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Buying shoes
A man of the state of Zhao, wants to buy a pair of shoes. He measures his feet at home, and then goes to the market. When he gets to the market, he finds that he forgets to bring the measurement. So he goes back home to take the measurement. But when he gets back to the market, it is already closed. Some people ask him: “Why don’t you try the shoes on your feet?” He says: “ I would rather trust the measurement than my own feet.”
单词
buy 买 want to+动词 想要…
pair 双,对 a pair of 一双,一对
measure 测量(动词)
measurement 测量结果,尺寸(名词)
feet 脚(是foot 的复数)
market 市场 get to 到达
find 发现 forget 忘记
bring 带来 take 带去,拿去
bring和take可以理解为一对反义词
get back=go back 返回
already 已经 closed 关闭的
ask 问 try 试,尝试
why 为什么
trust 相信 own 自己的
would rather……than……
宁可……也不……
译文:
郑国的一个人想买一双鞋。他在家量了自己的脚,然后就去了市场。当他到达市场的时候他发现他忘了带尺寸了。于是他返回家去拿尺寸。但是当他返回市场的时候,它已经关门了。一些人问他:你为什么不拿你的脚试鞋呢? 他说:我宁可相信尺寸也不相信我自己的脚。