Question

【題目】 There once lived a rich businessman. He had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor.

One day, he told his son, “Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you won’t have your meal tonight.”

The boy didn’t want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into a well (井). The son did as he was told.

The father guessed that the gold coin was from the boy’s mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents’ home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father, he was asked to throw it into the well again. The son cried. “Dad. My body is aching. I’m tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?”

The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more.

回答問(wèn)題：

【1】Who helped the boy when he was asked to earn something for the first time?

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【2】How did he earn the coin the next day?

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【3】寫(xiě)出劃線(xiàn)單詞的漢語(yǔ)意思。

(1) earn ____________(2) aching ______________

【4】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空，每空限填一詞。

The father asked him to throw the coin in a well _______. The first time, he did as the father said. But the second time he felt ________. He _______ to throw it into the well.

【5】將劃線(xiàn)句子One feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted.譯為漢語(yǔ)。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】His mother.

【2】carrying heavy tools (for a shopkeeper in the market).

【3】 掙，賺 疼

【4】 twice sad/unhappy/angry refused

【5】人只有在勞動(dòng)成果被浪費(fèi)的時(shí)候才會(huì)覺(jué)得心疼。

【解析】

本文是一篇記述文。文章主要講述了一位富商教育懶惰的兒子使其認(rèn)識(shí)到辛苦勞動(dòng)的價(jià)值的故事。

【1】根據(jù)文中“The boy didn’t want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help.”可知這個(gè)男孩向他的媽媽求助。故填His mother。

【2】根據(jù)文中“A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him.”可知男孩可以通過(guò)幫店主搬運(yùn)重工具，店主會(huì)付給他一枚硬幣。故填carrying heavy tools (for a shopkeeper in the market)。

【3】根據(jù)文中“The boy didn’t want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin.”可知earn意為賺，掙。根據(jù)文中“A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him……I’m tired.”可知小男孩因搬運(yùn)重工具，很疲憊。所以aching意為“痛”。故第一空填賺，掙，第二空填痛。

【4】根據(jù)文中提示詞“The first time”“the second time”，可知小男孩向井中投了兩次硬幣。故填twice。根據(jù)文中“The son cried. I’m tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?”可知小男孩哭者責(zé)備父親怎么要求我把我辛苦掙來(lái)地錢(qián)扔到水井里。可知小男孩的此時(shí)傷心，不開(kāi)心，還有點(diǎn)生氣，小男孩不想把自己辛苦掙來(lái)的錢(qián)扔進(jìn)水井里。所以是拒絕的。故填sad/unhappy/angry；refused。

【5】“feels pain”意為，感到痛苦，“when”在…時(shí)候，“the fruits of labor”勞動(dòng)成果，“wasted”浪費(fèi)，故翻譯為人只有在勞動(dòng)成果被浪費(fèi)的時(shí)候才會(huì)覺(jué)得心疼。