壹苹派生活美语　破解迷思！沙漠之舟的神秘驼峰

　　In 1902, British author Rudyard Kipling published Just So Stories, a book that explains the origins of animals to children. One of these stories tells how the camel was given its hump as punishment for its laziness. In the story, after the world was created, animals started to work for humans. Some animals asked the camel to help out, but the camel refused each of them with an impolite “Humph!” Man found the camel too bad-tempered to be of any use and made the other animals work harder as a result.

　　1902 年，英国作家鲁德亚德．吉卜林出版了《原来如此的故事》，这是一本向儿童解释动物起源的书。其中一个故事讲述骆驼是如何获得牠的驼峰，以作为其懒惰的惩罚。在故事中，世界被创造之后，动物开始为人类工作。有些动物请求骆驼帮忙，但骆驼却以一声无礼的「哼！」一一拒绝了。人类认为骆驼脾气太差而毫无用处，结果使其他动物更辛勤工作。

生活必备字词：

bump　n. 肿块，隆起

punishment　n. 处罚

punish　vt. 惩罚，处罚

laziness　n. 懒惰

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