白领英语晨读-091 The Fox and the Goat 狐狸与山羊

One day a fox fell into a well, he could not scramble¹ out again. The water was ont very deep, but the size of the well was move and recovered with slippery² mass. So that every time the fox struggle up a few inches he slipped³ down again with the splash⁴ into the water.

After some time, a goat came along appeared pearously over the edge⁵."What are you doing down there,Fox?" he asked.The fox saw his chance to escape."Are you quite alone?"he asked mysteriously." I don't want everyone to come at once, but the water in this well is so good that I just can not stop drinking it. Come on in and try it you will see it is better than anything you ever tasted before."Without thinking twice, the goat jumped in and began to drink eagerly. After a while,he had had enough to drink and he looked around to see how he could get out."No problem at all my dear fellow."said the fox."You stand on your spindlelegs and I will climb on your back, if I balance myself on your I was just about reach the ground than I'll lean⁶ over and pull you up after me." So the goat stood on his spindlelegs and the fox quickly climbed out of the well trying out of a cross of fields. He called out to the goat,"If you have as much sence you had as you have heard in your bears, my friend, you will have made sure you could get out that well before you ever jumped in.

1 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

2 slippery   

adj.滑的；油滑的，狡猾的，不可靠的

参考例句：

• We found it very slippery under foot.我们感到地上很滑。
• Mind out,the steps are slippery!注意，台阶很滑！

3 slipped   

adj.打滑，打滑的v.滑( slip的过去式和过去分词 )；滑脱；下降；（健康状况等）变差

参考例句：

• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。
• The climber slipped and dropped to his death. 攀登者一失足掉下去摔死了。

4 splash   

v.溅，泼；n.溅泼声，溅出的水等，斑点

参考例句：

• I fell into the water with a splash.我跌入水中，激起水花四溅。
• There's a splash of paint on the white wall.白墙上溅上了一片油漆。

5 edge   

n.边(缘)；刃；优势；v.侧着移动，徐徐移动

参考例句：

• Sight along the edge to see if it's straight.顺着边目测，看看直不直。
• She lived on the extreme edge of the forest.她住在森林的最边缘。

6 lean   

n.瘦肉，倾斜，弯曲；adj.瘦的，贫乏的，歉收的；v.倚靠，倾斜，依赖

参考例句：

• The seats have no back against which to lean.这些座位都没有靠背可倚。
• Please don't lean your chair back,you'll break it.请不要坐在椅子上往后仰，你会把椅子弄坏的。