Three men are found in the wilderness by civilized    

cannibals
. The men are led to a gravesite next to the 

water. The chief says, "We will kill you as a 
coward, or 

we will let you die 
honorable  deaths for your homelands. 

You choose the weapon. Either way, your skins will be 

used to make our 
canoes."

  The first man, a soldier at heart, asks for a handgun. 

With this, he recites the 
pledge and shoots himself. He 

is carried off. The next man asks for a sword. A 
warrior
 
at heart, he uses a Japanese 
katana to commit seppuku 

as a Japanese man.

  The last man asks for a fork.

  "A fork?" asks the chief?

  But it's his dying wish, so they hand him the fork. 

He 
stabs himself repeatedly in the chest, and yells, 

"I HOPE YOUR CANOE 
SINKS!!"

 

Key  words

cannibal (n.)食人族   

gravesite (n.)墓地

coward (n.)懦夫   

honorable  deaths 死得很光榮

canoe (n.)獨木舟 

pledge (n.)誓約 

warrior (n.)武士    

katana (n.)武士刀

seppuku (n.)切腹自殺   

stab (v.)刺

sink (v.)下沉


成寒英語教材:http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/288240074

 

唸〈成寒英語教材〉,托福、多益 TOEIC 考高分成績榜 & 他們的學習歷程:

 

  請看:http://chenhen2013.pixnet.net/blog/post/275932070

 

 

arrow
arrow
    全站熱搜

    成寒 發表在 痞客邦 留言(0) 人氣()