never stopped drinking until he got drunk.

3. Kid was well-known in Rio Grande country.

4. Consul Thacker had had the plot in his mind for a long time.

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1. The young man Kid shot at the gambling house was American. F

2. Usually consul Thacker never stopped drinking until he got drunk.





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2. Usually consul Thacker never stopped drinking until he got drunk. T





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3. Kid was well-known in Rio Grande country. T




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3. Kid was well-known in Rio Grande country. T

4. Consul Thacker had had the plot in his mind for a long time. T



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5. The Urique’s boy disappeared from home and twelve years later was killed by Kid in a gambling house.

6. Thacker succeeded in his plot in the end.

7. Kid fled to Buenas Tierras because he could not pay his debts.

8. Thacker’s plot was to deceive the old couple by pretending Kid was their missing son.



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5. The Urique’s boy disappeared from home and twelve years later was killed by Kid in a gambling house. T

6. Thacker succeeded in his plot in the end.





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6. Thacker succeeded in his plot in the end. F





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7. Kid fled to Buenas Tierras because he could not pay his debts. F




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7. Kid fled to Buenas Tierras because he could not pay his debts. F

8. Thacker’s plot was to deceive the old couple by pretending Kid was their missing son. T



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9. Thacker had an eagle tattooed on Kid’s hand to make the old couple believe Kid was their son.

10. Their plan did not work well. Because Kid could not find the key to the safe.

11. Thacker succeeded in blackmailing Kid, because he was the only one who knew that Kid was a murderer.

12. Kid was an out-and-out deceiver.



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9. Thacker had an eagle tattooed on Kid’s hand to make the old couple believe Kid was their son. T

10. Their plan did not work well. Because Kid could not find the key to the safe.





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10. Their plan did not work well. Because Kid could not find the key to the safe. F





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11. Thacker succeeded in blackmailing Kid, because he was the only one who knew that Kid was a murderer. F




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11. Thacker succeeded in blackmailing Kid, because he was the only one who knew that Kid was a murderer. F

12. Kid was an out-and-out deceiver. T



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1. Kid went to the consulate ______.

A) because he knew Thacker would help him

B) to look for a job

C) to buy land

D) as people coming from America usually did this

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1. Kid went to the consulate ______. D

A) because he knew Thacker would help him

B) to look for a job

C) to buy land

D) as people coming from America usually did this

2. Thacker was a man who ______.

A) was honest but often got drunk

B) was ready to cheat for money

C) was easily deceived

D) was easy to make friends with



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2. Thacker was a man who ______. B

A) was honest but often got drunk

B) was ready to cheat for money

C) was easily deceived

D) was easy to make friends with

3. The mother believed Kid to be her son mainly because __.

A) Kid spoke Spanish

B) Kid came from Texas

C) Kid was about twenty

D) Kid had a tattooed flying eagle on his left hand



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3. The mother believed Kid to be her son mainly because __. D

A) Kid spoke Spanish

B) Kid came from Texas

C) Kid was about twenty

D) Kid had a tattooed flying eagle on his left hand

4. We can guess from the story that _______.

A) the old couple would remain cheated if Thacker did not tell the truth

B) a mother’s love would turn Kid into an honest man

C) Thacker would one day make it clear to everybody that Kid was a cheat

D) the rich old couple would find out sooner or later that Kid was a murderer



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4. We can guess from the story that _______. A

A) the old couple would remain cheated if Thacker did not tell the truth

B) a mother’s love would turn Kid into an honest man

C) Thacker would one day make it clear to everybody that Kid was a cheat

D) the rich old couple would find out sooner or later that Kid was a murderer

5. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea?

A) A loving mother is easily deceived.

B) A murderer can become the son of a rich couple.

C) Kid deceived twice over.

D) A murderer escaped punishment.



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5. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea? C

A) A loving mother is easily deceived.

B) A murderer can become the son of a rich couple.

C) Kid deceived twice over.

D) A murderer escaped punishment.

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A Double-Dyed Deceiver

O. Henry

Kid, a murderer, and Thacker, a United States consul, planned to cheat a rich old couple out of their money. How did they plan to do it? Did they succeed in their deception? Who was the double-dyed deceiver? Read the story and find the answers.

It happened in Laredo in a gambling house. The players were sitting at a poker game when a row began over some cards.

A young fellow about Kid’s age pulled out his revolver, but just missed Kid’s right ear. When Kid’s turn came, he shot the young man and ran away.

The young man’s friends overtook him at the station. Kid turned and aimed his revolver at them. He was a good shot. Seeing his revolver they stopped, turned and disappeared.

