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大学英语励志小故事 很多大学生都喜欢看一些英语励志小故事来提高自己的阅读理解能力，那么都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。 Showing Off Ones Proficiency with the Axe Before Lu Ban the Master Carpenter in ancient times, Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate master in construction and sculpture. Carpenters respect him as ancestor master. It is said that he once carved a colorful wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off ones skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban. This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts. 古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班，木匠行里尊称他为祖师。传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。在鲁班门前摆弄斧子，当然显得有些自不量力了。 “班门弄斧”这个成语，用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。 Kindly Step into the Vat--Try What You Have Devised against Others In order to suppress those who were against her, Wu Zetian, the empress of the Tang Dynasty 618-907, appointed a few merciless persons to be judges. Two of them were extremely brutal; one was called Zhou Xing and the other was called Lai Junchen. They killed many upright civil and military officials as well as ordinary people by framing up cases against tham and by administering inhuman corporal punishment to them. Once, Wu Zetian received a letter which informed against Zhou Xing. The letter aside that Zhou Xing was plotting a rebellion in collaboration with others. Wu Zetian was furiously angry when she read the letter, and immediately ordered Lai Junchen to deal with the case severely. Hearing the order, Lai Junchen had misgivings about it. He knew that Zhou Xing could not be forced to tell the truth merely by using a letter informing against him because he was very sly and crafty. Lai Junchen also knew that he would not be for given if he should fail in dealing with the case, because the empress would certainly blame him and punish him. How could he solve the problem then? He turned the problem over and over in his mind, and fin