A bull wrestler was visiting his friend in a small town, and one night they stayed a little too long at the pub. Not wanting to drive, they decided to walk home. As they were crossing a farmer's field, a bull charged them. The wrestler grabbed the bull by the horns, and they went down in a snarling heap. Finally the bull jumped up and ran away. "Wow," said the friend, "that was quite a tussle. "

"Yeah," the wrestler replied, "and if I hadn't had that last drink, I would have gotten that guy off his bicycle.擾

Notes:

(1) bull wrestler斗牛士，也作bullfighter.

(2) charge v.襲擊

(3) grab v.抓，握

(4) snarl v.纏結(jié)，糾結(jié)

(5) heap n.堆

(6) tussle n.扭打，扭斗

Exercises:

根據(jù)短文填空：

① A bull wrestler was visiting his friend _____a small town.

② One night they stayed a little too long _____ the pub.

③ _____ wanting to drive, they decided to walk home.

④ As they were crossing a farmer's field, a bull _____them.

⑤ The wrestler grabbed the bull _____the horns.

⑥ They _____in a snarling heap

⑦ That was _____I a tussle.

⑧ If I _____ had that last drink. I would have gotten that guy his bicycle.

91.斗牛士

一個(gè)斗牛士在一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)拜訪他的朋友。一天夜里他們?cè)诰起^里呆的時(shí)間稍長(zhǎng)了一點(diǎn)。他們不想搭車，就決定步行回家。他們?cè)诖┻^(guò)一片農(nóng)田時(shí)，一頭牛向他們沖過(guò)來(lái)。斗牛士抓住了牛的兩只角，他們扭打在一起。最后牛跳起來(lái)跑走了。

“哇，”他朋友說(shuō)，“好一場(chǎng)搏斗哇?！?/P>

“哦，”斗牛士回答說(shuō)，“要不是我多喝了一杯，我非把那家伙從自行車上拽下來(lái)不可。”

練習(xí)參考答案：

① in ② at ③ Not ④ charged ⑤ by ⑥ went down ⑦ quite ⑧ hadn't