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儿童英语成语故事：一技之长

Gong sun Long(公孙龙), a famousscholarlived in the State of Zhao (赵国) during the Warring States Period (战国,475――221BC), had a habitof maintaininga great number of skilledpeople around him.

战国时期，赵国有位名士叫公孙龙。他手下聚集了许多有自己特长的门客。

He often said, "A wise man should welcome anyone with a specialty."

他常说：“一个聪明人应该善于接纳每一个有自己特长的人。”

One day, a man in shabbyclothes came to see him and said to him:" I have a special skill. "Gong asked: "What is it?""I have a loud voice and I'm good at shouting."

有一天，有个穿着很破烂的人来见他，并向他推荐自己：“我有一项特别的本领。”公孙龙就问道：“什么本领?”那个人回答道：“我声音特别大，很善于叫喊。”

Then Gong turned to his followers and asked," Who is good at shouting?" But none of them answered "Yes ". So the scholar took the man in.

公孙龙听了，就转身问他旁边的门客：“你们有谁善于叫喊?”结果没有一个人回答“是”。于是，他就收下了这个很善于叫的人作他的随从。

Some days later, Gong and his followerswent on a trip.

没过多久，公孙龙和他的门客一起出外游玩。

They came to a wide river and found the boat was on the other side of the river. All of them had no idea. Suddenly, Gong thought of the shouting expert and turned to him, "Can you have a try?"

他们来到一条很宽的河边，发现渡船在河的另一头，所有人都不知怎么办好。突然，公孙龙想起他最近收的那个人的本领是善于叫，于是，他就转过头去对那人说：“你大声叫对面的船夫，看能不能把他叫过来。”

The man realized it was the chance to show his skill. He shouted to the ferryman as loud as he could, "Hey, ferryman, come here, we want to cross the river." As his voice ended, the ferryman came to fetch them. Gong was very satisfiedwith the new follower.

那人觉得展示他技能的时候到了，就尽力大声向对面喊：“喂，船夫，过来，我们要过河。”当他叫声刚完，那对面的船夫就摇着船过来了。公孙龙对这个新收的门客非常满意。

Later, people use it to describe anyone who has a special professionalskill.

后来，“一技之长”就用来形容一个人有一项特殊的本领。

儿童英语成语故事：名落孙山

In the Song Dynasty (宋朝) there was a joker called Sun Shan(孙山).

宋朝有一个很幽默的人，他叫孙山。

One year he went to take the imperialexamination, and came bottomof the listof successfulcandidates.

有一年他去参加考试，公布名单时他是最后一名。

Back in his hometown, one of his neighbor asked him whetherthe neighbor's son had also passed.

回到家，他的邻居向他打听自己的儿子考得怎么样。

Sun Shan said, with a smile:"Sun Shan was the last on the list. Your son came after Sun Shan."

孙山笑着对邻居说：“孙山考了最后一名，你儿子的名字还在孙山的后面呢。”

The peopleused this idiom to indicatefailing in an examination or competition.

人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取。

儿童英语成语故事：半途而废

During the Warring States Period (475-221BC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi in State Wei.

战国时期，魏国有个叫乐羊子的人。

Yue Yangzi felt that he should go out and visit scholars to enrich his knowledge. So he set off.

乐羊子离开家到了一个很远的地方，去拜师求学。

A year later, he came back home suddenly. "Why have you returned?" asked his wife in surprise, "You've only spent one year studying with scholars."

一年后，乐羊子突然回到家中，他的妻子很惊讶地问：“你怎么回来了?你才和那些学者学了一年呀。”

"I come back because I missed you very much."

乐羊子说：“我太想你了，所以回来看看。”

Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom at which she had worked.

他的妻子听了以后，二话不说，拿起把剪刀走到她的织布机前。

Pointing at the half done brocade, she proclaimed : "This brocade is woven from the finest silk.I wove one strand after another to produce the brocade. Now if I cut it, all my previous work will be wasted. It's the same with your studies. You can acquire knowledge only through diligence. Now, you've given up halfway. Isn't it the same as cutting the brocade on the loom?"

她指着那块已经完成了一半的锦缎说：“这块锦缎用的是最好的丝。我一丝丝的累积来织成这锦缎。如果我现在把它剪断，就等于前功尽弃。你求学也是这样。如果现在停止，和剪断织布机上的锦缎有什么区别?”

Yue Yangzi was moved by what she said. He again left home to visit scholars. Several years later he became a knowledgable man.

乐羊子被妻子的话所感动，于是立刻离开家，继续拜师求学。几年后，乐羊子终于完成学业，成为一个博学的人。