Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him. He thus addressed him:"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture."
"No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother′s milk is both food and drink to me." On which the Wolf seized him, and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won′t remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
狼和小羊
一只狼瞧见一只迷路失群的小羊,决定暂缓下毒手,想先找一些理由,对小羊证明自己有吃它的权利。它就说:「小鬼!你去年曾经骂过我。」小羊可怜地说:「老实说,我去年还没有出生呢。」狼再说:「你在我的草地上吃过草。」
小羊回答说:「不,好先生,我还未曾尝过草的味道呢。」狼又说:「你喝过我井里的.水。」小羊叫道:「不,我从没有喝过水,因为直到今天为止,我都是吃着母亲的奶汁。」狼一听这话,便抓住它,把它吃下去,便说:「好!即使你驳倒我每一句话,我终究要吃晚餐的!」暴君总有他暴行的借口。
There was a farmer in the Song Kingdom in ancient China. He worked in his field day after day. In good harvest years, he could only have enough food to eat and enough clothing to wear. If the field failed to produce enough crops, he had to go hungry. This farmer wanted to improve his life. But he was too lazy and too cowardly. He always dreamed of having unexpected fortune.
A miracle took place at last. One day, when he worked in the field, some people were hunting nearby. They shouted loudly one after another. Some little animals were running desperately. Suddenly, a hare dashed itself headlong against the stump of a dead tree in his field and died.
That day, he had a good meal.
From that day on, he no longer worked in his field. From morning till night, he stayed by that miraculous stump, waiting for another hare. Will the miracle happen again?
People often use the set phrase “staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves against it" to refer to persons dreaming to reap without sowing.
在战国时代的宋国,有一个农民,每天都很辛苦地在田地里干活.遇到好年景,也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖;要是遇到灾荒,他就得忍饥挨饿了.他很想能过上好一点的日子,可是他太懒,胆子又特小,干什么都是又懒又怕的,总是想着能碰到送上门来的意外之财就好了。
奇迹终于发生了。一天,他正在田里干活,一群打猎的人靠近了。吆喝之声四处起伏,受惊的小动物们没命地奔跑。突然, 有一只兔子,不偏不倚,一头撞死在他田边的树根上。
这天,他美美地饱餐了一顿。
从此,他就不再种地了,一天到晚守着那个神奇的.树根,等着奇迹再次出现。
人们后来就常用“守株待兔”这个成语来形容那些老梦想着不耕种就会有收获的人。
【汉字】守株待兔
【拼音】shǒu zhū dài tù
【基本释义】株:露出地面的树根。原比喻希图不经过努力而得到成功的侥幸心理。现也比喻死守狭隘,不知变通。 贬义词
【出处】汉·王充《论衡》:“犹守株待兔之蹊;藏身破置之路也。”
【近义词】刻舟求剑 固守成规 坐享其成 墨守成规 好逸恶劳 守株缘木 缘木求鱼
【反义词】通权达变 借坡下驴 标新立异 见风使舵 除旧布新 随机应变
【原文】孔子东游,见两小儿辩斗。问其故,一儿曰:“我以日始出时去人近,而日中时远也。”一儿以日初出远,而日中时近也。一儿曰:“日初出大如车盖,及日中则如盘盂,此不为远者小而近者大乎?”一儿曰:“日初出沧沧凉凉,及其日中如探汤,此不为近者热而远者凉乎?”孔子不能决也。两小儿笑曰:“孰为汝多知乎?”
——《列子·汤问》
【大意】孔子到东方游历,看见路旁有两个小孩在争辩,孔子问他们争论的原因,一个小孩说:“我认为太阳刚出来的时候离人最近,到了中午离人最远。”另一个小孩认为太阳早上离人最远,中午离人最近。”前一个小孩说:“太阳刚出升的时候有车盖那样大,到了中午,却只有盘子那样大,这不是远的看起来小近的看起来大吗?”后一个小孩说:“太阳刚升起时,天气还是凉丝丝的,中午就热得像手伸到热水里,这不是近热远凉的道理吗?”孔子无法判断谁是谁非。两个小孩笑着说:“谁说你知识渊博呢?”
【寓意】体现了两小儿善于观察、说话有理有据和孔子实事求是的态度。
【原文】杞国有人忧天地崩坠,身亡所寄,废寝食者。
——《列子·天瑞》(节选
【大意】杞国有一个人担忧会天崩地陷,自己无处安身,因而憋得茶饭不进,睡眠不安的人。
【寓意】比喻完全不必要的或没有根据的忧虑和担心。
【原文】北山愚公长息曰:“汝心不固,固不可彻,曾不若孀妻弱子。虽我之死,有子存焉。子又生孙,孙又生子,子又有子,子又有孙:子子孙孙,无穷匮也;而山不加增,何苦而不平?”
——《列子·汤问》(节选
【大意】北山愚公长叹一声,回答说:“你太顽固了,顽固得一窍不通,你简直还不如那个寡妇和不懂事的小孩。即便我死了,还有我的儿子在呀!儿子生孙子,孙子又生儿子,孙子的儿子又有儿子,他的儿子又有孙子:子子孙孙,没有穷尽;但是山不会再增加了,还怕挖不平它吗?”
【寓意】比喻十分坚强的毅力和不怕困难、不怕牺牲的精神。、
星期一晚放学后,我的喉咙难受极了,浑身不舒服。
回到家里,看到外婆做了丰富的晚餐,可我一点胃口都没有。妈妈看见了,连忙问我:“晴晴,你怎么啦?”我把自己感觉很不舒服的情况一五一十地告诉了妈妈。妈妈听了,马上轻轻地摸了摸我的额头,然后关切地问我是否头痛,我摇摇头。然后妈妈为我冲了一杯盐水,可当我喝完以后,喉咙还是很难受。最后,爸爸妈妈决定带我到医院去看病。
来到医院。看病的人可真多呀,我们只好耐心地等待。爸爸妈妈一会儿给我探热,一会儿给我拿开水,一会儿又去急诊室看看什么时候轮到我。看着这一切,我的心感觉很温暖。晚上8点啦,终于轮到我看病啦,幸好我没有发烧,只是有点喉咙发炎和感冒而尔。医生给我开了药,并叮嘱我要多喝水。看完病后,爸爸又为我忙着抓药,这一切我都看在眼里。
回到家里,外婆又为我倒茶,又喂我吃药。看着家里人为我忙里忙外的,顿时有一股暖流流进我的心田。
现在,我的感冒已经好多啦,我非常感谢他们对我的关怀。我真心地想说“谢谢你们!”
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