38 I Why Do You Weep
A nobleman and a merchant once met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears
came to his eyes．
The merchant asked him why he was weeping．
The nobleman was ashamed to admit that he had burned his mouth and answered，“Sir, I once had a brother who killed a man，for which he was hanged．I was thinking of his death，which made me weep．”
The merchant, believing the story，began to eat his soup．He too burned his mouth，so that he had tears in his eyes．
Noticing it，the nobleman asked the merchant， “Sir, why do you weep？”
The merchant, who now saw that the nobleman had fooled him，answered， “My lord，I'm weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother．”
您哭什么？
一次一名贵族同一位商人在饭馆里相遇。他们都在午餐中点了汤。当汤上来时，贵族舀了一勺喝。但汤烫了他的嘴，疼得他眼泪直流。
商人便问他为什么哭。
贵族羞于承认是嘴被烫了。 于是答道：“先生我曾有个兄弟因杀人而被绞死。想到他的死我就哭了。”
商人相信了他的话，开始喝自己的汤。他也给烫了，因此也流出了眼泪。
那贵族发现了便问：“先生，您哭什么？”
商人现在明白刚才贵族骗了他，便回答，“先生，我哭是因为你没有和你的兄弟一块儿被绞死。”
参考译文
词汇：
Weep 哭泣，流泪 nobleman 贵族
Merchant 商人 soup 汤
Spoonful 一匙 ashamed 羞愧的
Admit 承认 hang 绞死
1．听全文录音，选择正确答案
1 ．The nobleman had tears in his eyes because .
A .he missed his brother
B .he was exciting
C .the soup was too hot
D .the soup reminded him of sad things
2. The merchant .
A .believed the nobleman at first
B .fooled the nobleman
C .knew the nobleman’s brother before
D .burned his hand by the soup
3. The nobleman .
A .burned his mouth twice
B .knew why the merchant was weeping
C .pretended to be happy
D .did n’t have a brother
II．听录音，补全下列段落
The merchant, 1 the story，began to eat his soup．He too burned his 2 ，so that he had 3 in his eyes． 4 it, the nobleman asked the merchant,“ 5 , why do you 6 ？”
The merchant, who now 7 that the nobleman had 8 him，answered, “My lord, I’m weeping because you were not 10 together with your 9 ．”
答案:
I．1．C 2. A 3．B
II ．1．believing 2．mouth 3．tears 4. Noticing 5. Sir
6．weep7. saw 8．fooled 9. hanged 10. brother
