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The Fox and the Tiger

时间:2010-06-01 01:55:58

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    “If only I possessed1 thy speed and strength!”said a fox to a tiger.“Isn't there anything else about me which would suit you?”enquired the latter.“None as far as I perceive.”
    “Not even my beautiful skin?”said the tiger.“Its colours are asmanifold as your imagination,and the outside would thus be well matched with the interior.”
    “For that precise reason would I decline it,”replied the fox.“I must not appear that which I am.But I would go to Heaven if I could change my hair for plumes2!”
    Exercises:
    回答下列问题:
    ①What did a tiger possess?
    ②What would be well matched with the interior?
    ③Why didn't the fox want the tiger's skin?


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1 possessed xuyyQ     
adj.疯狂的;拥有的,占有的
参考例句:
  • He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
  • He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
2 plumes 15625acbfa4517aa1374a6f1f44be446     
羽毛( plume的名词复数 ); 羽毛饰; 羽毛状物; 升上空中的羽状物
参考例句:
  • The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
  • The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头,那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。