Socrates and His Friends

    Socrates having laid for himself the foundation¹ of a small house，one of the people，no matter who，amongst such passing remarks as are usual in these cases，asked，“Why do you，so famed as you are，build so small a house？”
    “I only wish，”he replied，“I could fill it with real friends．”
    Exercises：
    回答下列问题：
    ①Who asked Socrates about his house？
    ②Why did Socrates build so small a house？
    ③What do you think about what Socrates said？

1 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。