初中英语成语故事带翻译

初中英语成语故事带翻译

成语寓言故事:Yan Hui Grabs Rice from the Steamer颜回攫甄

One day in the year 489 B.C., Confucius led his disciples to the State of Cai via the State of Chen. When they passed by the State of Chen, they were surrounded by the people of Chen.

公元前4的一天，孔子带着弟子经陈国去蔡国。他们路过陈国的时候，被陈国人包围了。

For seven days and nights in succession, they hadn't eaten one grain of rice. They were so hungry that they couldn't get up from bed.

整整七天七夜，他们没有吃到一粒米饭，都饿得躺在床上起不来。

Later, after much effort, one of his disciples Yan Hui somehow obtained some rice. The rice was washed and cooked, and when it was almost done, Yan

Hui suddenly stretched out his hand to grab a handful of rice from the steamer, put it into his mouth and swallowed it.

后来，弟子颜回好不容易弄到了一点儿米，淘洗做饭。当米饭快要熟的时候，颜回突

然伸手从颤里抓起一把米饭，塞进嘴里吞了下去。

Confucius, lying at a distance, saw all this by chance, but pretended that he had seen nothing and didn't say a word.

这一切，恰巧被躺在远处的孔子看在眼里，但是他却装作没有看见，一声不响。

After a while the rice was done. Yan Hui respectfully came to Confucius

and asked him to take his meal.

不一会儿，米饭熟了。颜回恭恭敬敬地来拜见孔子，请老师去吃饭。

Confucius slowly sat up in his bed and said to Yan Hui:

孔子慢悠悠地从床上坐起来，对颜回说:

"A short while ago I had a dream. I dreamed of my deceased father. If the rice is clean, I would like to make a sacrificial offer to him."

“刚才我做了一个梦，梦见我死去的父亲。如果米饭干净的话，我想祭奠一下他老人家。”

Yan Hui replied hurriedly:

颜回急忙说道:

"Master, the rice is not clean, and it's unfit for sacrifice."

“先生，这米饭不干净，不能用来祭祖。”

He then continued:

接着又说:

"Some soot has just fallen into the steamer and soiled the rice. It is a pity to throw the rice away, so I picked out the sooted rice and ate it."

“甄里刚才掉进了一点儿烟尘，弄脏了米饭。倒掉它太可惜，我就用手把有烟尘的米饭抓出来吃了。”

Confucius suddenly saw the light. He sighed and said:

孔子恍然大悟，长叹了一口气，说道:

"It goes without saying that one can trust one's own eyes. But now it seems that one's eyes cannot be trusted entirely. It goes without saying that one can trust one's own mind, but now it seems that one's own mind cannot be trusted entirely either. Disciples, keep this in mind: It is not easy to thoroughly understand a person after all."

“本来自己的眼睛是可以相信的，现在看来眼睛也不能完全相信呵!本来自己的头脑是可以信赖的，现在看来头脑也不完全可以信赖呵!弟子们，记住吧!要真正了解一个人，是很不容易的啊!”

成语寓言故事:Giving Up Eating for Fear of Choking因噎废食

In the past, there was a man who had a large appetite. When he ate, he devoured ravenously.

从前，有个人饭量很大，吃起饭来，狼吞虎咽。

Once he wasn't careful enough so that a fishbone got stuck in his throat. The food was blocked in his esophagus, and he could neither swallow nor vomit. So he called a physician, but the physician could do nothing. The people around looked at him in anxiety. Finally, as he couldn't breathe, he died of choking.

一次，他不留神，骨头硬在喉咙里，食物被堵塞在食道里，想咽咽不下，想吐吐不出。于是，他请来医生，医生也没有办法。周围的人看着他，干着急。最后，他因透不过气来

而活活噎死了。

Afterwards, someone went so far as to issue a ban: Eating is forbidden as from today for the reason that no one will be choked to death if people give

up eating.

事后，有人居然下了一道禁令:从今天起，天下禁止吃饭。理由是:不吃饭，就不会噎

死人。

成语寓言故事:Leaving the Net Open on Three Sides网开三面

One day, King Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty, sawa man arranging a net on all sides and praying to the deity:

一天，商朝开国君主汤看见一个人四面布下了天罗地网，正在向神祷告:

"Let those that fly down from the sky, those that come out of the ground, and those that come running from all directions all run into my net!"

“从天上飞下来的，从地下钻出来的，从四面八方跑过来的，都撞到我的网里来吧!”

Tang said:

汤说:

"Well, isn't this catching the whole lot in one net?"

“咦!这不是一网打尽了吗?”

Tang went forward and took away the net on three sides, leaving only one side there. Then he said to the man:

汤上前收掉了三面的网，只留下一面的网。然后，他对那人说:

"Now please pray again! You can say thus: In the past, the spiders have spun nets. Now people have learned to make nets too. You birds and animals, those that want to turn left can go to the left; those that want to turn right can go to the right; those that want to fly can soar; those that want to get into holes can get into holes. I only catch those that are doomed to die."

“请你重新祷告吧!你可以这样说:过去，蜘蛛织出了网，现在人们也学会了织网。你

们这些鸟兽，想往左边的就往左走开;想往右边的就往右走开;想高飞的就高飞;想钻洞的

就钻洞;我仅仅捕捉那些命里注定要死的。”

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