The same afternoon Kid took a train, but at the next station he left it because there were telegraph posts along the line and Kid did not trust electricity. He felt safer on horseback. He knew that the man whom he had shot came from a ranch where the people were vengeful.

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There was a store near the station and Kid saw a saddled horse among the trees. He took it and galloped on. After three days he was on the sea shore. The same day he sailed on a steamer with a cargo of timber and matches.

Thacker, the United States consul at Buenas Tierras, was not yet drunk. It was only eleven o’clock in the morning and he was never drunk until the middle of the afternoon. So, when he saw Kid standing at the door of the consulate, he was still in a condition to show the hospitality of a representative of a great nation.

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“I am sorry,” said Kid. “I was told that people usually called on you before going to see the town. I have just come from Texas.”

“Glad to see you Mr —?” said the consul.

“Dalton,” said Kid. “But they simply call me Kid in the Rio Grande country.”

“My name’s Thacker,” said the consul. “Take a chair. If you intend to buy land or if you are looking for a concession, I’ll be very glad to help you. Besides, they speak Spanish here and you will need an interpreter.”

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“I am not buying anything,” said Kid, “and I speak Spanish much better than English.”

“You speak Spanish?” said Thacker thoughtfully.

He looked at Kid in silence.

“You look like a Spaniard, too,” he continued, “and you can’t be more than twenty or twenty-one. Are you brave?”

“What do you mean?” asked Kid, suddenly rising and coming up to the consul.

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“Are you ready to accept any job?” asked Thacker.

“I must tell you,” said Kid, “that I took part in a little row in Laredo and killed a man. As I was afraid that his friends would avenge his death, I was obliged to leave the place and come here. So you see that I am ready to take any work.”

Thacker got up and closed the door.

“Show me your hand,” he said. He took Kid’s left hand and examined the back of it very carefully.

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“I can do it,” he said, “Your hand will heal in a week.”

“What do you mean?” asked Kid.

Through the window Thacker pointed to a rich white house standing among tropical trees.

“In that house,” said Thacker, “an old gentleman and his wife are waiting for you; they will fill your pockets with money. Old Santos Urique lives there. He owns half the gold mines in the country.”

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“Are you drunk?” asked Kid.

“Sit down and I’ll tell you everything.”

“Twelve years ago the old gentleman and his wife lost their only son. He was eight years old. Some Americans, who were looking for gold and who often visited the Uriques, told the boy a lot of wonderful things about the States; and a month later the boy disappeared. It was said that he was seen once in Texas. The Uriques looked for him everywhere, they spent a lot of money, but in vain.”

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“The mother was quite ill. They say she believes that her son will come back and they have never given up hope. On the back of they boy’s left hand was tattooed a flying eagle.”

Kid answered nothing.

“I can do it,” continued the consul, “and in a week you will have the eagle tattooed on your hand. I’ll call old Urique and when he sees that you have the tattoo mark, that you speak Spanish and can tell him about Texas, the parents will be happy. The rest of it is very simple. Old Urique keeps in his house about 100,000 dollars in a safe which a child can open. Get the money, we’ll divide it, take a steamer going to Rio Janeiro and let the consulate go to pieces. What do you think of it?”

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“I like your plan,” said Kid.

In a few days the tattoo on Kid’s left hand was ready and the hand healed.

Then the consul wrote the following note to old Urique:

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“Dear Sir,

I have the pleasure to inform you that I have a guest in my house who arrived from the United States a few days ago. I think that he is your son and that he intended to return to you, but at the last moment his courage left him because he doesn’t know how you will receive him.

I remain, dear sir,

Yours faithfully,

Thomson Thacker,”

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In thirty minutes a landau drove up to the door of the consulate.

A tall man with white hair and a lady dressed in black got out of it. Thacker met them with a bow.

They saw a young man with a sunburnt face standing near a desk.

Donna Urique glanced at his face and his left hand, and crying: “Oh, my son!” she folded Kid in her arms.

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A month later Kid came to the consulate in answer to a message from Thacker. He was very well dressed and a big diamond shone on his finger.

“What is the news?” asked Thacker.

“Nothing new,” answered Kid.

“It is time to start business. Why don’t you get the money? Everybody knows that Urique’s safe if full of money.”

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“Oh, there is a lot of money in the house,” said Kid, looking at his diamond. “And my adopted father has shown me where the key of the safe is.”

“Well, then, what are you waiting for?” asked Thacker angrily. “Don’t forget that I can tell Don Urique and everybody who you really are.”

“Listen,” said Kid. “When you speak to me, address me as Don Francisco Urique. As to my father’s money, let him have it. I don’t intend to take it.”

“Don’t you intend to give me my half then?”

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“Of course not,” answered Kid, “and I’ll tell you why. The first night I was at Don Urique’s house, just after I had gone to bed, my new mother came in and tucked in the blanket. ‘My dear boy,’ she said, and tears dropped from her eyes on my face. I have had very little to do with mothers in my life, but I think that this mother must be kept fooled. She stood it once, but she won’t stand it twice. That’s why things must be just as they are. And don’t forget that my name is Don Francisco Urique.”

“I’ll tell everybody today who you really are,” cried Thacker, red with anger.

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Kid took Thacker by the throat with his strong left hand, drew out his revolver with his right hand and aimed the revolver at the consul’s mouth.

There came a sound of wheels from outside. Kid put his revolver into his pocket, and holding up his left hand with its back toward the trembling consul said:

“There is one more reason why things must remain as they are. The fellow whom I killed in Laredo had an eagle on his left hand.”

At that moment the landau of Don Urique stopped at the door of the consulate.

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“Where are you, dear son?” called Donna Urique.

“I am here, dear mother,” answered Kid, or, as Thacker has ever since called him, Don Francisco Urique.

From An English Reader

Published in Moscow, 1961.

Approximately 1,200 words.

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Useful Phrases and Expressionsdye [] vt. 染色=color (a material), especially by soaking in a coloring solutione.g. She dyed her hair black. 她把头发染黑了。

deceiver [] n. 骗子=cheatere.g. A deceiver cheated him of all his money.一个骗子骗去了他所有的钱。

a double-dyed deceiver: a complete deceiver, i.e., an out-and-out deceiver


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row [] n. 吵架，骚动=quarrele.g. He is always ready for a row.他生性好争吵。


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revolver [] n. 左轮手枪=a pistol having a revolving cylinder with several cartridge chambers that may be fired in successione.g. He brought a revolver with him just in case.他带了把左轮手枪以防万一。


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overtake [] vt. 追上，赶上，超过= pass after catching up withe.g. The car overtook the truck. 小汽车超过了大卡车。


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ranch [ranch [] ] n.n. 大农场大农场=an extensive far=an extensive farmme.g. He liked the pe.g. He liked the peaceful life in the eaceful life in the ranch.ranch.他很喜欢农场的他很喜欢农场的平静生活。平静生活。


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vengeful [] adj. 有复仇心的=desiring vengeance; vindictivee.g. Don’t irritate her. She is a vengeful woman.别去惹她，她是个报复心很强的女人。


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gallop [] vi. （马等）飞跑，疾驰= move or progress swiftlye.g. The horse galloped round the field. 那马围着场地飞驰。


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consul [] n. 领事=an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign countrye.g. The consul-general attended the meeting.总领事出席了会议。


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consulate [] n. 领事馆=the residence or official premises of a consule.g. The spy went into the consulate to steal secret information.间谍到领事馆里去偷秘密情报。


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hospitality [] n. 好客，殷勤=cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guestse.g. The people of your village showed me great hospitality. 你们村里的人对我非常殷勤好客。


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concession [] n. 租地（营业权），让步，特许权=privilege; the act of concedinge.g. The boss's promise to increase the workers' pay was a concession to union demands.老板答应提高工人们的工资是对工会提出的要求所作的让步。


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interpreter [] n. 译员，口译者=one who translates orally from one language into anothere.g. An actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world?演员是他人话语的口译员，通常是一个希望向世界展示自己的人物。


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avenge [] vt. 替…报仇=inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revengee.g. She avenged her mother's death upon the murderer.他惩处了凶手 , 为母亲报了仇。


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oblige [] vt. （以道义、法律或体力）强迫，迫使=constrain by physical, legal, social, or moral meanse.g. Circumstances oblige me to do that.情况使我不得不那样做。

be obliged to (do) 迫不得已e.g. She was obliged to go. 她不得不走。


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tropical [] adj. 热带的=occurring in, or characteristic of the Tropicse.g. It’s difficult to grow a tropical plant here.在这种植热带植物不容易。


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tattoo [] v. & n. 刺花纹于…，纹身=put a picture or pattern on the skine.g. The sailor had a heart tattooed on his arm.那水兵在手臂上刺上一颗心。


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eagle [] n. 鹰=any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridaee.g. Ancient people used eagles to help with their hunting.古时人们用鹰来帮助打猎。


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adopted [] adj. 有收养关系的=taken into the family as a relation, esp. as a son or daughtere.g. She treats her adopted son very well as if he were her own son.她对她的养子就像对亲生儿子那么好。


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tuck [] vt. 把（被子，毯子…的）边塞进下面=put undere.g. She tucked in the covers on the bed. 她掖好床上的被子。


