Question

In the 1930s a young traveler was climbing the French Alps(法國阿爾卑斯山).He arrived at big piece of land without living things.It was ugly.It was the kind of place you hurry away from.

Then,suddenly,the young traveler stopped on the way.In the middle of this large land there was an old man.On his back was a bag of seeds.In his land was an iron pipe(鐵管).

The man used the iron pipe to make a hole in the ground.Then from the bag he took a seed and put it in the hole.He did this again and again.

Later the old man told the traveler,“I’ve planted over 100,00 seeds.Perhaps only a tenth of them will grow.”

The old man’s wife and son had died,and this was how he chose to spend his final years.

“I want to do something useful,”he said.

(1)二十年以后那個年輕的游客已不再年輕。 He retutned to the place.What he saw amazed him.He could mot believe his eyes.The land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long.Birds were singing,animals were playing,and wild flowers were here and there.

(2)The traveler stood there remembering the lifeless picture of the place that it once was.A beautiful forest stood there now,all because someone cared.

1.Why did the ola man plant seeds?_____________________________________________

2.How many seeds did the old man think could grow,all of them or only some?___________

3.What amazed the young traveler when he returned to the place?______________________

4.將短文中畫線句子(1)翻譯成英語。___________________________________________

5.將短文中畫線句子(2)翻譯成漢語。___________________________________________

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.Because he wants to plant a beautiful forest for people to change the large land without living things.

2.Only some .

3.Because the land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long .

4.25 years later the young traveler is no long young .

5.那位游客站在那兒回想過去這里寸草不生一片死寂的畫面。

【解析】 略