小学英语随堂阅读【5】Look at an Enemy as a Friend 把敌人当朋友

Look at an Enemy as a Friend

One day, a farmer works in his fields. The wind blows hard. He feels very cold, so he goes home.

On his way home, he saw a frozen snake. He picked it up and put it in his chest. He tried to warm it. Some time late, the snake was warm and active. It bit the farmer in the chest.

The snake was poisonous. The farmer was dead. Before he died, the farmer said, “I’m so silly. I look at an enemy as a friend.”

frozen adj. 冻僵的
chest n. 胸口
warm v.使温暖 adj. 温暖的，暖和的
active adj. 活动的
poisonous adj. 有毒的
silly adj. 傻的
look at…as… 把……当作……
enemy n. 敌人

根据上文，回答下面的问题。
1. Why does the farmer goes home?
2. What does he see on his way?
3. What does the snake do?
4. Is the farmer dead?

译文：

把敌人当朋友

一天，农夫去田地里干活。风很大，他感觉很冷，所以就回家了。

在路上，他看到一条冻僵的蛇，他把它捡起来，放进了自己的胸口，他想让蛇暖和暖和。过了一段时间，蛇暖和过来了，并且活动起来，它在农夫的胸口咬了一口。

蛇的牙齿是有毒的，农夫就死了。在死之前，农夫说：“我真傻啊，我把敌人当朋友。”

参考答案：

1. Because the wind blows hard, and he feels very cold.
2. He sees a frozen snake.
3. It bites the farmer in the chest.
4. Yes, he is.