英语讲中国成语故事03 拔苗助长 Hurry Up,Plants.pdf

G2成语_HurryUp,Plants拔苗助长

作者：EvanPeng

朗读者：CorryWalling

Lexile：600L

难度：相当于美国小学二年级

有个宋国人因为担忧自己的禾苗不生长，便将禾苗往上拔，回家后他吹

嘘给他的儿子听，他的儿子急忙跑到田里，发现禾苗都枯死了。这个故

事看似可笑，却映射了许多生活中人们的行为。

WelcometoALO7’sPowertoLearn!Today’sstoryisHurryUp,

Plants!retoldbyEvanPeng,andnarratedbyCorryWalling.

AwisemannamedMengzioncetoldthisstory:

Along,longtimeago,therewasafarmerwholivedwithhissoninthe

StateofSong.However,theyweren’tmusical.Theywerehardworking

andrarelysang.Thefarmerwasparticularlyserious.Hisclosest

neighborhadevencalledhimaworrier.

Oncetheweatherwasgood,thefarmerandhissonplantedrice

together.Theyweretiredandproudwhenalltheseedshadbeen

planted.Thefarmerhopedtheyhaddoneeverythingperfectly.

Hewantedtowatchthericegrow.Startingatsunriseeveryday,he

stoodinthefloodedfields,waiting.Hewonderedifthesmall

greensproutneartheboulderhadbeenthereanhourago.Hegot

excited.Maybeitwasanewplant!Whenhelookedcloser,hesawthatit

wasanoldplant.Whatadisappointment.Hewentbacktowatchingthe

fields.Hewavedhisarmstoscarebirds.Manydayspassedjustinthis

way.

Soon,hebegantogetworried.Itseemedthattheshootshadnotgrown

forseveraldays.Theylookedthesameastheyhadthedaybefore,and

thedaybeforethat,andthedaybeforethattoo.

Hedecidedtostopathisclosestneighbor’shouse.Astheydranktea,

thefarmeraskedthequestionthathadbeenbotheringhim.“Bytheway,

howisyourricegrowing?”heasked.“Iamworriedaboutmine.Itseems

tohavestoppedgrowing!”

“Oh,myriceisgrowinggreenandhealthy!”repliedtheneighbor.“Iam

veryhappywiththeprogress.Naturewillprovide.”

Thisconversationdidnotputthefarmer’smindatease.Hequickly

returnedtohisfieldstocheckonhisrice.Itlookedlikeitstillhadn’t

grown.Notevenamillimeter!Hestartedtopanic.Helookedagain.Was