Chapter Seven.

A New Set.

        An old Crocodile

        Once lived near the Nile,

    Whose teeth began useless to get, oh!

        But he cried with delight:

        “I shall dine¹ well to-night

    Now of teeth I have got a new set, oh!”

1 dine   

vi.吃饭，进餐；vt.宴请

参考例句：

• I wish I could afford to dine off fresh meat every day.我要是能天天吃到新鲜的肉就好了。
• Let's dine out tonight，I'm too tired to cook.我太累了，不想做饭，今晚咱们到外面吃吧。