英语成语故事

英语成语故事

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英语成语故事【一】meaning to give up halfway, to quit before finishing something.

Ｄuring the Ｗarring Ｓtates Ｐeriod (475⑵21ＢＣ), there was a man called Ｙue Ｙangzi in Ｓtate Ｙue. Ｏne day he saw a piece of gold on the road and picked it up. Ｈe took it home and gave it to his wife. Ｂut his wife was not happy. Ｔhe virtuous woman said, "Ｉ hear that a man of morality doesn't drink a thief's water and a man of probity refuses to accept alms. Ｗhat do you think of the action of picking up another's lost valuable and possessing it for one's own?"

Ｙue Ｙangzi, feeling ashamed, sent the gold back to where he found it.

Ｔhe next year, Ｙue Ｙangzi felt that he should go out and visit scholars to enrich his knowledge. Ｓo he set off.

Ａ year later, he came back home suddenly.

"Ｗhy have you returned?" asked his wife in surprise, "Ｙou've only spent one year studying with scholars."

"Ｉ come back because Ｉ missed you very much."

Ｗithout saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom at which she had worked. Ｐointing at the half done brocade, she proclaimed : "Ｔhis brocade is woven from the finest silk. Ｉ wove one strand after another to produce the brocade. Ｎow if Ｉ cut it, all my previous work will be wasted. Ｉt's the same with your studies. Ｙou can acquire knowledge only through diligence. Ｎow, you've stopped halfway. Ｉsn't it the same as cutting the brocade on the loom?"

Ｙue Ｙangzi was moved by what she said. Ｈe again left home to visit scholars. Ｓeveral years later he became a learned man.

战国时期，魏国有个叫乐羊子的人。有一天，乐羊子在路上看到一块金子，他就捡起金子，带回了家并把它拿给妻子看。可他妻子一点儿也不快乐。这个贤惠的女人对他说："我听人说'壮士不饮盗泉之水；廉洁的人不食嗟来之食'。把别人遗失的贵重之物捡起来据为己有，你怎么对待这种行为呢？"

乐羊子听了妻子的话，觉得很惭愧，就把那块金子又扔到原来的地方。

第二年，乐羊子离开家到了一个很远的地方，去拜师求学。

一年后，乐羊子突然回到家中，他的妻子很惊讶地问："你怎么回来了？你才和那些学者学了一年呀。"乐羊子说："我太想你了，所以回来看看。"

他的妻子听了以后，二话不说，拿起把剪刀走到她的织布机前。她指着那块已经完成了一半的锦缎说："这块锦缎用的是最好的丝。我一丝丝的累积来织成这锦缎。假如我现在把它剪断，就等于前功尽弃。你求学也是这样。假如现在停止，和剪断织布机上的锦缎有什么区别？"

乐羊子被妻子的话所感动，于是立即离开家，继续拜师求学。

几年后，乐羊子终于完成学业，成为一个博学的人。

英语成语故事【二】Ｉn Ｑin dynasty, there was a powerful and evil counselor named Ｚhao Ｇao。

在秦朝，有个很得势的奸臣叫赵高。

Ｚhao Ｇao wanted to rebel, but he didn't know how many people in the court would stand by his side。

赵高想造反，但是又不知道群臣中有多少人会支持他。

Ｓo he worked out a way to test the people。

于是他想了个规定来测试。

Ｈe presented a deer as a tribute to the emperor in front of the court, and said that it was a swift horse。

他在群臣面前送了一头鹿给皇上，并说这是一匹千里马。

Ｔhe emperor not accepting his statement said, "Ｔhis is obviously a deer."

皇上不信，说“这明明是鹿啊。”

Ｔhen, Ｚhao Ｇao took this opportunity to ask the court,