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大学英语励志小故事

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大学英语励志小故事：班门弄斧

Showing

Off

One's

Proficiency

with

the

Axe

Before

Lu

Ban

the Master Carpenter

in

ancient

times,

Lu

Ban

was

supposed

to

be

a

consummate

master

in construction and sculpture. Carpenters respect him as ancestor

master. It is said that he once carved a colorful wooden phoenix

that

was

so

lifelike

that

it

actually

flew

in

the

sky

for

three

days.

Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's

skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban.

This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight

accomplishments in front of experts.

古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班，木匠行里尊

称他为祖师。传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞

翔三 天不掉下来。在鲁班门前摆弄斧子，当然显得有些自不量力了。

班门弄斧

这个成语，用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。

大学英语励志小故事：请君入瓮

Kindly Step into the Vat--Try What You Have Devised against

Others

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In order to suppress those who were against her, Wu Zetian,

the

empress

of

the

Tang

Dynasty

(618-907),

appointed

a

few

merciless

persons to be judges. Two of them were extremely brutal; one was

called Zhou Xing and the other was called Lai Junchen. They killed

many

upright

civil

and

military

officials

as

well

as

ordinary

people

by framing up cases against tham and by administering inhuman

corporal punishment to them.

Once,

Wu

Zetian

received

a

letter

which

informed

against

Zhou

Xing. The letter aside that Zhou Xing was plotting a rebellion in

collaboration with others. Wu Zetian was furiously angry when she

read the letter, and immediately ordered Lai Junchen to deal with

the case severely. Hearing the order, Lai Junchen had misgivings

about it. He knew that Zhou Xing could not be forced to tell the

truth

merely

by

using

a

letter

informing

against

him

because

he

was

very sly

and crafty.

Lai

Junchen

also knew

that

he would not be

for

given

if

he

should

fail

in

dealing

with

the

case,

because

the

empress

would certainly blame him and punish him. How could he solve the

problem then? He turned the problem over and over in his mind, and

finally thought out a

Lai

Junchen

had

a sumptuous

feast

prepared, and

invited

Zhou

Xing to his home. The two of them urged each other to drink, and

they

talked

while

drinking.

After

the

wine

had

gone

round

three

times,

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Lai

Junchen

pretended

to

sigh,

Ihandle

cases

in

ordinary

times,

I often com across prisoners who stubbournly refuse to admit they

are guilty. I wonder if you have any effetive measures.

this, he took a sip of the wine. Lai Junchen immediately pretended

to

be

very

earnest,

saying,

please

do

tell

me

at

once.

Smiling

insidiously, Zhou Xing said,

charcoal fire all around, and then let the prisoner come into the

vat. Will the prisoner fail to make a confession of his crime?

Hearing this. LaiJunchen nodded his head in approval repeatedly.

He then ordered his subordinates to bring a big vat, and had a

charcoal

fire

lit

all

around

it

as

Zhou

Xing

had

said.

He

then

turned

to Zhou Xing and said,

against you, saying that you are plotting a rebellion. The empress

has

ordered

me

to

deal

with

the

case

severely.

So

I

beg

your

pardon,

but would you kindly step into the

has

informed

against

you,

saying

that

you

are

plotting

a

rebellion.

The empress

has

ordered

me to

deal

with

the

case severely.

So

I beg

your

pardon,

but

would

you

kindly

step

into

the

vat?

Hearing

this,

Zhou Xing

dropped

his

wine cup

to

the ground

and

the

cup

broke

with

a

crash.

Then

he

knelt

down

with

a

flop,

nodded

repeatedly

and

said,

This story appears in A General History as a Mirror of Past

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Events by Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty. From this story, people

have derived the set phrase

you have devised against others

唐朝女皇武则天，为了镇压反对她的人，任用了一批酷吏。其中两

个最为狠毒 ，一个叫周兴，一个叫来俊臣。他们利用诬陷、控告和惨无人

道的刑法，杀害了许多正直 的文武官吏和平民百姓。

谋反。武则天大怒 ，责令来俊臣严查此事。来俊臣，心里直犯嘀咕，他想，

周兴是个狡猾奸诈之徒，仅凭一 封告密信，是无法让他说实话的

;

可万一

查不出结果，太 后怪罪下来，我来俊臣也担待不起呀。这可怎么办呢

?

