This Hole in the Ground 地坑
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There was once a farmer who lived near a road.
 
It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.
 
Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road.
 
This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow1.
 
Then when they drove2 into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.
 
The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole.
 
When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor3 and charged4 the driver a lot of money for doing this.
 
One day, the driver of a car said to him, "You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."
 
"Oh, no," the farmer said, "I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."
 
从前有一个农夫,他家就住在马路附近。
 
这条马路并不繁华, 偶尔才会有汽车从农场经过。
 
靠近农场大门口的马路中间有一个大坑。
 
这个坑里总是积满了水。从表面上看,汽车司机根本辨认不出坑的深浅,他们会认为是一个很浅的坑。
 
一旦车子掉进了坑里,司机们就别想再开出来,因为坑太深了。
 
农夫没有花多少心思去经营农场,大部分时间都盯着这个坑。
 
每当汽车开进坑里时,他就用拖拉机把汽车拉上来,然后向司机收取很多费用。
 
一天,一位汽车司机对他说:“你没日没夜地把汽车往外拉,肯定挣了很多钱吧。”
 
“哦,不,”农夫说,“我夜里不拉汽车,我还得往这个坑里灌水呢。”


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1 shallow KENyj     
adj.浅的,肤浅的,浅显易懂的;n.(pl.)浅滩,浅处;v.变浅
参考例句:
  • The dish is too shallow to serve soup in.盘子太浅,盛不了汤。
  • His analysis was always shallow.他的分析总是很肤浅的。
2 drove brAxi     
vbl.驾驶,drive的过去式;n.畜群
参考例句:
  • He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
  • They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。
3 tractor gJWz2     
n.拖拉机,牵引车
参考例句:
  • You must oil the tractor every day.你必须每天给拖拉机加油。
  • He has a tractor.他有一台拖拉机。
4 charged Vwrzg7     
adj.充满感情的;紧张的,可能引起激烈反应的v.填充
参考例句:
  • Both men were charged with assault. 两人均被控侵犯他人身体罪。
  • The youth was charged with three counts of burglary. 那位年轻人被控犯有三次盗窃罪。
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