96.Older Goats in America
A group of Americans were traveling by tour bus through Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goats' milk was used.
She showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were grazing. These, she explained, were the older goats put out to pasture when they no longer produced. She then asked, "What do you do with your older goats in America?"
A spry old gentleman answered, "They send us on bus tours!"
Notes:
(1) hillside n. 山坡
(2) graze v.（指牛羊等）吃青草
(3) put out 把…送到外面去
(4) pasture n.牧場(chǎng)
(5) spry adj.活潑的
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① The group of Americans were traveling by train.
② They visited a cheese farm.
③ The young guide told them that cattle milk was used to make cheese.
④ Older goats were put out to pasture when they no longer produced milk.
⑤ The old gentleman was making a joke.
96.美國(guó)老羊
一群美國(guó)人乘長(zhǎng)途汽車(chē)在荷蘭旅游。他們?cè)谝粋€(gè)奶酪場(chǎng)停下來(lái)。一位年輕的導(dǎo)游帶他們參觀(guān)了奶酪制作的全過(guò)程，解釋說(shuō)用的是羊奶。
她指給這群人一個(gè)美麗的山坡，山坡上許多羊在吃草。對(duì)這些，她解釋說(shuō)，是放逐草地的老羊，它們已不能再產(chǎn)奶。她然后問(wèn)道：“在美國(guó)你們?cè)鯓犹幚砝涎蚰兀俊?/P>
一位活潑的老紳士回答說(shuō)：“他們讓我們乘車(chē)旅行！”
練習(xí)參考答案：
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