朝三暮四

【Monkeys】

范文：A man likes monkeys very much. He keeps a crowd of monkeys. These monkeys can understand the man’s words.

In order to keep these monkeys, the man spends almost all the money. So he says to the monkeys: “ If I give you three chestnuts in the morning and four in the afternoon, what do you say?” All the monkeys don’t agree with that. They jump and yell.

The man says: “ How about giving you four in the morning and three in the afternoon?” The monkeys are all happy.

译文：有一个人叫狙[jū］公，最喜欢猴子。他养了一大群猴子，那些猴子都能听懂他的话。狙公为了养猴子，把家产几乎花光了，后来实在供不起了，只好对猴子说：“我给你们吃栗子，每天早上给三个，晚上给四个，你们看怎么样？”猴子都不满意起来，又是跳，又是叫。

狙公一转念头，马上改口说：“那就这么办吧。我每天早上给四个，晚上给三个，你们总该满意了吧？”猴子都高兴起来，伏在狙公跟前，伸出前爪来领他们的口粮。

重难点词汇及短语：
a crowd of：一大群；
in order to：为了；
spend：花费；
chestnut：栗子；
agree：同意