A Male Whale and a Female Whale

时间：2006-09-06 09:33:24

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A male whale and a female1 whale were swimming off the coast of Japan when they noticed a whaling ship. The male whale recognized it as the same ship that had harpooned2 his father many years earlier.

He said to the female whale, "Let's both swim under the ship and blow out of our air holes at the same time and it should cause the ship to turn over and sink." They tried it and sure enough, the ship turned over and quickly sank.

Soon however, the whales realized the sailors had jumped overboard and were swimming to the safety of shore. The male was enraged3 that they were going to get away and told the female "lets swim after them and gobble them up before they reach the shore."

At this point, he realized the female was becoming reluctant4 to follow him. "Look," she said, "I went along with the blow job, but I absolutely refuse to swallow the seamen5!"


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1 female 3kSxf     
adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子
参考例句：
  • We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
  • The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。
2 harpooned b519e5772d4379999ad0e46b07983788     
v.鱼镖，鱼叉( harpoon的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He said he once harpooned a 2, 000-pound shark off the coast of New York. 他称，他曾经在纽约海面上，用鱼叉捕获过一条重达2.000磅的鲨鱼。 来自互联网
3 enraged 7f01c0138fa015d429c01106e574231c     
使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 )； 歜； 激愤
参考例句：
  • I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令，我极为恼火。
  • The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。
4 reluctant yVcx7     
adj.不愿意的；迟迟不合作的；不同意的
参考例句：
  • The workers are reluctant to be ordered around by the employers.工人们不愿被雇主们差来遣去地随便使唤。
  • I am reluctant about asking him to do this.我极不愿意让他去干此事。
5 seamen 43a29039ad1366660fa923c1d3550922     
n.海员
参考例句：
  • Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
  • In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。

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