1. The police had a difficiilt time, but they were most amused.
警察虽然吃了苦头，但他们还是感到很有趣。
真题测验：现在分词和过去分词用作形容词的区别
It is believed that if a book is , it will surely ihe reader.
A. interested; interest B. interesting; be interested
C. interested; be interesting D. interesting; interest
答案：选D
分析：现在分词interesting是指“（物）令人感兴趣的”；而过去分词interested是指“(人） 对……感兴趣的”；interest本身作动词意为“使感兴趣”。
翻译：人们认为，如果一本书有趣的话,它是肯定可以吸引读者的。
2. Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children’s hospital.
去年圣诞节，马戏团的老板吉米·盖茨决定给儿童医院赠送一批礼物。
3. "Of course，we should arrest him, but as he has a good record，we shall let him off this time."
“当然，我们应该逮捕它，但由于它一贯表现很好，这次我们铙了它。”
知识点：let sb. off =forgive sb. 饶恕某人
