英文美文閱讀:The terrible king
A long time ago, there lived a terrible king. The terrible king’s wish was that all the people would shake in fear at the sound of his name. The terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor landhorrible. "Here! Take everything!"
The terrible king viciously took away all the belongings of the neighbor land. He even scared the poor women and children. The king was not even sorry to the children and women. The terrible king bothered the people of the neighbor land worse and worse everyday. The palace became more and more magnificent.
"Put up a statue in the church!" Now the terrible king was ordering the church to place a statue of himself there. However, the ministers could not do that." Your majesty may be great, but God is even greater."
The terrible king was becoming angry. It was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole world. Then the king was angry. "What! He is greater? Then I will defeat God."
In a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against God. That’s why he ordered that a magnificent ship be built in order to go to the heaven. He said he would ride the ship to go and defeat God. The terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.
From the sky, an angel was sent. However, the terrible king shot over a thousand bullets at the angel. "Ahhhhhh" Being shot, the angel was bleeding. The blood dropped unto the terrible king’s ship. The angel’s blood was so heavy that the king’s ship sank.
The terrible king became angry, again. "Build a more stronger ship." The terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it. "I will defeat God for sure!"
The terrible king went up to heaven, once more. God sent mosquitoes to the terrible king. The terrible king just laughed at the mosquitoes. "Go and bring me the best carpet."
The king made another command. He thought that if he wrapped the carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him. But one mosquito went inside of the carpet. Because of that one mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming. The terrible king that couldn’t even catch one mosquito was alaughingstock for his troops.
單詞註釋:
horrible adj. 可怕的;極討厭的
例句:It was a horrible dirty room.
那是個差勁的'骯髒房間。
magnificent adj. 高尚的;壯麗的;華麗的;宏偉的
例句:It is magnificent. It compares with other great buildings here in Europe.
真是宏偉壯麗,可以媲美歐洲其它偉大的建築。
defeat vt. 擊敗,戰勝;使…失敗;挫敗
例句:The news of the enemy’s defeat quickly circulated round the town.
敵人被打敗的消息很快地在整個城鎮傳播開來。
mosquito n. 蚊子
laughingstock n. 笑柄;嘲笑的對象
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