初中英語的勵(lì)志小故事

故事時(shí)間：2021-08-31 手機(jī)版

　　初中英語勵(lì)志小故事：萬事俱備只欠東風(fēng)

初中英語的勵(lì)志小故事

　　Everything is Ready Except the East Wind

　　China has been divided into three kingdoms historically: Wei in the north, Shu in the southwest and Wu in the southeast.

　　Once Cao Cao from Wei led a 200，000 strong army down to the south to wipe out the kingdoms of Wu and Shu. Therefore, Wu and Shu united to defend his attack. Cao ordered his men to link up the boats by iron chains to form a bridge for the Cao's passing from the north bank of Yangtze River to the south bank. The General Commander of the allied army was Zhou Yu. He analyzed the situation carefully. Then he got a good idea. He decided to attack the enemy with fire. So he began to prepare for the coming battle. Suddenly he thought of the direction of wind. He needed the east wind to blow strongly in order to accomplish his scheme. However, the wind did not come for days. Thus Zhou Yu was worried about it. At that time, he got a note from Zhuge Liang, the military adviser of the State of Shu, which reads:

　　"To fight Cao Cao

　　Fire will help you win

　　Everything is ready

　　Except the east wind"

　　Quickly he turned to Zhuge Liang for help. Zhuge told him not to worry and there would be an east wind in a couple of days. Two days later, the east wind helped Zhou accomplish his scheme. At last, the allied army won the war.

　　Later, people use it to say "All is ready except what is crucial".

　　萬事俱備，只欠東風(fēng)

　　歷史上，中國曾被分為三大國：北邊是魏國，西南是蜀國，東南是吳國。

　　有一次，魏國的曹操帶了20萬精兵南下攻打吳國和蜀國，準(zhǔn)備消滅它們。為了應(yīng)敵，吳國和蜀國結(jié)成同盟國。曹軍駐扎在長江北岸。曹操讓手下用鐵鏈將戰(zhàn)船連在一起，好讓曹軍渡江攻打南岸的盟軍。盟軍由吳國將領(lǐng)周瑜帶領(lǐng)，他仔細(xì)分析了形勢，最后決定用火燒掉敵人的船。于是，他開始準(zhǔn)備一切，當(dāng)他將一切準(zhǔn)備好時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)還需要東風(fēng)。可連續(xù)幾天都沒有東風(fēng)，周瑜急得病倒了。這時(shí)，蜀國的軍師諸葛亮叫人送了一張紙條給他，上面寫著："要贏曹操，須用火攻。萬事俱備，只欠東風(fēng)。"周瑜收到后，立刻向諸葛亮求助。諸葛亮叫周瑜不要著急，兩天后，將有東風(fēng)。果然，兩天后，刮起東風(fēng)。周瑜趁這個(gè)機(jī)會將曹軍的戰(zhàn)船燒毀，最后，曹操被打敗了。

　　后來，人們用這個(gè)成語來比喻樣樣都準(zhǔn)備好了，只差最后一個(gè)重要條件。

　　初中英語勵(lì)志小故事：曾子殺彘

　　zengzi's wife was going to the market. Her little son insisted on going with her， making a tearful scene. “Stay at home，” she said to the boy. “When I come back， I will slaughter a pig for you.” When she came back， Zengzi got ready to slaughter the pig. His wife stopped him， saying： “I was just kidding.” “A child is not to be kidded like that!” he replied. “A child does not know much and cannot judge for himself. He learns from his parents and listens to what they day. To lie to him is to teach him to lie to others. If a mother lies to her son， he will not trust her anymore. How is she then to educate him?” With that Zengzi went to slaughter the pig and prepare a good meal for their son.

