Once upon¹ a time, there was a man lives by the sea. He has a big family and has to work hard, or his wife and children will be hungry. After breakfast he leaves for the sea in a small boat every day. He always hopes to catch more fish.

One morning, the man got to a good place for fishing. He threw a long rope with many hooks² into the water. He found it heavy and pulled the hooks out of the sea. He saw there was a gold chain³ on the hooks. He was of course very glad. ”I'll sell the gold chain for much money,” he thought to himself. ”I'll build a new house, and buy lots of expensive things. I'll be the richest man in the world.”

His boat began to sink⁴. But the man went on thinking⁵ and didn't notice what was happening. As he was pulling the gold chain, the boat sank⁶ into the sea. He lost not only the gold chain, but also his boat and life!

文章大意：很久以前,有个住在海边的男人，他有一个大家庭要养，所以必须努力工作，否则他的妻子和孩子就会挨饿。每天早饭后他都会乘着小船出海。他总是希望抓住更多的鱼。

一天上午，男人去了一个好地方钓鱼。他将一个挂满钩子的长绳丢进水里，之后发现绳子很重，他拉出来，发现钩子上面有一个金链子。他很开心，想着：“我会卖掉金链子，我就能建一座新房子,买许多昂贵的东西,我将是世界上最有钱的人”。但是由于他一直在想象，没注意到船在开始下沉。最后，他在拉金链子的同时船也沉入了海里。他最终失去了金链子、船和生命。