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Drawing a snake with legs

One day, some men get a bottle of wine. It’s not enough for each of them to drink. But it’s enough for one man to have a good drink. So they have to decide who will drink this bottle of wine.

Then they have an idea: they have a match-draw a snake. Who is the first , who has the wine.

So they begin to draw. After a while, a man finishes. He looks around and sees other people are still drawing. He thinks : “I have much time, let me make this snake perfect”. Then he draws 4 legs for the snake. At this moment, another man finishes ,too. He picks up the bottle and begins to drink.

The first man stops him and says: “I am the first. I should drink the wine”.

another man says: “ Look at your snake, it has 4 legs. But snakes have no legs. So you draw a wrong snake.”

Then he drinks the wine happily.

单词：

men 男人（ 它是man的复数形式）

get 得到，弄到 a bottle of 一瓶，一壶

wine 酒 enough 足够的

each 每一个 each of them 他们每个人

have a good drink 好好喝一顿

decide 决定 match 比赛

have a match 举行一次比赛

snake 蛇 begin 开始

after a while 过了一会儿

finish 完成（这里用的是finish的第三人称单数

形式，末尾加es）

around 周围 look around 向周围看了一圈

other 其他的 perfect 完美的

make……perfect 使……完美

at this moment 这时

another 另一个 pick up 拿起

stop 阻止 should 应该

wrong 错误的

happily 开心的（放在动词后面）

译文：

一天，几个人得到了一壶酒。它不够每个人喝，但是它够一个人好好喝一顿。所以他们决定由谁来喝这壶酒。

然后他们有了一个主意：他们举行一次比赛—画一条蛇。谁第一个画好谁喝酒。

于是他们开始画。过了一会儿，一个人完成了。他向周围看了一圈，看见其他人仍然在画。

他想：我还有很多时间。我来让这条蛇更完美一些吧。然后他给蛇画了4条腿。这时，另一个人也画好了。他拿起酒开始喝了起来。

第一个人拦住他说：“我是第一个画好的，我应该喝酒”

另一个人说：“看你的蛇，它有4条腿。但是蛇没有腿。所以你画了一条错误的蛇”

然后他开心的喝起了酒。