中华传统美德故事:愚公移山
在很久很久以前,中国的北方有两座大山。一座叫太行山,另一座叫王屋山。在两座山的北面,住着一家人。他们世世代代都住在那里,也不知道住了多少年了。
Long,long ago there were two mountains in northernChina. One was Taihang Mountain;the other was Wangwu Mountain. In the north ofthe two mountains, there was a big family. They had lived there for manygenerations, but no one knew for sure how long.
家里的老爷爷名叫愚公。他白发银须,已经快90岁了。由于门前就是这两座顶天立地的大山,他和家里人每次出门时,都要绕很大的圈子,才能到南边的城镇去。终于有一天,老爷爷想:鈥溦庋雒盘环奖懔耍∥易约核晔罅耍晌一褂形业暮⒆用牵荒苋梦壹胰俗孀姹脖捕急徽饬阶笊礁粼诜被澜绲耐饷嫜剑∥颐且宰铀锖蟠涸穑盟悄芄蛔叩缴酵猓鲜妒澜纾龀ぜ叮♀
于是,他把全家人都召集起来,郑重其事地对大家说:鈥溛易急负湍忝且黄穑呐禄ǚ岩簧木Γ惨烟泻屯跷菡饬阶笊桨嶙撸鲆惶跬ㄏ蛲饷媸澜绲拇蟮溃∧忝撬岛寐穑库澯薰募父龆勇砩吓氖衷蕹桑蔷醯酶盖椎幕笆撬档剿切睦锶チ耍満醚剑《脊终饬阶笊剑梦颐敲环锻饷娣被氖澜纾颐窃缦肱沧咚橇耍∥颐遣荒茉僬庋钕氯チ耍♀
老奶奶的一番话把大家问住了,刚才还在吵嚷着大干一番的儿子们也安静了下来。的确,老奶奶的话很有道理。不过,愚公听了并没有气馁,他语重心长地说:鈥溛颐亲鍪虑椋灰芯鲂模泻阈模秸呔弑冈蛲蚴陆钥伞U馍剿浯螅晌颐峭谒淮纾蜕僖淮纾谒怀撸蜕僖怀摺N颐且黄肷险蠡褂型诓黄降哪且惶炻穑炕褂校勖枪曳绷衫切┩诔隼吹氖泛湍嗤粒钩钫也坏胶鲜实牡胤椒怕穑库