成语故事《To be honest》

成语故事《To be honest》

成语故事《To be honest》‎ In old time, there was a rich man who had many livestock and fields. 古时候有位富人，他有许多牲畜和田地。‎ One day, a young man wrote a letter to the rich man and wanted to borrow an ox from him.一天，有位年轻人给富人写了一封信想问他借头牛。‎ The rich man was just treating guests. 恰逢富人正在招待宾客。‎ He wouldn’t let his guests know that he was illiterate. 富人不愿意让别人知道他不识字，‎ Upon receiving the letter, he opened the envelope and skimmed through the letter line by line as if he could read.于是拿到信之后，拆开信封，逐字逐句的看了起来。‎ Then he said to the messenger: “Well! I'll be right there.”然后就对送信的人说道：“好的！我知道了。我一会就过去！”‎ 重难点词汇及短语：‎ livestock 牲畜 borrow 借 receive 招待，接待 illiterate文盲的，不识字的 envelope 信封 skim through浏览 messenger送信人