兒童英語(yǔ)小故事:一鳴驚人

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    come out of nowhere
    一鳴驚人
    In the Warring States Period(戰(zhàn)國(guó)), Duke Wei of Qi neglectedstate affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation.
    戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)期,齊威王繼承王位已有三年了,可是他整天飲酒作樂(lè),不理朝政。
    One of his minister, Chun Yukun(chn y kūn)who had a good senseof humor, said to him:”There is a big bird which has never taken wing nor sung for three years.Your Highness, may you guess what kind of bird is it?”
    有一個(gè)大臣叫淳于髡,很有幽默感,對(duì)齊威王說(shuō):“臣聽(tīng)說(shuō)齊國(guó)有一只大鳥(niǎo),三年來(lái)不飛也不叫,大王知道這是一只什么鳥(niǎo)?”
    The dukeanswered, “Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonishthe world.”
    (其實(shí)淳于髡是暗喻齊威王)齊威王答道:“一旦這只鳥(niǎo)開(kāi)始飛翔高歌,必然震驚世界?!?BR>    The duke then devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerfulone.
    從此齊威王勤于朝政,勵(lì)精圖治,國(guó)威大振。
    This idiom is used to indicate that a personmay rise from obscurityand achievegreatness.
    成語(yǔ)“一鳴驚人”比喻平時(shí)默默無(wú)聞或是無(wú)所作為,但一旦認(rèn)真起來(lái),便一下子干出一番驚人的事來(lái)。
    【文化鏈接】
    英文中“一鳴驚人”可以用“come out of nowhere”來(lái)表達(dá),直譯也就是“不知道從哪里就突然出現(xiàn)”的意思,這樣一想也就容易理解了~