A Missing "Tiger "

一个失踪的“老虎”

We used to have a cat called Tiger.

我们过去叫一只猫为老虎。

He was a beautiful tabby with a great deal of character.

他有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.

出现在我们家。

Unfortunately Tiger also used to catch a lot of birds and

不巧的是，老虎也吃飞禽，

this made him very unpopular with some of the neighbors.

这让他很不受邻居的欢迎。

One day, just after his second birthday, Tiger disappeared.

有一天,就在他的第二个生日后,老虎消失了。

Perhaps he was run over by a car,

也许他是被车撞了,

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

但是我们对它的事情还是一无所知。

and we never saw him again.

我们再也没有见过他了

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词汇表

tabby

虎斑猫

character

(事物的）特性；性质；特点

natural

自然的；天生的

hunter

猎人

dare

敢

unfortunately

不幸地

unpopular

不流行的；不受欢迎的

neighbor

邻居

disappear

消失

offer

提供

reward

厅，报酬；奖金

discover

发现