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　　Once upon 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 villagers laughed and said: "Don't you know he is on your neck?"

　　Hearing 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聽到這話。這是個分詞短語，相當於一個表示時間的狀語從句，即：When he heard this.

Exercises:

根據短文填空：

　　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

　　古時，有個人記性極差。一天，他帶着小兒子出去玩。一高興，便把小兒子舉起來，讓他騎在自己的脖子上。

　　過了一會兒，他忽然想起兒子來，逢人便問：“你看到我孩子了嗎？”

　　“哎，你脖子上的那個不是嗎？”有個鄰居見了大笑。

　　這個人一把將小兒子從脖子上揪下來，狠狠地打了一耳光，罵道：“混蛋，叫你別亂跑，剛纔你到哪裏去了？”

練習參考答案：

① upon ② ride ③ a ④ hearing ⑤ on