【前言】

The story of buying shoes

In the State of Zheng, there was a man who wanted to buy a pair of new shoes for himself.

从前有一个郑国人，想买一双新鞋，

Before leaving home, he measured his foot with a rope.

所以提前量好自己的脚的尺码。

When he entered a shoe shop, he put his hand into his pocket to find the rope.

But he found he didn’t take the rope with him.So he decided to return home to get the rope back.

到了市场，才发现没有数量的绳子。回家拿尺码。

But when he rushed back to the shoe shop with the rope, the shop had been closed. He got nothing.

当他回到市场时，市场已经散去，他最终没有买鞋。

An old man saw him and asked: “Why don’t you try on the shoes with your feet?”

有人问：你为什么不用自己的脚试试鞋子？

The man said: “I would rather trust the measurement than my own feet.”

他回答说：我宁的尺码，也不相信自己的脚，他回答。

a pair of 一双，一对

measure 测量

get back 取回

would rather ... than ...

相比...宁可...

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