人教版必修第三册Unit2ReadingforwritingTHESTONEINTHEROADOnceuponatimetherewasakingwhooftenthought,“Nothinggoodcancometoanationwhosepeopleonlycomplainandexpectotherstosolvetheirproblems.”Oneday,hehadanidea.Earlyonemorning,thekingdisguisedhimselfandwenttoalocalvillage.Heplacedalargestoneinthemiddleofthemainstreetandhidgoldcoinsunderthestone.Thenhehidbehindahugemapletreeandwatched.Thefirstpersondownthestreetwasamilkmanwithhiscart.Hecrashedintothestone,spillingthemilkeverywhere.“Whatfoolputthisstonehere?”heshouted.Hepickedhimselfupandangrilywentaway.Afterawhile,agroupofwomencamealong,eachbalancingapotofwateronherhead.Onewomantrippedoverthestoneandherwaterpotwentcrashingtotheground.Shepickedherselfupandlimpedawayintears.Neithershenorherfriendsthoughtaboutmovingthestoneoutoftheroad.Thekingwatchedalldayasmanypeoplecomplainedaboutthestone,buthefoundnobodymakinganattempttomoveit.Thekingwasindespair.“Istherenooneinthisvillagewhofeelsanyresponsibilitytokeeptheirneighboursfromharm?”Justthen,thekingsawayounggirlcomingalong.Shewasthedaughterofalocalfarmer.Shehadbeenworkingalldayandwasverytired.Butwhenshesawthestone,shesaidtoherself,“Thisstoneisadangertoanyonewhocomesdownthestreetafterdark.I'llmoveitoutoftheway.”Thegirlpushedthestonewithallhermight.Afteragreatdealofeffort,shefinallysucceededinmovingittothesideofthestreet.Imaginehersurprisewhenshesawthegoldcoinswherethestonehadbeen!Justthen,thekingsteppedoutfrombehindthetree.“Ohsir,”thegirlsaid,“doesthisgoldbelongtoyou?Ifnot,wesurelymustfindtheowner,forhewillcertainlymissit.”Thekingsaid,“Mydear,thegoldismine.Iputitintheroadandmovedthestoneoverit.Nowthegoldisyours,becauseyouaretheonlypersonwhohaslearntthelessonIwantedtoteachmypeople.”complainv.抱怨solveproblems解决问题disguisev.装扮placev.放置hidev.藏起来crashinto撞到……上spillingthemilkeverywhere牛奶撒的到处都是。现在分词短语作结果状语。pickoneselfup爬起来eachbalancingapotofwateronherhead每人头上顶着一壶水。eachbalancing…是独立主格结构,做伴随状语。tripover绊倒limpv.跛行intears流着泪makeanattempt尝试mightn.力量succeedindoingsth成功做某事wherethestonehadbeen在句中充当地点状语stepout走出来belongto属于路上的石头从前有一个国王,他常想:“国民只会抱怨,指望别人来解决他们的问题的,对这样的国家是不会用什么益处的。”有一天,他有了一个想法。一天清晨,国王乔装打扮去了当地的一个村庄。他在大街中央放了一块大石头,把金币藏在石头下面。然后他躲在一棵巨大的枫树后面看着。街上第一个人是一个推着手推车的送奶工。他撞到了石头上,把牛奶洒得到处都是。“什么傻瓜把这块石头放在这里?”他喊道。他站起来生气地走了。过了一会儿,一群女人走了过来,每人头上顶着一壶水。一个女人被石头绊倒了,她的水壶摔在地上。她站起来哭着一瘸一拐地走了。她和她的朋友都没想过要把石头搬走。国王整天看着许多人抱怨这块石头,但他发现没有人试图移动它。国王失望了。“这个村子里难道没有人觉得有责任保护邻居不受伤害吗?”就在这时,国王看见一个小女孩走过来。她是当地一个农民的女儿。她工作了一整天,很累。但是当她看到那块石头时,她对自己说:“这石头对天黑以后从街上走的人来说是一种危险。我来把它移开。”那女孩使劲地推石头。经过一番努力,她终于把它移到了路边。想象一下,当她在放石头的地方看到金币时,她是多么惊讶!就在这时,国王从树后走了出来。“哦,先生,”女孩说,“这些金子是你的吗?”?如果不是,我们一定要找到它的主人,因为它一定会想念它的。”国王说:“亲爱的,金子是我的。我把它放在路上,然后把石头放在了上面。现在黄金归你了,因为你是唯一一个学会了我想教给我的人民那个教训的人。”