双语阅读梁上君子和对牛弹琴

1、中国寓言小故事:梁上君子和对牛弹琴One year in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was aserious fa mine in I-Jenan.东汉时的某一年,河南一带,饥荒严重.One night, a thief sneaked into Chen Shi's house andhid himself on the beam . When Chen Shi was a wareof this, he got out of bed without haste, called hischildre n and grandchildren to h

2、is room and said in astern voice:一天夜里,一个小偷潜人陈宴家,躲藏在屋子的横梁上.陈宴觉 察到后,不慌不忙地起了床,把儿女子孙们都叫到屋里,严厉地 说:One must always restrain and encourage oneself no matter under what circumstances. Badmen were not born bad. It is only become they don ' t restrain themselves that they developbad habits and turn b ad g

3、radually. That gentleman on the beam is just a case in p oint.“一个人无论在什么情况下,都要克制自己,勉励自己.坏人,不是天生就坏,而是由于平时不克制自己而养成了坏的习惯,才慢慢地变坏的.那位梁上君子就是这样.Much ashamed upon hearing this, the thief hiding on the bea m promptly jumped down to theground, kowtowed and begge d for forgiveness.躲在梁上的小偷听了,很惭愧,连忙翻身落地,磕头求饶.Chen

4、 Shi enlightened him by saying:陈宴开导他说：Judging from your appearance , you don 't look like a bad man. Perhaps you are driven by poverty to s teal. But you should carefully examine yourself and turn over a new leaf.“看你的样子弁不像坏人,你这样做,恐怕也是被贫困逼出来的.不过你应当好好反省,改邪归正.Then he immediately asked someone to br

5、ing two bolts of w hite silk to give the thief as apresent. The thief kowtowed an d thanked him repeatedly.接着,他马上叫人拿来两匹白绡赠送给小偷.小偷不停地磕头致谢.Since then, very few thefts occurred in this locality.从此以后,这个地方很少发生偷盗的事情.Gong Mingyi was a famous musician in ancienttimes, who pl ayed the lute very well.公明仪是古代一位

6、很有名的音乐家,弹得一手好琴.One day, while playing the lute indoors, Gong Mingyisaw a c ow eating grass leisurely outside the window.有一天,他在室内弹琴,看见一头牛在窗外悠闲地吃着草.He had a sudden whim to play some melodies forthe cow. H e first played the Exercise of Qing Jiao ;他忽然想弹几曲给牛听听.他先弹了一曲“清角之操.but the cow still kept on eatin

7、g grass with headlowered. He s eemed to realize that the melody wastoo highbrow for the co w to understand .可是,牛还是跟刚刚一样,只顾低着头吃草.他似乎意识到,这 支曲子太高雅了,牛没有听懂.So he played several other melodies, imitating the buzzing s ounds of swarms of flyingmosquitoes, and the bleats of a cal f looking for its companions.于是,他弹了另外几支曲子,模拟蚊子成群结队飞来飞去的嗡嗡 声;模拟小牛犊寻找伙伴的眸眸叫唤声.At this, to his surprise, the cow stopped eating grass, but rai sed its head, pricked up its ears, wagged it