Dan Robinson has been worried all week. LastTuesday he received a letter from the local police. Inthe letter he was asked to call at the station. Danwondered why he was wanted by the police,but he went to the station yesterday and nowhe is not worried anymore. At the station, hewastold by a smiling policeman that his bicyclehad been found. Five days ago, the policemantold him, the bicycle was picked up in a smallvillage four hundred miles away. It is nowbeingsent to his home by train. Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. He wasamused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty yearsago when Dan was a boy of fifteen!
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4. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the stationyesterday and now he is not worried any more.
丹奇怪警察为什么要找他，但是他昨天还是去了，现在他不再担心了。
语言点1 sb. be wanted意为“某人被要求……”，在此处是一个双关语：一方面丹被警察传讯了，已经收到了传票;另一方面被警察传讯大部分情况不是什么好事情，丹很奇怪警察为什么偏偏要传讯他。
语言点2 not..any more = no more / not…any longer / no longer意为“不再……”
There is no more money.已经没有钱了。
5. At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found.
在警察局里，一位面带笑容的警察告诉他，他的自行车已经被找到了。
语言点1 a smiling policeman 一位面带笑容的警察
语言点2 that引导宾语从句。
6. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small villagefourhundred miles away.
那位警察对他说，那辆自行车是5天前在400英里外的一个小村里发现的。
语言点1 five days ago意为“5天前”，was picked up过去时的被动语态，时间状语与时态一致。
语言点2 in a small village four hundred miles away为地点状语。
