And all that the old bucket could say was, “I know I’m not very useful, but I can only do my best. I’m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”
One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”
Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare (光秃秃的)earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.
【语篇解读】 本文用拟人的手法讲述了园丁和两个水桶的故事:一个新桶,为自己不漏水而自豪;一个旧桶,走一路,漏一路,很自卑。但他所经过的地方,却是鲜花盛开。园丁最后道出了真谛:每个桶都有存在的价值。同样,我们每个人也都有用。
1. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?
A. Dirty
B. Dark
C. Wornout
D. Plainlooking.
解析 猜测词义题。根One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one.可知一只桶是崭新的,而另一只是破旧不堪的。注意下文特别提到The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.可知是漏水的,当然就破了呀。
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