62. I Can't Let Him Get Away

　　A male crab¹ met a female crab and asked her to marry him. She noticed that he was walking straight instead of sideways. Wow, she thought, this crab is really special. I can't let him get away .So they got married immediately.

　　The next day she noticed her new husband waking sideways like all the other crabs², and got upset. "What happened?" she asked. "You used to walk straight before we were married."

　　"Oh, honey, " he replied, "I can't drink that much every day.

Notes:

　　(1) crab n.螃蟹

　　(2) sideways adv.侧着；斜着

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① The female crab liked the male crab at her first sight.

　　② The female crab noticed that the male crab was walking sideways when she first met him.

　　③ The female crab agreed to marry the male crab because she considered him special.

　　④ The male crab walked straight only because he got drunk.

　　⑤ The moral of the story is that we should not judge a person so quickly.

62.不能让他跑了

　　一只雄蟹遇到一只雌蟹，便要娶她为妻。她注意到他走路是直着走，而不是横着走。哇！她想，这只雄蟹可真特别，我可不能让他跑了。因此他们立刻结婚了。

　　第二天，她又发现她的新郎像其他蟹一样横着走路了。她深感不安。“你怎么了？”她问，“我们结婚前你可是直着走路的。”

　　“哦，宝贝，”他回答说，“我不可能每天都喝那么多。”

练习参考答案：

①T②F③T④T⑤T

1 crab   

n.螃蟹，偏航，脾气乖戾的人，酸苹果；vi.捕蟹，偏航，发牢骚；vt.使偏航，发脾气

参考例句：

• I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
• The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了，就象螃蟹的壳似的。

2 crabs   

n.蟹( crab的名词复数 )；阴虱寄生病；蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》