Online Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

once (adv.) 有一次

take care of (v) 照顾

club (n) 棍棒

axe (n) 斧头

trace (n/v) 踪迹，足迹

flock (n) (动物)群体
A flock of birds 一群鸟

attack (v/n) 进攻，攻击
The lion attacked the sheep for food.

belong to 属于
That area doesn’t belong to our school.

deceive (v) 欺骗

grieve (v) 为…感到悲哀/伤痛
grieve over

loss (n) 损失
a heavy loss 重大的损失

protect (v) 保护 – protection (n) 保护

A boy named John was once taking care of some sheep not far from a forest. Nearby was a village, and he was told to call for help if there was any danger.

One day, he thought he would have some fun, and he cried out with all his might (用尽全身的力气大喊), “The wolf is coming! The wolf is coming!”

The men came running with clubs and axes to save the boy from the wolf. As they saw nothing, they went home again and left John laughing in his sleeve.

The day before he had had so much fun, John cried out again the next day, “The wolf! The wolf!” The men came again. This time not as many as the first time. Again they saw no trace of the wolf, so they shook their heads and went back.

On the third day, the wolf came in earnest. John cried in dismay, “Help! Help! The wolf! The wolf!” Not a single man came to help him. The wolf broke into the flock and attacked the sheep.

Among them was a beautiful lamb that belonged to John. Then he felt very sorry that he had deceived his friends and neighbors, and he grieved over the loss of his pet lamb. The truth itself is not believed from one who often has deceived.

1. Why does the boy shout, “The wolf is coming” the first time?

Because he wanted to have some fun.

2. Why will no one help the boy when the wolf actually comes? 实际上/真正的

Because the boy deceived everyone for the first two times. 

3. What do you think the boy learned by the end of the story?

We can’t deceive other people.

4. What do the people’s actions tell you about how they feel about wolves?

People don’t like wolves.

One day a children cries out “Wolf, wolf”. There are a lot of men run to the boy.
A boy named John was taking care of some sheep. One day, he thought he could tease the people nearby. So he cried out loud: the wolf is coming! Many people ran to him to help him when they heard it. 

They want to help him. After they don’t find the wolf they know the boy deceived them. They are very angry and they go down.
They wanted to help him. But they couldn’t see the wolf anywhere so they knew the boy had deceived them. They were very angry and went back.

After that, sometimes later, the boy cried out again, they come up again but they don’t find the wold again but they boy laughed them.
The next day, the boy cried out again, and these people came up to save/protect but they still couldn’t see any trace of the wolf. So they knew that they were deceived again. And the boy was laughing. 

The last time, the boy see the wolf  but there were no people come up.
The last time, the wolf actually came but no one wanted to help him.

The sheep was eaten by the wolf. The boy was very sad. He know he can’t deceive people again.
The sheep were eaten by the wolf. The boy felt very sad. He knew/learned that he shouldn’t deceive/lie to people anymore.