A husband said to his wife, " Why did God create women to be beautiful but foolish?"

"Well," his wife answered at once." The reason is very simple. God made us beautiful so men would love us; God made us foolish so we would marry them."

Notes:

(1) create v.创造

(2) foolish adj.愚蠢的

Exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

① Who were talking to each other?

② What question did the husband raise?

③ The wife thought for a while before she answered, didn't she?

④ How did the wife think of the reason?

⑤ How did she answer the question?

114.妇女的回答

一位丈夫对他的妻子说：“为什么上帝把妇女创造得如此美丽却又愚蠢呢？”

“噢，”他的妻子立刻回答道，“原因很简单。上帝使我们如此美丽，男人才会爱我们。上帝使我们如此愚蠢，我们才会嫁给他们。”

练习参考答案：

① A husband and his wife.

② He asked why God create women to be beautiful but foolish.

③ No. She answered at once.

④ Very simple.

⑤ She said that God made women beautiful so men would love them; God made women foolish so they would men.