[英漢幽默故事] I Can't Let Him Get Away

　　A male crab 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 crabs, 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.側著；斜著


Exercises:


根據短文判斷下列句子正（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.不能讓他跑了


　　一隻雄蟹遇到一隻雌蟹，便要娶她為妻。她注意到他走路是直著走，而不是橫著走。哇！她想，這隻雄蟹可真特別，我可不能讓他跑了。因此他們立刻結婚了。


　　第二天，她又發現她的新郎像其他蟹一樣橫著走路了。她深感不安。「你怎麼了？」她問，「我們結婚前你可是直著走路的。」


　　「哦，寶貝，」他回答說，「我不可能每天都喝那麼多。」


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①T②F③T④T⑤T