一本教會你“做對”題的6級閱讀書 day4 I can sleep when the wind blows 慢速

[00:21]I can sleep when the wind blows [00:26] [00:27]Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. [00:34]He constantly advertised for hired hands. [00:40]Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. [00:47]They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. [00:58] [00:59]As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals. [01:08]Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer. [01:17]"Are you a good farm hand?" the farmer asked him. [01:23]"Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man. [01:31]Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. [01:39] [01:40]The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work. [01:52]Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. [01:59]Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. [02:08] [02:10]He shook the little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!" [02:22]The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No, sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows." [02:33] [02:34]Enraged by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. [02:42]Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. [02:48]To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had been covered with tarpaulins. [02:57] [02:59]The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. [03:10]The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away. [03:22]The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

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