A male crab¹ met a female crab and asked her to marry him. She noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. Wow, she thought, this crab is really special. I can't let him get away .So they got married immediately.

 

　　The next day she noticed her new husband waking sideways like all the other crabs², and got upset. "What happened?" she asked. "You used to walk straight before we were married."

 

　　"Oh, honey, " he replied, "I can't drink that much every day.

 

Notes:

 

　　(1) crab n.螃蟹

 

　　(2) sideways adv.侧着；斜着

 

Exercises:

 

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

 

　　① The female crab liked the male crab at her first sight.

        ② The female crab noticed that the male crab was walking sideways when she first met him.

 

　　③ The female crab agreed to marry the male crab because she considered him special.

 

　　④ The male crab walked straight only because he got drunk.

 

　　⑤ The moral of the story is that we should not judge a person so quickly.

 

62.不能让他跑了

 

　　一只雄蟹遇到一只雌蟹，便要娶她为妻。她注意到他走路是直着走，而不是横着走。哇！她想，这只雄蟹可真特别，我可不能让他跑了。因此他们立刻结婚了。

 

　　第二天，她又发现她的新郎像其他蟹一样横着走路了。她深感不安。“你怎么了？”她问，“我们结婚前你可是直着走路的。”

 

　　“哦，宝贝，”他回答说，“我不可能每天都喝那么多。”

 

练习参考答案：

 

①T②F③T④T⑤T

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