时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:有声英语文学名著


英语课

The Poor Demon 1




Long long ago, there lived a farmer in the village. He had a cow. In spring, the farmer took his cow to the pasture 2 and fed his cow there.

He always prayed to God, “Dear God, thank you for keeping us safe always. I pray that you feed this cow with plenty of grasses here.”
A demon listening to him in the bush 3 was offended 4 at his words. “Now, thanks God while things are going well. But if things turn bad, he will always lay the blame on me. You shall soon see.”

A few days later, the farmer’s cow fell into the pond. The farmer saw his cow struggling in the water and got angry. He cried, “I’m sure a demon has put her in the pond. How cruel this demon is!”


The demon heard this behind the bush and said, “That is what I expected.” The farmer ran to the village for help.


After a while, the demon came out of the bush and pulled the cow from the water. The demon smiled and said, “Now this time, I think the farmer will thank me”. Soon the farmer came back from the villagers. When he found his cow safe on the bank, he said, “Dear God, thank you very much for pulling my cow from the pond.”



1 demon
n.魔鬼,恶魔
  • The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
  • He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
2 pasture
n.牧场,牲畜饲养
  • This is the place where they used to pasture.这就是他们过去经常放牧的地方。
  • The boy got up very early every morning to pasture cattle.这男孩每天起得很早去放牛。
3 bush
n.灌木,灌木丛,矮树
  • This bush has grown up a lot in the last few months.这矮树丛几个月来已向上长高了很多。
  • A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.一鸟在手,胜于二鸟在林。
4 offended
v.触怒( offend的过去式和过去分词 );得罪;冒犯;使反感令人不适
  • They'll be offended if you don't go to their wedding. 你若不参加他们的婚礼,他们会生气的。
  • She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes. 他们那些粗俗的笑话使她大为不快。
学英语单词
acknowIedged
Acrochaetium
adeno-associated
admittance comparator
amplexus
ballium
basilar artery aneurysm
bessas
black saturation
Blandan
bulboatrial crest
bus-cycle tracing
caroticotympanic artery
circumscribes
compensatest
configurators
construction of hydro project
contextualization
crack detector
Dapex process
debased coinage
delivery lag time
depreciation annuity
desacralisation
engravest
epinephelus tukula
erbium-doped single-mode fiber
executrices
far-field seismic signal
female inflorescence
fetus period
flowchart connector
freedom to bear arms
gasp one's life
get one's mind off something
hectolitre
high-resolution ir radiometer (hrir)
if-then statement
individual opinion
indulgentiary
intermittent earth
internal wedge adjustment
intersequence
Kara-Khol', Ozero
keep the weather ga ge of
key-fruits
kind-looking
lane direction control signal
Langhans
machine reel
main-deck
Marcianise
maximum likeihood detection
mesaconitine
metasystox-s
miles exclusive ecomomic zone
millet congee
modem receive-only control
monogramma paradoxa
motor tune-up
movable frog
multiple reel file control
multiwire strand
nonphotosynthetic
Odocoileus
old-soldier
onstad
output current rating
overload point
peared
phenotypic assortative
phrenosinic acid
physiological measure
press ... for
pronepce
radio inspector
Reevesia botingensis
regenerated rock
riffle-box
Saguntum
self-synchronous
slat type conveyer
socket wrench crossbar
solid thin film electrolyte
spider shaft
stigmatises
stop-light
swarmin'
theory of preformation
therapeutic agent
tolmetin sodium
tolytrimonium
tonquin beans
two-gate caisson
unadjusted eye
unrended
Villarroya de los Pinares
Vinchina
WANO (Worldwide Association of Nuclear Operators)
water collecting pipe
wirbels
yelm