One beautiful summer morning, a farmer went to check his animal traps. In one tap, he found a beautiful eagle. At first, he thought that he would hill the eagle and eat it.

　　But then he thought to himself, “This is a beautiful and special bird. It often catches rabbits and mice that eat my crops. I’ll let it go.”

　　He opened the trap, and the eagle spread its wings and flew up into the blue shy.

　　The eagle was very grateful to be free again. It continued to live on the farmer’s land and catch mice and rabbits.

　　Later that summer, the farmer was building a wall. It was high and made of large stones. Suddenly, the wall started to fall, but the farmer did not notice.

　　The eagle, flying above, saw that the farmer was in danger. It flew down and grabbed the farmer’s hat off his head. The farmer shouted, Hey! Bring that back!”

　　The eagle flew a short distance and then dropped the hat. The angry farmer picked up his hat and walked back. He saw that the stone wall had fallen. The farmer smiled and thought, “The eagle repaid me when I most needed help.”

　　Vocabulary

　　1. trap n. 陷阱

　　2. crop n. 农作物(常作复数)

　　3. spread v. (spread-spread-spread)

　　4. grateful adj. 感激的，感谢的

　　5. stone n. 石头，岩石

　　6. grab v. 抓住

　　7. distance n. 距离

　　8. repay v. 报答，回报

　　英语补给站

　　Language Notes

　　in danger 有危险

　　解析：要表示有什么样的危险，可以用以下的说法：

　　n.

　　in danger of +n. 或 in danger of +v-ing

　　This area of the country is in danger of earthquakes.

　　国家的这个区域有发生地震的危险。

　　Your cup is in danger of falling off the table.

　　你的杯子快从桌上掉下来了。

　　补充：

　　in + N. 可用来表示“陷入…的状态”，常见的片语有：

　　in danger 有危险 in need 有需要;指贫穷挨饿的

　　in trouble 有麻烦 in love 陷入爱河

　　更多精彩内容 >> 新东方网英语频道 

　　全国新东方英语课程搜索

（实习编辑：高奕飞）