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Just as a clam came out to bask in the sun, a snipe pecked at its flesh. The clam closed its shell and squeezed the snipe’s beak.
“If it does not rain today and it does not rain tomorrow, you will be a dead clam,” said the snipe.
“If you cannot free yourself today and you cannot free yourself tomorrow, you will be a dead snipe,” replied the clam.
Neither would give up and eventually a fisherman caught both the clam and the snipe.
Notes: (1) snipe n. 鹬 (2) clam n. 蚌 (3) eventually abv. 最终,最后
Exercises:
回答下列问题:
1. What happened to a clam when it came out to bask in the sun?
2. What did a fisherman catch?
3. Why could the fisherman catch both the clam and the snipe?
一只河蚌出来晒太阳,被鹬啄住了它的肉。河蚌马上合上双壳,钳住了鹬的嘴。
鹬说:“如果今天不下雨,明天不下雨,你将会变成一只死河蚌。”
河蚌也对鹬说:“如果你的嘴今天不出来,明天也不出来,那么你将变成一只死鹬。”
两者都不肯让对方,这时,一位渔翁不费吹灰之力把它们两个都擒住了。
“If it does not rain today and it does not rain tomorrow, you will be a dead clam,” said the snipe.
“If you cannot free yourself today and you cannot free yourself tomorrow, you will be a dead snipe,” replied the clam.
Neither would give up and eventually a fisherman caught both the clam and the snipe.
Notes: (1) snipe n. 鹬 (2) clam n. 蚌 (3) eventually abv. 最终,最后
Exercises:
回答下列问题:
1. What happened to a clam when it came out to bask in the sun?
2. What did a fisherman catch?
3. Why could the fisherman catch both the clam and the snipe?
一只河蚌出来晒太阳,被鹬啄住了它的肉。河蚌马上合上双壳,钳住了鹬的嘴。
鹬说:“如果今天不下雨,明天不下雨,你将会变成一只死河蚌。”
河蚌也对鹬说:“如果你的嘴今天不出来,明天也不出来,那么你将变成一只死鹬。”
两者都不肯让对方,这时,一位渔翁不费吹灰之力把它们两个都擒住了。