Question

【题目】 There once lived a rich businessman. He had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor.

One day, he told his son, “Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you won’t have your meal tonight.”

The boy didn’t want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into a well (井). The son did as he was told.

The father guessed that the gold coin was from the boy’s mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents’ home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father, he was asked to throw it into the well again. The son cried. “Dad. My body is aching. I’m tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?”

The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more.

回答问题：

【1】Who helped the boy when he was asked to earn something for the first time?

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【2】How did he earn the coin the next day?

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【3】写出划线单词的汉语意思。

(1) earn ____________(2) aching ______________

【4】根据短文内容填空，每空限填一词。

The father asked him to throw the coin in a well _______. The first time, he did as the father said. But the second time he felt ________. He _______ to throw it into the well.

【5】将划线句子One feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted.译为汉语。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】His mother.

【2】carrying heavy tools (for a shopkeeper in the market).

【3】 挣，赚 疼

【4】 twice sad/unhappy/angry refused

【5】人只有在劳动成果被浪费的时候才会觉得心疼。

【解析】

本文是一篇记述文。文章主要讲述了一位富商教育懒惰的儿子使其认识到辛苦劳动的价值的故事。

【1】根据文中“The boy didn’t want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help.”可知这个男孩向他的妈妈求助。故填His mother。

【2】根据文中“A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him.”可知男孩可以通过帮店主搬运重工具，店主会付给他一枚硬币。故填carrying heavy tools (for a shopkeeper in the market)。

【3】根据文中“The boy didn’t want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin.”可知earn意为赚，挣。根据文中“A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him……I’m tired.”可知小男孩因搬运重工具，很疲惫。所以aching意为“痛”。故第一空填赚，挣，第二空填痛。

【4】根据文中提示词“The first time”“the second time”，可知小男孩向井中投了两次硬币。故填twice。根据文中“The son cried. I’m tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-earned coin into a well?”可知小男孩哭者责备父亲怎么要求我把我辛苦挣来地钱扔到水井里。可知小男孩的此时伤心，不开心，还有点生气，小男孩不想把自己辛苦挣来的钱扔进水井里。所以是拒绝的。故填sad/unhappy/angry；refused。

【5】“feels pain”意为，感到痛苦，“when”在…时候，“the fruits of labor”劳动成果，“wasted”浪费，故翻译为人只有在劳动成果被浪费的时候才会觉得心疼。