Lesson 8
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A Man with a G u n

写一写

b u s 公共汽车

r u n 跑

g u n 枪

读一读

It’s a s u nny day. A woman gets off the b u s and goes into a butcher shop to buy some meat.A strange man follows her into the shop and stands behind her. S u ddenly the woman screams,and the man turns and r u ns out of the shop. At that time, some policemen are passing by. They find a g u n in the man’s pocket. The man is a robber.

“Madam, thank you very m u ch. Your scream saved me,”the butcher says,“but how did you know he was a robber?”

“I didn’t know,”replies the woman,“I screamed because the meat was too expensive.”

注解

butcher 屠夫

strange 陌生的

scream 尖叫

pass by 路过

robber 强盗，抢劫者

reply 回答

expensive 昂贵的

想一想

根据故事内容判断正（ T ）误（ F ）。

（ ）1. A strange man follows the woman into the shop.

（ ）2. The woman screams when she sees the robber.

（ ）3. When the woman screams, some policemen are passing by.

（ ）4. The strange man is a robber.

（ ）5. The butcher thanks the woman for saving him.

译文

持枪男人

这一天阳光明媚。一个女人下了公交车，走进一家肉店买肉，一个陌生男人跟着她进了这家商店，站在她身后。突然，这个女人尖叫了起来，那个男人转身就跑出了商店。这时，一些警察正路过，他们在这个男人的口袋里发现了一把枪。这个人是强盗。

“夫人，真是太感谢你了，你的尖叫声救了我啊。”屠夫说道，“但是，你是怎么知道他是一个强盗的呢？”

“我不知道呀。”这个女人回答说，“我尖叫，是因为肉太贵了。” R6bDWSz8gchjyjX0JauxwHJ0GDKvgmquiypwBBu+nHJfhx8Mu5Bam+KilGcUIDUn