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  • “Soup from a Sausage Skewer”

    “WE had such an excellent dinner yesterday,” said an old mouse of the female sex to another who had not been present at the feast2. “I sat number twenty-one below the mouse-king, which was not a bad place. Shall I tell you what we had? Everything was first rate. Mouldy bread, tallow candle, and sausage. And then, when we had finished that course, the same came on all over again; it was as good as two feasts3. We were very sociable4, and there was as much joking and fun as if we had been all of one family circle. Nothing was left but the sausage skewers5, and this formed a subject of conversation, till at last it turned to the proverb, ‘Soup from sausage skins;’ or, as the people in the neighboring country call it, ‘Soup from a sausage skewer1.’ Every one had heard the proverb, but no one had ever tasted the soup, much less prepared it. A capital toast was drunk to the inventor of the soup, and some one said he ought to be made a relieving officer to the poor. Was not that witty6? Then the old mouse-king rose and promised that the young lady-mouse who should learn how best to prepare this much-admired and savory7 soup should be his queen, and a year and a day should be allowed for the purpose.”

    “That was not at all a bad proposal,” said the other mouse; “but how is the soup made?”

    “Ah, that is more than I can tell you. All the young lady mice were asking the same question. They wished very much to be queen, but they did not want to take the trouble of going out into the world to learn how to make soup, which was absolutely necessary to be done first. But it is not every one who would care to leave her family, or her happy corner by the fire-side at home, even to be made queen. It is not always easy to find bacon and cheese-rind in foreign lands every day, and it is not pleasant to have to endure hunger, and be perhaps, after all, eaten up alive by the cat.”

    Most probably some such thoughts as these discouraged the majority from going out into the world to collect the required information. Only four mice gave notice that they were ready to set out on the journey. They were young and lively, but poor. Each of them wished to visit one of the four divisions of the world, so that it might be seen which was the most favored by fortune. Every one took a sausage skewer as a traveller’s staff, and to remind them of the object of their journey. They left home early in May, and none of them returned till the first of May in the following year, and then only three of them. Nothing was seen or heard of the fourth, although the day of decision was close at hand. “Ah, yes, there is always some trouble mixed up with the greatest pleasure,” said the mouse-king; but he gave orders that all the mice within a circle of many miles should be invited at once. They were to assemble in the kitchen, and the three travelled mice were to stand in a row before them, while a sausage skewer, covered with crape, was to be stuck up instead of the missing mouse. No one dared to express an opinion until the king spoke8, and desired one of them to go on with her story. And now we shall hear what she said.

     单词标签: skewer  feast  feasts  sociable  skewers  witty  savory  spoke 


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    1 skewer [ˈskju:ə(r)] 2E3yI   第12级
    n.(烤肉用的)串肉杆;v.用杆串好
    参考例句:
    • I used a skewer to make an extra hole in my belt. 我用扦子在腰带上又打了一个眼儿。
    • He skewered his victim through the neck. 他用扦子刺穿了受害人的脖子。
    2 feast [fi:st] tkixp   第6级
    n.盛宴,筵席,节日
    参考例句:
    • After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience. 大吃了一顿之后,她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
    • You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast? 你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜, 这样太麻烦你了?
    3 feasts [fi:sts] c315ac6e1080248b83a4129fe3d53e7d   第6级
    n.盛会( feast的名词复数 );宴会;宗教节日;使人欢快的事物(或活动)
    参考例句:
    • There were feasts and drinking and singing by the bards. 他们欢宴狂饮,还有吟游诗人的歌唱作伴助兴。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
    • The fruit was often served at wedding feasts. 婚宴上经常有水果供应。 来自辞典例句
    4 sociable [ˈsəʊʃəbl] hw3wu   第8级
    adj.好交际的,友好的,合群的
    参考例句:
    • Roger is a very sociable person. 罗杰是个非常好交际的人。
    • Some children have more sociable personalities than others. 有些孩子比其他孩子更善于交际。
    5 skewers [ˈskju:əz] ce6f38fefbf499b5ec3d69d2e4541efd   第12级
    n.串肉扦( skewer的名词复数 );烤肉扦;棒v.(用串肉扦或类似物)串起,刺穿( skewer的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • Damaged skewers and clogged bobbin holder. 木锭子破损,纱管支架底座阻塞。 来自互联网
    • I heard you really like mutton skewers and that you can eat 50 at one time. 听说你特别爱吃羊肉串儿,一次能吃五十串儿。 来自互联网
    6 witty [ˈwɪti] GMmz0   第8级
    adj.机智的,风趣的
    参考例句:
    • Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation. 她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
    • He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort. 在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
    7 savory ['seɪvərɪ] UC9zT   第11级
    adj.风味极佳的,可口的,味香的
    参考例句:
    • She placed a huge dish before him of savory steaming meat. 她将一大盘热气腾腾、美味可口的肉放在他面前。
    • He doesn't have a very savory reputation. 他的名誉不太好。
    8 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

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