No pains, no gains
一分耕耘，一分收获
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One day, a big red hen is playing with her chickens in the garden. After some time, she wants to eat something, and she takes her chickens to look for food.
When they are full, she finds a grain of wheat. So she asks her chickens to plant it in the back of the garden, but no one wants to do it. The big red hen has to do it herself.
After a few months, they get a lot of wheat. She says to her chickens, “Who can take the wheat to the store and get some flour?” No one wants to do it.
So she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home. After getting home, she says, “Who wants to make some bread with the flour?” They all say they are too busy and don’t want to do it.
When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?”
“I will,” says every one of them.
“No, you can’t. You don’t want to do anything before I make bread. You must know that no pains, no gains.” She doesn’t give any bread to her chickens and she eats the bread herself.
词汇积累
wheat /wiːt/ n. 小麦 store /stɔː(r)/ n. 商店
Read and choose. 根据文章内容,选择最佳答案。
() 1. Why does the red hen want to plant a grain of wheat?
A. She wants her chickens to plant a grain of wheat.
B. She wants to get lots of wheat.
C. She wants to play with her chickens.
() 2. Who takes the wheat to the store?
A. All the big red hen's chickens. B. One of the chickens.
C. The big red hen.
() 3. What does the underlined word “flour” mean in Chinese?
A. 面包 B. 面粉 C. 大米
() 4. Why doesn't the big red hen give any bread to her chickens?
A. Because they don't want to eat. B. Because she doesn't like them.
C. Because they don't do anything.

1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C