中国传统故事英文曹冲称象二篇.pptx

CaochongweighedanElephant

IntheperiodoftheThreeKinodoms.SunQuanoftheWuKingdomoncegaveCaoCaoanelephantasapresent.

Onhearingthis,CaoCaoandhistopofficialsweresohappythattheyallwentoutsidetolookatit.

AyoungboyfollowedCaoCaoclosely.HewasCaoChong,CaoCaosson.

Wow！Theelephantwassohuge！Thefourlegsasalonewereasthickasthepillarsofapalace,Despiteitssize,theelephantwasquitetame.Wantingtoseehowbigtheelephantwas,CaoChonggotveryclosetoit,onlytofindthathecoudbarelyreachuptothe

Onseeingthis,CaoCaosaidtoeveryone,IwonderhowmuchthishugeelephantweighsDoesanyonehaveanyideahowtoweighit?Howcanwe

weighathingthisbig?Allthecivilandmilitaryofficialstartedtotalktoeother,searchingforanidea.

Someonesaid,Wecanonlyweighitifwebuilda

hugesetofscales.Butimaginehowbigthatsetofscaleswouldhavetobe!Andevenwithsuch

scales,itwouldbeimpossibletoweighaliving

Ageneralspokeinagruffvoice,Thisis

easy!Weonlyhavetokillit,cutitup,andthenweighthepiecesonebyone.

Nooneelsecouldfigureouta

betteridea.Thecivilandmilitaryofficialsallhungtheirheadsin

shameandstoppedtalking.

Onhearingthis,everyone

burstintolaughter.Whywouldanyonekillanelephantjusttohaveitweighed!

Justthen,Cao

Chongwalkedin

frontofeverybody

andsaid,Ihavea

solutiontoweightheelephantproperly.”

Seeingthatitwas

hisbelovedsonCaoChong,CaoCao

pretendedtobe

angry,andsaid,Nooneinmycourtcanfigureouthowto

weighanelephant.Sohowcanyou,amerechild,solvethisproblem?

CaoChongthenwhisperedsomethingintoCao

CaosearsthatmadeCaoCaosmile.CaoCao

immediatelytoldeveryone,Followme!Letsgoto

theriversideandwatchthiselephantbe