时间:2019-01-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语博客 A cup of English


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  The Golden Goose (part 1).

There once was a gentle boy called Samuel. He lived at the edge of the forest with his parents and two older brothers. His family often treated him poorly. They didn't know that he was capable of much greater things, until the day that he met a strange old man in the woods. That day began as Samuel's oldest brother went to cut wood. Their mother packed a sweet cake and a bottle of cider for her oldest son to take into the woods. Samuel stayed at home and chopped nuts. In the woods, Samuels's brother came upon a little gray man. The man kindly 1 said good day and asked, "Will you share your meals with a tired old man? I am very hungry and thirsty." Samuel's brother yelled 2 at the man. "If I share with you, I won't have enough for myself," he said. "Now out of my way!" The brother left the man standing 3 there and went to chop a tree. After a few strong swings, his ax slipped and hit his arm. He suffered a deep cut and could no longer continue his work. The little man saw all this happen. He smiled as the oldest brother hurried home to dress his wound. Now, the second brother was called to get the firewood. Their mother gave him sweet cake and cider for his journey, as she'd done for the oldest brother. Before long the second brother also met up with the old man in the woods. The man kindly said good day and asked if he would share his meal with him. This next brother was as selfish as the first. "If I give you my food and drink, I won't have enough for myself," he said. "Now get out of my way!" The second brother walked away and found a tree to chop. He swung so strongly with the ax that the head dropped off. It fell right on his foot, and so, he also had to go home hurt. Back at the house, young Samuel said, "Let me go and cut wood, Father." "You know nothing about it," replied his father harshly 4. "But if you want to get hurt, then go." Samuel's mother gave him some stale bread and a jug 5 of warm water. In the forest, Samuel met the little gray man as well. "Would you share some food and drink with a tired old man? I am so very hungry and thirsty," he said. "I have only stale bread and warm water," Samuel said, "but if you don't mind that, we can eat together." They sat in the woods to eat.



adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地
  • Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
  • A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
  • The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着,希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
ad.严厉地;苛刻地
  • The grit beneath her soles grated harshly on the wooden deck. 粘在她鞋底的沙砾蹭在木甲板上发出刺耳的声音。
  • We should not judge the young writers too harshly. 我们不应当对青年作家太苛求。
n.(有柄,小口,可盛水等的)大壶,罐,盂
  • He walked along with a jug poised on his head.他头上顶着一个水罐,保持着平衡往前走。
  • She filled the jug with fresh water.她将水壶注满了清水。
学英语单词
abustles
afibrinogenaemic
albomycetin
arranged marriage
BFUP
cappa
chain home beamed
chalutzim
chronicle of school
citrus leaf-miner
cowboy economy
data longevity
decentralized stochastic control
Dewi, Saint
differencing
directional radio
dominant tone
drafts
Duncan I.
earthed concentric wiring system
eusintomycin
externally heating
faciobrachialis
fancy oneself as
fifty-somethings
fore pressure
gamma-aminobutyric acid
gateway-to-gateway protocol
gelatin tube
get stuck in the mire
hay-seed
hoerr
holthe
hyperergic
import cargoes
inadequate diet
indirect initiation
knock someone's eyes out
knowledge-oriented
Kuibyshev
laugh sth to scorn
Laves' phases
lecointre
left inverse element
Leg-Over
length of boss
Lermontov, MikhailYurievich
Linda Vista
Linneryd
liquid nitrogen freezing system
liquor tyrothricini
load-deflection relation
looked after
magnifiable
manstration
Mary Cassatt
medrysone
milltailings
mixed ores
monensin
negroponte
nongoal
Ossietzky
Panxworth
paramukta
Parkhurst
part-drawing
Periptychus
pestle mill
phenagle
pipeline inventories
point probe-dynamic characteristic method
police judge
potyvirus konjak mosaic virus
quarter-bell
quenching and high temperature tempering
ramus ilicus
real-time application
resection through cervical approach
right-to-left rule
rotto
safe in life and limb
sample frequency
scientise
see ... off
semiconductor particle detector
settlingss
Shubat Enlil
soapy water
soft HRM
sputum
supplementary appropriation
Telotremata
texting codes
the bitter truth
the dogs of war
trichosurus vulpeculas
tubb
unholding
view(in computer graphics)
walking orders
X-ray fluorescences