英語故事-臨渴掘井

1、文檔編碼 : CX6I9S9H10R9 HE4B2L4X7B9 ZO1J9L6K3M1英語故事臨渴掘井臨渴掘井 中文臨渴掘井春秋時期,魯國的國王魯昭公寵愛聽人說好話,不寵愛接受別人的看法； 于是,善于拍馬屁的小人們逐步把握權(quán)益,正直忠誠的大臣們反而被排擠出了中心政府；慢慢地,魯國由于政府的無能慢慢衰落了,最終被一個敵國消滅了；魯昭公逃到了齊國, 由于他和齊國的國王齊景公有很好的私交；他對自己以前的行為后悔得要死,落到今日如此下場；覺得自己當時能分清好壞, 就不會齊國出名的大臣晏子卻認為： 掉在水里的人, 確定要等到掉進 水里以后,才會想起應當防范失足；迷路的人,迷失了方向之后,才 知道應當留意

2、路徑；猶如面臨災難的人,才急著鑄造兵器；只有感覺到口渴的人,才會去挖井取水；雖然這時候用最快的速度,但是已經(jīng)來不及了；后來,“ 臨渴掘井” 就用來形容平常對各種事情不做預備,不加提防,等到事情已就要發(fā)生時, 才忙著實行措施去應對, 那是行不 通的；臨渴掘井英文 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 魯國 was Lu Zhaogong l zh o g ng 魯昭

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 齊國 to seek the shielter for that he and Qi

6、 Jinggong q j ng g ng 齊景公, 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”