新课标小学英语阅读100篇 41（在线收听）

　　41 A Missing "Tiger "一个失踪的“老虎”

　　We used to have a cat called Tiger.我们曾经有一只猫叫老虎。

　　He was a beautiful tabby with a great deal of character.他是一个漂亮的虎斑与大量的字符。

　　He was a natural hunter, and very soon no mouse dared to他是个天生的猎手,很快没有老鼠敢

　　show its face in our house.显示在我们家的脸。

　　Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and不幸的是老虎也用来捕捉大量的鸟类和

　　this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors.这让他很不受欢迎的邻居。

　　One day, just after his second birthday, Tiger disappeared.有一天,就在他的第二个生日,老虎消失了。

　　Perhaps he was run over by a car, 也许他是被车碾过,

　　for at that time we lived near a busy street. 当时的我们生活在一个繁忙的街道。

　　Although we offered a reward. 尽管我们提供了奖励。

　　we never discovered what had happened to him 我们从来没有发现他出了什么事

　　and we never saw him again.我们再也没有见过他了

　　WORD BANK

　　tabby n．虎斑猫

　　character n.

　　(事物的）特性；性质；特点

　　natural adj,

　　自然的；天生的

　　hunter n．猎人

　　dare v．敢

　　unfortunately adv.

　　不幸地

　　unpopular adj.

　　不流行的；不受欢迎的

　　neighbor n．邻居

　　disappear v．消失

　　offer v．提供

　　reward 厅，报酬；奖金

　　discover v．发现