Once there lived an old tiger in the forest. He did not often go to look for food himself. Each day he made one of the smaller animals bring him something to eat.
One morning the tiger was very, very hungry. He said to a monkey, “I’m hungry, Monkey. Go and bring me a fat pig.”
“I can’t do that, Mr Tiger.”said the monkey. “There’s another tiger in the forest. He’s younger and stronger than you are. He told me not to bring you anything.”
“What!” shouted the old Tiger. “Another tiger? Show me that beast. I’ll speak to him.”
“Come with me, Mr. Tiger,” said the monkey. “You’ll see yourself.”
The monkey took the tiger to a big river. “Look into the river,” said the monkey. “There he is! See his head? Look at his big teeth. Isn’t he bigger than you?”
“Grr…! So you told Monkey not to bring me anything1 Grrr … I’ll kill you!”
With these words the tiger jumped into the river. He did not come out again
“Ha,ha, ha! Goodbye, Mr Tiger,” said the monkey and away he went.
New words and explanations:
1. himself / himself / 他自己
2. deep / di:p / 深的
3. kill / kil / 杀死
4. Once 用于故事的开头， 译成 从前 类似的还有： long, long ago, 或once upon a time.
5. There lived an old tiger = there was an old tiger.
6. make 的过去式是 made 意思是 使， 让 句式为 make sb do 让某人做某事
eg： The teacher made him stand all day. 老师让他站了一天。
7. Something to eat 一些吃的东西。 Something to drink something nice
Something anything 的定语放在后面。
8. 比较级 ： A + be 动词 + 比较级+ than + B I am taller than Li Lei.
9. tell sb to do 告诉某人做某事 tell sb not to do告诉某人不做某事
10. with these words 说着，表示伴随的状态。
11. Away he went 这是个倒装句 = he went away . go away = leave 离开
