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高一英语短文故事阅读 One year, there was a great famine in the State of Qi. 有一年，齐国发生了特大的饥荒。 A rich man named Qian Ao set up a stall by the roadside with lots of food, waiting for hungrypeople to come to give it in charity. 有个富人，名叫黔敖。他在大路旁边设摊，摆了许多食物，等饥饿的人来了，就施舍给他们。 After a short while, an awfully hungry man walked over, with his head covered by his sleeve andhis shoes tied up with strings. 不一会儿，一个饿得发慌的人，用衣袖蒙着头，用绳子绑着鞋，昏昏沉沉地走了过来。 When Qian Ao saw this, he held food in his left hand and tea in his right, shouting: 黔敖见了，左手捧着食物，右手拿着茶水，吃喝道: Hey, come and eat your fill. “喂!来吃个饱吧!” The man raised his head suddenly, opening his eyes wide and said angrily: 那个人猛地抬起头来，双眼圆睁，生气地说: It is exactly because I dont want to take this kind of hand-out food given by people shoutingcharity that I have starved to such an extent! “我就是因为不吃这种人家吃喝着施舍的食物，才饿到这种地步的啊!” As soon as Qian Ao heard this, he quickly apologized to the man. 黔敖一听，连忙向他表示歉意。 But eventually the man starved to death because he was unwilling to take the food. 但那人终因不肯吃他的东西而饿死了。 In ancient times, at the foot of Mount Tai surrounded by mountains, one often heard of tales oftigers devouring people. 古代，在群山环抱的泰山脚下，常常听到老虎吃人的事情。 One day, Confucius and his disciples passed by Mount Tai. 有一天，孔子带着弟子路过泰山。 As they walked along, his disciples talked about what they had heard and seen. 弟子们一边走，一边谈论着所见所闻。 Suddenly, they heard someone weeping in the distance. 忽然，听到远处传来哭声。 They went over and saw a young woman who, with her head covered with a white kerchief, worewhite cotton clothes, trousers, shoes and stockings. 大家便走了过去，一看原来是一个年轻的妇女，头上包着白色的头巾，身上穿着白布衣裤，脚上套着白布鞋袜。 She was kneeling in front of a new grave and weeping bitterly. 正跪在一座新坟前面痛哭。 The disciples didnt know what to do. Confucius ordered one of them to go forward and ask: Who has died? Why are you weeping in such sorrow? 弟子们不知如何是好，孔子叫弟子上前询问:“死了谁?你为什么哭得这么伤心?” The woman raised