狹窄的胡同，寬廣的胸懷

王小波

俗話說：“遠(yuǎn)親不如近鄰?！倍Y讓是中華民族的傳統(tǒng)美德，讓我們一起細(xì)品發(fā)生在康熙年間的一則膾炙人口的民間故事。

An?about?2?meter?wide?alley，?or?“Liu?Chi?Xiang”?in?Chinese，?now?attracts?floods?of?visitors?in?East?Chinas?Anhui?Province.?It?has?a?household?ancient?story?hidden?behind?it，?which?vividly?explains?the?essence?of?tolerance?and?non?contention?widely?esteemed?in?China.

During?the?reign?of?Emperor?Kangxi?in?the?Qing?Dynasty，?one?of?his?ministers，?Zhang?Ying，?received?a?letter?from?his?family?back?in?his?hometown?of?Tongcheng?City?in?Anhui?one?day.?From?the?letter，?Zhang?learned?that?his?family?quarreled?with?their?neigh?bor?Wu?and?Wus?family?over?the?two?sides?house?boundary.?Zhangs?family?wrote?the?letter?hoping?that?Zhang，?a?high?ranking?official?in?the?imperial?palace，?could?force?the?Wu?family?to?make?a?concession.

However，?Zhang?wrote?a?poem?back?saying，?“Writing?a?letter?from?home?miles?away，?just?for?a?wall.?All?that?fuss?over?one?meter?or?two.?Looking?at?the?ten?thousand?mile?long?Great?Wall.?Long?gone?is?its?builder?Emperor?Qin?Shi?Huang.”?His?reply?enlightened?the?family?members?as?the?wall?was?merely?a?temporary?structure.?It?was?the?close?relation?ship?with?their?neighbors?that?mattered.

They?decided?to?move?their?wall?about?one?meter?back?for?their?neighbor.?In?turn，?the?Wu?family?was?deeply?touched?by?their?generosity?and?retreated?another?meter?back?ward?when?building?their?wall.?It?created?an?about?two?meter?wide?narrow?“alley”?between?the?houses.

More?than?30?decades?later?in?modern?China，?Tongcheng?has?become?a?national?historical?and?cultural?city，?a?statement?released?by?the?State?Council?said?on?Nov.?12.?Among?all?the?valuable?historical?sites?in?the?city，?the?narrow?alley?is?one?of?the?most?renowned?attractions.?It?serves?as?enlightenment，?inspiring?people?to?observe?public?morals?and?cherish?harmony，?especially?in?disputes?and?conflicts.

Many?locals?still?live?in?tiny?houses?next?to?each?other?and?share?walls?with?their?neighbors.?Inevitable?problems?like?noise?and?division?of?responsibility?when?it?comes?to?a?broken?wall?are?commonplaces.

Zhang?Yun，?Party?Secretary?of?Liuchixiang?Community，?also?a?descendant?of?Zhang?Ying，?has?drawn?on?his?ancestors?wisdom?in?mediating?such?daily?disputes.“A?good?neighbor?is?better?than?a?brother?far?away.?I?always?cite?the?ancient?story?of?my?ancestor?to?persuade?them?to?make?compromises?for?each?other，”?said?Zhang?Yun.

1.?Which?word?best?describes?Zhang?Yings?way?to?deal?with?the?problem？

A.?Wise.

B.?Clumsy.

C.?Humorous.

D.?Puzzling.

2.?What?does?the?underlined?word?“concession”?in?paragraph?2?refer?to？

A.?Joke.

B.?Fortune.

C.?Compromise.

D.?Difference.

3.?What?can?we?learn?from?the?last?paragraph?about?Zhang?Yun？

A.?He?is?a?descendant?of?Emperor?Kangxi.

B.?He?often?talks?with?his?neighbors?about?his?ancestors?story.

C.?He?inspires?people?to?cherish?peace.

D.?He?always?uses?his?ancestors?wisdom?to?deal?with?daily?problems.

4.?Whats?the?text?mainly?about？

A.?Conflicts?between?neighbors.

B.?A?housing?problem.

C.?Tolerance?in?daily?life.

D.?Styles?of?different?houses.

Ⅰ.?Difficult?sentence?in?the?text

It?has?a?household?ancient?story?hidden?behind?it，?which?vividly?explains?the?essence?of?tolerance?and?non?contention?widely?esteemed?in?China.?它背后隱藏著一個家喻戶曉的古老故事，這個故事生動地闡釋了在中國廣受推崇的寬容和不爭的本質(zhì)。

【點石成金】hidden是過去分詞作后置定語，修飾a?household?ancient?story;which引導(dǎo)的定語從句也修飾a?household?ancient?story，其中which在從句中作主語。

Ⅱ.?Text?centered?chunks

miles?away?千里之外

in?turn?反過來;轉(zhuǎn)而

serve?as?起到……的作用;充當(dāng)……

inspire?sb?to?do?sth?激勵某人去做某事

when?it?comes?to?sth?當(dāng)談及……時