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Once upon a time, there were three tortoises who were friends.

One of them was a large tortoise，one was a me-dium-sized tortoise and the third was a small tortoise.

One day they went into a restaurant and ordered some cake.

While they were waiting for the cake， they remembered that they hadnt brought any money.

“Hey, we forgot to bring money to pay for our cake,” the big tortoise said.

“The little tortoise can go home and get it,” the medium-sized tortoise said, “Hes the youngest, so he should be the one to go.”

The little tortoise wasnt very pleased with this, but he knewhe shouldnt argue with his elders, so he said,“All right, Ill go. But you must promise not to eat my cake while Im away.”

The large tortoise and the medium-sized tortoise agreed，and the little tortoise set off for home to get some money.

A few days later, the big tortoise said to the me- dium-sized tortoise,“Lets eat the little tortoises cake. Im hungry again.”

“So am I,”the medium-sized tortoise said, and reached for the cake.

As she did so, the little tortoise shouted from near the door of the restaurant, “If you touch my cake, I wont go get the money!”

生詞本

●tortoise n. a land animal that has a body covered by

around hard shell and moves very slowly烏龜

e.g. I raise a tortoise in my house.

我家養了一只烏龜。

●medium adj. of middle size, amount, or quality 中等的

e.g. Hes of medium height.

他中等身高。

●arguev. to fight or disagree with someone using words

爭辯；爭論

e.g. Do what you are told and dont argue with me.

叫你怎么做就怎么做，別跟我爭論。

●elder n. the older of two people （兩人中）年齡較大

者

e.g. Which is the elder of two sisters?

兩姐妹中誰年紀較大？

●touch v. to eat, drink, or take action with something 接

觸（某事物）

e.g. I never touch alcohol.

我從不喝酒。

測試

一、從a, b, c, d中選出最恰當的答案。

A.The three tortoises

a.were related.

b.knew each other.

c.were no longer friends.

d.lived in a restaurant.

B.The three tortoises realized they had forgotten their money

a.as they were ordering.

b.before they went into the restaurant.

c.after they ordered.

d.before they ordered.

C.The little tortoise

a.didnt mind getting the money.

b.wanted to share his cake.

c.agreed to go get the money.

d.enjoyed getting the money.

D.The little tortoise

a.hadnt gone very far after a few days.

b.returned quite quickly.

c.had brought the money with him.

d.couldnt hear the other tortoises words from the door.

二、在句子旁用T表示正確，用F表示錯誤。

a.The smallest tortoise was happy to go get their money for

the cakes.

b.The older tortoises sent the smallest tortoise because he

was the youngest.

c.One of the older tortoises suggested they all go back

home.

d.The big tortoise wanted to eat the youngest tortoises

cake.

e.The youngest tortoise heard their last conversation.

3只烏龜

從前，有3只烏龜，他們是好朋友。

他們分別是大烏龜、中烏龜和小烏龜。

一天，他們來到一家餐館并點了些蛋糕。

當他們等蛋糕時，才想起來誰也沒帶錢。

大烏龜說：“嗨，我們忘帶錢了，怎么結賬啊？”

中烏龜說：“讓小烏龜回家取錢吧。他最小，所以應該他回去取。”

小烏龜很不高興，但是他知道爭不過另外兩只烏龜，就說：“那好吧！我回去。但是你們必須答應我，在我離開的時候，不準偷吃我的蛋糕。”

大烏龜和中烏龜都同意了，小烏龜就回家去取錢了。

幾天以后，大烏龜對中烏龜說：“咱們把小烏龜的蛋糕吃了吧，我又餓了！”

中烏龜說：“我也餓了。”說著就伸手去拿蛋糕。

這時，只聽見小烏龜在餐館門口喊道：“如果你們敢動我的蛋糕，我就不回去取錢了！”

答案： 一、A. bB. c C.c D. a

二、a. F b. T c. F d. T e. T

編輯/丁俊玲