老鷹與農夫

The Eagle and the Farmer

One beautiful summer morning， a farmer went to check his animal traps. In one tap， he found a beautiful eagle. At first， he thought that he would hill the eagle and eat it.

But then he thought to himself， “This is a beautiful and special bird. It often catches rabbits and mice that eat my crops. I’ll let it go.”

He opened the trap， and the eagle spread its wings and flew up into the blue shy.

The eagle was very grateful to be free again. It continued to live on the farmer’s land and catch mice and rabbits.

Later that summer， the farmer was building a wall. It was high and made of large stones. Suddenly， the wall started to fall， but the farmer did not notice.

The eagle， flying above， saw that the farmer was in danger. It flew down and grabbed the farmer’s hat off his head. The farmer shouted， Hey! Bring that back!”

The eagle flew a short distance and then dropped the hat. The angry farmer picked up his hat and walked back. He saw that the stone wall had fallen. The farmer smiled and thought， “The eagle repaid me when I most needed help.”

Vocabulary

1. trap n. 陷阱

2. crop n. 農作物(常作復數(shù))

3. spread v. (spread-spread-spread)

4. grateful adj. 感激的，感謝的

5. stone n. 石頭，巖石

6. grab v. 抓住

7. distance n. 距離

8. repay v. 報答，回報

英語補給站

Language Notes

in danger 有危險

解析：

要表示有什么樣的危險，可以用以下的說法：

in danger of +n. 或 in danger of +v-ing

This area of the country is in danger of earthquakes.

國家的這個區(qū)域有發(fā)生地震的危險。

Your cup is in danger of falling off the table.

你的杯子快從桌上掉下來了。

補充：

in + N. 可用來表示“陷入…的狀態(tài)”，常見的片語有：

in danger 有危險

in need 有需要;指貧窮挨餓的

in trouble 有麻煩

in love 陷入愛河