小學英語雙語故事賞析：杞人憂天

　　杞人憂天

　　In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時期，770-476 BC)， in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him.

　　春秋戰國時期，杞國有個人喜歡胡思亂想。

　　One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep.

　　一天，他竟然擔憂天會塌下來，地會陷下去，自己無處存身。這個人越想越害怕，便整天愁眉苦臉，坐立不安，睡不好覺，吃不下飯。

　　Later， someone persuade him that his fears were groundless.

　　后來，有個人就去開導他，那個杞國人聽后，才放下了心。

　　This idioms satirizes those who worry unnecessarily.

　　成語杞人憂天譏笑那些沒有必要或毫無根據的憂慮。

　　【文化鏈接】

　　英文中“杞人憂天”可以用“Fear is often greater than the danger. ”來表達，直譯也就是“恐懼往往已經超過了面臨的危險”，這樣講就十分容易理解了~

　　動畫片《老虎和兔子》的第四回的標題就是“Fear is often greater than the danger. ”而其中文譯名就是“恐懼往往比危險更強大（與其杞人憂天、不如放手一搏）”。