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An Example to Follow

时间:2010-05-31 02:55:13

(单词翻译:单击)

    As Zengzi's wife set off for the market,her little son followed her crying.“Go home.”she said to the boy,“When I come back,I'll kill the pig for you to eat.”
    When she got back from the market Zengzi wanted to catch the pig and kill it.His wife stopped him.“I was just humouring the child.”
    “Children can not be humoured in this way.”he replied.“They have little understanding.They learn from their parents and listen to what their parents teach them.By deceiving him now you are teaching him to deceive.If a mother deceives her son,her son would not believe his mother any more. This is not the way to teach a child.”So he killed the pig and cooked it.Exercises:
    判断对(T)、错(F):
    ① Zengzi's son followed his mother crying because he was hungry.② Zengzi's wife stopped Zengzi killing1 the pig.③ Zengzi really wanted to give an example to his wife.


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1 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。