英语阅读：不要把好东西扔掉

Don’t Throw Good Things Away

不要把好东西扔掉

A man is going to the house of a rich man. He sees a box of good apples by the road. He says， “I don’t want them， because the rich man will give me a lot of good food.” Then he takes the apples and throws them into the dustbin.

有一个人要到一个富人家里去。在途中，他看到一箱很好的苹果。他说：“我不需要它们， 因为富人会给我许多好吃的。”于是他拿起苹果将它们扔进了垃圾箱。

He comes to a river. The water in the river is very deep and he can’t get across it. He says to himself， “I can’t go to the rich man’s house today. ” So he goes home.

他来到一条河边。河里的水很深他过不去。他自言自语说：“我今天去不成富人的家了。 ”于是他回家了。

He has nothing to eat the day. He is very hungry， so he comes to the apples.

这一天他什么都没吃，他很饿，所以他又找苹果去了。

Don’t throw good things away， you may be glad to have them sometimes.

不要扔掉好的东西，你可能偶尔会用到它们。

单词小览

dustbin n. 垃圾箱

himself n. 他自己

hungry adj. 饥饿的

across v. 穿过，从一边到另一边

根据短文回答下面的问题。

1. Where does the man find a box of apples？

2. Why he throws the apples away？

3. He can’t go to the rich man’s house， why？

4. Why the man is hungry and comes to the apples？

参考答案：

1. On his way to the rich man’s house.

2. He thinks he can eat good things soon.

3. Because he can’t go across the river.

4. Because he has nothing to eat that day.