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Twomenweresittingtogetherinanairplane.Theywereonalongjourney.

Oneofthemenwasateacher.Theotherwasafarmer.

Theysatwithouttalkingforawhile,thenthefarmersaid,\somethingtopassthetime.\

\asked.

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riddles,\thefarmersaid.\

\rulesfirst,\interesting.Let'splayitformoney.Ifwedon'tknowtheanswertoariddle,wehavetopayadollar.\

Thefarmerthoughtaboutthisforawhile,thenhesaid,\ateacher,aneducatedman.YouknowmorethingsthanIdo.Iamjustafarmer.\

\knowtheanswertoariddleyoupayme$100.IfIdon'tknowtheanswertoariddle,I'llpayyou$50.\

Theteacherthoughtaboutthis,thenhesaid,\\butonlytwolegswhenitflies?\

Theteacherrepeatedtheriddle,\twolegswhenitflies?Mm,that'sagoodone.I'mafraidIdon'tknowtheanswer.\

Hegavethefarmer$100,thensaid,\whenitwalksbutonlytwolegswhenitflies?\andgavehim$50.

NewWordsandExpressionsairplane飛機journey旅程

without沒有，缺少passthetime消磨時間riddle謎語rule規則money錢

educated受過教育的fly飛行

repeat重復

EXERCISEI

1.Choosethebestanswera,b,cord,tothefollowingquestionsaboutthestory.

在a，b，c，d中選出一個最適合本故事的答案。

A.Onemanintheairplanewasafarmer.Theotherwas(a)ateacher.(b)adoctor.(c)abaker.

(d)atruckdriver.

B.Theydecidedtopassthetimeby(a)readingthenewspaper.(b)askingeachotherriddles.(c)doingcrosswordpuzzles.(d)talking.

C.Ifthefarmerdidn'tknowtheanswertoariddle,hehadtopaytheteacher(a)$50.(b)$100.(c)$200.(d)$1.

D.Intheend,theteacherpaidthefarmer(a)$50-(b)$100.(c)nothing.(d)$200.

2.WriteTforTrueorFforFalsebesidestatementsaboutthestory.在以下有關本故事的句子旁標上T（對）或F（不對）

(a)Theteachersuggestedaskingriddles.____(b)Thefarmersaidtheteachershouldpayhim$100.____(c)Thefarmer'sriddlewasaboutsomethingwithlegs.____(d)Theteacherdidn'tknowtheanswer.____(e)Thefarmerknewtheanswertohisriddle.____

3.Someofthewordsinthisstoryareshortformsoflongerones(example:that's=thatis).Whatarethelongformsofthesewords?本故事中有些詞是縮略寫法，它們原來的寫法是怎樣的？(a)let's____________(b)who'll___________(c)I'm_____________(d)don't___________

4.Whichwordsinthesesentencesarenotspelledcorrectly?Circlethemandwritethecorrectspellinginthespaceprovided.

以下哪些詞的拼寫是錯的？請把他們圈出來，并在空白處填上正確的拼法。(a)Thetwomenintheaerplanewereonalongjurney.

(b)Theteecherwantedtoplayformoney.

(c)Thefarmerthoutforawile.

(d)Theteecherrepetedtheridle.

(e)Thefarmerdidnotnotheanser.

5.Completethefollowingsentencesaboutthestorybyputtinginthemissingwords.

在以下有關本故事的句子的空白處填上所缺的詞。

(a)Afarmerandateacherwere________inanairplane.(b)Theywereona________journey.

(c)Theypassedthetimeby________eachotherriddles.(d)Theteachercouldnotanswer________farmer'sriddle.(e)Thefarmercouldnotanswer________________either!

EXERCISEII

Makesentencesusinglet'saboutthesepictures.在以下各圖中，用let’s造出內容與圖意一致的句子。

a)

b）c）

WHATARERIDDLES?

Riddlesarequestionswithstrangeorunexpectedanswers.謎語的答案是很獨特或令人意想不到的。

Doyouknowanyriddles?Herearetwoexamples:你會哪些謎語，下面給出兩個例子：I.W