ponderedverb
US /ˈpɑːndərd/
thought carefully about something for a period of time
“A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.”
✓ Engvera
The Cat and the Cock • Aesop
Chương 1: Specious Apologies
Đoạn 1/1 (Câu 1–5)
PHỤ ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH • CHẠM TỪNG TỪ ĐỂ TRA NGHĨACâu 1 / 5
A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.
📖 Văn bản Đoạn đọc (5 câu)
Chạm vào từ bất kỳ để tra nghĩa • Nghe phát âm từng câu hoặc toàn đoạn
Câu 1
A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.
Câu 2
He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.
Câu 3
The Cock defended himself by saying that he did this for the benefit of men,
Câu 4
that they might rise in time for their labours. The Cat replied, “Although you abound in specious apologies,
Câu 5
I shall not remain supperless;” and he made a meal of him.
🔍 Từ vựng Trọng tâm trong Đoạn (3 từ)
Tra cứu nhanh IPA, từ loại và ngữ cảnh thực tế xuất hiện trong bài
nuisancenoun
US /ˈnuːsns/
a person or thing that causes annoyance or trouble
“He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.”
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speciousadjective
US /ˈspiːʃəs/
seeming to be right or true but actually being wrong or false
“that they might rise in time for their labours. The Cat replied, “Although you abound in specious apologies,”
✓ Engvera
🛡 Trắc nghiệm Đọc hiểu
Ý nghĩa trọng tâm hoặc bối cảnh nổi bật trong Chương 1 của The Cat and the Cock là gì?
🎭 Luyện nói Shadowing
Narrator:A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.
Speaker:He accused him of being a nuisance to men by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.