【英语翻译AW1.SaffronThereoncewasafarmerwhosesaffroncropwasdestroyedbyfire.Thefarmerhadtogotoamoneylendertoborrowmoneyinordertobuyseedforanothercrop.Unfortunatelythissecondcropwasdestroyedbyaflood.Thefarmercou】
英语翻译
AW1.Saffron
Thereoncewasafarmerwhosesaffroncropwasdestroyedbyfire.Thefarmerhadtogotoamoneylendertoborrowmoneyinordertobuyseedforanothercrop.Unfortunatelythissecondcropwasdestroyedbyaflood.Thefarmercouldn’tpaybacktheloan,sothemoneylendertookhimtocourt.
Thefarmerhiredoneofthebestlawyersinthedistrict.Thelawyeraskedhimmanyquestionsandthensaid,“Yourcaseishopeless.You’veborrowedmoneythatyoucannotpayback.Thejudgewillprobablysendyoutojail.However,ifyoudowhatIsay,IthinkIcanpersuadethejudgetocanceltheloan.”“OfcourseI’lldoasyousay,”thefarmersaid.
“Good,”thelawyersaid.“Iwanthalfofyourfarmasmyfee,ifIgetyouoff.”
Thiswasaveryhighfee,butthefarmeragreed,andthelawyertoldhimwhattosayandhowtobehaveincourt.
Thedayofthetrialarrived.Thejudgeaskedthefarmermanyquestions.Toeveryquestionthefarmeransweredwithoneword,“Saffron.”
Thenthelawyerstoodup.“Thedestruction-twice-ofmyclient’scrophasaffectedhismind,”hetoldthejudge.“Heisnotfittostandtrial.”
Thejudgeagreedandcanceledtheloan.
Afterthetrial,thelawyersaidtothefarmer,“Nowwhataboutmyfee?”
“Saffron,”thefarmerreplied.“Saffron.”
Exercises
Choosethecorrectanswertoeachquestion:
1.Whydidthefarmerborrowmoney?Hewantedto______.A.buymoresaffron
B.buyseedforanothercropC.paybackaloanD.payhislawyer
2.Whycouldn’tthefarmerpaybacktheloan?Because____________.
A.hehadtogotocourtB.hehadtopayhislawyerfirst
C.hissecondcropwasalsodestroyedD.themoneylendercanceledtheloan
3.Whydidthejudgecancelthefarmer’sloan?Because_____________.
A.shebelievedhewasn’tfittostandtrialB.shedidn’tlikethemoneylender
C.thelawyerhadaskedthefarmeralotofquestions
D.shethoughtthelawyerwasveryclever
4.Whatdidthefarmersaywhenthelawyerforhisfee?
A.ofcourseB.SaffronC.GoodD.Thankyou
5.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?
A.Thefarmer'ssaffroncropsweredestroyedbyfireandflood.