類型：英語(yǔ)閱讀
時(shí)間：2020-05-01
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Long, long time ago,
there lived a very
fancy king. The king
changed his
clothes 12
times a day. He
really liked to show off to his
subjects. "My
clothes are the best in the
world."
One day, two
tailors planned a
trick. "Why don't we
teach that
stupid and
extravagant king a
lesson. He doesn't even
worry about his
starving people." "That's
right! He
thinks he's the best."
The two men went to see the king. "Oh, the world's most
marvelous king! We have
brought the most
beautiful cloth in the
whole world." "However, not
everyone is able to see the
cloth.
Those that tell lies and have bad
hearts are not able to see this fine
cloth."
After the king
heard those words, he
became very
interested. "Could
there really be such a
cloth? If I can make
clothes out of
those cloths, my
clothes will be the best in the
whole world.
Hurry and show me the
cloth." The king
began to get
greedier.
The
tailors pretended that the
cloth was real, as they
showed it to the king. The king and the fine-spoken
subjects could not see
anything before them. But, none of them
could show that they
could not see it.
The king and his fine-spoken
subjects just
looked at each
other. Then, the
tailor quickly spoke in a
arrogant manner. "Well, is
there no
honest man here? How can you look at this
beautiful cloth and not
praise it."
Among the
subjects, one of them made a
flattering comment out loud. "Wow! This is the
first time that I have seen such a
wonderful cloth." All the
subjects tried to be the
first to
praise the
cloth. Then, the king was
amazed with the
beauty of the
cloth, too.
The king gave the
money and
ordered them to make his
clothes. For
several days, the
tailors pretended to be
making the
clothes. The king
became worried and told one of his
subjects to go and see how the
clothes was
coming along.
The
subject could not say how much the
clothes had been
completed. As hard as he
looked, he
could not see it. But, he
could not say that he was
unable to see it.
Instead, he
pretended to be
amazed at how
beautiful it was
coming along.
A few days
later, the
tailors came back with the King's
clothes. "Here you are, try on this
clothes." The king was not able to
honestly say that he
could not see the
clothes. He, too,
pretended to look over it.
One man said, "Your
majesty, lets go and show off this
finest clothes in the
world." The
subjects all
agreed at the same time. "Yes, that is a good idea."
The king
walked out to the
street very
proudly and
walked with
pride. All the
people in the land came out to see the king's new
clothes. They were all
surprised,
though.
Just then, a
little girl
shouted out, "Our king is
naked!" Then
everyone said:” He’s
naked, he's
naked!"
The king now
realized the
truth.
However, with only his undergarments on, he
still walked in a
dignified manner. Even
though he was
embarrassed, he
could not stop
walking. Why not? The
reason is that he was the king.
單詞注釋：
tailor n. 裁縫
extravagant adj. 奢侈的;浪費(fèi)的;過(guò)度的;放縱的
starving adj. 挨餓的;饑餓的
arrogant adj. 自大的，傲慢的
例句：I
dislike his
arrogant demeanour.
我討厭他那傲慢的行為。
flatter adj. 諂媚的;奉承的
例句：I
think layers are
funky and
would be a
flattering look.
我想做出層次應(yīng)該是很時(shí)髦的，而且很討人喜歡。
embarrass vt. 使局促不安;使困窘;阻礙
undergarment n. 內(nèi)衣;襯衣
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