人人说英语高级03

　　Unit 3 Food and drink

      Cowboy¹

      A cowboy rode into a town and stopped at a bar for a drink.Unfortunately the locals had the habbit of picking on strangers .When the cowboy finished his drink,he found his horse has been stolen,he went back into the bar,put his gun into the air ,counting the bar in his head without even looking,and fired the shoot to the ceiling,"which one of you stole my horse?",he shouted with surprising unfortunateness,no one answered.
He ordered another beer,and said "all right ,if my horse isn't back outside by the time I finished another beer,I'm going to do what I did back home",He walked outside and his horse was back.He settled² up and started to ride another town.The barten walked out of the bar and said "say ,partner,before you go ,what happened back home if your horse was stolen?".That cowboy turned back and said,"I had to walk home."

1 cowboy   

n.牛仔，牛郎，牧童

参考例句：

• I felt sure I had all the skills to be a cowboy.我确信自己具备当牛仔的一切本领。
• He loved to see cowboy movies.他爱看牛仔影片。

2 settled   

a.固定的；稳定的

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled without acrimony. 没有唇枪舌剑，这场纠纷就解决了。
• a settled way of life 安定的生活方式