The Tale of the Three Brothers(三兄弟的故事)

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1、TheTaleoftheThreeBrothersTheTaleoftheThreeBrothers(part1)Therewereoncethreebrotherswhoweretravelingalongalonely,winding(adj.蜿蜒的)roadattwilight(n.黎明，黄昏，暮光).Intime,thebrothersreachedarivertoodeeptowade(vt.&vi.蹚(水))throughandtoodangeroustoswimacross.However,thesebrotherswerelearnedint

2、hemagicalarts,andsotheysimplywaved（vt.挥n、舞）theirwands（n.魔杖）andmadeabridgeappearacrossthetreacherous（adj.不可信的）water.Theywerehalfwayacrossitwhentheyfoundtheirpath（n.路）blockedbyahooded（adj.戴头巾的）figure（n.人物）.AndDeath（死神）spoketothem.Hewasangrythathehadbeencheatedoutofthethreenewvictims（

3、n.牺牲者）,fortravelersusuallydrowned（v.（使）淹没，（使）溺死(drown的过去式和过去分词)）intheriver.ButDeathwascunning（adj.狡猾的）.Hepretended（v.假装(pretend的过去式和过去分词)）toTheTaleoftheThreeBrotherscongratulatethethreebrothersupon（prep.在……上面）theirmagic,andsaidthateachhadearned（v.赚得（earn的过去式和过去分词））aprizeforhavingbe

4、encleverenoughtoevadehim.Sotheoldestbrother,whowasacombative（adj.好斗的）man,askedforawandmorepowerfulthananyinexistence（n.存在）:awandthatmustalwayswinduels（n.决斗）foritsowner,awandworthy（adj.配得上的）ofawizard（n.男巫）whohadconqueredDeath!SoDeathcrossedtoaneldertreeonthebanks（n.（河的）岸）oftheriver,

5、fashioned（vt.制作）awandfromabranch（n.分支; 树枝）thathungthere,andgaveittotheoldestbrother.Thenthesecondbrother,whowasanarrogant（adj.傲慢的，自大的;）man,decidedthathewantedtohumiliate（vt.羞辱）Deathstillfurther,andaskedforthepowertorecallothersfromDeath.SoDeathpickedupastonefromtheriverbankandgavei

6、ttothesecondbrother,andtoldhimthatthestonewouldhavethepowertobringbackthedead.AndthenDeathaskedthethirdandyoungestbrotherwhathewouldlike.TheyoungestbrotherTheTaleoftheThreeBrotherswasthehumblest（adj.谦逊的）andalsothewisestofthebrothers,andhedidnottrustDeath.Soheaskedforsomethingthatwo

7、uldenablehimtogoforth（prep.从…离开;）fromthatplacewithoutbeingfollowedbyDeath.AndDeath,mostunwillingly,handedoverhisownCloakofInvisibility（隐形衣）.(Tobecontinued…)Wordsbank:winding['waɪndɪŋ](adj.蜿蜒的)twilight['twaɪlaɪt](n.黎明，黄昏，暮光)wade[weɪd](vt.&vi.蹚(水))wave[weɪv]（vt.挥舞）wand[wɒnd]（n.魔杖）tre

8、acherous['tretʃ(ə)rəs]（adj