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含哲理的英语故事短文 In 273 BC, the Qin army launched another attack upon the State of Wei with a momentummore vigorous than ever. The king of the State of Wei summoned his officials,and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army.到公元前 273 年，秦国又一次向魏国出兵，势头空前猛烈。 魏王把大臣们召来，愁眉苦脸地问大家有没有使秦国退兵的办法。 After years of chaos caused by the wars,the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak of “res istance.大臣们由于经过多年的战乱，提起打仗就吓得哆嗦，谁也不敢谈 “抵抗二字。 At the critical moment when a large enemy force was approaching the border, most of the officials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River(huáng hé 黄 河 ) and south of the Taihang Mountain (tài háng shān 太行山).在这大兵压境的危急时刻，多数大臣都劝魏王， 用黄河以北和太行山以南的大片土地为代价，向秦王求和。 However Su Dai (sūdài 苏代), a counsellor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said:Your Majesty, they dont think about the interests of the country at all.It is just because they are cowardly and afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country.Of course you can temperarily satisfy the ambition of the king of the State of Qin isinsatiably greedy. It will never stop assaulting us until our land is totally given away.谋士苏代听了这些话，很不以为然，忙上前对魏王说：“大王，他们是因为自己胆小怕死，才让您去卖国求和，根本不为国家着想。 您想，把大片土地割让给秦国虽然暂时满足了秦王的野心，但秦 国的欲望是无止境的，只要魏国的土地没割完，秦军就不会停止进攻我们。 Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire fiercer. That was because he didnt know that,instead of putting out the fire, faggots could only make it burning more vigorously. Isnt it equivalent to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?说到这里，苏代讲了一个故事：“从前有一个人，他的房子起火了，别人劝他快用水去浇灭大火，但他不听，偏抱起一捆柴草去救火，是因为他不懂得柴草不但不能灭火反而能助长火势的道理。 大王若同意拿着魏国土地去求和， 不就等于抱着柴草救火 吗 ?Though Su Dais arg