英语寓言故事“熟能生巧”

　　During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer. One day he drew a big crowd while he was practicing on the drill ground. He shot so accurately that the on-lookers cheered with excitement. He became very proud of his skill. But among the crowd an old oil peddler only nodded his head indifferently. This hurt his Pride.

　　鈥淐an you do this?鈥� he asked the old oil peddler.

　　鈥淣o, I can鈥檛.鈥�

　　鈥淲hat do you think of my skill?鈥�

　　鈥淛ust OK, but nothing special. You鈥檝e gained your accuracy from persistent practice. That鈥檚 all.鈥�

　　鈥淲hat can you do, then?鈥� the old man said nothing. He put a gourd bottle on the ground and covered its mouth with a copper coin. He then scooped out a ladle of oil from his big jar, held it high and began to fill the bottle.

　　Now, a thread of oil came down from the ladle into the bottle just through the hole of the coin. Everybody looking on watched with amazement. But the old man said, 鈥淭his is nothing special, I can do this because I have practiced it a lot.鈥� And with these words, he left.

　　Later, people use this phrase to mean 鈥淧ractice makes perfect鈥�.

　　北宋时期，有个技艺高超的射手。有一天，他在训练场上练习射箭，引来了一大群人观看，大家都称赞他的技艺，他感到非常骄傲。但他发现人群中有个卖油翁只是淡淡的点点头，这使得他很不高兴。

　　他就问那老头：鈥溎慊嵘浼�吗？鈥�

　　鈥湶换帷ｂ��

　　鈥溎闳衔�我的技术如何？鈥�

　　鈥溡话恪Ｃ皇裁刺乇鸬模�你只能对付固定的东西，仅此而已。鈥�

　　鈥溎慊岣墒裁矗库��

　　这个老头没有回答。他把一个葫芦放在地上，接着把一枚铜钱放在瓶口。然后从他的大油壶里舀起一勺油。

　　从高处往放在地上的葫芦里倒。只见那油就像线一样从铜钱中间的小洞里滴下去，一滴都没有漏出来。围观者都惊呆了。而这个卖油翁却说：鈥溒涫得皇裁创蟛涣说模�只不过是天天练的结果。鈥澦低辏�他就离开了。

　　后来，人们用鈥準炷苌�巧鈥澱飧龀捎锢幢硎臼炝妨司湍茏鞯煤谩