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优秀经典成语故事中英双语 成语寓言故事:Playing the Lute to a Cow对牛弹琴 Gong Mingyi was a famous musician in ancient times, who played the lute very well. 公明仪是古代一位很有名的音乐家，弹得一手好琴。 One day, while playing the lute indoors, Gong Mingyi saw a cow eating grass leisurely outside the window. He had a sudden whim to play some melodies for the cow. He first played the Exercise of Qing Jiao, but the cow still kept on eating grass with head lowered. He seemed to realize that the melody was too highbrow for the cow to understand. 有一天，他在室内弹琴，看见一头牛在窗外悠闲地吃着草。他忽然想弹几曲给牛听听。他先弹了一曲“清角之操”。可是，牛还是跟刚才一样，只顾低着头吃草。他似乎意识到，这支曲子太高雅了，牛没有听懂。 So he played several other melodies, imitating the buzzing sounds of swarms of flying mosquitoes, and the bleats of a calf looking for its companions. At this, to his surprise, the cow stopped eating grass, but raised its head, pricked up its ears, wagged its tail and, pacing up and down in small steps, began to listen attentively. 于是，他弹了另外几支曲子，模拟蚊子成群结队飞来飞去的嗡嗡声;模拟小牛犊寻找伙伴的眸眸叫唤声。这样一来，这头牛竟然不吃草了，抬起头，竖着耳朵，甩着尾巴，迈着小步，留心地倾听起来。 成语寓言故事:The Gentleman on the Beam梁上君子 One year in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a serious famine in I-Jenan. 东汉时的某一年，河南一带，饥荒严重。 One night, a thief sneaked into Chen Shis house and hid himself on the beam. When Chen Shi was aware of this, he got out of bed without haste, called his children and grandchildren to his room and said in a stern voice: 一天夜里，一个小偷潜人陈宴家，躲藏在屋子的横梁上。陈宴觉察到后，不慌不忙地起了床，把儿女子孙们都叫到屋里，严厉地说: One must always restrain and encourage oneself no matter under what circumstances. Bad men were not born bad. It is only become they dont restrain themselves that they develop bad habits and turn bad gradually. That gentleman on the beam is just a case in point. “一个人无论在什么情况下，都要克制自己，勉励自己。坏人，不是天生就坏，而是因为平时不克制自己而养成了坏的习惯，才慢慢地变坏的。那位梁上君子就是这样。” Much ashamed upon hearing this, the thief hiding on the beam promptly jumped down to the ground, kowtowed and begged for forgiveness. 躲在梁上的小偷听了，很惭愧，连忙翻身落地，磕头求饶。 Che