111.To Borrow an Ox(在线收听

  Once upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn't know any words.

  One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him, so he wrote a note and asked his servant to take it to this rich man.

  After the servant gave the note to the rich man, he pretended to be reading it and after a while, he said, "OK, I know. Go and tell your master, I'll go myself shortly.

Notes:

  (1) he pretended to be reading it他假装读着字条。

  (2) pretend to do佯装做

Exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题:

  ① When did the story take place?

  ② What problem did the rich man have?

  ③ What did his friend want to borrow from him?

  ④ Who took the note to the rich man?

  ⑤ The rich man made a fool of himself, didn't he?

111.借公牛一用

  从前,有个人很富有,但他不识字。 一天,他的一位朋友想向他借一头公牛,便写了个条,让仆人送到富人那里。

  仆人把条子给了富人。富人便假装看了一会儿,然后说道:“好啦,我知道了。回去告诉你的主人,我马上自己过去。”

练习参考答案:

    ① A long time ago.

  ② He didn't know and words.

  ③ An ox.

  ④ The servant.

  ⑤ Yes, he did.

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