There are two mice. They are friends. One mouse lives in the country, and other lives in the city.
有兩隻老鼠是朋友。一隻老鼠住在農村,另外一隻住在城市。
After several years the country mouse meets the city mouse. He says, 「Come and see me at my house in the country.」 So the city mouse goes. The city mouse says, 「The food is not good. Your house is not good, either. Why do You live in a hold in the field? Come and live in the city with me. You can live in a nice stone house there. You can eat nice food.」
過了幾年之後,農村老鼠遇見了城市老鼠。他說:「來看看我在鄉下的房子吧。」於是城市老鼠就去了。城市老鼠說:「東西不好吃,你的房子也不好。你為什麼住在田野的地洞裡呢?跟我到城裡去住吧。在那兒你可以住 漂亮的石頭房子,吃很好的食物。」
So the country mouse goes to the house of the city mouse. It is a very good house. The food is really nice, too. But when they are eating, they hear a great noise. They city mouse cries, 「Run! Run! The cat is coming!」
因此,農村老鼠就去了城市老鼠的家。房子很好,食物也確實很可口。但是正在吃飯的時候,他們聽見很大的聲音。城市老鼠叫道:「快跑!快跑!貓來了!」
After some time they come out. The country mouse says, 「I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. It is nicer to be poor and happy than to be rich and afraid.」
過了一段時間他們出來了。農村老鼠說:「我不喜歡 住在城市裡,我喜歡住在我田野的洞裡。貧窮而快樂比富有但擔驚受怕要好的多。」
單詞小覽
mouse n. (單)老鼠
mice n. (復)老鼠
either adv. 也
hole n. 洞
really adv. 真正地,確實地
noise n. 噪音
afraid adj. 害怕的
根據上文,回答下面的問題。
1. Where do the two mice live?
2. Does the city mouse live ion a hole in the field?
3. Whom is the city mouse afraid of?