4. He Who Hesitates Is Lost p.21

    Mike is in Vienna with his girlfriend Daisy.

    M： Are you having a good time, Daisy？

    D： Are kidding？ I'm having the time of my life. I loved the concerts.

    M： Concert going is fantastic but what else can we do？

    D： Biking along the banks of the river Danube could be fun.

    M： It sounds like a great idea！

    D： Let's do it then.

    M： You're right. As they say, "He who hesitates is lost."

    He who works hard will be successful.  "He" means anyone.  or： one, those

    I was lost in that music. 沉醉于 = be absorbed in one's work

    While on vocation last year, I visited France and Italy. 渡假

    Chinese character 中国字  不说 Chinese words

    have a lot of fun = have a good time

    a lot of concert

    The artist will put on （hold） an exhibit next month.  （put on 娱乐）

    fantastic = wonderful, great, awesome, terrific （cool for the young）

    aweful = terrible 糟

    Biking along the bank could be/can be/must be/is fun.

    Learning English is fun.  fun 好玩（a good time）   funny 滑稽  含义不同  fun man, funny man

    The students made fun of the new kid of class. 嘲笑

The Wolf and the Man

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

　　Once upon a time the fox was talking to the wolf about the strength of man, how no animal could withstand him, and how all were obliged to employ cunning in order to protect themselves from him.

　　The wolf answered, "If I could see a man just once, I would attack him nonetheless."

　　"I can help you to do that," said the fox. "Come to me early tomorrow morning, and I will show you one."

　　The wolf arrived on time, and the fox took him out to the path which the huntsman used every day. First an old discharged soldier came by.

　　"Is that a man?" asked the wolf.

　　"No," answered the fox. "He has been one."

　　Afterwards came a little boy on his way to school.

　　"Is that a man?"

　　"No, he will yet become one."

　　Finally a huntsman came by with his double-barreled gun on his back, and a sword at his side.

　　The fox said to the wolf, "Look, there comes a man. He is the one you must attack, but I am going back to my den."

　　The wolf then charged at the man.

　　When the huntsman saw him he said, "Too bad that I have not loaded with a bullet." Then he aimed and fired a load of shot into his face.

　　The wolf pulled an awful face, but did not let himself be frightened, and attacked him again, on which the huntsman gave him the second barrel. The wolf swallowed his pain and charged at the huntsman again, who in turn drew out his naked sword, and gave him a few blows with it left and right, so that, bleeding all over, he ran howling back to the fox.

　　"Well," Brother Wolf, said the fox, "how did you get along with man?"

　　"Oh," replied the wolf, "I never imagined the strength of man to be what it is. First, he took a stick from his shoulder, and blew into it, and then something flew into my face which tickled me terribly. Then he breathed once more into the stick, and it flew up my nose like lightning and hail. Then when I got next to him, he drew a naked rib out of his body, and he beat me so with it that he almost killed me."

　　"See what a braggart you are," said the fox. "You throw your hatchet so far that you cannot get it back again."

　从前有只狐狸向狼谈起人的力量，说没有动物能抵挡得了，所以他认为所有动物都必须施展计谋才能保护自己。可狼回答说：「假如我有机会碰到一个人，我就扑上去让他无法抵挡。」狐狸说：「我可以帮你碰到人啊。明早你早点来我家，我把他指给你看。」第二天，狼很早就来了，狐狸带它来到猎人每天的必经之路。他们碰到的第一个人是个退役老兵，狼问：「那是个人吗？」「不是，」狐狸回答，「他以前是。」接着他们遇到一个去上学的小男孩。「那是个人吗？」狼又问。「不是，」狐狸回答说，「他将来是。」最后一个猎人朝它们走来，他肩上扛着双筒猎鎗，腰间还插着一把猎刀，狐狸对狼说：「那个就是人，你该朝他扑过去，我可是要回我洞里去了。」

　　於是狼朝猎人冲了过去。猎人一看说：「真可惜我没装上子弹，而是散弹。」他瞄准狼的脸开了一枪。狼疼得一阵痉挛，可还是没被吓倒，又朝猎人冲了过去。猎人又开了一枪。狼忍着巨痛扑向猎人，没想到猎人抽出猎刀左右开弓地在狼身上划了几道口子。狼鲜血四溅，嚎叫着逃到狐狸那里去了。「狼兄弟，」狐狸说，「和人相处怎么样？」「哈！」狼回答说，「我从没想到人的力量会这么大！他先是从肩上取下一根棍子，朝里面吹了一口气，就有甚么东西飞到我脸上，痒得我要命；接着他又吹了一次，就有东西飞到我鼻子周围，像下了一阵雹子。当我靠近他时，他从身上抽出一根白得发亮的肋骨狠狠地打我，几乎把我打死在那里。」狐狸说：「你这个吹牛大王，谁让你把话说得太大了，自己连退路都没有了呢。」

【六级词汇真题天天练（2）】

6.She remains confident and ______ untroubled by our present problems.
A) indefinitely
B) infinitely
C) optimistically
D) seemingly

7.Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______.
A) simultaneously
B) spontaneously
C) homogeneously
D) contemporarily

8.The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ______.
A) vain
B) vicinity
C) court
D) jail

9.Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family's budget.
A) nutrition
B) expenditure
C) routine
D) provision

10.Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A) configuration
B) constitution
C) condemnation
D) contamination

11.There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.
A) transmission
B) transformation
C) transition
D) transfer

12.I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
A) guide
B) entrepreneur
C) consultant
D) assessor

答案：
6. D 参考译文：她仍然保持信心，看上去不为我们目前的问题所烦恼。
A) indefinitely 不确定地
B) infinitely 无限地
C) optimistically 乐观地
D) seemingly 表面上

7. A 参考译文：光纤电缆可以同时传送数百个电话。
A) simultaneously 同时地
B) spontaneously 自发地
C) homogeneously 同类地
D) contemporarily 现代地

8. B 参考译文：有人向警方报警说逃犯可能就在附近。
A) vain 徒劳
B) vicinity 附近
C) court 法院
D) jail 监狱

9. B 参考译文：无论你活着是为了吃饭，还是吃饭是为了活着，食物总是每个家庭预算的主要开支项目。
A) nutrition 营养
B) expenditure 支出
C) routine 惯例
D) provision 预备

10. D 参考译文：<科学>杂志上刊登的一篇论文指出：岩石中的有机化学成分大部分来自地球本身的污染物，而不是来自于火星上的细菌。
A) configuration 轮廓
B) constitution 宪法
C) condemnation 谴责
D) contamination 污染菌

11. C 参考译文：我很喜欢四季的交替，但我最喜欢秋冬之交的时节。
A) transmission 传播
B) transformation 变形
C) transition 过渡
D) transfer 转移

12. C 参考译文：为了避免犯代价惨重的错误，我认为我们有必要咨询一下投资顾问。
A) guide 指南
B) entrepreneur 企业家
C) consultant 顾问
D) assessor 估价员

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