朗文3L看听学英语第三册 Lesson 29

Lesson 29 The weight-lifter
Last week
father took the children
to a circus.
First they saw a weight-lifter.
He was very strong.
He picked up a heavy weight.
He was strong enough to lift it
above his head.
Then a clown¹ appeared.
He tried to lift the weight,
but he couldn’t!
He was too weak to lift it!
Suddenly, the clown picked up
another big weight.
He lift it easily.
But the clown’s weight
was only a bar
and two balloons!

1 clown   

n.小丑；丑角

参考例句：

• Doesn't the clown look funny!这小丑看上去真是滑稽！
• A clown's job is to amuse the spectators.小丑的工作就是娱乐观众。