湖北省十堰市 喻熙 供稿

鹬蚌相争

湖北省十堰市 喻熙 供稿

Just as a clam came out to bask in the sun,a snipe pecked at its flesh.The clam closed its shell and squeezed the snipe’s beak.

“If it does not rain today and it does not rain tomorrow,you will be a dead clam,”said the snipe.

“If you cannot free yourself today and you cannot free yourself tomorrow,you will be a dead snipe,”replied the clam.

Neither would give up and eventually a fisherman caught both the clam and the snipe.

Notes:(1)snipen.鹬 (2)clamn.蚌 (3)eventuallyabv.最终，最后

Exercises:

回答下列问题：

1.What happened to a clam when it came out to bask in the sun?

2.What did a fisherman catch?

3.Why could the fisherman catch both the clam and the snipe?

一只河蚌出来晒太阳，被鹬啄住了它的肉。河蚌马上合上双壳，钳住了鹬的嘴。

鹬说：“如果今天不下雨，明天不下雨，你将会变成一只死河蚌。”

河蚌也对鹬说：“如果你的嘴今天不出来，明天也不出来，那么你将变成一只死鹬。”

两者都不肯让对方，这时，一位渔翁不费吹灰之力把它们两个都擒住了。