111.To Borrow an Ox_英语幽默故事

　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他假装读着字条。

　(2) pretend to do佯装做

exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

　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

　从前，有个人很富有，但他不识字。 一天，他的一位朋友想向他借一头公牛，便写了个条，让仆人送到富人那里。

　仆人把条子给了富人。富人便假装看了一会儿，然后说道：“好啦，我知道了。回去告诉你的主人，我马上自己过去。”

练习参考答案：

    ① a long time ago.

　② he didn't know and words.

　③ an ox.

　④ the servant.

　⑤ yes, he did.