A Farmer one day came to the stables to see
to his beasts of burden:among them was his favourite Ass, that was
always well fed and often carried his master. With the Farmer came
his Lapdog, who danced about and licked his hand and frisked about
as happy as could be. The Farmer felt in his pocket, gave the
Lapdog some dainty food, and sat down while he gave his orders to
his servants. The Lapdog jumped into his master's lap, and lay
there blinking while the Farmer stroked his ears. The Ass,seeing
this, broke loose from his halter and commenced prancing about in
imitation of the Lapdog. The Farmer could not hold his sides with
laughter, so the Ass went up to him, and putting his feet upon the
Farmer's shoulder attempted to climb into his lap. The Farmer's
servants rushed up with sticks and pitch forks and soon taught the
Ass that .Clumsy jesting is no joke.
lapdog n.
供玩赏用的小狗
see to
v. 负责，注意
stable n. 畜栏；厩
beasts
of burden 驮畜
among them was his
favourite Ass
With the Farmer came his
Lapdog
这两句是倒装句，注意它的主语。
lick n. v. 舔
frisk v. 欢跃，蹦跳
dainty adj.
优美的，适口的
stroke v. 抚摸
broke loose from his
halter 挣脱他的笼头
commence v.
开始，着手
prance v.
后足立地腾跃，腾跃，欢跃（注意ass的腾跃是prance，而小狗的是frisk，动物不一样，相同的动作选用的单词也不一样，这是英语准确性的表现）
in imitation of
模仿
hold one‘s sides
捧腹大笑
fork n. 叉，耙
clumsy
adj. 笨拙的
jesting n.
笑话，滑稽
又要出差了，又不能给你好好整理文章了。你乖乖的准备考试，还有，学习英语无处不在。sigh，我是不是该去买个mp3了？
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