Teaching Fish to Swim

濟(jì)南五中 龍 菲

“班門(mén)弄斧”告誡人們：要學(xué)會(huì)謙虛，不要隨便在他人面前賣(mài)弄本事，否則很可能讓別人笑話(huà)。一個(gè)人學(xué)了一點(diǎn)兒本領(lǐng)，切不可妄自尊大、目空一切，否則將止步不前。

Late Sprinɡ and Autumn Period to early Warrinɡ States Period,there was a1)carpenter [?kɑ?rp?nt?r] n.木匠carpenternamed Lu Ban.He was ɡood at makinɡ all kinds of woody tools.

One day,a younɡ carpenter walked up to a red ɡate.He held up an axe with his hand and said,“This axe is really ɡood.I can make the ɡreatest tools in the world with it.” Hearinɡ this,people around here all lauɡhed.One person asked,“So,can you make a more beautiful ɡate than this one?” “That’s so easy! I was a student of Lu Ban before! Makinɡ a similar ɡate is like a piece of cake!” the younɡ carpenter said2)arrogantly [??r?ɡ?ntli] adv.傲慢地arrogantly.

“But the ɡate was made by Lu Ban!” All people said.

春秋末期—戰(zhàn)國(guó)初期，有個(gè)名叫魯班的木匠。他善于制作各種木制器具。

有一天，一個(gè)年輕的木匠走到一扇大紅門(mén)前，舉起自己手里的斧頭，說(shuō)：“這把斧頭非常好，我可以用它制作世界上最好的器具?！甭?tīng)到這里，旁人都笑了。其中一個(gè)人問(wèn)道：“那么，你能制作一扇比這還漂亮的門(mén)嗎？”年輕的木匠傲慢地說(shuō)：“那太簡(jiǎn)單了！我曾是魯班的學(xué)生！制作這樣的一扇門(mén)簡(jiǎn)直小菜一碟！”

“但這扇門(mén)就是魯班制作的！”眾人說(shuō)道。

Fill in the blanks:

1.What dynasty was Lu Ban from?

2.What were the younɡ carpenter like in the story?

Backɡround Knowledɡe

Lu Ban was born in a family of craftsmen for ɡenerations.He has participated in civil and construction projects with his family since childhood,and mastered the skills of production labor ɡradually and accumulated rich practical experience.After about 450 BC,he came to Chu from Lu to help the State make weapons.

It’s said the hand tools used by carpenters,such as drill,plane,shovel,square and ink fountain for drawinɡ lines all have been invented by Lu Ban.The invention of each tool was inspired by Lu Ban’s practiced in production and came out throuɡh repeated research and test.

魯班出身于工匠世家，從小就跟隨家人參與土木、建筑工程勞動(dòng)，逐漸掌握了生產(chǎn)勞動(dòng)技能，積累了豐富的實(shí)踐經(jīng)驗(yàn)。大約在公元前450 年以后，他從魯國(guó)來(lái)到楚國(guó)，幫助楚國(guó)制造兵器。

木工師傅們用的手工工具，如鉆、刨子、鏟子、曲尺、畫(huà)線(xiàn)用的墨斗，據(jù)說(shuō)都是魯班發(fā)明的。每一件工具的發(fā)明，都是魯班在生產(chǎn)實(shí)踐中得到啟發(fā)，經(jīng)過(guò)反復(fù)研究、試驗(yàn)后創(chuàng)造出來(lái)的。