The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail • Aesop

Chương 1: The Self-Serving Counsel

Đoạn 1/1 (Câu 1–5)

PHỤ ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH • CHẠM TỪNG TỪ ĐỂ TRA NGHĨACâu 1 / 5

A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed,

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Câu 1

A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed,

Câu 2

he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation.

Câu 3

He assembled a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails, saying that they would not only look much better without them,

Câu 4

but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience.

Câu 5

One of them interrupting him said, “If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus counsel us.”

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ridiculenoun

US /ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/

unkind laughter or remarks intended to make somebody look foolish

“A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed,”

✓ Engvera

deprivationnoun

US /ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn/

the state of not having something that is necessary or desirable

“he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation.”

✓ Engvera

counselverb

US /ˈkaʊnsl/

to advise somebody about what they should do

“One of them interrupting him said, “If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus counsel us.””

✓ Engvera

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Narrator:A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed,

Speaker:he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation.