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Socrates and His Friends

时间:2010-05-31 05:45:52

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    Socrates having laid for himself the foundation1 of a small house,one of the people,no matter who,amongst such passing remarks as are usual in these cases,asked,“Why do you,so famed as you are,build so small a house?”
    “I only wish,”he replied,“I could fill it with real friends.”
    Exercises:
    回答下列问题:
    ①Who asked Socrates about his house?
    ②Why did Socrates build so small a house?
    ③What do you think about what Socrates said?


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1 foundation UijxD     
n.[pl.]地基;基础;基金会;建立,创办
参考例句:
  • The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
  • The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。