Question

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Many of us know that a beautiful and colorful butterfly comes from a small cocoon(茧)! Here is the story of a butterfly that was never able to live its life as a normal butterfly.

1. A man loved butterflies and was crazy about their wonderful colors. In fact, he used to spend a lot of time on butterflies. He knew how a cocoon changed into a beautiful butterfly.

One day, the man saw a cocoon. He saw the cocoon with a tiny opening. 2.这只蝴蝶正尝试着破茧而出。 He decided to watch how the butterfly would come out of the cocoon. Unluckily, even after several hours, it couldn't come out. It seemed that the butterfly tried its best and could not have any more tries. The man decided to help the butterfly. 3. He got a pair of scissors and broke the cocoon. The butterfly came out without any difficulty!

4. 但是出乎他的意料，这只蝴蝶看起来不再美丽。It had an ugly body with small wings. It was never able to fly. Although the man helped the butterfly, he did not know that the butterfly could be beautiful after going through struggles(斗争).

5. If we don't want to go through any struggles, we won't be able to fly! Struggles make us shine!

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Answer

1.一个男人喜欢蝴蝶，对蝴蝶的奇妙颜色非常着迷。

2.This butterfly was trying to break through.

3.他拿了一把剪刀，弄破了茧。

4.But to his surprise, the butterfly no longer looked beautiful.

5.如果我们不想经历任何挣扎，我们将无法飞翔！

【解析】

本文讲述了一个男人非常喜欢美丽的蝴蝶。一次他看到一个茧，里面的蝴蝶正努力挣扎想要出来。这个人拿了一把剪刀帮助这只蝴蝶从茧里出来。但是，没有想到，好心办了坏事，这只蝴蝶很丑陋，没有翅膀，不会飞翔。这个故事告诉我们，只有通过自己的努力才能成功。

1.句意：一个男人喜欢蝴蝶， 对蝴蝶的奇妙颜色非常着迷。

love喜欢，爱； be crazy about sth.对……着迷，对……疯狂；wonderful精彩的，奇妙的，绝妙的。故答案为“一个男人喜欢蝴蝶， 对蝴蝶的奇妙颜色非常着迷。”。

2.句意：这只蝴蝶正尝试着破茧而出。

根据句意可知此句是进行时态，上文“He saw the cocoon with a tiny opening”时态是一般过去时，可知此事情发生在过去，故此句时态是过去进行时，其构成was/were doing sth.。短语try to do sth.尝试做某事，试图做某事；break through冲破，突破；This butterfly这只蝴蝶。本句主语“This butterfly”三单，可知使用was；故答案为“This butterfly was trying to break through.” 。

3.句意：他拿了一把剪刀， 弄破了茧。

get获得，得到，过去式是got；a pair of scissors一把剪刀；break弄坏，弄破；过去式是broke；broke the cocoon弄破蚕茧。故答案为“他拿了一把剪刀， 弄破了茧。”。

4.句意：但是出乎他的意料，这只蝴蝶看起来不再美丽。

根据下文“It had an ugly body with small wings”时态是一般过去时，可知此句时态是一般过去时。短语to one’s surprise出乎某人的意料，no longer不再；look beautiful看起来美丽。故答案为“But to his surprise, the butterfly no longer looked beautiful.”。

5.句意：如果我们不想经历任何挣扎，我们将无法飞翔！

If 如果，引导条件状语从句；want to do sth.想做某事；go through经历，经受；any struggles奋斗，努力，挣扎，拼搏；be able to do sth.能够做某事。故答案为“如果我们不想经历任何挣扎，我们将无法飞翔！”。