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The first tears
One day, First Man went to the seashore to hunt seals. He saw many seals there. After he picked one, he started to move behind it.
Man was careful not to make too much noise. He was also careful not to let the seal see him. Because of that, he could get close to it.
When Man was about to reach the seal, it slid into the sea. So, he just picked another seal and repeated his actions. However, the same thing happened—the seal got away.
Man did that again and again, but the seals always got away. In the end, there was only one seal on the seashore. Man didn’t want it to get away, so he was really quiet.
However, when he started to move, the seal slid into the sea. Man stood up after that. Then, he got a strange feeling in his chest.
Suddenly, water started to come from his eyes. Also, loud cries came from his mouth. Those actions surprised Man because they never happened before.
Man hurried home, but the water and loud cries didn’t stop. Man’s son saw him on the road near home. So, he called to his mother and his wife.
He told them about Man’s strange noise. When Man got home, his family was surprised. They never saw him like that before.
Man told them about the seals. Then, they had a strange feeling in their chests and water in their eyes. They also joined Man’s loud cries. That day, people learned to cry for the first time.
词汇
seal /siːl/ n. 海豹
slide /slaɪd/ v. 滑动(过去式 slid)
chest /tʃest/ n. 胸部,胸膛
make noise 制造噪声
repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ v. 重复
理解
1. What do we learn about First Man?
2. Why did water start to come from Man's eyes?
The first tears
One day, First Man went to the seashore to hunt seals. He saw many seals there. After he picked one, he started to move behind it.
Man was careful not to make too much noise. He was also careful not to let the seal see him. Because of that, he could get close to it.
When Man was about to reach the seal, it slid into the sea. So, he just picked another seal and repeated his actions. However, the same thing happened—the seal got away.
Man did that again and again, but the seals always got away. In the end, there was only one seal on the seashore. Man didn’t want it to get away, so he was really quiet.
However, when he started to move, the seal slid into the sea. Man stood up after that. Then, he got a strange feeling in his chest.
Suddenly, water started to come from his eyes. Also, loud cries came from his mouth. Those actions surprised Man because they never happened before.
Man hurried home, but the water and loud cries didn’t stop. Man’s son saw him on the road near home. So, he called to his mother and his wife.
He told them about Man’s strange noise. When Man got home, his family was surprised. They never saw him like that before.
Man told them about the seals. Then, they had a strange feeling in their chests and water in their eyes. They also joined Man’s loud cries. That day, people learned to cry for the first time.
词汇
seal /siːl/ n. 海豹
slide /slaɪd/ v. 滑动(过去式 slid)
chest /tʃest/ n. 胸部,胸膛
make noise 制造噪声
repeat /rɪˈpiːt/ v. 重复
理解
1. What do we learn about First Man?
2. Why did water start to come from Man's eyes?
答案：1. He went to the seashore to hunt seals, but he failed to catch any seal after many tries. After all seals escaped into the sea, he had the first experience of crying, and his family also cried together with him. On that day, people learned to cry for the first time because of him.
2. Because he tried many times to hunt seals, but all the seals finally slid into the sea and got away. He got a strange feeling in his chest that never appeared before, then water started to come out of his eyes, which was the first time that people cried.
2. Because he tried many times to hunt seals, but all the seals finally slid into the sea and got away. He got a strange feeling in his chest that never appeared before, then water started to come out of his eyes, which was the first time that people cried.
解析：
1. 本题需要结合全文梳理关于First Man的核心信息，从文章情节可知他最初到海边捕猎海豹，多次尝试都没能成功捕获海豹，所有海豹都逃走后他第一次出现了流泪大哭的陌生反应，也让人类在这一天第一次学会了哭泣。
2. 本题需要定位文章对应情节，First Man反复尝试捕猎海豹，最后仅剩的海豹也滑进海里逃走了，他的胸口产生了此前从未有过的异样感受，随后水就从他的眼睛里流出来，这是人类第一次出现流泪哭泣的情况。
2. 本题需要定位文章对应情节，First Man反复尝试捕猎海豹，最后仅剩的海豹也滑进海里逃走了，他的胸口产生了此前从未有过的异样感受，随后水就从他的眼睛里流出来，这是人类第一次出现流泪哭泣的情况。