I've Just Bitten My Tongue

    "Are we poisonous?" the young snake asked his mother.
    "Yes, dear," she replied - "Why do you ask?""Cause I've just bitten my tongue! "Notes:
    (1) poisonous adj.有毒的(2) Cause I've just bitten my tongue因为我刚咬了自己的舌头。句中Cause是Because的缩略形式。
    Exercises:
    根据短文回答下列问题：
    ① The young snake was a female¹ .
    ② The mother snake was puzzled by the young snake's question.
    ③ The young snake had just eaten something poisonous.
    ④ The young snake was going to die.
    ⑤ The young snake was worried about his survival² because he thought his own blood would kill him.
    21.我刚咬破自己的舌头“我们有毒吗？”一个年幼的蛇问它的母亲。
    “是的，亲爱的，”她回答说，“你问这个干什么？”
    “因为我刚刚咬破自己的舌头。”

1 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。

2 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。