书城英文图书课外英语-猫和铃(双语版)
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第3章 卖母

楚国首都颍有人卖母。他恳求买母亲的买主。

“我母亲年纪大了。请你给她吃饱,千万不要虐待我的老母亲啊。”

这是一个用所谓善行掩盖其可耻行径的人的写照。

Keys:

②He made entreaties for his mother.

②He said:“My mother is old.Please see that she has enough food and do not illtreat her.”

The Lion and the Bulls

Three bulls fed in a field together in the greatest peace and amity.A lion had long watched them in the hope of making a prize of them,but found there was little chance for him so long as they kept all together.He therefore began secretly to spread evil and slanderous reports of one against the other,till he had fomented a jealousy and distrust amongst them.No sooner did the lion see that they avoided one another,and fed each by himself apart,than he fell upon them singly,and so made an easy prey of them all.

The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

Exercises:

回答下列问题:

①What did the three bulls do in a field?

②What did the lion do in order to make an easy prey of the bulls?

③What were the opportunities of foes?