苦

苦思索半天，终于想出一条妙计。

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他准备了一桌丰盛的酒席，

把周兴请到自己家里。

两个人你劝我喝，

边喝边聊。酒过三巡，来俊臣叹口气说：

兄弟我平日办案 ，常遇到一些

犯人死不认罪，不知老兄有何办法

?

周兴得 意地说：

这还不好办

!

说着

端起酒杯抿了一口。来俊臣立刻装出很恳切的样子说：

哦，请快快指教。

周兴阴笑着说：

你找一个大瓮，四周用炭火烤热 ，再让犯人进到瓮里，

你想想，还有什么犯人不招供呢

?

来俊臣连连点头称是，随即命人抬来一

口大瓮，按周兴说的那样，在四周点上炭火，然后 回头对周兴说：

宫里

有人密告你谋反，

上 边命我严查。

对不起，

现在就请老兄自己钻进瓮里吧。

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周兴一听，手里的酒杯啪哒掉在地上，跟着又扑通一声跪倒在地，连连

磕头 说：

我有罪，我有罪，我招供。

故事见于《资治通鉴

&midd ot;

唐则天皇后天授二年》

。成语

请君入

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瓮

，比喻用某人整治他自己。

大学英语励志小故事：如火如荼

Like Fire and Flowering Rush

In the years around 480 B.C.,China was in the last phase of

the Spring and Autumn Chai,King of the State of

Wu,conquered the states of Yue,Lu and Chi one after

Fu Chai,overweeningly ambitious,led his army marching into the

Northwest

in

an

attempt

to

conquer

the

State

of

Jin

in

one

vigorous

effort.

But just at that time,Gou Jian,king of the State of

Yue,outflanked

Fu

Chai

and

attacked

him in the Jian's

army fought one battle after another and arrived in Gu Su,capital

of the State of

Wu,at

last,and

took

away

the

big boats

of the

State

of Jin also sent his troops to occupy the Huai River

immediately,thus cutting off Fu Chai's retreat

The

shocking

news

reached

Fu

Chai,king

of

the

State

of

Wu,like

a head-on blow to he called his civilian officials and

military generals at once to find a way to deal with this serious

civilian officials and military their troops now

would

mean

defeat,and

that

they

would

be

attacked

by

both

the

troops

of the Jin army and the troops of the Yue ,if they could

defeat the State of Jin,Fu Chai would become a powerful chief of

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the princes at that time,and it would not be too late for Fu Chai

to settle with Gou Jian after that.

Having made this decision,they knew that a pressing matter

of the moment was to conquer th State of Jin as quickly as

considering

over

and

over

again,they

decided

to

try

to defeat the Jin army by a surprise move.

One day towards evening,the king of the State of Wu gave his

officers and men of the whole army ate their fill,and

the steeds were well fed with fodder.30,000 officers and men were

chosen from the whole army to from three phalanxes,with

10,000officers

and men

solders in the middle

phalanx

wore

white suits of armour,and carried white flags and white bows and

arrows,and they were led by king of the State of Wu Fu Chai

other two phalanxes were led by senior

soldiers in the left phalanx wore red suits of armour,and carried

red flags and red bows and in dealing with the

case,because the empress would certainly blame him and punish

could

he

solve

the

problem

then?

He

turned

the

problem

over

and

over

in

his

mind,

and

finally

thought

out

a

scheme

Lai Junchen had a sumptuous feast prepared,and invited Zhou

Xing

to

his

home.

The

two

of

them

urged

each

other

to

drink,and

they

talked while the wine had gone round three times,I

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