小学英语小故事阅读：可怕的国王

2021年1月26日发(作者：kushi)
小学英语小故事阅读：可怕的国王



The Terrible King
A long time ago, there lived a terrible king. The terrible king's
wish was that all the people would shake in fear at the sound of his
name. The terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor
land horrible.
The terrible king viciously took away all the belongings of the
neighbor land. He even scared the poor women and children. The king
was not even sorry to the children and women. The terrible king
bothered the people of the neighbor land worse and worse everyday.
The palace became more and more magnificent.

the church to place a statue of himself there. However, the ministers
could not do that.
greater.
The terrible king was becoming angry. It was because he thought that
he was the greatest in the whole world. Then the king was angry.

In a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against God.
That's why he ordered that a magnificent ship be built in order to go
to the heaven. He said he would ride the ship to go and defeat God.
The terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.
From the sky, an angel was sent. However, the terrible king shot over
a thousand bullets at the angel.
bleeding. The blood dropped unto the terrible king's ship. The
angel's blood was so heavy that the king's ship sank.
The terrible king became angry, again.
The terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers
in his kingdom to build it.
The terrible king went up to heaven, once more. God sent mosquitoes
to the terrible king. The terrible king just laughed at the
mosquitoes.
The king made another command. He thought that if he wrapped the
carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him.
But one mosquito went inside of the carpet. Because of that one
mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming. The
terrible king that couldn't even catch one mosquito was a
laughingstock for his troops.
单词注释：

horrible adj.
可怕的
;
极讨厌的

例句：
It was a horrible dirty room.
那是个差劲的肮脏房间。

magnificent adj.
高尚的
;
壮丽的
;
华丽的
;
宏伟的

例句：
It is magnificent. It compares with other great buildings here
in Europe.
真是宏伟壮丽，可以媲美欧洲其它伟大的建筑。

defeat vt.
击败，战胜
;
使…失败
;
挫败

例句：
The news of the enemy's defeat quickly circulated round the
town.
敌人被打败的消息很快地在整个城镇传播开来。

mosquito n.
蚊子

laughingstock n.
笑柄
;
嘲笑的对象