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The Boy and the Nettle

时间:2010-05-31 02:30:56

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    A boy playing in the fields got stung by a nettle1.He ran home to his mother,telling her that he had but touched that nasty weed,and it had stung him.“It is just your touching2 it,my boy,”said his mother,“that caused it to sting you;the next time you meddle3 with a nettle,grasp it tightly,and it will do you no hurt.”
    Do boldly what you do at all.Exercises:
    判断对(T)、错(F):
    ① When a boy was playing in the fields,he got stung by the net-tle.② The boy ran home and told his sister.③ The boy's mother said that the boy got stung by the nettle be-cause he was just touching it.④If the boy had grasped the nettle tightly,he wouldn't have been stung.回答下列问题:
    ①What happened when the boy was playing in the fields?
    ② From his mother's words,what will you learn?


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1 nettle KvVyt     
n.荨麻;v.烦忧,激恼
参考例句:
  • We need a government that will grasp the nettle.我们需要一个敢于大刀阔斧地处理问题的政府。
  • She mightn't be inhaled as a rose,but she might be grasped as a nettle.她不是一朵香气扑鼻的玫瑰花,但至少是可以握在手里的荨麻。
2 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
3 meddle d7Xzb     
v.干预,干涉,插手
参考例句:
  • I hope he doesn't try to meddle in my affairs.我希望他不来干预我的事情。
  • Do not meddle in things that do not concern you.别参与和自己无关的事。