Think About It!
1. Do you like reading fables? What fables have you read?
2. Do you think it is important to be honest? Why?

Language Points
1.The water was deep, and he could not get hisaxe back.水
很深，他不能找回他的斧子。
get back此处意为“取回”，跟代词时置于中间，跟名词时可置于中间，也可置于back后。
l got my pen back yesterday.昨天我找回了我的钢笔。

2. He had only one axe,and he needed it to makehis living.
他只有一把斧子，他需要靠它来谋生。
I make one's/ living意为“谋生”,make也可换成动词earn。
He made a living by drawing.他以画画为生。

3. The spirit went down a third time and returned withthe woodcutter's old axe.
精灵又一次潜下去，带着樵夫的旧斧子回到水面。
“不定冠词+序数词”表示相对前一个而言的“又一，再一”，为泛指。
l have read the book twice, but I want to read a thirdtime.这本书我读了两遍了，但是我还想再读一遍。“定冠词+序数词”则表示按顺序排列的“第.....次”，为特指。
lt is the fifth time that I have met him.这是我第五次和他见面了。