讀點好英文:The Toad Looks for Food 蟾蜍尋食

The Toad Looks for Food 蟾蜍尋食

It was new year once again. All the families in the village were busy preparing rice cakes to celebrate the new year.

In the village pond there lived a toad. When the snow began to fall, the toad left his home and went to live in the hilly area near the village.There he met a monkey.

One day, the monkey asked the toad，“How shall we steal some of the rice cakes to eat?”They talked about this for some time. In the end, they came up with an idea.They came down from the hills and went to the village.The monkey and the toad reached the village headman's house.Then they carried out their plan to steal the rice cakes.The monkey hid behind the door and waited for the chance to steal the rice cakes.Meanwhile, the toad moved away from the house and then jumped into the village well.

At that time, a servant of the village headman was busy cooking the rice cakes for the new year. She heard the sound of something falling into the well.She screamed loudly because she thought that her master's son had fallen into the well.She immediately left the wooden basins that contained the rice cakes on the table and ran towards the well.

The monkey, who had been hiding behind the door, quickly entered the house. He took a basin containing a rice cake and ran away towards the hills.Not long after, the toad met the monkey there.

The greedy and selfish monkey wanted to eat the rice cake all by himself. He did not want to share the rice cake with the toad.He told the toad that he would roll the basin downhill.“Whoever succeeds in getting the basin first can have the rice cake，”said the monkey.

“That's not fair，”replied the toad.“I can't run as fast as you.”

“You must race with me. If you don't, the whole rice cake will be mine.”said the monkey.

The toad did not have any choice but to agree to the monkey's plan.“All right, I agree，”the toad answered reIuctantIy.

“One, two, three！”rolling basin. They started racing.The basin began to roll downhill.

The monkey ran as fast as he could and was soon in front of the toad. He chased after the rolling basin.

Suddenly, the rice cake fell out of the basin and stopped beside a big rock.

“Thank God，”whispered the toad. He stopped at the hillside and began to eat the rice cake.

The monkey carried on chasing after the basin. When he finally reached the basin, he found it empty.The monkey was surprised and he climbed the hill once more.He soon found the toad eating the rice cake.He wanted to have a part of the rice cake too but he was too ashamed to ask for it.

He regretted trying to cheat his friend and finally went away.

新的一年即將到來。村子里家家戶戶都忙著準備米糕來慶祝新春佳節(jié)。

在村子里的一個池塘里住著一只蟾蜍。當開始下雪時，蟾蜍便離開自己的家園，移居到村子附近一個多山地區(qū)。在那里，蟾蜍碰見了一只猴子。

有一天，猴子對蟾蜍說：“我們?yōu)槭裁床蝗ネ敌┟赘饣貋沓阅?？”它們討論了好久，終于想出了一個辦法。于是它們下了山，走向村子。猴子和蟾蜍來到村長的家，開始它們的偷米糕計劃。首先，猴子躲在村長家的大門后面，等機會入屋偷米糕。與此同時，蟾蜍則離開屋子，跳入一口井內(nèi)。

村長家的一名女工正忙著調(diào)制新年米糕。忽然聽見外面“撲通”一聲，她以為主人的兒子掉入井里了，就大聲叫起來，并趕緊把裝有米糕的木盆放在桌上，奔向井邊。

躲在門后的猴子立刻潛入屋里，拿起裝著米糕的木盆便拼命地往山上跑。不久，蟾蜍也跑了回來和猴子會合。

貪心、自私的猴子想獨吞所有的米糕，不愿與蟾蜍分享。它跟蟾蜍說讓木盆滾下山去。“誰先搶到米糕的便可占為己有。”猴子說。

“那不公平，”蟾蜍說，“我跑得沒你快?！?/p>

“所以你必須盡力而為??！要不然，全部米糕都將歸我所有啦！”猴子說。

蟾蜍別無選擇，只好同意猴子的建議?！昂冒桑【瓦@樣決定?！斌蛤軣o可奈何地說道。

“一、二、三！”滾木盆比賽開始了。那木盆率先滾下山去。

猴子拼命地跑，不一會兒就超過了蟾蜍，它拼命地追著木盆。

忽然，米糕從木盆中掉了出來，被一塊大石頭擋著。

“謝謝老天爺！”蟾蜍低聲說，它停下來，開始吃米糕。

猴子繼續(xù)追著木盆，當追上木盆時，發(fā)現(xiàn)里邊竟然是空的！它莫明其妙，只好折了回去。不一會兒，它就看見蟾蜍正吃著米糕！饑腸轆轆的它也很想吃米糕，可是卻不好意思開口。

它后悔欺騙了朋友，最后只好離開了。

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單詞注解

trembIe['trembl]v.發(fā)抖，顫抖；焦慮，擔憂

sneak[sni：k]v./n.潛行；偷偷溜走；鬼鬼祟祟的人

greedy['gri：di]a.貪婪的；渴望的

reIuctantIy[ri'l?kt?ntli]ad.不情愿地；勉強地

chase[t?eis]v.追捕，追逐；尋找

實用句型

If anyone else were to treat us like this, we would tear him into pieces.

要是別人像你這樣做的話，我們早就把它撕成碎片了。

Or else he would not be friends with you at all.

不然的話，它也不會跟你們做朋友。

Then they carried out their plan to steal the rice cakes.

開始它們的偷米糕計劃。

智慧點津

Be cautious in your choice of friends.

交友一定要慎重。

He laughs best who laughs last.

誰笑到最后，誰笑得最好。