During the Warring States period, a young man lived in Shouling. 战国时期,燕国寿陵地方有一位少年。 He always felt that he was not so perfect as he thought. 这位寿陵少年经常无缘无故地感到事事不如人。 One day, he heard that people in Handan walked in a gracefully way, so he decided to learn to walk there.有一天,他听得有人说邯郸人走路姿势那叫美。所以决定去那里学习走路。 One morning, he set off for Handan without telling anyone. Upon arrival at Handan, he was surprised when he saw the situation. 一天早上,他没有告诉任何人就启程去到邯郸,一到那里,他感到处处新鲜,简直令人眼花缭乱。 Everyone walked in a different but gracefully way, children walking actively, the old walking steady and women walking charmingly. 每个人的行走姿态优雅且与众不同,看到小孩走路,他觉得活泼、美,学;看见老人走路,他觉得稳重,学;看到妇女走路,摇摆多姿,学。 So he made up his mind to learn how the people of the State of Zhao walked in Handan.所以,他决定学习这里的人走路方式。 No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to learn the gait of the people there. 不管多努力去尝试,他都不能很好的学习到这里人走路的步态。 On the contrary, he even forgot completely how he walked in Shouling. In the end, he had no choice but to crawl back to his hometown.就这样,不过半月光景,他连走路也不会了,路费也花光了,只好爬着回去了。 重难点词汇及短语 gracefully 优雅地 set off for 出发前往某地 arrival (名词)到达 actively 活泼地 steady 沉稳地 charmingly 迷人地 made up one’s mind下定决心做某事 gait 步伐,步态 on the contrary相反 crawl爬 今天的成语故事就讲完了,那么大家知道我们讲的是哪个成语故事呢?请在下方评论区留言吧! |
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