Chinese Idiom Story:To Rise with the Rooster 中國(guó)成語(yǔ)故事：聞雞起舞

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聞雞起舞是一則來(lái)源于歷史故事的成語(yǔ)，故事中的祖逖和劉琨經(jīng)過(guò)長(zhǎng)期的刻苦學(xué)習(xí)和訓(xùn)練，實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的人生價(jià)值。

Zu Ti of the Jin Dynasty was very clever and talent. When he was young，he had a good friend named Liu Kun. They had a deep friendship so they stayedtogether every day and got up at the same time every morning.

One day， when they were sleeping， Zu Ti heard the 1）rooster 2）crowing.He woke up Liu Kun and said， "How about getting up to play 3）swords as soonas we heard the rooster crowing from now on？"LiuKun was still sleepy. But heagreed with him 4ljoyfully. From then on， they got up and played swords oncethe rooster began crowing. They kept their words and never gave up no matterhow cold in winter or hot in summer. A few years later， they both grew up withgreat talent and wisdom. And they both did excellent job to their country.

晉朝的祖逖非常聰明且有才華。年幼的時(shí)候，他有一個(gè)好朋友叫劉琨。他們情感深厚，每天都待在一起，每天早上一同起床。

有一天，祖逖在睡夢(mèng)中聽(tīng)到公雞打鳴的聲音，他把劉琨叫醒后對(duì)他說(shuō)：“從今天起，我們聽(tīng)到公雞打鳴起來(lái)舞劍如何？”劉琨尚有困意，但他還是欣然答應(yīng)了。從那以后，他們約定每天公雞一打鳴就起來(lái)舞劍。他們信守承諾，無(wú)論寒冬酷暑，從未放棄。幾年之后，他們都成長(zhǎng)為才華與智慧兼?zhèn)涞娜?，盡忠盡責(zé)地報(bào)效祖國(guó)。

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Zu Ti was a man with magnanimous mind and great ambition. But whenhe was a child， he had been a naughty boy who didn't love reading. When hegrew up， he realized his lack of knowledge and deeply felt that he could notserve his country well， so he set to study very hard. He read books extensivelyand studied history carefully， from which he learned a wealth of knowledge andmade great progress in learning.

祖逖是個(gè)胸懷坦蕩、具有遠(yuǎn)大抱負(fù)的人?？伤r(shí)候卻是個(gè)不愛(ài)讀書(shū)的淘氣孩子。進(jìn)入青年期，他意識(shí)到自己知識(shí)的貧乏，深感不讀書(shū)無(wú)以報(bào)效國(guó)家，于是發(fā)奮讀書(shū)。他廣泛閱讀書(shū)籍，認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)歷史，從中汲取了豐富的知識(shí)，學(xué)問(wèn)大有長(zhǎng)進(jìn)。