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【英语文化】初中英语传统文化阅读71 Be Jittery With Imaginary Fears杯弓蛇影
【英语文化】初中英语传统文化阅读71 Be Jittery With Imaginary Fears杯弓蛇影& 今天顺德初中英语微信公众号您推出英文金曲 夏天的氛围。演唱者: 顺德区乐从第一实验学校潘焓玥，指导老师:程金华。热切欢迎各位英语同仁的关注和指导，并真诚期待全国各地师生奉献分享精彩的英文演唱。夏洛的网 (Charlotte's Web) 是一部可以与《小王子》相媲美的世界名著，作者 E.B.怀特（E.B.White）是美国最伟大的散文家和儿童文学作家。他的《精灵鼠小弟》和《吹小号的天生》都是脍炙人口、不断再版的名篇，但是最受推崇的还是他的《夏洛的网》。
Be Jittery With Imaginary Fears In the Jin Dynasty, there was a very wise man named Le Guang. He loved having friends over. One day, Le Guang invited a friend to his home to drink wine. When his friend took a sip of the wine and was about to put down the cup, he saw a tiny "snake" floating in it. He was so frightened! After going back home, the friend got sick. Le Guang went to visit him and learned that his friend was worried there was a snake in the cup. Le Guang was confused. How could there be a snake in the cup? When Le Guang went home, he took a cup and sat in the same place as his friend. Then he looked around and found a bow hanging on the wall. The bow's shadow in the cup looked just like a snake. Le Guang asked his friend to come again. He let the friend sit in that seat and have a drink. Soon the friend saw the shadow again. Le Guang told him the truth. Knowing it was only the shadow of the bow, the friend felt relaxed at once. His illness went away soon. This is the story of "the snake in the cup", which is the allusion of the idiom Fear the Shadow of a Bow (杯弓蛇影). It tells us not to be scared by false illusions. 晋朝的时候，有一位十分睿智的人，名叫乐广。他喜欢邀请朋友到家里做客。 有一天，乐广邀请一位朋友到家中喝酒。这位朋友抿了一口酒，正要放下酒杯时，看见杯里漂浮着一条小小的 “蛇”。他吓坏了！ 朋友回家之后就生病了。乐广前去探望，才知道朋友一直担心酒杯里有一条蛇。乐广十分疑惑：酒杯里怎么会有蛇呢？ 乐广回到家中，拿上酒杯，坐到和朋友当时相同的位置。接着他环顾四周，发现墙上挂着一张弓。弓倒映在酒杯里的影子，看起来就像一条蛇。 乐广再次请来这位朋友，让他坐在原来的位置饮酒。很快，朋友又看见了那个影子。乐广把真相告诉了他。得知那只不过是弓的影子，朋友一下子就放松下来，病很快就痊愈了。 这就是 “杯弓蛇影” 的典故。它告诉我们，不要被虚假的幻象吓到。 重点短语（附音标+释义） have friends over /hæv frendz ˈəʊvə(r)/ 邀请朋友来家里做客 take a sip of /teɪk ə sɪp ɒv/ 抿一口…… be about to do sth /bi əˈbaʊt tu duː/ 正要做某事 put down /pʊt daʊn/ 放下 be so frightened /bi səʊ ˈfraɪtnd/ 如此害怕 the same as /ðə seɪm æz/ 和…… 一样 look around /lʊk əˈraʊnd/ 环顾四周 hang on the wall /hæŋ ɒn ðə wɔːl/ 挂在墙上 look just like /lʊk dʒʌst laɪk/ 看起来就像 at once /æt wʌns/ 立刻，马上 go away /ɡəʊ əˈweɪ/ （病痛）消失，痊愈 回答问题 1. Why did Le Guang’s friend get sick after drinking wine at Le Guang’s home? 2. What was the "snake" in the cup in fact? 3. What did Le Guang do to find out the truth? 4. How did the friend feel after he knew the truth? 5. What lesson can we learn from this story? 参考答案 1. Because he saw a tiny "snake" in his wine cup and was afraid of it. He worried the snake would hurt him. 2. It was just the shadow of the bow hanging on the wall. 3. He took a cup, sat in the same place as his friend and looked around. Then he found the bow on the wall. Later he invited his friend again and told him the truth. 4. He felt relaxed at once and his illness went away soon. 5. We should not be afraid of false illusions. We need to find out the truth when we meet something strange. 
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