The Test

Cannibals captured three men who were lost in the forest．The cannibal king told the prisoners that they could live if they pass a trial．The first step of the trial was to go to the forest and get ten pieces of the same kind of fruit．So all three men went separate ways to gather fruits．

The first one came back and said to the king，“I brought ten apples．”The king then explained the trial to him．“You have to shove the fruits into your stomach without any expression on your face and you can’t use your teeth or you’ll be eaten．”

The first apple went in... but on the second one he winced out in pain，so he was killed．

The second one arrived and showed the king ten berries．When the king explained the trial to him he thought to himself that this should be easy．1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... and on the ninth berry he burst out in laughter and was killed．

The first guy and the second guy met in heaven．The first one asked，“Why did you laugh，you almost got away with it？”The second one replied，“I couldn’t help it．I saw the third guy coming with pineapples．”

重点英语词汇

1.Cannibals - 食人族

2.Captured - 捕获

3.Lost - 迷失

4.Forest - 森林

5.King - 国王

6.Trial - 试验

7.Pieces - 片，个

8.Fruit - 水果

9.Prisoners - 囚犯

10.Pass - 通过

11.Step - 步骤

12.Gather - 收集

13.Expressed - 表达

14.Teeth - 牙齿

15.Killed - 被杀

16.Berries - 浆果

17.Laughter - 笑声

18.Heaven - 天堂

19.Pineapples - 菠萝

测试

有三个在森林里迷路的人被一群食人兽抓住了。食人王对三个俘虏说只要他们能通过一个测试，就可以活命。测试的第一步是他们各自到森林里找回十个相同的果子。于是，三个人分头到森林里去找果子。

第一个人回来后，对国王说：“我带回了十个苹果。”国王就把这个测试的下面步骤告诉他说：“你必须把这些果子塞进自己的胃里，并且脸上不许有任何表情，不准用牙齿，否则的话，你将被吃掉。”

他把第一个苹果塞进去……但要把第二个也塞进去实在是太痛苦了，他只能放弃，于是被杀死了。

第二个人带着十个草莓回来了，见到国王，国王也向他说了一遍测试的方法和规则，这人认为自己可以很容易地通过考验。1……2……3……4……5……6……7……8……当他正塞第九个草莓的时候，突然爆笑起来，结果他也被杀了。

这两人在天堂里相见了。第一个人问道：“你差一点就可以逃脱厄运了，怎么突然间笑了起来？”第二个人答道：“我实在忍不住了，因为我看见我们那个同伴拿着十个菠萝回来了。”