A clear conscience ^问心无愧

• a clear conscience ^{又可译为“清白的良心”}
• a good conscience ^问心无愧
• a bad conscience ^{反义词（感到内疚）}

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.

village ^{n.乡村，村庄；在乡村的，乡村的；村民}

• The whole village was excited by news. ^{在这里为总称，指“村民”，the whole village 指“全村的人”，后面通常跟单数动词（有时也可视为复数）}

whole ^{adj.全部的；整个的}

• the (whole / entire) village ^{全村的人 =  all the village 全村的（每个）人} 
• the (whole / entire) house ^{全家人 All the house 母语不用}
• the (whole / entire) town ^{全镇人 = all the town （请勿用于考试）}
• the (whole / entire) city ^{全市人 = all the city （请勿用于考试）}
• the (whole / entire) country ^{全国人 = all the country （请勿用于考试）}
• the (whole /entire ) world ^{全世界人 = all the world （请勿用于考试）}
• The whole world was/were shocked at the disaster. ^{谓语单数、复数均可。}
• all the students ✔️ the whole students ❌

whole：更口语常用；侧重「一个完整的整体，没有缺漏」； whole 前面一般加 the；不能直接接不可数名词；
entire：偏书面、正式一点；语气更强，强调 “完完整整，一丝不少”； entire 不能修饰复数名词，和 whole 这条规则一致。
all + 复数名词：all the + 单数名词，只有在描述物品 / 物质，不是人群的时候，考试才允许；

learn ^{v. 得知，获悉}

• the whole world learnt… ^{全世界都知道…}
• I’ve just learnt that she was ill.
• I learned about the accident from the news. ^{我从新闻里听说了这起事故。}

The whole village soon learnt/heard/knew that …

Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while (he was) taking his savings to the post office.

while doing 是现在分词短语用于连词之后，作用相当于一个时间状语从句。现在分词这样用的前提是两个动词的主语是同一个，并且这两个动作通常是同时发生（即这句话一定要是进行时态）。如果主语不一致则必须用从句。

• while he was taking his savings… ^{he与上文Sam相同所以省略了，使用 doing 补允说明正在主动进行(由句变成了词组做状语)。}

lost ^{adj.丢失的，失踪的= missing}

• His wallet is lost/missing.
• a lost/missing wallet
• Excuse me, I’m lost. Could you tell me the way to the post office?

Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.

be + done ^{被动语态 （it was not returned to him）}

• must have done ^{表示对过去的推测}
• must have been done ^{表示对过去被动的推测}

Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.

三种表示一段时间以后,另外一件事情发生的方式

1. …passed, and then ^{xx时间过去了，然后…}
2. some time later ^{一段时间后}
3. some time passed before…^{一段时间过去了…}

* It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 'A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!'

wrap up ^包裹(着)

• It had been wrapped up in newspaper by somebody. ^{(用报纸包用 in，不能用 by)}

half the money = half of the money ^{钱的一半（half 直接加在名词前表示 “一半” ）}

• half an hour ^半个小时
• half a year ^半年
• half price ^半价
• Half the bread was bad.
• Half a pound of coffee.

together with… = with… ^{随它一起的还有…（介词短语作状语）}

• I with my son went there. ^{我带着我的儿子去了}
• My son and I went there. ^{我和我儿子去那里。}
• He sent her some roses, together with a love letter.

Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!'

• yesterday once more ^{昨日重现（歌曲名）}
• some more money ^{又有一些钱 (more 又, 再)}

In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way.

in time = in the end ^{最终，最后，经过一段时间}

• In time, he found all the books he needed. ^最后
• I’ll tell you everything in time. ^及时的

pay back ^{= return 还回来(以牙还牙、还钱)}

• I'll pay you back for what you did to me. ^{你对我这样，我一定会报仇的（以牙还牙）}
• He embarrassed me at the party. I’ll pay him back someday. ^{向…报复（pay sb. back）}
• Yesterday Sam borrowed some money from me and said that he would pay me back in a week. ^偿还
• You’ve been very kind to me. How can I pay you back? ^报答

in the way ^{以这种方式}

• You must pay attention to your spelling. In this way, you can become a good secretary in time.
• You can solve the problem in this way. ^{你可以用这种方式解决这个问题。}