The Shepherd and the Nightingale

    “Sing to me，my dearest nightingale，”said a shepherd to the silent songs tress one beautiful spring evening．“Alas！”said the nightingale，“the frogs make so much noise，that I have no inclination¹ to sing．Do you not hear them？”
    “Undoubtedly I hear them，”replied the shepherd，“but it is owing to your silence．”
    Exercises：
    判断对（T）、错（F）：
    ①The shepherd asked the nightingale to sing a song and the nightingale was glad to do so．②The nightingale had no inclination to sing because the frogs made so much noise．③According to the shepherd，the frogs made so much noise be-cause of the nightingale's silence．

1 inclination   

n.倾斜；点头；弯腰；斜坡；倾度；倾向；爱好

参考例句：

• She greeted us with a slight inclination of the head.她微微点头向我们致意。
• I did not feel the slightest inclination to hurry.我没有丝毫着急的意思。