　　曾子的妻子到集市上去，他的兒子哭著要跟去。他的母親說： “你回家呆著，待會兒我回來殺豬給你吃。” 她剛從集市上回來，曾子就要捉豬去殺。妻子勸止他說： “只不過是跟孩子開玩笑罷了。” 曾子說： “不能跟孩子開玩笑啊! 小孩子沒有思考和判斷能力，要向父母親學(xué)習(xí)，聽從父母的教導(dǎo)。現(xiàn)在你欺騙他，這是教孩子騙人啊! 母親欺騙兒子，兒子就不再相信自己的母親了，這不是實(shí)現(xiàn)教育的.方法。” 于是曾子就殺豬煮肉給孩子吃。

　　初中英語勵(lì)志小故事：買櫝還珠

　　Getting the casket and returning the pearl

　　A man from the state of Chu wanted to sell a precious pearl in the state of Zheng. He made a casket for the pearl out of the wood from a magnolia tree, which he fumigated with spices. He studded the casket with pearls and jade, ornamented it with red gems and decorated it with kingfisher feathers. A man of the state of Zheng bought the casket and gave him back the pearl.

　　Too luxuriant decoration usually supersedes what really counts. This man from Chu certainly knew how to sell a casket but he was no good at selling his pearl. And the man of Zheng didn't know which is really valuable.

　　(《Hanfeizi》)

　　買櫝還珠

　　有個(gè)楚國人想在鄭國出售一顆珍貴的珍珠。他用木蘭為珍珠作了個(gè)匣子，用香料把匣子熏香，還用珠，玉，紅寶石來加以裝飾，并插上了翠鳥的羽毛。一個(gè)鄭國人買走了這個(gè)匣子，卻把珍珠還給了他。

　　過于華麗的裝飾往往會喧賓奪主。那個(gè)楚國人知道如何賣掉匣子，卻不擅長出售珍珠。至于買匣子的鄭國人，他根本不懂什么才是真正有價(jià)值的。

　　初中英語勵(lì)志小故事：專心致志

　　Single- hearted devotion

　　Yi Qiu was known as the most famous expert at chess throughout the land. Once he gave lessons on chess to two men. One of them was completely absorbed in his teaching, listening attentively to Yi Qiu while the other, who seemed to be listening, had his mind on something else. In fact, he was having a fancy that a swan was flying towards him and he had in his hands a bow and an arrow, ready to shoot. As a result, though he was having the same lesson together with the first man, yet he turned out a much inferior pupil.

　　If one does not give single-hearted devotion to it, no skills will be learned.

　　Mencius

　　專心致志

　　奕秋是全國最有名的棋手。有一次，他教兩個(gè)人下棋。一個(gè)認(rèn)真的聽課，完全沉浸于其中。另一個(gè)盡管看上去也在聽課，其實(shí)在想其他的事情。他幻想有只天鵝正朝他飛來，而他拿著弓和箭準(zhǔn)備把它射下來。所以，雖然他和另一個(gè)人上的是同樣的課，他學(xué)得可差多了。不專心致志的學(xué)習(xí)，什么技能都學(xué)不會。

　　初中英語勵(lì)志小故事：鄭人買履

　　Buying shoes

　　A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his foot and put the measurement on a chair. When he set out for the market he forgot to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this occurred to him.

　　I forgot the measurement, said he.

　　He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and he did not get his shoes after all.

　　Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet?

　　He was asked.

　　I 'd rather trust the measurement than trust myself. (《Hanfeizi》)

　　鄭人買履

　　從前，鄭國有個(gè)人想買雙鞋。他量好了自己腳的尺碼，把它放在了椅子上。可當(dāng)他趕往市集時(shí)，卻忘了帶量好的尺碼。他要買鞋時(shí)，才想了起來。

　　他說："我忘帶尺碼了。"

　　他回家去取量好的尺碼。等他趕回來時(shí)，市集已經(jīng)關(guān)了，他還是沒能買到鞋。

　　有人問："為什么不用你自己的腳去量鞋子呢?"

　　他說："我寧愿相信尺碼也不相信我自己的腳。" (《韓非子》)

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