今天小编给大家分享的一篇英文的成语故事《卧薪尝胆》,讲的是春秋时期,越王勾践的故事,故事情节究竟是怎么样的呢?大家跟着小编一起来欣赏这篇英文版的成语故事《卧薪尝胆》,让我们一起来品味一下其中所蕴含的人生哲理,顺便提高自己中英互译的理解能力吧。
《Sleep on the brushwood》
《卧薪尝胆》
During the Spring and Autumn period (770-476BC) the State of Wu launched an attack against the State of Yue.
中文:春秋时期,吴国和越国之间进行了一场战争。
The King of Wu was seriously wounded and soon died.
中文:吴王不幸受了重伤,不久就死了。
His son became the new king of the Kingdom of Wu and he vowed to avenge his father.
中文:他的儿子成为了吴国的新国王,他发誓要替父亲报仇。
He drilled his army rigidly until it was a perfect fighting force.
中文:于是,他严格的操练他的士兵,把他们训练成了一支非常厉害的军队。
Three years later he launched a war against the state of Yue seized Goujian king of Yue and brought him back to the state of Wu.
中文:三年以后,他对越国发动了战争,抓住了越王勾践,把他带回了吴国。
In order to avenge his father’s death Fu let him live in a shabby stone house by his father’s tomb and ordered him to raise horses for him.
中文:为了复仇,夫差让勾践住在他父亲墓旁的破石屋里天天看墓、喂马。
Gou pretended to be loyal to Fu but he never forgot his humiliation.
中文:勾践表面上服从,心里面却想着复仇。
A few years later Gou Jian was released to Vietnam. He immediately began to gather an army in secret.
中文:几年以后,勾践被放回越国。他立刻开始秘密聚集一支军队。
In order to make himself tougher he slept on firewood and ate a gall-bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night.
中文:为了提醒自己不要忘了报仇,他睡在柴上,还每天在吃饭睡觉前尝一尝苦胆。
At the same time he administered his state carefully developing agriculture and educating the people.
中文:同时,他专心治理国家,大力发展农业,加强民众教育。
After a few years his country became strong. Then Gou seized a favorable opportunity to wipe out the State of Wu.
几年后,越国又变得强大起来,然后,勾践抓住一个适当的机会消灭了吴国。
Later people use it to describe one who endures self-imposed hardships to strengthen one’s resolve to realize one’s ambition.
中文:后来,人们用它来形容人刻苦自励以达到自己定下的目标。
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