Red for danger!
【課文】
During a bullfight, a drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger. The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself. When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed. By this time, however, three men had come into the ring and they quickly draggedthe drunk to safety. Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looked on sympatheticallyuntil the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador.
【課文翻譯】
在一次斗牛時，一個醉漢突然溜達到斗牛場中間，人們開始大叫起來，但醉漢卻沒有意識到危險。當時那公牛正忙于對付斗牛士，但突然它看見了醉漢，只見他正大聲說著粗魯?shù)脑挘掷飺]動著一頂紅帽子。對挑釁顯然非常敏感的公牛完全撇開斗牛士，直奔醉漢而來。觀眾突然靜了下來，可這醉漢像是很有把握似的。當公牛逼近他時，他踉蹌地往旁邊一閃，牛撲空了。觀眾歡呼起來，醉漢向人們鞠躬致謝。然而，此時已有3個人進入斗牛場，迅速把醉漢拉到安全的地方。好像連牛也在為他感到遺憾，因為它一直同情地看著醉漢，直到他的背影消逝，才重新將注意力轉向斗牛士。
【生詞匯總】
bullfight n. 斗牛
drunk n. 醉漢
wander v. 溜達，亂走
ring n. 圓形競技場地
unaware adj. 不知道的，未覺察的
bull n. 公牛
matador n. 斗牛士
remark n. 評論;言語
apparently adv. 明顯地
sensitive adj. 敏感的
criticism n. 批評
charge v. 沖上去
clumsily adv. 笨拙地
bow v. 鞠躬
safety n. 安全地帶
sympathetically adv. 同情地
【短語匯總】
remove from從某處移開
be unaware of對……毫不知情，全然不知
catch sight of突然看到
【知識點講解】
1，charge (at)沖上去，進攻 ;另外還有充電和管理兩個意思
The bull charged at the drunk.公牛直奔醉漢而去。
charge (sb/sth) for sth.要價，收費
They charged us too much for delivery.他們向我們要的運送費太多了。
2，sensitive敏感的
sensitive to 易受影響的，敏感的，易生氣的,靈敏的
Mary is sensitive to smells 瑪麗對氣味很敏感。
Mary has a sensitive ear.瑪麗的耳朵很靈敏。
sense是感覺，sensibility是情感
3，unaware 不知道的，未察覺的，不了解的
be unaware of (sth.)/that+句子
I am unaware of this problem.我并非了解這一問題。
He was unaware of my presence.他不知道我在場。
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