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Play the lute to a cow
Gong Mingyi is a famous musician. He plays the lute very well. Lots of people want to hear his melodies.
One day, Gong Mingyi is playing lute at home. He sees some cows are eating grass outside the window. He thinks: if I play a melody to the cows, maybe they will be happy. So he plays a very profound melody. After a while, he looks out of the window, to his surprise, the cows are still eating. It seems that they don’t hear the melody.
He says: “ Maybe the melody is too profound. Let me try some other melodies.” So he plays other melodies, just like buzzing sounds of mosquitoes and sounds of a little cow calling his friends. At this moment, the cows stop eating, they look at Gong Mingyi ,swing tails and walk in small steps. It seems they are enjoying the melodies!
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单词：
lute 琴，琵琶 cow 奶牛
play 弹奏，玩，踢，拍……
famous 著名的 musician 音乐家
well 好的（副词，放在动词后面修饰动词）
hear 听 melody 乐曲（复数：melodies）
grass 草 outside 外面
think 想 maybe 可能，也许
profound 高深的
after a while 过了一会儿
out 外面 look out of 从…外面看
surprise 惊奇，惊讶
to his surprise 令他惊奇的是
still 仍然 it seems 看起来
too 也，太（这里是“太”的意思）
try 试试 other 其他的
just like 就像 buzzing 嗡嗡
sound 声音 mosquito 蚊子
call 叫，呼唤 at this moment 这时
stop 停止（后跟动词要用ing形式）
swing 摇摆 tail 尾巴
walk 走路 step 步子
enjoy 欣赏，喜欢
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译文：
对牛弹琴
公明仪是一个非常著名的音乐家。他弹琴弹得非常好。很多人都想听他的曲子。
一天，公明仪正在家里弹琴，他看见一些牛在窗外吃草。他想：如果我给牛弹一首曲子，也许他们会非常高兴。
于是，他弹了一首非常高深的曲子。过了一会儿，他朝窗外看去，令他吃惊的是：牛依然在吃草。看起来就像他们没有听到曲子一样。
他说：可能是曲子太高深了。我来试试其他的曲子吧。于是他弹了其他的几首曲子，就像蚊子嗡嗡的声音，还像一只小牛在呼唤他的朋友们。
这时，牛停止了吃草。他们看着公明仪，摇摆着尾巴，小步地走着。看起来他们在欣赏音乐！
