Once upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn't know any words.
One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him, so he wrote a note and asked his servant to take it to this rich man.
After the servant gave the note to the rich man, he pretended to be reading it and after a while, he said, "OK, I know. Go and tell your master, I'll go myself shortly.
Notes:
(1) he pretended to be reading it他假裝讀著字條。
(2) pretend to do佯裝做
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文回答下列問題：
① When did the story take place?
② What problem did the rich man have?
③ What did his friend want to borrow from him?
④ Who took the note to the rich man?
⑤ The rich man made a fool of himself, didn't he?
111.借公牛一用
從前，有個人很富有，但他不識字。 一天，他的一位朋友想向他借一頭公牛，便寫了個條，讓仆人送到富人那里。
仆人把條子給了富人。富人便假裝看了一會兒，然后說道：“好啦，我知道了?；厝ジ嬖V你的主人，我馬上自己過去?！?BR> 練習參考答案：
① A long time ago.
② He didn't know and words.
③ An ox.
④ The servant.
⑤ Yes, he did.