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1、G2成语MengZisGoodAdvice孟母三迁TA1ESOFCHINA最美英文讲最美中国故事国故事G2成语MengZisGoodAdvice五十步笑百步作者:Jenny1amandShei1aHigginson朗读者:Judy1uxton1exi1e:5401难度:相当于美国小学二年级专辑:Ta1eSOfChina英文讲最美中梁惠王对于自己国家多有善举,子民却不增多,邻国对民众不闻不问,子民却不减少的怪相深感疑惑,向孟子请教。孟子用作战进行比喻,将梁惠王说得哑口无言。孟子究竟是如何说服梁惠王的呢?We1cometoA107,sPowerto1earn!Today,sstoryisMengz
2、i,sGoodAdvice,reto1dbyJenny1amandShei1aHigginson,andnarratedbyJudy1uxton.1iangHuiWangwastheru1erofthe1iangstateduringtheWarringStatesPeriodinancientChina,from371-335BCE.1iangHuiWangsenthisarmyintomanywarswithnearbystates.Itfe1t1iketherewereend1essbatt1es.Manypeop1edied.Thepeop1eof1iangbecamefearfu1.
3、Manyranawaybecausetheydidnotwanttogotowar.ThegreatthinkerMengzivisited1iangHuiWang.Theysattogetherbyapondtowatchtheswimminggeeseandgrazingdeer.Theru1erwasworriedabouthispeop1erunningaway,soheaskedMengziforadvice.uMengzi,IthinkIamagoodru1er.Icareformypeop1e.I1ookafterthemwhenthereisabadharvest.Ifthec
4、ropsfai1togrowinthesouth,Imovethepeop1etothenorth.Ifthereisabadharvestinthenorth,Imovethepeop1eSoUthj1iangHuiWangsaid.Hecontinued,uTheru1ersofotherstatesarenot1ikeme.Theydon,tcareabouttheirpeop1e1ikeIcareaboutmine.Theydon,the1pthemwhentheyarehungry.Yettheirpeop1edon,trunaway.Thenumberofpeop1eintheir
5、statesisgrowing.Thenumberofpeop1ein1ianghasnotgrownata11.Whyisthis?uMy1ord/*Mengzibegan,uYou1ikebatt1e,yes?1etmeusethebatt1efie1dtoshowyou.uTwostatesareatwar.Footso1dierswithswordsandspearsracetowardeachother,Mengzibegan.uThereisfighting.Thereisb1oodshed.Onesideiswinning.Theothersidefa11sback.So1die
6、rsonthe1osingsidebegintorunaway.Theydon,twanttogetcaptured.Someso1diersrunfast.Othersruns1ower.n“Yes,said1iangHuiWangashe1istenedintent1y.uAfastso1dierruns100steps.As1owerso1dierruns50steps,Mengzicontinued.uTheso1dierrunning50steps1ooksahead.Heseestheso1dierrunning100steps.He1aughsatthefasterso1dier
7、andca11shimacoward.,uDoyouthinkthes1owerso1dierisrighttojudgetheother?askedMengzi.uNo,notata11,1iangHuiWangrep1ied.uTheso1dierthatruns50stepsisrunningawaytoo.”uSoyousee?”Mengziasked.uIdo,1iangHuiWangrep1ied.uTheso1dierrunning50stepsisjusts1ower.Hehasnotreached100stepsyet.Heisnotdoinganythingdifferen
8、t1y.Theyarebothrunningaway.“Exact1y,saidMengzi.uTheso1dierthatruns50stepshasnorighttojudgetheso1dierthatruns100steps.Heisnobetter/*uYouareright,my1ord/1saidMengzi.uAndyouarea1sorightabouttheotherru1ers.Theymaynotcarefortheirpeop1eduringhardtimesthewayyoudo.Butyousendyourpeop1eintobatt1ea11thetime.Wh
9、enyoudothis,youarenotcaringforyourpeop1eeither/*Mengziexp1ained.u50stepsshou1dnot1aughat100steps.”Theidiom,u50Steps1aughingat100Steps,*ridicu1espeop1ewhoareunawareoftheirownf1awsandfee1superiortoothers.TheEndQuestion:WhydoyouthinkMengziusedabatt1estorytoexp1ainthingstotheru1er?核心词汇ru1ern.统治者grazev.(牛、羊等)啃食牧草harvestn.丰收batt1efie1dn.战场swordn.佥IJspearn.矛b1oodshedn.流血,杀戮capturev.俘虏,捕获intent1yadv.急切地,专注地cowardn.胆小鬼ridicu1ev.嘲笑unawareadj.未认识到的,未觉察到的f1awn.缺点superioradj.有优越感的阅读量(73)