Part Ⅳ

　　Error Correction (15 minutes)

　　For centuries the gypsies have lived as a unfettered people --71--

　　who traveled through half the countries of the world, abiding

　　to their own laws. Scorning discomfort, enduring persecution, --72--

　　accumulating only meager possession, they sacrificed all for --73--

　　their freedom. To be settled people they seemed both fascinating or --74--

　　fearful, while to the gypsies the settling people were equally fearful.?--75--

　　Gypsies acquired in ancient times their traditional occupations

　　like smiths and horse traders. They plied their crafts from village --76--

　　to village, presenting entertainments to attract townsmen. So they

　　became musicians, magicians, animal trainers, and acrobats.?

　　A folk saying held that when a gypsy woman predicted misfortune

　　it always came fact because she stole something from the victim. --77--

　　The gypsies were known also for the big trick which they deceived --78--

　　the credulous. A typical trick was to convince a peasant to bury --79--

　　his money, promising that it would be multiplied by magic powers;

　　when the peasant returned to dig them up, the money and the gypsies --80--

　　were both gone. The term “gypsy” soon became synonymous with all

　　the robbers and brigands who infested (騷擾)cet6w.com.?

　　答案：

　　71.a 改為 an 。A 用在以輔音字母或輔音開(kāi)頭的單詞之前，an用在以元音字母或元音開(kāi)頭的單詞之前。?

　　72.to 改為 by。abide by 是固定用法，表示“堅(jiān)持，遵守”。?

　　73.possession改為 possessions。因?yàn)閜ossession 在句中意為“財(cái)產(chǎn)”，應(yīng)用其復(fù)數(shù)形式。?

　　74.or改為 and。只有both…and…沒(méi)有both…or…，both…and…表示“既……又……”。?

　　75.settling改為settled。過(guò)去分詞表達(dá)被動(dòng)與完成，現(xiàn)在分詞表達(dá)主動(dòng)與進(jìn)行。Settled表示“定居下來(lái)的(人們)”。?

　　76.like改為as。句中的as 作介詞，表示“例如”。?

　　77.fact改為true。Come true 表示“成為事實(shí)”，沒(méi)有come fact 這種表達(dá)法。?

　　78.which前加in。句中的which是關(guān)系代詞，引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾前面的trick，加上in 句意才完整。?

　　79.convince改為 persuade。Convince表示“(已經(jīng))信服”，而persuade是指“勸說(shuō)(某人)使之相信”。根據(jù)句意顯然應(yīng)使用后者。?

　　80.them改為it。根據(jù)句意此處的代詞表示money, 而該詞是不可數(shù)名詞，故應(yīng)用it。