读幽默故事学英语词汇

读幽默故事学英语词汇
一、幽默故事：The Clever Parrot（聪明的鹦鹉）
A man has a parrot. It's blue and green. It can speak like a man. Every morning the man goes to talk with it. But the parrot doesn't say anything
to him. Then one morning the man is angry. He doesn't give it any food or water. The next morning the man goes to see the parrot again. He says something to it. But the parrot still doesn't speak. At last the man says, “Fool! You're a fool.” Soon he hears the same words from the parrot. He laughs. He loves it very much. It's a clever parrot.
二、词汇学习。

1. parrot.
- 发音：英[ˈpærət]；美[ˈpærət]
- 词性：名词，意思是“鹦鹉”。

例如：The parrot can imitate human voices.（这只鹦鹉能模仿人类的声音。

）
2. clever.
- 发音：英[ˈklevə(r)]；美[ˈklevər]
- 词性：形容词，意思是“聪明的”。

例如：He is a clever boy.（他是一个聪明的男孩。

）
3. angry.
- 发音：英[ˈæŋɡri]；美[ˈæŋɡri]
- 词性：形容词，意思是“生气的”。

例如：My mother is angry with me.（我妈妈生我的气了。

）
4. fool.
- 发音：英[fuːl]；美[fuːl]
- 词性：名词，意思是“傻瓜”；也可作动词，意思是“愚弄”。

例如：Don't be a fool.（别做个傻瓜。

）He tried to fool me.（他试图愚弄我。

）。