破釜沉舟的故事英語版 看成語學(xué)英語

 　　英語和中文代表著不同的文化體系，而我們用英語去看中國的成語故事是非常有趣的一件事情，孩子們可以通過英文版的成語故事來學(xué)習(xí)英語，這邊就和孩子們分享破釜沉舟、南轅北轍和畫蛇添足這三個成語故事。

　　1.Burn the boat

　　破釜沉舟

　　In the late years of the Qin Dynasty (秦朝，221-206BC)， Xiang Yu (項羽) launched a rebellion.

　　秦朝末年，項羽發(fā)動了叛亂。

　　After crossing the Zhang River (漳河)，Xiang Yu ordered his soldiers to sink all the boats and break their cooking pots.

　　在部隊渡過漳河之后，項羽命令士兵把所有的船只都鑿破，沉到河底，再把煮飯鍋完全打碎。

　　He distributed each soldier three days' rations and warned them that there was no way return; the only thing they could do to survive was to fight against the enemy.

　　項羽給每個人只發(fā)三天的糧食，然后再上戰(zhàn)場，這樣做，是為了向大家表示“寧死不退”的決心。

　　After nine furious war, the Qin army was finally defeated.

　　果然，經(jīng)過九次的激烈奮戰(zhàn)，項羽的軍隊終于打敗了秦國的軍隊。

　　This idiom is used to reveal one's strong determination to achieve one's goal at any cost.

　　后來，我們使用“破釜沉舟”比喻下定決心，不達目的絕不罷休的精神。

　　2.Act in a way that defeats one's purpose

　　There once was a man who wanted to go to the south, but his carriage was heading north. A passer-by asked him: “Now that you are going to the south, why is your carriage heading north?” The man answered: “My horse is good at running, my cart driver has excellent driving skills, and I have enough money. In any case, I am able to get to my destination.” The man didn't realize that if he was heading a wrong direction; the faster his horse ran, the further he would be away from his destination.

　　南轅北轍

　　從前有一個人坐著馬車要去南方，但是他的馬車卻朝著北方行駛。一個路人看到了問他：”既然你要去南方，為什么你的車子要往北走呢?“ 這個人回答道：”我的馬善于奔跑，我的馬車夫也有很高超的駕駛技術(shù)，我呢，又有充足的錢。無論如何，我都會到達目的地的。“ 這個人沒有意識到，如果他朝著一個錯誤的方向走，他的馬跑的越快，他離目的地就會越遠。

　　3. gild the lily

　　In old time, a family in the State of Chu held a sacrificial activity to their ancestors, and after that they rewarded the people who helped in the ceremony with the pot of wine used in it.

　　There were many helpers but only one pot of wine. Who will drink it?

　　Then someone suggested: “Let everyone draw a snake. Whoever draws fastest and most lifelike will get the pot of wine.”

　　All people thought that was a good idea.

　　One man drew very fast. He finished it in the blink of an eye, and of course he was given the pot of wine. At this moment, he saw that the others had not finished yet, so he wanted to flaunt (show off )his skill.

　　He said proudly: “How slow you are! Even though I give the snake more feet and you won’t finish it.” Holding the wine pot in his left hand, he began to add feet to the snake with his right hand. When he was just adding feet to the snake, another man finished his drawing.

　　He grabbed the wine pot at once, saying: "A snake has no feet. How could you add feet to it? The first one who finished drawing a snake is I, not you."

　　Having said this(After saying this), the man drank off the wine.

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