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第四章 高职英语口语技能大赛题型概述

her the leaf. “We’re going to be rich!”He held up the leaf in front of his eyes.“Can
you see me?” he asked excitedly. “I’m invisible, right?”His wife shook her head
in disbelief. This time, she did not whack him across the head, though. A waste of

energy, she thought.Instead, she said mockingly, “Where are you? I can’t see you at
all.”“Wow! It works! It works! I’m invisible!” the scholar cried. “I’m going to
be rich!” he cried.With that, he turned and ran to the market. His wife shook her head
at her husband’s foolishness and went back inside At the market, the scholar walked
over to the vendor selling buns. They smelled delicious.As he got closer, he held the

leaf in front of his eyes.“No one can see me now,” he snickered. “Hey, hey.”With
his other hand, he reached for a steamed bun. He put the bun in his mouth. It tasted
so good! He smiled and began to walk away.“Stop! Thief!” cried the vendor. He

came around the stand and chased the scholar. “What? You can see me?” asked
the confused scholar. “But I’m invisible.”“Right, you’re invisible, and so is your
money,” scoffed the vendor. “Pay up. You can’t just steal my buns.”“But…but…
you can’t see me!” the scholar stammered.“Stop your foolishness and pay up! If you
don’t, I will haul you in front of the judge,” yelled the vendor.The scholar couldn’t

pay, so the vendor took him to the courthouse.The judge listened to the story. Then he
looked at the scholar, shook his head and said, “A leaf before your eyes makes you
blind to Mount Tai! The idiom, “One Leaf Obstructs Sight” refers to people who

have their view of important things blocked by small matters. They fail to see the
whole or the big picture.
从前，在中国古代，生活着一位贫穷的书生。他梦想成为富人。他整天都在
想这件事。在书桌旁看书时，他想象自己在一座宏伟的大殿里放松。与妻子吃饭

时，他会假装桌上有一顿饕餮盛宴，而不是一道微不足道的小菜。重击！他的妻
子使劲拍了拍他的头。“醒醒！别做白日梦了！”她责骂他。“该洗碗了。”一
天，书生在外面的大柳树下看书。他的妻子正在附近的菜园除草。突然，他跳得
很高，头撞到了头顶的树枝上。“哇！”他喊道。“我要发财了！”他的妻子惊

愕地抬起头来。“就是在这儿，”他兴奋地说，“有一片叶子曾经被螳螂用来帮
助捕捉过蝉。这片叶子是一块屏障。它让螳螂什么也看不见。蝉从来没有看到他
过来！”“那你怎么会发财呢？”他的妻子嘲笑道。“我会找到这片叶子。它也

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