21. 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。”

练习参考答案：

①F②T③F④F⑤T

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。