A Clever Panda
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home.But the pumpkin is too big.The panda can’t take it home.
Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her.She watches the bike.“I know!I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily,“I can roll a pumpkin.It’s like a wheel.”
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home.When her mother sees the big pumpkin,she is surprised,“Oh,my God!How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly,“I can’t lift it,but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says,“What a clever girl!Use you heard to do something,”
聪明的熊猫
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜,想把它拿回家.但是这只南瓜太大了,她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家.
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来.她看着自行车,跳着说:“有了!我有办法了.我可以把南瓜滚回家去.南瓜好像车轮.
于是她把那瓜滚回家.当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候,很惊讶:“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎么把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它,可是我能滚动它啊!”她妈妈微笑着说:“真聪明啊!记住:只要你肯动脑筋,没有难办的事.
梁上君子
In the Eastern Han Dynasty (东汉), there was a man named Chen Shi (陈寔) .
在东汉初年,有个人叫陈寔。
One day, a thief slipped into his living-room. Hiding behind the beam, the thief waited for Chen Shi to fall asleep.
有一天,一个小贼溜进了他的房间,躲在房梁上等着陈寔去睡觉再下手。
Chen Shi, finding the thief, called his family together, saying, "To be a upright man one must have aspirations. Men are not born evil. But if one gets used to doing evil things, it will be hard to reform. The gentleman above the beam is such a man."
陈寔发现了小偷,把他的家人都召集在一起,说:“人不可以不自强。人不是天生就坏的,坏习惯往往是由不注意自身品性修养所致的。咱家房梁上这个人就是这样。”
The thief, hearing this, hurriedly jumped down and knelt on the ground to beg forgiveness.
小偷听到这话,从房梁上跳到地上,跪在陈寔面前,请求原谅,决心做个有用的人。
This idiom is used to refer to a thief.
这个成语用来比喻小偷。
英文小故事:The eagle and the arrow
An eagle was flying in the sky. As soon as it saw a rabbit, it swooped down on its prey.
Suddenly it was hit by an arrow.
It fluttered slowly down to the earth, and blood was pouring from the wound.
When the eagle looked down, he found that the shaft of the arrow was feathered with one of its own plumes.“Alas!”it cried.“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”
鹰和箭
鹰在天空中飞翔,当他看见一只野兔时,就俯冲下来捕捉猎物。
突然,有人一箭射中了它。
鹰扇着翅膀降落在地面上。鲜血从伤口中喷涌而出。
它低头看到箭尾竟是由一根它自己的羽毛制成的,就痛苦地说:“唉,我们总是给敌人提供毁灭我们自己的工具!”
寓意: 人们常常因自己的原因而受到伤害,那种痛苦更令人难受。