一天,动物园管理员发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了,于是开会讨论,一致认为是笼子的高度过低。所以他们决定将笼子的高度由原来的10米加高到20米。结果第二天他们发现袋鼠还是跑到外面来,所以他们又决定再将高度加高到30米。
袋鼠与笼子没想到隔天居然又看到袋鼠全跑到外面,于是管理员们大为紧张,决定一不做二不休,将笼子的高度加高到100米。
一天长颈鹿和几只袋鼠们在闲聊,“你们看,这些人会不会再继续加高你们的笼子?”长颈鹿问。“很难说。”袋鼠说:“如果他们再继续忘记关门的话!
the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, which is caused by the rotation of the earth as you all know. but have you ever thought of the effect of the earths rotation on man and can you imagine what would happen if the earth stopped rotating?
the radius of the earth is about 6,370 kilometres. it takes the earth 24 hours to rotate once. objects on the earths equator move with the earth at a speed of 460 metres per second, and the air close to the earths surface turns at the same speed. if the earth stopped rotating suddenly, the air would keep flowing eastward at a speed of 460 metres per second. the wind would be fourteen times as powerful as a hurricane. at the same time sea water would rush eastward at a speed of several hundred metres per second, which might do damages much greater than a seaquake would do. obviously, men could hardly stand such a catastrophe.
even if such a catastrophe would not happen, there would be a great temperature difference on the two hemispheres of the earth, and the four seasons of the year would no longer occur because a day and a night would be as long as a whole year instead of 24 hours. all this would greatly affect the life of human beings, imals and plants and that would cause worse results than anything imaginable.
孔子带着他的几名学生出外讲学、游览,一路上十分辛苦。这一天,孔子一行人来到一个村庄,他们在一片树荫下休息,正准备吃点干粮、喝点水,不料,孔子的马挣脱了缰绳,跑到庄稼地里去吃了人家的麦苗。一个农夫上前抓住马嚼子,将马扣下了。
子贡是孔子最得意的`学生之一,一贯能言善辩。他凭着不凡的口才,自告奋勇地上前去企图说服那个农夫,争取和解。可是,他说话文绉绉,满口之乎者也,天上地下,将大道理讲了一串又一串,尽管费尽口舌,可农夫就是听不进去。
有一位刚刚跟随孔子不久的新学生,论学识、才干远不如子贡。当他看到子贡与农夫僵持不下的情景时,便对孔子说:“老师,请让我去试试看。”
于是他走到农夫面前,笑着对农夫说:“你并不是在遥远的东海种田,我们也不是在遥远的西海耕地,我们彼此靠得很近,相隔不远,我的马怎么可能不吃你的庄稼呢?再说了,说不定哪天你的牛也会吃掉我的庄稼哩,你说是不是?我们该彼此谅解才是。”
农夫听了这番话,觉得很在理,责怪的意思也消释了,于是将马还给了孔子。旁边几个农夫也互相议论说:“像这样说话才算有口才,哪像刚才那个人,说话不中听。”
看起来,说话必须看对象、看场合,否则,你再能言善辩,别人不买你的账也是白搭。
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