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    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？”

1 upon   

prep.在……上面

参考例句：

• I hope that fortune may smile upon you.我希望幸运之神会向你微笑。
• I rely upon you to finish the work on time.我相信你会准时完成这项工作的。

2 villagers   

n.在乡村住的人，村民( villager的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels. 那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war. 在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 hearing   

n.听，听见，听到，听说，听取；听力，听证会，诉讼，审讯

参考例句：

• I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.我盼望着不久收到你的信。
• The old man's hearing is poor.那位老人听力差。