巴西甲壳虫的华丽新装

• 作 者: Cass
• 出 处: 疯狂英语(阅读版)
• 发表日期: 2015年02期
• 关键词: 巴西人 instead polite racing mother golden cliff conversation brown really

巴西甲壳虫背上的外壳色彩艳丽且坚硬,因此常被用来如宝石一般镶嵌在别针或者项链上。很久以前,也就是许多年前,它们只拥有普通的棕色外壳。以下是巴西甲壳虫如何赢得新外壳的故事。有一天,一只棕色小甲壳虫正沿着墙壁爬行,这时候,一只巨大的灰色老鼠从墙上的一个洞里钻出来,轻蔑地看着这只小甲壳虫。“噢,哼!”他对着小甲壳虫说道,“你爬得真够慢的。你这样永远也到不了世界上任何一个地方。瞧瞧

The shell on the back of the Brazilian Beetle is colorful and hard and is therefore often used as a gemstone for studs or necklaces. Long ago, many years ago, they had only plain brown shells. Here’s how the Brazilian Beatles won the new shell. One day, a small Brown Beetle was crawling along the wall, when a huge gray rat drilled out of a hole in the wall, scornfully watching the Little Beetle. ”Oh, huh!“ He said to the Little Beetle, ”You’re slow enough to crawl, and you can never reach anywhere in the world.