三分鐘英文勵志小故事

　　我們每天空出幾個三分鐘出來，看一些英文勵志小故事也是挺好的，那麼都有哪些呢?一起來看看吧。

　　：不學無術

　　In the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, Grand General Huo Guang was a minister who occupied a decisive position at court and was deeply trusted by the emperor. when Emperor Wudi was dying, he entrusted Huo Guang with the task of assisting his youngest son Liu fuelling Emperor Zhaodiin go verning the country. After the death of Emperor Zhaodi,Huo Guang made Liu Xun the emperor. who was Emperor Xuandi of the Han Dynasty. Controlling the imperial government for more than 40 years ,Huo Guang had rendered fairly outstanding service to the Western Han Dynasty. After Liu Xun ascended the throne, he made Imperial Concubine Xu his queen. Hankering after wealth and rank, Huo Guang's wife Huo Xian tried to make her youngest daughter Chengjun the queen of Lin Xun. So ,taking the opportunity of the queen's illness, Huo Xian bribed a woman doctor who poisoned the queen to death. The venomous scheme was brought to light,and the woman doctor was put into jail. Huo Guang knew nothing about it beforehand, and it was not until after the event that his wife told him about it. Seized with terror, Huo Guang reproached his wife for doing such a thing, He thought of reporting his wife for her crime, but at the same time did not have the beart to have her wife punished. After much hesitation, he conceited the thing offensive to God and reason in the end. After Huo Guang died,Emperor Xuandi was informed of the case. Someone was sent to investigate it. Hearing this,Huo Guang's wife discussed with her family members and trusted followers in order to find a way to deal with her family members and trusted followers in order to find a way to deal with the situation. Three decided to call the clansmen together to stage a rebellion. But the secret was divulged. Emperor Xuandi sent troops to surround Hue's home, and all the members of Hue's family were executed. Commenting on the merits and demerits of Huo Guang, historian Ban Gu32-92 said in "The Life of Huo Guang "in his History of the Han Dynasty that Huo Guang "had neither knowledge nor skill and did not understand the major principles". That is to say, Huo Guang did not understand the truths concerning the overall situation because he did not study and had no knowledge. The set phrase" having neither knowledge nor skill" is later used to refer to being ignorant and incompetent.

　　漢武帝在位的時候，大將軍霍光是朝廷舉足輕重的大臣，深得武帝信任。武帝監死前，把幼子劉弗陵昭帝託付給霍光輔佐。昭帝去世後，霍光又立劉詢做皇帝宣帝。霍光掌握朝政大權四十多年，為西漢王進立下了不小的功勳。

　　劉詢承皇位以後，立許妃做皇后。霍光的妻子霍顯，是個貪圖富貴的女人，她想把自己的小女兒成君嫁給劉詢做皇后，就乘許娘娘有病的機會，買通女醫下毒害死了許後。毒計敗露，女醫下獄。此事霍光事先一點也不知道，等事情出來了，霍顯才告訴他。霍光非常驚懼，指責妻子不該辦這種事情。他也想去告發，但又不忍心妻子被治罪，前思後想，還是把這件傷天害理的事情隱瞞下來了。霍光死後，有人向宣帝告發此案，宣帝派人去調查處理。霍光的妻子聽說了，與家人、親信商量對策，決定召集族人策劃謀反，不想走漏了風聲，宣帝派兵將霍家包圍，滿門抄斬。

　　東漢史學家班固在《漢書·霍光傳》中評論霍光的功過。說他“不學無術，暗於大理”，意思是：霍光不讀書，沒學識，因而不明關乎大局的道理。成語“不學無術”，指沒有學問，沒有本領指沒有?

　　：班門弄斧

　　Showing Off One's Proficiency with the Axe Before Lu Ban the Master Carpenter

　　in ancient times, Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate master in construction and sculpture. Carpenters respect him as ancestor master. It is said that he once carved a colorful wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban.

　　This idiom excoriates those who show off their slight accomplishments in front of experts.

