The Ant and the Grasshopper

（单词翻译:单击）

    One cold，frosty day in the middle of winter a colony of ants was busy drying out some grains of corn which had grown damp during the wet autumn weather．A grasshopper¹，half dead with cold and hunger，came up to one of the ants．“Please give me a grain or two from your store of corn to save my life，”he said faintly．“We worked day and night to get the corn in．Why should I give it to you?”asked the ant crossly．“What on earth were you doing all last summer when you should have been gathering² your food？”
    “Oh I didn't have time for things like that，”said the grasshopper．“I was far too busy singing to carry corn about．”
    The ant laughed unkindly．“In that case you sing all winter as far as I am concerned，”he said．And without another word he returned to his work．Plan ahead．You can't rely on other people to look after you．Exercises：
    回答下列问题：
    ①When were the ants busy drying out the corn？
    ②What do you learn from the story？