看故事學英語：抱薪救火

 　英語學習的方式有很多中，通過成語故事學英語，每天一個成語英語故事學習，讓英語學習一點點進步。接下來一起學習吧。

　　In the last years of the Warring States period (戰(zhàn)國, 475-221BC), the State of Qin (秦國) attacked the State of Wei (魏國) on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself.

　　戰(zhàn)國末期，秦國向魏國接連發(fā)動大規(guī)模的進攻，魏國無力抵抗，大片土地都被秦軍占領了。

　　In 273 BC, the Qin army launched another attack upon the State of Wei with a momentum more vigorous than ever. The king of the State of Wei summoned his officials,and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army.

　　到公元前27，秦國又一次向魏國出兵，勢頭空前猛烈。魏王把大臣們召來，愁眉苦臉地問大家有沒有使秦國退兵的辦法。

　　After years of chaos caused by the wars,the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak of “resistance”.

　　大臣們由于經(jīng)過多年的戰(zhàn)亂，提起打仗就嚇得哆嗦，誰也不敢談“抵抗”二字。

　　At the critical moment when a large enemy force was approaching the border, most of the officials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River

　　(huáng hé 黃河) and south of the Taihang Mountain (tài háng shān 太行山).

　　在這大兵壓境的危急時刻，多數(shù)大臣都勸魏王，用黃河以北和太行山以南的大片土地為代價，向秦王求和。

　　However Su Dai (sūdài 蘇代), a counsellor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said:"Your Majesty, they don't think about the interests of the country at all.It is just because they are cowardly and afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country.Of course you can temperarily satisfy the ambition of the king of the State of Qin is insatiably greedy. It will never stop assaulting us until our land is totally given away."

　　謀士蘇代聽了這些話，很不以為然，忙上前對魏王說：“大王，他們是因為自己膽小怕死，才讓您去賣國求和，根本不為國家著想。您想，把大片土地割讓給秦國雖然暫時滿足了秦王的野心，但秦國的欲望是無止境的，只要魏國的土地沒割完，秦軍就不會停止進攻我們。”以上，就是關于成語英語小故事的學習，hellokid老師每天教學一個英語故事的學習，讓我們共同進步。