英语故事-临渴掘井

1、文档编码 : CX6I9S9H10R9 HE4B2L4X7B9 ZO1J9L6K3M1英语故事临渴掘井临渴掘井 中文临渴掘井春秋时期,鲁国的国王鲁昭公宠爱听人说好话,不宠爱接受别人的看法； 于是,善于拍马屁的小人们逐步把握权益,正直忠诚的大臣们反而被排挤出了中心政府；慢慢地,鲁国由于政府的无能慢慢衰落了,最终被一个敌国消灭了；鲁昭公逃到了齐国, 由于他和齐国的国王齐景公有很好的私交；他对自己以前的行为后悔得要死,落到今日如此下场；觉得自己当时能分清好坏, 就不会齐国出名的大臣晏子却认为： 掉在水里的人, 确定要等到掉进 水里以后,才会想起应当防范失足；迷路的人,迷失了方向之后,才 知道应当留意

2、路径；犹如面临灾难的人,才急着铸造兵器；只有感觉到口渴的人,才会去挖井取水；虽然这时候用最快的速度,但是已经来不及了；后来,“ 临渴掘井” 就用来形容平常对各种事情不做预备,不加提防,等到事情已就要发生时, 才忙着实行措施去应对, 那是行不 通的；临渴掘井英文 to begin to dig a well when feeling thirsty During the Spring and Autumn Period - 221BC,the ruler of the state of Lul春秋 ch n qi ,770 gu 鲁国 was Lu Zhaogong l zh o g ng 鲁昭

3、公 ,a man without the ability to jude the right from wrong. He preferred to listen to the sweet words rather than the opinions which might seemd pretty harsh but quite ture. As a result of this,a large mount of treacherous court officials who were good at licking leader s boots gradully gained their

4、power within the government since they knew exactly how to cater to the vain king. Meanwhile,the dedicated and rayal ones who really committed themselves to contribute to the coutrys welfare were elbowed out of the s central administration. As a consequence of that, nationcomprehensive strength of L

5、u was weakened day by day on account of the poor managenment and serious corruptions. Before long,the once vigorous state was totally smashed by one army country. Chu Zhaogong himself had a narrow escape from being killed.He then came to the state of Qiq gu 齐国 to seek the shielter for that he and Qi

6、 Jinggong q j ng g ng 齐景公, the king of Qi had developed a good friendship. He told Qi Jinggong that he regretted to death for trusting the wrong persons. If not,he would not be down and out right now. Hearing his remark,Yan Zi yn z 晏子,the intelligent and renowned minster of Qi,replied:” Only when a

7、man falls into the water,can he take care of hie feet;Only when a man be confronted with the invasion,can he manufactured weapons rashily;Only when a man is badly thirsty,can he dig a well for the water. So,it s too little to late for your regret. After all ,you cant turn the clock back.”Today,the phrase” to begin to dig a well when feeling thirsty”