Seagulls

    Seagulls
A man who lived by the sea loved seagulls．Every morning at daybreak he would go to the seaside and play with the gulls¹．Hundreds of gulls would come to him and not fly away．His father said，“I heard that seagulls like to play with you．Catch a few for me so that I can play with them too．”
    The next morning when he went to the seaside，the seagulls just swooped² about in the skies but none came down to him．Exercises：
    判断对（T）、错（F）：
    ① Hundreds of gulls would come to the man and not fly away be-cause the man gave them a lot of food．② His father asked him to catch a few for him．③The next morning none came down to him because he didn't take any food．

1 gulls   

n.鸥( gull的名词复数 )v.欺骗某人( gull的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A flock of sea gulls are hovering over the deck. 一群海鸥在甲板上空飞翔。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The gulls which haunted the outlying rocks in a prodigious number. 数不清的海鸥在遥远的岩石上栖息。 来自辞典例句

2 swooped   

俯冲，猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来，并把它杀死。