听故事学英语35: 树木与斧头（内含文字稿）

The Trees and the Ax
Once upon a time a man came into a forest.He said to the trees,“Will you give me a piece of hard wood？ ”
The tree said,“Yes,we'll give you a good price of hard wood.”
He was very glad to get a good piece of wood.He hurried home with it.At once he made a new handle of his ax.
Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.
The trees were very sad.They said to one another,“We suffer for our own foolishness.”
树木和斧头
从前有一个人来到一片森林。他对树说：“你能给我一块硬木吗？”
树说：“是的，我们会给你一个块很好的硬木。”
他很高兴能得到一块好的硬木。他急忙带着硬木回家了。他立刻给斧头弄了个新柄。
然后他又去了森林，开始砍掉森林里最好的树。
这些树非常伤心。他们对彼此说：“我们是为自己的愚蠢受得苦。”

词汇学习：
1.ax [æks]斧头
2.Once upon a time很久很久以前，曾经，从前
'Once upon a time,' he began, 'there was a man who had everything.' “很久很久以前，”他开始说道，“有这么一个人，他应有尽有。
Once upon a time, there lived an old man who had two beautiful daughters. 从前，有一个老人，他有两个美丽的女儿。
3.come into进入
He came into the room and shut the door. 他进了房间，把门关上。
The next morning she came into my room and said she was sorry. 第二天早晨，她来我的房间向我道了歉。
4.forest [ˈfɒrɪst]森林
1. give sb. sth=give sth. to sb.给某人某物
Give your mother the letter when you've read it.=Give the letter to your mother when you've read it.
信看完后交给你母亲。
Did you give the waiter a tip?你给服务员小费了吗？
2. a piece of一张，一片，一块 如果要加上一个形容词，形容词应该放在piece的前面。
a good price of hard wood.一块好的硬木
a good piece of news.一则好消息
3. hard wood硬木
4. be glad to do sth.很高兴做某事 这里to do sth.做原因状语，表示高兴的原因。
To tell you the truth, I'll be glad to get home. 说实话，能回家我会很高兴。
I'm glad to hear you're feeling better. 听说你感觉好些了，我很高兴。
5. at once 立刻， 马上
The boys all began to talk at once.所有的男孩子们立即说起话来。
If necessary I can come at once. 如果有必要，我可以马上来
6. cut down砍到
The dead tree was cut down. 这棵死树被砍倒了
It was difficult to cut the tree down with a knife. 用一把刀很难把这棵树砍倒。
7. the best trees 最好的树 best是good的最高级
8. one another互相，彼此 与each other大体相当
9. suffer for为…而受苦
If you act rashly, you'll suffer for your action. 如果蛮干，你要为你的行为吃苦头儿的。
Kings go mad and the people suffer for it. 〔谚语〕国王发狂，百姓遭殃。
14. foolishness n.愚蠢 是形容词foolish的名词形式。