简单慢速英语阅读：Insects in the Rice

　　"Look at this," she said. He looked. He looked inside a plastic bag. There was rice inside the bag. But something else was inside the bag. "What are these things?" he asked. They were insects. The insects were crawling¹ around. A lot of insects were crawling around. "That's disgusting," he said. "Where did they come from?" She said, "They came from you!" He denied it. He didn't have insects. Not even one. "You bought the wrong bag of rice," she said. "I told you which bag of rice to buy. But you wanted to save money. And I agreed to it. Never again. From now on, we buy the same brand I've always bought." He agreed. She tied up the bag. She put the bag inside a fresh plastic bag. She tied up the second plastic bag. "This is for you," she said. "Gee², thanks," he said.

1 crawling   

n.表面涂布不均v.爬( crawl的现在分词 )；（昆虫）爬行；缓慢行进；巴结

参考例句：

• You should be ashamed of yourself, crawling to the director like that. 你那样巴结董事，应该感到羞耻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Stubborn, self-confident Guo Zhenshan has never gone crawling to anyone. 坚强、自信、有气魄的郭振山，实在说，永远也不会向人低三下四啊！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！