环球雅思英文小故事

　　关于雅思考试，今天小编带来了一篇有趣的英文小故事，希望对大家的学习有所帮助，预祝大家考试顺利！
　　In the State of Zheng, there was a man who wanted to buy a pair of new shoesfor himself.
　　Before leaving home, he measured his foot with a rope.Whenhe entered a shoeshop, he put his hand into his pocket to find the rope.But he found he didn’t takethe rope with him. So he decided to return home to get the rope back.
　　But when he rushed back to the shoeshop with the rope, the shop hadbeen closed.He got nothing.
　　An old man saw him and asked: “Why don’t you try on the shoes with your feet?”
　　The man said: “I would rather trust the measurement than my own feet.”
　　从前有个郑国人，想去买一双新鞋子，于是事先量了自己的脚的尺码。到了集市，才发现忘带量尺码的绳子了。就返回家中拿尺码。等到他返回集市的时候，集市已经散了，他没有买到鞋子。
　　有人问：“你为什么不用自己的脚去试试鞋子？”
　　他回答说：“我宁可相信量好的尺码，也不相信自己的脚。

　　词汇短语
　　a pair of一双，一对
　　measure测量
　　get back取回
　　would rather ... than ... 比起......宁愿......