Scare Yourself杯弓蛇影

龍菲

在生活中無論遇到什么問題，我們應(yīng)該先問一個(gè)為什么，然后通過調(diào)查研究去努力弄清事情的真相，求得正確的解決方法。

In the Western Jin Dynasty， there was a man named Yue Guang. He was1）hospitable. One day， he invited a friend to have a drink at his home. Whenthey were drinking， his friend caught a glimpse of a small snake in his cup.Though 2）disgusted， his friend still swallowed the wine down. As soon as he gothome， he was ill.

Several days later， Yue Guang knew of his friends illness and the cause.He thought that there couldnt be a snake in the wine cup. So he went backto go over the place where they had the drink and finally he found the cause：there was a colourful3）bow on the wall of the hall， and the shadow of the bowhappened to throw exactly at the place where his friend had put his wine cup.Yue Guang hurried to his friends home and told him about this. As soon as hisfriend came to understand that it was the 4）reflection of a bow instead of a snakein his cup， he got over his illness at once.

詞組加油站

catch a glimpse of瞥見

swallow down吞下

go over仔細(xì)檢查

get over恢復(fù)

1） hospitable [h??sp?t?bl] adj. 熱情好客的

2） disgusted [d?s?ɡ?st?d] adj. 惡心的

3） bow [ba?] n. 弓

4） reflection [r??flek?n] n. 倒影

西晉時(shí)有一個(gè)叫樂廣的人，他熱情好客。一天，他邀請(qǐng)一位朋友到家里喝酒。當(dāng)他們舉杯暢飲時(shí)，他的朋友無意瞥見杯中似有一條小蛇。雖感覺惡心，但礙于情面，朋友硬著頭皮把酒喝下了。一到家，朋友就病了。

幾天后，樂廣知道了朋友的病情和病因。樂廣認(rèn)為酒杯里不可能有蛇。因此，他回到他們當(dāng)時(shí)喝酒的位置上，最后找到了原因：他家廳堂的墻上掛了一張色彩鮮艷的弓，蛇一定是倒映在酒杯中的弓影。樂廣急忙地跑到朋友的家里，把這件事告訴了他。朋友知道杯子里不是蛇而是弓的倒影時(shí)，病立刻好了。

Fill in the blanks：

There was a colourful _____ on the wall of the hall， and the shadow ofthe bow happened to throw exactly at the place where his friend had put his_____________.

Know More

There are three main meanings of the story. First， be open-hearted， do notbe paranoid without a basis. Second， be good at thinking and have the courage tomake discoveries. Third， dont be fooled by the illusion of things.

“杯弓蛇影”的故事主要有三種寓意：第一，要心胸坦蕩，不要沒有依據(jù)就疑神疑鬼;第二，要善于思考、勇于發(fā)現(xiàn);第三，不要被事情的假象所迷惑。BE580812-521C-439B-BA4F-681A55281CD7