2014天津小升初面试需要准备的英语成语故事(3)
【拔苗助长】
try to help the Shoots grow by pulling them upward/spoil things by excessive enthusiasm
拔苗助长
There once was an impatient farmer who lived during the Song Dynasty.
春秋时代，宋国有个急性子的农夫。
Everyday the anxious farmer would measure the growth of the crops.
庄稼长出禾苗以后，他每天都去观看。
To his dismay, his crops were growing much slower than he expected.
令他沮丧的是，禾苗长得太慢。
The farmer racked his brains trying to find better ways of planting in order to get quicker results.
农夫绞尽脑汁想让禾苗长快些。
One day he finally came up with a solution.
一天他终于想出方法。
He started to physically pull the crops out of the ground, thus making them taller.
他跑到田里，把禾苗一颗颗往上拔，使它们长高。
The farmer worked very hard and at day’s end was physically exhausted but mentally happy as his plan had produced the desired results.
农夫虽然很累但他很高兴看到禾苗长高。
When the farmer went home, he told his son of his “brilliant” method.
当农夫回家时，把这个好办法告诉了他儿子。
His son went to the field only to discover that all of his crops were all dead.
他的儿子赶忙跑到田里去看，禾苗全都枯萎了。
【滥竽充数】
be there just to make up the number/pretend to be an expert
滥竽充数
During the Warring States Period, the King of the State of Qi was very fond of listening to yu ensembles. He often got together 300 yu players to form a grand music.
战国时，齐宣王喜欢听竽，通常是三百人的大合奏。
The king treated his musicians very well.
齐宣王给予乐师们非常优厚的待遇。
A man named Nanguo heard about that and he managed to become a member of the band, even though he was not good at playing the instument at all.
所以有一个叫南郭的人尽管并不擅长吹竽，也设法混进了乐队。
Whenever the band played for the king, Nanguo just stood in the line and pretended to play. Nobody realized he was making no sound at all. As a result, he enjoyed his treatment just as the other musicians did.
当乐队演奏时，他就站在队伍里假装也在吹。没有人注意到其实他连一点声音也没吹出来，所以南郭也享受到和其他乐师一样的待遇。
When the king died, his son became the new ruler who also liked the music played on the yu. However, he preferred solos so that he ordered the musicians to play the yu one by one. Therefore, Nanguo had to run out of the palace.
齐宣王死后，他的儿子继承了王位。他也喜欢听竽，可是他喜欢听独奏，所以他让乐师一个个吹给他听，于是南郭不得不逃跑了。
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