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Words to Knowfold []vt.& vi.1. 折叠，叠起，折起e.g. She folded the letter so that it would fit into her bag. 她把信折起来，以便可以装到袋里。2. 交叉；交叠：e.g. He folded his arms and lowered down his head as usual before he was in deep thought.跟平常一样在他陷入沉思之前他把双臂交叉起来 , 低下了头。3. 失败e.g. The business has folded up. 这家商店倒闭了。


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n. 折层；折页e.g. She hid it in the folds of her dress. 她把它藏在衣服的折层里。


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Words to Knowaddress []n. 地址 , 通讯处=the written or printed directions on mail or other deliverable items indicating destinatione.g. The address on the letter is wrong.这封信写错了地址。vt.1. 称呼 ; 与…说话 = speak toe.g. How shall I address you?我应当怎样称呼您呢 ?2. 写姓名地址 = mark with a destinatione.g. The envelope is addressed to Jack Johnson, Esq.信封上写着杰克·约翰逊先生收。


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Laredo []: a town in Texas, U.S., near the Rio Grande


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Buenas Tierras: a town in Mexico


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the Rio Grande []: a river flowing from southwestern Colorado into the Gulf of Mexico


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Rio Janeiro=Rio de Janeiro [Rio Janeiro=Rio de Janeiro []: ]: the second largest city of Brazilthe second largest city of Brazil


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a landau: a four-wheel carriage with a top that can be let down, thrown back and removed


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pull out 拔出，抽出e.g. That tooth should be pulled out. 那颗牙齿应该拔掉。


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a good shot 神枪手e.g. He is known as a good shot in his village.在他村里他是个很有名的神枪手。


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in answer to 作为对…的回答e.g. In answer to her Christmas card, I sent her a little gift.作为对她圣诞贺卡的回报，我送给她一件小礼物。


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have (little or much) to do with 和…（没有或有）交往，与…（没有或有）关系e.g. The mistake has little to do with Jim.这个错误和吉姆没有关系。


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take … by the throat 掐住…的脖子e.g. The robber took the teller by the throat to make her open the safe.强盗掐住柜员的脖子逼她开保险柜。


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He was a good shot.他枪法很好。


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The same afternoon Kid took a train, but at the next station he left it because there were telegraph posts along the line and Kid did not trust electricity. He felt safer on horseback.当天下午，基德上了火车，但是他在下一站下了车，因为沿线都有电线杆。电这玩艺儿传递消息快着呢！他觉得还是骑马安全。


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Get the money, we’ll divide it, take a steamer going to Rio Janeiro and let the consulate go to pieces.把钱弄到手，我们俩平分，搭上一条开往里约热内卢的船。至于这个领事馆，让它见鬼去吧！

Let the consulate go to pieces: I am going to abandon my job as a consul.


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It is time to start business.该动手了。


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I have had very little to do with mothers in my life, but I think that this mother must be kept fooled. She stood it once, but she won’t stand it twice.我活了这么大，向来跟母爱没缘分，可是这次绝不能让这位母亲知道事情的真相。她已经受过一次打击，再也经受不起第二次了。

I have had very little to do with mothers in my life: I have never experienced any motherly love in my life.


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The players were sitting at a poker game when a row began over some cards.几个人正聚在一起赌博，忽然因几张纸牌发生了争执。

过去进行时、过去完成时等 + When 是固定结构，表示“某事正在发生时或刚发生，另外的事便 (突然 ) 发生了”。在这种意义下， when 不能位于句首，它前面通常有逗号：e.g. I was just about to leave, when the telephone suddenly rang.我正要走，电话铃突然响了。


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When Kid’s turn came, he shot the young man and ran away.这回轮到基德开枪了，他击中了那位年轻人后就逃跑了。


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So, when he saw Kid standing at the door of the consulate, he was still in a condition to show the hospitality of a representative of a great nation.当他看到站在领事馆门前的基德时，他正处于清醒状态，因此表现出了一个大国代表的热情好客态度。


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I think that he is your son and that he intended to return to you, but at the last moment his courage left him because he doesn’t know how you will receive him.我认为他是您的儿子，而他也想回到您身边。但是在最后关头，他又失去了勇气，因为他不知您是否愿意接纳他。


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A month later Kid came to the consulate in answer to a message from Thacker.一个月之后，基德按撒克的通知要求，来到领事馆。


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When you speak to me, address me as Don Francisco Urique.你跟我说话时，要称呼我堂·弗朗西斯哥·乌里克。


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Kid took Thacker by the throat with his strong left hand, drew out his revolver with his right hand and aimed the revolver at the consul’s mouth.基德用有力的左手抓住撒克的喉咙，右手掏出左轮手枪对准这个领事的嘴巴。


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