镜子

The Mirror




Once there lived a young man and his wife¹ in the country. The young man was² going⁴ on a business⁵ trip to a city far away.


His wife said⁶ to him, “On your way home from the city, remember to buy me a comb⁷.” She pointed⁸ to a crescent moon and said, “You have a poor memory⁹. If you forget what to buy, look at the moon. A comb is the same shape as³ that moon.


After he finished¹⁰ his work, he was going to go home. He forgot¹¹ about the comb.


He happened to look at the moon in the sky. When he left his home, the moon was a crescent. But now it was round like a ball.


Suddenly¹³ the moon reminded¹⁴ him that he must buy something for his wife. So he went to the store¹⁵ and said, “I want something for women to use. It looks like the moon.


The shopkeeper¹⁶ showed him a round mirror and said to him laughing, “I suppose¹⁷ it's a mirror. A mirror is a thing which is used¹⁸ by women and is the same shape as the moon.


The young man came¹⁹ home with a mirror. “What have you bought for me?” his wife asked and looked into the mirror.


The young wife had²⁰ never seen²¹ a mirror before. When she saw²² her own²³ face in the mirror, she thought²⁴ she saw a strange²⁵ young woman.


Her mother said, “Show it to me,” and looked into the mirror. “Dear me,” said the old woman, “this is your aunt living²⁶ in the next village, isn't it?”


Then came the young woman's brother with a cake in his hand. He found²⁷ in the mirror another boy with a cake in his hand. He was surprised²⁸ and cried, “You have taken my cake from me, haven't you? Give it back to me at once.”


Then his grandfather came into the room and said, “Be quiet! What on earth²⁹ are you making such³⁰ a noise for?”


He looked into the mirror and found an old man with a dreadful³¹ face looking angrily at him. The old man got¹² quite angry and hit the old man in the mirror. The mirror broke³² into many pieces.

1 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

2 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

5 business   

n.商业， 买卖， 交易， 生意， 事情， 事物， 营业， 商行

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。

6 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

7 comb   

n.头梳，鸡冠；vt.梳头发，梳毛；vi.（浪）涌起

参考例句：

• Don't forget to comb your hair before you go out.不要忘记临出门梳梳头。
• We use a comb to tidy our hair.我们用梳子来梳理头发。

8 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

9 memory   

n.记忆，记忆力，回忆，纪念

参考例句：

• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老， 然而记忆力还好。
• I have a good memory so I learn more quickly than others.我记忆力很好，因此学起来比别人快一些。

10 finished   

adj.完成的，精湛的；v.动词finish的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• We finished up everything there was on the table. 我们把桌上的东西全吃完了。
• We can certainly have the job finished on time.我们肯定能按时完成任务。

11 forgot   

v.动词forget的过去式，忘记，遗漏，轻忽

参考例句：

• The boy forgot where he put his textbook.那男孩忘记把课本放在什么地方了。
• I forgot how to do it.我忘记怎样做了。

12 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

13 suddenly   

adv.突然，忽然

参考例句：

• The weather changed suddenly.天气陡变。
• He suddenly cried out at the top of his voice.他声嘶力竭地大叫。

14 reminded   

v.使想起( remind的过去式和过去分词 )；提醒

参考例句：

• We reminded them that the meeting had been postponed. 我们提醒他们会议已经延期。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reminded me to lock up the house when I go out. 他提醒我外出时把屋子锁起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 store   

n.商店，贮藏，仓库；v.储存，贮藏，供给

参考例句：

• The shoe store is across from the bank.鞋店在银行对面。
• Some food won't store.有些食物不能贮存。

16 shopkeeper   

n.店主，零售商人

参考例句：

• Tom's father is a shopkeeper.汤姆的父亲是店主。
• The man in gray pants is the shopkeeper.那穿灰色长裤的男人是店老板。

17 suppose   

v.料想，猜测；假定，以为；（祈使句）让，设

参考例句：

• I suppose he will be back by eight o'clock.我想他八点钟以前会回来。
• Suppose he can't come,who will do the work?如果他不能前来，谁来做这项工作呢？

18 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

19 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

20 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

21 seen   

vbl.(see的过去分词)看见

参考例句：

• Since I left college, I have not seen him.自从我离开大学以后，就没有见过他了。
• I hope to have seen the film next week.我希望下星期能看到这部电影。

22 saw   

vbl.看见(see的过去式)；n.锯；v.用锯子锯

参考例句：

• Would you like to saw a tree for me?你能为我锯棵树吗？
• The moment I saw you,I knew you were angry with me.我一看到你，就知道你在生我的气。

23 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

24 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

25 strange   

adj.奇怪的；古怪的

参考例句：

• She's a strange policewoman.她是个作风奇特的女警。
• I heard a strange sound.我听到一种奇怪的声音。

26 living   

adj.活的，活着的，现存的；逼真的，一模一样的；生活的，维持生活的；n.生活，生计

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。

27 found   

v.建立，创立，创办；vbl.(find的过去分词)找到

参考例句：

• I found him at home.我发现他在家。
• The United Nations was found in 1945.联合国于1945年成立。

28 surprised   

adj.感到惊讶的，感到惊奇的

参考例句：

• Is that anything to be surprised at?那有什么可怪的？
• The news greatly surprised us.这消息使我们非常惊异。

29 earth   

n.陆地；大地；地球

参考例句：

• The earth moves round the sun.地球绕着太阳转。
• Spring returns to the earth.大地回春。

30 such   

adj.如此的，这样的；pron.这样的；adv.如此地

参考例句：

• He is such a man.他是这样一个人。
• He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻，花光了所有的钱。

31 dreadful   

adj.糟透了的，极端的，可怕的，令人畏惧的

参考例句：

• I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.我不能想像在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
• I must apologize for the dreadful mistake I made.我为我所犯的严重错误深表歉意。

32 broke   

v.(动词break的过去式)折断；打破

参考例句：

• He dropped his glass on the floor and broke it.他把玻璃杯掉到地板上打碎了。
• After a long silence, she broke into a laugh.她沉默了很久之后，忽然笑了起来。