小學(xué)英語(yǔ)雙語(yǔ)故事賞析：一鳴驚人

　　一鳴驚人

　　In the Warring States Period (戰(zhàn)國(guó))， Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs， for the first three years of his reign， giving himself over to dissipation.

　　戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)期，齊威王繼承王位已有三年了，可是他整天飲酒作樂(lè)，不理朝政。

　　One of his minister， Chun Yukun (chún yú kūn)who had a good sense of humor， said to him：”There is a big bird which has never taken wing nor sung for three years.Your Highness， may you guess what kind of bird is it？”

　　有一個(gè)大臣叫淳于髡，很有幽默感，對(duì)齊威王說(shuō)：“臣聽說(shuō)齊國(guó)有一只大鳥，三年來(lái)不飛也不叫，大王知道這是一只什么鳥？”

　　The duke answered， “Once that bird starts to fly and sing， it will astonish the world.”

　�。ㄆ鋵�(shí)淳于髡是暗喻齊威王）齊威王答道：“一旦這只鳥開始飛翔高歌，必然震驚世界。”

　　The duke then devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerful one.

　　從此齊威王勤于朝政，勵(lì)精圖治，國(guó)威大振。

　　This idiom is used to indicate that a person may rise from obscurity and achieve greatness.

　　成語(yǔ)“一鳴驚人”比喻平時(shí)默默無(wú)聞或是無(wú)所作為，但一旦認(rèn)真起來(lái)，便一下子干出一番驚人的事來(lái)。

　　【文化鏈接】

　　英文中“一鳴驚人”可以用“come out of nowhere”來(lái)表達(dá)，直譯也就是“不知道從哪里就突然出現(xiàn)”的意思，這樣一想也就容易理解了~

　　網(wǎng)上曾有一個(gè)帖子名叫“9 Sports Stars Who Came Out Of Nowhere”（9個(gè)“一鳴驚人”的體育明星），帖子中就細(xì)數(shù)了體壇九位“一鳴驚人”體壇黑馬，其中自然會(huì)有我們的驕傲“林書豪”啦