英语作文-高中 Plugging Ones Ears While Stealing a Bell-掩耳盗铃

英语作文

In the ancient time, Fan's family was destroyed by others. So a man went to Fan's house and tried to steal something. He saw a big bell in the courtyard¹. The bell was so beautiful. He liked it very much, and he wanted to get it. Because the bell was too big and heavy, he could not move it. He thought there was only one way to solve the problem. He had to break the bell into pieces.

The thief found a big hammer, and he struck the bell. It produced very loud sound. The sound made the thief felt frightened. The thief thought it was too bad. Others would know that he was stealing the bell. He tried to stop the sound with his arms. But it was useless. He felt more and more frightened and covered his ears firmly hard with his hands. The sound became much lower². He immediately got some odd³ bits of cloth, and had his ears plugged⁴ with the two cloth rolls. He thought that in this way nobody could hear the sound of the bell. So he struck the bell again. The sound was louder. Many people heard it, and the thief was caught as a result checked.

 
Sophia
2006-03-19 23:00:06

1 courtyard   

n.庭院，天井

参考例句：

• Tell children to go and play in the courtyard.叫孩子们到院子里耍去。
• This passage leads into the courtyard.这条路通向院子。

2 lower   

adj.较低的；地位较低的，低等的；低年级的；下游的；vt.放下，降下，放低；减低

参考例句：

• Society is divided into upper,middle and lower classes.社会分为上层、中层和下层阶级。
• This price is his minimum;he refuses to lower it any further.这个价格是他开的最低价，他拒绝再作任何降价。

3 odd   

adj.奇特的；临时的；奇数的；n.[pl.]机会

参考例句：

• She looks a bit odd.I wonder what has happened to her.她的神色有些异样，不知出了什么事。
• He's an odd character and no mistake!他的确是个怪人！

4 plugged   

adj.塞紧的v.插上插头( plug的过去式和过去分词 )；以（塞子）塞住

参考例句：

• He plugged his razor in to recharge it. 他把剃刀插在插座上，给它充电。
• The workers plugged the hole in the gas pipe. 工人们堵住了煤气管道上的洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》