034 G2成语_Measure Me for New Shoes 郑人买履.docx

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1、G2成语MeasureMeforNewShoes郑人买履TA1ESOFCHINA最美英文讲最美中国故事.国故事G2成语.MeasureMeforNewShoes郑人买履作者：Jenny1amandShei1aHigginson朗读者：MegannWither1exi1e:5601难度：相当于美国小学二年级专辑:Ta1eSOfChina英文讲最美中从前，有一位郑国农民，他日夜劳作，十分辛苦。一天，他的鞋子坏了，于是，他决定去集市上买一双鞋。集市离得很远，且在新年假期前就会关门，为了节省时间，他在出发前提前用绳子量好了尺寸。长途跋涉之后到了集市，忽然发现量脚的绳子没带。这位郑国人居然选择回家找绳子

2、，等到再赶回来市集早已关了门。We1cometoA107,sPowerto1earn!Today,sstoryisMeasureMeforNeWShoes,reto1dbyJenny1amandShei1aHigginson,andnarratedbyMegannWither.1ongago,inthestateofZheng,there1ivedafarmerwhowasa1waysworking.Hewa1keda11day1ong,everyday.Hetrudgedthroughthestickymudfie1ds.Hehurriedonthedirtroads.Hewa1kedint

3、othechickencoop.outthebarndoor.andthentopickupeggs,fetchwater,andmore!Ifyouc1oseyoureyes,youcana1mostpicturehimwa1kingquick1yaroundhisfarm,1ikeaspeedyrobot.Oneday,thefarmersshoesbroke.Itwassuretohappen,a11thewa1kingtheydid!Thestringsthattiedeachshoetogetherhadbeenfrayedformonths.Fina11y,theysnappedo

4、ff.Therewasnowaytofixthem.Thefarmerscow1ed,knowinghewou1dhavetomakeatriptothevi11agemarketforanewpair.Theshopswou1dsoonc1osefortheNewYearho1iday,sohewou1dhavetohurry.Hesearchedforaropetomeasurehisshoes.Hep1annedtogivetheropetotheshopownerinsteadofhavinghisfeetmeasured.Itoughttosavehimtimeintheshoesh

5、op.Andthefarmerwasabusyman.Thefarmercuttheropetothesame1engthashisbrokenshoes.Then,hesetofftothemarketsixki1ometersaway.Hisbarefeetbecameverydirtyandmuddyashewa1kedonthepath.Antsandotherbugscraw1edaroundonhistoes.Theytick1edsomuch!Herantherestoftheway,buthecou1dn,trunawayfromthebugs.Hearrivedatthesh

6、oeshopandwentinside,huffingandpuffing.uShopkeeper5Ineednewshoes,hesaid.“Iseethat/*saidtheshopkeeper,ashe1ookedatthefarmer,sb1ackenedfeet.uWhatsizeareyou?”“Oh,yes,size.Here,smysize/*rep1iedthefarmer.Heputhishandinsidehis1eftpockettograbthemeasuredrope.Hesearchedarounddeepintothe1eftpocket.Hefoundnoth

7、ing.Hereachedintotherightpocket.Nothing.Hesearchedbothsidesagain.Nothing.Thenhefe1tthebackofhispantstocheckiftherewereanypocketshidingthere.uHuh?Where,stherope?Wherecou1ditbe?”hewondered.uOhno!”hegasped,1musthave1efttheropeathome!Theshopkeeperrepeated,uWhatsizeareyou,mister?Doyouneedyourfeetmeasured

8、?Icandoiteasi1y/*uNo,no,thefarmerrep1ied.uIa1readymeasuredthemwithapieceofrope.wBeforetheshopkeepercou1dsayanymore,thefarmerranoutoftheshop.Hehuffedandpuffedasheranbackhome.Hefoundtherope.Thenhehuffedandpuffedbacktothemarket.Itwasduskwhenthefarmerfina11yarrivedatthemarket.Heracedtotheshoeshop,outofb

9、reath,andeagertogethisnewshoes.Thenhereadthesignontheshoeshopdoor.uShopC1osed,itsaid.,HappyNewYear!TheEndTheidiom,uZhengManBuysShoes”isusedtoteasethosewhostaytruetotheirbe1iefsinsteadofusingcommonsense.Thefarmercou1dnotseethesimp1icityofusinghisownfeettomeasurehisshoesize.Hewasstuckontheideaofusinga

10、pre-measuredrope.Question:Whatcou1dthefarmerhavedonetogethisnewshoesbeforeNewYear,sDay?核心词汇和语法trudgev.步履艰难地走，疲惫地走stickyadj.黏性的，黏的coopn.（关家禽的）笼子fetchv.（去）拿来frayv.磨损snapv.啪地绷断scow1v.皱眉，沉下脸measurev.测量setoff出发bugn.臭虫craw1v.爬tick1ev.轻触使觉得痒huffandpuff（因劳累而）呼吸重浊gaspv.喘气，倒抽气beeagertodo渴望做某事Itwassuretohappen

11、,a11thewa1kingtheydid!这肯定会发生的，看他每天走那么多路！本句可以看作省略了becauseof,句中a11thewa1kingtheydid表示原因。Hep1annedtogivetheropetotheshopownerinsteadofhavinghisfeetmeasured.他打算把绳子给裁缝而不是让裁缝量他的脚。havesthdone表示让某事被别人做了，比如haveone,shaircut去理发。Thenhefe1tthebackofhispantstocheckiftherewereanypocketshidingthere.然后他去摸了摸他的裤子后面，想看看是否哪里藏着口袋。本句中fee1表示去摸，if意思为“是否”。阅读量(34)