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听到这话。这是个分词短语，相当于一个表示时间的状语从句，即：When he heard this.

Exercises:

根据短文填空：

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

古时，有个人记性极差。一天，他带着小儿子出去玩。一高兴，便把小儿子举起来，让他骑在自己的脖子上。

过了一会儿，他忽然想起儿子来，逢人便问：“你看到我孩子了吗？”

“哎，你脖子上的那个不是吗？”有个邻居见了大笑。

这个人一把将小儿子从脖子上揪下来，狠狠地打了一耳光，骂道：“混蛋，叫你别乱跑，刚才你到哪里去了？”

练习参考答案：

① upon ② ride ③ a ④ hearing ⑤ on