兩篇古典英文版成語(yǔ)故事塞翁失馬

塞翁失馬SaiWengLosingHisHorseLonglongago,duringtheWarringStatesPeriod,therewasavillageneartheborderoftheNorthCity.ThevillagewasalsonotfarfromtheSouthCity.Therewasanoldmaninthevillage.

EveryonecallhimSaiWeng.Hehadalotofhorses.Oneday,

hefoundahorsemissing.Whenhisneighborsheardaboutit,theycametocomforthim,'"Don'tworry!Don't

worry!Pleasetakecareofyourhealth!"SaiWengansweredwithasmile,"I'mnotworriedatall.Itmightbeagoodthingtoloseahorse."Afterafewdays,SaiWeng's

losthorsesuddenlycameback.ThehorsealsobroughtbackahorsefromtheSouthCity.Whentheneighborssawit,theyallenviedhim,"Youaresoluckytohaveonemorehorse!?"SaiWenglookedatthehorse,twitchedhismouthandsaid,"Oh,itmaybeatrouble!"SaiWeng'ssonlikedthenewhorsefromtheSouthCityverymuch.Heinsistedonridingit.However,afterhejustrideahorse,hefellothegroundunexpectedlyandbrokeoneofhis

legs.WhenSaiWeng'sneighborsknewit,theycameagaintocomforthim"Don'tworry.Don'tworry.Takecareofyourhealth!"SaiWengthensaidwithasmileagain,"I'mnotworriedatall.Itmaybeagoodthingformysontobreakhisleg!?"ThefightbetweentheSouthCityandtheNorthCitylastedforalongtime.Intheend,theNorthCitywasdefeated.Noneoftheneighbors'sonscamehome,andtheyallbecamegloriousmartyrs.Now,onlySaiWenghadasoninthewholevillage.Theneighborsenviedhimandsaid,"SaiWeng,youaresolucky!"

SaiWengtwitchedhismouthandsaid,"Oh,itmaybeatrouble!"百鳥朝鳳BirdsPlayingHomagetothePhoenixOnceuponatime,inaforest,therewasabigtree.Everyday,thebirds

flewtothistreetoshowtheirbeautynoisily.Eachbirdthoughtshewasthemostbeautiful."Whatbeautifulfeatherstheyhave!"

ThePhoenixwasaveryinconspicuousbird.Shewasbiggerthananyotherbird.Butthecolorofherfeatherswasdarkerthanthatofotherbirds.ThePhoenixwasnotbeautiful,butshewasveryindustrious.Shelewaroundallday,storingfoodinsidetheholeofhertree.ThefoodwasenoughforthePhoenixtoeatforawholeyear,butshestillwentoutearlyandcamebacklatetoworkeveryday.Sheflewtotheeastandwest.lookingfornuts.grassseedlandplantseeds,andcrriedthembackbitbybittothetreehole.Unconsciously,thefoodinthetreeholehadbeen

enoughforthePhoenixtoeatforthreeyears.ThePhoenixalsocouldn'tfindfoodforseveraldays,to.Althoughshewasnotinshortoffod,shewasveryworriedaboutotherbirdsAtthistime,itwasnorainintheforestforalongtime.Thebirdscouldn'tfindfoodformanydays,sotheywerehungry.Thebeautifullittlebirdsweresohungrythattheyhadnostrengthtocompetitivebeauty.ThePhoenixsaidtoeveryone,""Thereisalotoffoodinmytreehole.Let'stideoverthedifficultiestogether!"Thesunstillscorchedtheforest,andalltheplant

withered,butthebirdsneverstarvedagain.TheycametothePhoenix'streeholeeveryday,sharedthePhoenix'sfood,andsangaroundthePhoenix.InordertothankthePhoenixforsavingtheirlives,allthebirdschosethemostbeautifulfeatherfromthemselvesandmadeadressforthePhoenix.

Thiswasa-hundred-birdfeatherdress.Puttingonthisdress,thePhoenixthenbecamethemostbeautifulbirdintheforest.Sincethen,everyyearthisday,birdsinalldirectionswouldflytothetr