少兒英語(yǔ)：英語(yǔ)故事抱薪救火

1、少兒英語(yǔ)：英語(yǔ)故事抱薪救火戰(zhàn)國(guó)末期，秦國(guó)向魏國(guó)接連發(fā)動(dòng)大規(guī)模的進(jìn)攻，魏國(guó)無(wú)力反抗，大片土地 都被秦軍占據(jù)了。到公元前273年，秦國(guó)又一次向魏國(guó)出兵，勢(shì)頭空前猛 烈。The king of the State of Wei summoned his officials,and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army. After years of chaos caused by the wars, the officials trembled when fighting was

2、mentioned, and no one dared to speak ofresistance. At the critical moment when a large enemy force was bearing down upon the border, most of the offinials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River and south o

3、f the Taihang Mountain. 魏王把大臣們召來(lái)，愁眉苦臉地問(wèn)大家有沒(méi)有使秦國(guó)退兵的方法。大臣們由 于經(jīng)過(guò)多年的戰(zhàn)亂，提起打仗就嚇得哆嗦，誰(shuí)也不敢談“反抗”二字。在這 大兵壓境的危險(xiǎn)時(shí)刻，多數(shù)大臣都勸魏王，用黃河以北和太行山以南的大片 土地為代價(jià)，向秦王求和。However Su Dai, a counsellor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said： Your Majesty, they don” t think about the interests of the country at all. It is

4、just because they are cowardly and afraidof death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country.Of course you can temperarily satisfy the ambition of the king of the State of Qin is insatiably greedy. It will never stop assaulting us until our land is totally given away.謀士蘇代聽(tīng)了這些話，很不以為然

5、，忙上前對(duì)魏王說(shuō)：“大王，他們是由 于自己膽小怕死，才讓您去賣國(guó)求和，根本不為國(guó)家著想。您想，把大片 土地割讓給秦國(guó)雖然臨時(shí)滿意了秦王的野心，但秦國(guó)的欲望是無(wú)止境的， 只要魏國(guó)的土地沒(méi)割完，秦軍就不會(huì)停頓進(jìn)攻我們。”“Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire

6、fiercer. That was because he didn“ t know that, instead of putting out the fire, faggots could only make it burning more vigorously. Isn t it equivalent to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?”說(shuō)到這里，蘇代講了一個(gè)故事：從前有一個(gè)人，他的房子起火了，別 人勸他

7、快用水去澆滅大火，但他不聽(tīng)，偏抱起一捆柴草去救火，是由于他不 懂得柴草不但不能滅火反而能助長(zhǎng)火勢(shì)的道理。大王若同意拿著魏國(guó)土地去 求和，不就等于抱著柴草救火嗎?”Though Su Dai” s argument was very convincing, the king acceptedthe suggestion of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. For the king of the State of Wei was cowa

8、rdly and only cared for peace at the moment. As might be expected, the Qin army assaulted the State of Wei on a large scale in 225 B. C. , surrounding the capital city Daliang and flooding it by digging open the dykesof the Huanghe River. The State of Wei was finally destroyed by the State of Qin. This story appears in the Historical Records Written by Sima Qian.盡管蘇代講得頭頭是道，但是膽小的魏王只顧眼前的太平，還是依大臣們 的意見(jiàn)把魏國(guó)大片土地割讓給秦國(guó)。到公元225年，果真秦軍又向魏國(guó)大 舉進(jìn)攻，包圍了國(guó)都大梁，掘開(kāi)黃河大堤讓洪水沉沒(méi)了大梁城，魏國(guó)最終 被秦國(guó)滅掉了。moral寓意The set phrase “carrying faggots to put