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Passage Five Three Black Umbrellas
三把黑伞
Part One
第一部分
Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday.
萨莉是个学生，再过几天就是她母亲的生日了。
She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
她想给母亲买 一个价格不高，但漂亮、实用的礼物。
A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch.
在她母亲生日之前的一个星期，萨莉匆忙地吃了顿简单的午餐后就出去购物了。
When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and decided to take a black one. Her mother had lost hers the month before.
看了半个小时后，发现了一个卖便宜雨伞的商店，她决定买把黑色的伞。一个月之前她母亲把她的伞丢了。
Part Two
第二部分
She thought, "You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color."
她想，“穿任何颜色的衣服，都可以携带黑伞。”
So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to the school with her until her classes had finished.
于是她决定买把可爱的黑伞带回学校，直到课结束时才带回家。
On her way home in the train that evening she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car for a sandwich and a cup of coffee.
那天晚上．在她乘火车回家的路上，因为午餐吃的很少，她觉得饿，于是走进餐车，要了一份三明治和一杯咖啡。
She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment, but when she got back, it had gone.
她把这把黑色雨伞放在车厢的椅子上，但是当她回来时雨伞却不见了。
When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers in it. But now there were three.
当她离开时车厢里一个乘客也没有，但是现在却有三个。
Sally began to cry when she saw the umbrella was no longer there.
当看到雨伞不见了时，莎莉开始哭起来。
The other passengers felt very sorry for her, and asked what was wrong.
其他乘客对她都感到难过，询问她怎么了。
She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone and that she had to get out at the next station.
莎莉告诉他们自己为妈妈买的伞不见了，而且下一站她就得下车了。
After the three other passenger heard it, they asked about her mother's address, so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after.
其他的三位乘客听到后，都询问她母亲的地址，以便有人知道拿错了伞再拿回来时，他们可以把伞寄给她母亲。
Sally had to get out of the train. The next week, Sally heard from her mother.
莎莉必须下火车。在接下来的一周，萨莉收到她母亲的来信。
It said: thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three similar black umbrellas?
上面写道，“非常感谢你送我的漂亮礼物，但你为什么寄给我三把相似的黑伞呢？”
