A bull wrestler was visiting his friend in a small town, and one night they stayed a little too long at the pub. Not wanting to drive, they decided to walk home. As they were crossing a farmer's field, a bull charged them. The wrestler grabbed the bull by the horns, and they went down in a snarling heap. Finally the bull jumped up and ran away. "Wow," said the friend, "that was quite a tussle. "


　　"Yeah," the wrestler replied, "and if I hadn't had that last drink, I would have gotten that guy off his bicycle.?


Notes:


　　(1) bull wrestler斗牛士，也作bullfighter.


　　(2) charge v.襲擊


　　(3) grab v.抓，握


　　(4) snarl v.纏結(jié)，糾結(jié)


　　(5) heap n.堆


　　(6) tussle n.扭打，扭斗


Exercises:


根據(jù)短文填空：


　�、� A bull wrestler was visiting his friend _____a small town.


　�、� One night they stayed a little too long _____ the pub.


　　③ _____ wanting to drive, they decided to walk home.


　�、� As they were crossing a farmer's field, a bull _____them.


　�、� The wrestler grabbed the bull _____the horns.


　�、� They _____in a snarling heap


　�、� That was _____I a tussle.


　　⑧ If I _____ had that last drink. I would have gotten that guy his bicycle.


91.斗牛士


　　一個(gè)斗牛士在一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)拜訪(fǎng)他的朋友。一天夜里他們?cè)诰起^里呆的時(shí)間稍長(zhǎng)了一點(diǎn)。他們不想搭車(chē)，就決定步行回家。他們?cè)诖┻^(guò)一片農(nóng)田時(shí)，一頭牛向他們沖過(guò)來(lái)。斗牛士抓住了牛的兩只角，他們扭打在一起。最后牛跳起來(lái)跑走了。


　　“哇，”他朋友說(shuō)，“好一場(chǎng)搏斗哇。”


　　“哦，”斗牛士回答說(shuō)，“要不是我多喝了一杯，我非把那家伙從自行車(chē)上拽下來(lái)不可。”


練習(xí)參考答案：


① in ② at ③ Not ④ charged ⑤ by ⑥ went down ⑦ quite ⑧ hadn't

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