Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker.

Four years later the young man got into the habit of (養(yǎng)成……習(xí)慣)drinking and was often drink. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.”

“Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“(4)You’ll be given double pay next month.”

“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred.

“Mr Dick told me to take your place.”

任務(wù)一：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下面的問(wèn)題。

1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?

___________________________________________________________________________

2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?

____________________________________________________________________________

任務(wù)二：將文中的劃線句子翻譯成漢語(yǔ)

3._____________________________________________________________________________4._____________________________________________________________________________

任務(wù)三：What’s the main idea of this passage?

______________________________________________________________________________

 

【答案】

略

【解析】略

 

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