课文内容：
After I had had lunch at a village inn, I looked for mybag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and nowit wasn't there ! As I was looking for it, the inn-keeper came in. ‘Did you have a good meal ' heasked. ‘Yes, thank you,' I answered, ‘but I can't paythe bill. I haven't got my bag.' The inn-keeper smiledand immediately went out. In a few minutes hereturned with my bag and gave it back to me. ‘I'm very sorry,' he said.‘ My dog had taken it into the garden. He often does this.'
精讲笔记：
7.In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.
一会儿工夫他带着我的包回来了，把包还给了我。
语言点1 a few minutes不可译为“一些时间”，而应译为“很短的几分钟”、“片刻”
语言点2 give sth. back = return sth.意思是“返还某物”
When do you give the money back to me?你何时把钱还给我?
8.‘I'm very sorry,' he said .
“真是抱歉，”他说。
语言点(口语) I am so sorry. /I am really sorry.实在对不起。
(书面语) I apologized / apologised to sb. for sth. / doing sth.我因 ……向……道歉。
9.‘My dog had taken it into the garden. He often does this.’
“我的狗把它弄到花园里去了，他经常干这种事!”
语言点 此外用he表示“狗”，是拟人化的表达。