成语大讲堂第一季（英文解释）.docVIP

、 第一季 成语大讲堂 High Mountains and Flowing Water Characters: Pronunciation: gao(1) shan(1) liu(2) shui(3)Explanation: A way to describe beautiful music and a metaphor to describe close friends 解释：用来指高雅的音乐或用来比喻知己Tone: PositiveThe Story: In the Spring and Autumn period, an official in Jin named Yu Boya was sent to Kingdom Chu as an envoy. On a moonlit night, Boya began to play his lute. A woodsman named Zhong Ziqi stood by and appreciated it quietly. When Boya saw him, he asked him which tune he played and the man answered the exact name. Boya then asked several questions to him about music and he gave the proper answers quickly. Boya was surprised about this and so he played a tune in which he wanted to express the loftiness of mountains. After his performance, Ziqi said: Its for the mountains. Then Boya performed another one, Ziqi said: Its for flowing water. And this was exactly what Boya wanted to show. Boya was very happy about this discovery, and he said to the Ziji: We can communicate by music, so we must be bosom companions! Then they swore to be brothers and agreed to came to the same place at same time next year.Next year, Boya came, but he found out that Ziqi was dead. He went to the tomb of Ziqi and cried. Then he performed with his lute, after the performance, he broke his lute and vowed never to play the lute again. 在春秋时期，俞伯牙作为晋国的特使前往楚国。在一个月光璀璨的夜晚，俞伯牙弹起了琴。一个名叫钟子期的砍柴人恰好正站在一边静静地欣赏。俞伯牙看见就问他：我刚才弹的是什么曲调。钟子期说出了他的曲名。于是俞伯牙就向他问了几个音乐方面的问题，钟子期对答如流。俞伯牙非常吃惊，便弹奏了一曲抒发高山多么崇高的歌曲。弹奏完毕，子期说道：这是为高山而发。伯牙又弹了一首，子期说：为流水而发。这恰恰就是钟子期想要表达，因此他非常高兴，就对子期说：我们音乐相通，肯定是知己。他们两个于是结为兄弟并相约明年同时在某一个地方居住下来。 明年，伯牙来了，但他发现钟子期已经死亡。他来到墓碑前哭了起来。接着他弹奏了一首曲子，弹毕，俞伯牙摔碎了琴并发誓永远不再弹奏。Usage Example (Pinyin):Ta(1) men(2) gao(1) shan(1) liu(2) shui(3) shi(4) de you(3) yi(2) chi(2) xu(4) le wu(3) shi(2) nian(2).Usage Example (English translation): Their high mountains and flowing water friendship lasted for 50 years. 成语大讲堂 Known by