Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holidays.

He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad in a newspaper "Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing. Reasonable prices ."

" This sounds like a good idea." he thought, " I' 11 spend a month at Willow Farm. I'll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside.

Four days later he returned home.

"What' s wrong with Willow Farm ?" his friend asked him. " Didn't you enjoy country life ?"

"Country life was fine," Alan said." But there was another problem.

"Oh, what?"

Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast lamb for dinner.

resh meat is the best."I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner. "

"Lucky you!

"You don't understand," Alan said." On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner."

" A different roast every day." Jack exclaimed.

"Let me finish," Alan said." On the fourth day the farmer died and I didn't dare stay for dinner!"

Notes:

(1) look forward to期待

(2) reasonable adj.合理的

 Exercises:

根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：

① Where did Alan work?

A. on a farm

B. in a government

C. in a restaurant

D. in an office in the city

② Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday?

A. the seaside

B. the countryside

C. the mountains

D. an island

③ Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow farm?

A. Because he was there.

B. Because he had a good friend there.

C. Because he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside.

D. Because he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the countryside.

④ How many days later did he return?

A. a few weeks

B. a week

C. three days

D. four days

⑤ What made Alan return so soon?

A. He felt sick.

B. The air there was not fresh.

C. The prices were too high.

D. They always had the thing that had just died for dinner

113.短期假日

亞倫在一個城市的公司工作。他十分努力地工作，期望著休假。

以前休假，他經(jīng)常去海邊。但有一年，他看到報紙上有一則廣告：“領(lǐng)略鄉(xiāng)村生活。在唯利屋農(nóng)場度假數(shù)周，可享受：美味佳肴、新鮮空氣、騎馬、散步、垂釣。價格合理。”

“這到是個好主意，”他想，“我要在唯利屋過上一個月，去享受騎馬的樂趣，還要去散步、釣魚。這肯定與坐在海邊不同?！?/P>

四天后，他回來了。

“唯利屋發(fā)生什么事了？”他的朋友問他，“你不喜歡那里的鄉(xiāng)村生活嗎？”

“鄉(xiāng)村生活是很好，”亞倫說，“但是有一個問題。”

“什么？”

“第一天，一只羊死了。我們的飯是烤羊肉?！?/P>

“新鮮肉最好?！?/P>

“我知道，但是第二天，一只牛死了。于是我們吃的是烤牛肉。”

“你真是幸運?！?/P>

“你不知道，”亞倫說，&ldquo%3