念音	[J-204]  Far Prettier? 远更为美？ 　 A multitude of ants were attending a beauty pageant.  Among the fifty that took part in the beauty contest, only five ants were selected as the year's beauty queens and given the titles of Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Cosmos, respectively.  While an aunt of Miss Cosmos was praising her as “indeed far prettier than the others,” a grasshopper happened to have hopped near by and heard the praise.  After looking from one beauty queen to another and then from the queens to the other ants present, he commented: “Much prettier?  Who is?  Ants are all the same, ain't they?” 　 [译注] 　 一大群蚂蚁正在参加选美会。在参加选美比赛的五十名之中，只有五只蚂蚁被选为该年度的「美后」，而分别被给予国际小姐、地球小姐、世界小姐、万有小姐和宇宙小姐等头衔。当宇宙小姐的姑妈在赞美她「的确远比其它人更为美丽」时，一只蚱蜢刚好蹦跳到附近而听到那赞美。在从一个美后看到另一美后，然后再从那些美后看到在场的其它蚂蚁之后，他评论说：「更美得多？谁呀？蚂蚁都是一样，不是吗？」 　 注：1.  选美会为 “beauty pageant” ，选美比赛为 “beauty contest” ，选美之优胜者 (winners) 常被称为「美后」 (beauty queens) 。         2.  当今的世界选美比赛，其冠军确实有冠上 Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss World, Miss Universe 等称号，但尚无 Miss Cosmos 之头衔。         3.  有些人把 aunt 念成跟 ant 同音。         4.  ain't = am not 或 is not, are not, has not, have not 等。在此 = aren't.  　 [复习填充] 　 A multitude of ants were attending a beauty p______.  Among the fifty that took part in the beauty c_____, only five ants were selected as the year's beauty q_____ and given the titles of Miss International, Miss Earth, Miss World, Miss U_____, and Miss Cosmos, re_______.  While an aunt of Miss Cosmos was praising her as “indeed f___ prettier than the others,” a grasshopper happened to have h____ near by and heard the praise.  After looking from one beauty queen to another and then from the queens to the other ants p_____, he commented: “M____ prettier?  Who is?  Ants are all the ____, ain't they?”
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