　　古代有一個建築和雕刻技術非常高超的人，名叫魯班，木匠行裡尊稱他為祖師。傳說他曾用木頭製作了一隻五彩斑斕的鳳凰，能夠在空中飛翔三天不掉下來。在魯班門前擺弄斧子，當然顯得有些自不量力了。

　　“班門弄斧”這個成語，用來比喻在行家面前顯示本領。

　　：洛陽紙貴

　　Overwhelming Popularity of a New Work Causes Shortage of Printing Paper

　　In the Jin Dynasty 265-420 there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a small kid.His father often got angry, and yet young Zuo Si was as naughty as ever and would not study hard.

　　One day, Zuo Si's father was chatting with his friends. his friends envied him his clever and loverly son. Hearing this, Zuo si's father sighed, "Please do not mention him. My son Zuo si does not study as well as I did when I was young, although I did not study well enough myself. It appears that he is actually a good-for-nothing." So saying, he looked disappointed. All this was witnessed by young Zuo Si. He felt very sad, feeling intensely that he would not be able to have a bright future if he did not study hard. So he was determined to study assiduously from then on. Day after day and year after year, Zuo Si gradually grew up. Because of his unremitting afforts in hard study, he became an erudite scholar and wrote very excellent essays. The "Ode to the Capital of the State of Qi", which took him one year to write, showed his brilliant literary talent and laid the foundation for his becoming an outstanding writer. then he planned to write an "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu" with the local conditions and customs as well as the produce of the three capitals as its content. In order to achieve the desired effect in content, structure and language, he applied himself to research work with great concentration, and was so absorbed in creative writing as to forget food and sleep. It took him ten whole years to finish the writing of "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu", a literary masterpiece.

　　The "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu" was well received by the broad masses of readers after it made its appearance to the public, and people considered it as superbly written as the "Ode to the Western Capital Changan and to the Eastern Capital Luoyang" written by Ban Gu 32-92 and the "Ode to the Western Capital and to the Eastern Capital" written by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty 206 B.C. to A.D.220. As the art of printing had not been invented at that time, people who were fond of this "Ode" had to make handwritten copies of it themselves. As there were so many people who vied with each other in making handwritten copies, the supply of writing paper fell short of the demand in Luoyang went up greatly.

　　This story comes from "The life of Zuo Si" in the book "Literary Field" of The History of the Jin Dynasty. Based on this story, people have coined the set phrase "the price of writing paper went up greatly", meaning the overwhelming popularity of a new work causes shortage of printing paper, to show how popular an outstanding piece of literary work is.

　　晉代文學家左思，小時候是個非常頑皮、不愛讀書的孩子。父親經常為這事發脾氣，可是小左思仍然淘氣得很，不肯好好學習。

　　有一天，左思的父親與朋友們聊天，朋友們羨慕他有個聰明可愛的兒子。左思的父親嘆口氣說：“快別提他了，小兒左思的學習，還不如我小時候，看來沒有多大的出息了。”說著，臉上流露出失望的神色。這一切都被小左思看到聽到了，他非常難過，覺得自己不好好唸書確實很沒出息。於是，暗暗下定決心，一定要刻苦學習。

　　日復一日，年復一年，左思漸漸長大了，由於他堅持不懈地發奮讀書，終於成為一位學識淵博的人，文章也寫得非常好。他用一年的時間寫成了《齊都賦》，顯示出他在文學方面的才華，為他成為傑出的文學家奠定了基礎。這以後他又計劃以三國時魏、蜀、吳首都的風土、人情、物產為內容，撰寫《三都賦》。為了在內容、結構、語言諸方面都達到一定水平，他潛心研究，精心撰寫，廢寢忘食，用了整整十年，文學鉅著《三都賦》終於寫成了。

　　《三都賦》受到諒也評，人們把它和漢代文學傑作《兩都賦》相比。由於當時還沒有發明印刷術，喜愛《三都賦》的人只能爭相抄閱，因為抄寫的人太多，京城洛陽的紙張供不應求，一時間全城紙價大幅度上升。

　　故事出自《晉書·文苑·左思傳》。成語“洛陽紙貴”，稱頌傑出的作品風行一進。