15 Laconic
Do you know the word“laconic”? If you read the following story, you will know what the word means．Some of the people in the southern part of Greece were called Spartans. The name of their land was Laconia, and so they were some-times called La c o n s. One of the strange rules which the Spartans had was that they should use words as few as possible．And so a short answer was often given．In the northern part of Greece there was a land called Macedon．
And this land at one time was ruled by a war-like king named Philip．He wanted to become the king of all Greece．So he made war on others, until nearly all of them were made to call him their king．Then he sent a letter to the Spartans in Laconia，saying，“ If I go down into your country, I'll level your great city to the ground．”In a few days an answer was brought to him．When he opened the letter, he found only one word written there．The word was：〝 If". It was as much as to say,“We are not afraid of you as long as the word‵if′ stands in your way.”
精炼的
你认识laconic这个单词吗? 如果你读了下面的故事,你就会知道这个单词是什么意思了.居住在希腊南部地区的人被称作斯巴达人.他们的土地叫勒科尼亚,因而有时也称他们为勒科人.斯巴达人的奇怪习俗之一是他们尽可能少用单词，因而常给出些简短
回答.在希腊北部地区有一块土地叫马其顿。
这块土地曾经被一位好战的国王菲利普统治着。他想成为整个希腊的国王。所以他向别国挑起战争,直到几乎所有国家都称他为国王。后来他送了封信给住在勒科尼亚的斯巴达着：“如果我南下进入你们的国家，我会推平整座城市。”几天后，他收到一封回信。当他打开信时，他发现上面只写着一个词。这个词是“如果”。它也就是说：只要你南下的计划还只“如果”，我们就不害怕你
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词汇：
Laconic 精炼的 rule 规则
Greece 希腊 war-like 好战的
level 损毁 as lone as只要 只要
send 寄，发送
I．听全文录音，判断正(T)误(F)
1 ．Spartans could also be called L a c o n s．
2 ．Spartans had a strange rule that they should always keep silence．
3 ．Macedon was ruled by Philip．
4 ．The reply word in the letter was "No”，
II．听录音，补全下列段落
And this land at one time was 1 by a war-like king named Philip，He wanted to become the king of all 2 ．So he made 3 on others，until 4 all of them were made to call him their king．Then he sent a 5 to the Spartans in Laconia, saying,“If I go down into your 6 ，I’11 level your great 7 to th ground．”In a few days an 8 was brought to him．When he opened the letter, he found only one 9 written there．The word was：“ 10 ”It was as much as to say, "We are not afraid of you as long as the word‘if' stands in your way.”
答案：
I．1．T 2.F 3．T 4.F
II. 1．ruled 2. Greece 3.war 4.nearly 5.letter
6. country 7.city 8.answer 9.word 10.If