120.Three Men in a Boat
Three men were sitting on a park bench. The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks, cast lines and reeled in their catch.
A passing policeman stopped to watch the spectacle and asked the man in the middle if he knew the other two.
"Oh yes, " he said. "They are my friends.
"In that case, " warned the officer, "you'd better get them out of here!"
"Yes, sir, " the man replied, and he began rowing furiously.
Notes:
(1) bait v.置餌于（鉤等上以捕魚(yú)等）
(2) imaginary adj.想象的
(3) reel v. 卷或纏（釣絲等）
(4) spectacle n. 景象；光景
(5) furiously adv. 瘋狂般地
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：
① Where were the three men?
A. on a street
B. in a shopping centre
C. in a park
D. by a lake
② Who was reading a newspaper?
A. the one in the middle
B. the one on the left
C. the one on the right
D. the policeman was reading a newspaper
③ What were the others doing?
A. They were reading newspapers.
B. They were eating fish.
C. They were pretending to fish.
D. They were boating.
④ What's the interrelationship among the three men?
A. They were friends.
B. They were relatives.
C. They were strangers to each other.
D. They were members of one family.
⑤ Where did the man in the middle imagine he was?
A. on a train
B. on a bus
C. in a plane
D. in a boat
120.三人同舟
三位男子在公園的長(zhǎng)椅上坐著。中間的一個(gè)在讀報(bào)紙，另外兩個(gè)在假裝釣魚(yú)。他們給想象的魚(yú)鉤上魚(yú)餌，放線，并卷線把魚(yú)抓上來(lái)。
一位過(guò)路警察駐足觀察了這個(gè)景象，他問(wèn)中間的那個(gè)男子是否認(rèn)識(shí)其他兩位。
“喔，認(rèn)識(shí)，”他說(shuō)，“他們是我的朋友。”
“那樣的話，”警察告誡說(shuō)，“你最好把他們從這里弄走。”
“好的，警官。”那男子回答說(shuō)，接著就開(kāi)始瘋狂般地做起劃槳的動(dòng)作來(lái)。
練習(xí)參考答案：
①C②A③C④A⑤D
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