小故事背诵达人 三条腿的鸡

Three legged Chicken

三条腿的鸡

A man was driving along a rural¹ road one day when he saw a three legged chicken.

有一天，有个人在乡间小路上开着车，看到一直三条腿的鸡。

He was amused² engough to drive along side it for a while, as he was driving he noticed the chicken was running 30 mph.

他觉得很好玩，跟在它旁边开了一阵子的车，而且注意到那只鸡奔跑的速度是每小时30英里。

"Pretty fast chicken," he thought,"I wonder just how fast it can run."

“好快的鸡啊，”他心想：“不晓得它到底可以跑多快。”

So he sped up and the chicken did too!They were now moving along the road at 45 mph!

于是他加速前进，结果那只鸡也跟着越跑越快！目前飞速度是每小时45英里！

The man in the car sped up again, to his surprise the chicken was still running ahead of him at 60 mph!

开车那个人再度加速，令他吃惊的是，那只鸡却以时速60英里的速度跑在他前面！！

Suddenly the chicken turned off the road and run down a long driveway leading to a farmhouse³.

突然间那只鸡从路上转了个弯，跑上一条长长的通往农舍的停车道。

The man followed the chicken to the house and saw a man in the yard and dozens of three legged chickens.

那个人跟着来到农舍前，看到院子里有个人，还有很多只三条腿的鸡。

The man in the car called out to the farmer "How did you get all these three legged chickens?"

开车那个人向农夫大喊道：“那么多三条腿的鸡哪来的啊？”

The farmer replied,"I breed⁴ them. You see, me, my wife and my son live here and we all like to eat the chicken legs."

农夫回答:“我养的。我和老婆小孩住在这里，大家都爱吃鸡腿。”

"Since a chicken only have two legs, I started breeding⁵ this three legged variety so we could all eat our favorite piece."

“可是一只鸡只有两条腿，我就养起这种三条腿的变种鸡，这样大家都爱吃的鸡腿就不怕不够了。”

"That's amazing!"said the driver."How do they taste?"

“太惊人了！”司机说：“那这种鸡腿味道如何？”

"Don't know, can't catch them."

“还不知道，因为一直抓不到它们。”

1 rural   

adj.乡下的，田园的，乡村风味的

参考例句：

• He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
• We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市，去农村安家。

2 amused   

adj.被逗笑的；愉快的；顽皮的v.“amuse”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
• There was an amused look on the President's face. 总统面带愉悦的神情。

3 farmhouse   

n.农场住宅（尤指主要住房）

参考例句：

• We fell for the farmhouse as soon as we saw it.我们对那所农舍一见倾心。
• We put up for the night at a farmhouse.我们在一间农舍投宿了一夜。

4 breed   

n.品种，种类；vi.繁殖，产仔；vt.养殖，产生

参考例句：

• The parents are trying to breed their son a musician.这对父母尽力要把儿子培养成为音乐家。
• This breed of horses is both tall and heavily grown.这种马既高且大。

5 breeding   

n.繁殖

参考例句：

• the breeding of horses 马的饲养
• This area of the city has become a breeding ground for violent crime. 这个市区已成为暴力犯罪的滋生地。