小學英語雙語故事賞析：鶴立雞群

　　鶴立雞群

　　Ji Shao， an aide to Emperor Jin Hui during the Jin Dynasty， was handsome and talented.

　　晉朝時，有一個人叫嵇紹，擔任晉惠帝的侍從官。他長得儀表堂堂，而且才能出眾。

　　Once， when his country was being invaded， he accompanied Emperor Jin Hui in defending the country， but， unfortunately， they lost the war. Most of the soldiers died or deserted， but Ji Shao stayed with the emperor to protect him.

　　一次，有人侵犯京城。嵇紹跟隨惠帝前去，征討叛亂。不料打了敗仗，隨行的官員、將領以及侍衛死傷無數，還有很多人逃跑了，只有嵇紹保護著惠帝，始終不離左右。

　　Upon seeing this， the people were moved and said：“Ji Shao stand out like a camel amongst a group of sheep， preeminent and superior.”

　　看到嵇紹奮勇殺敵的情景人們都很有感觸，說：“嵇紹就像一只鶴站立在雞群中一樣，儀表出眾，氣度不凡。”

　　This idiom is currently used to describe prominent people with good looks and impressive abilities among a crowd.

　　這個成語如今用來形容一些相貌或者是才能特別出眾的人。

　　【文化鏈接】

　　成語“鶴立雞群”既可以表面上形容“一個人因身高高挑在眾人中顯得突出”，也可以形容“一個人因為相貌或者卓越才能，亦或是出挑的行為在眾人中顯得突出”，英文中相應表達可以用“stand out like a camel amongst a group of sheep”，本意就是“像一只在羊群中站立的駱駝”。

　　我們一起來看一個例句：

　　Because all the other people were waiting in line， I did not want to stand out like a camel amongst a group of sheep， and I decided to wait in line as well.

　　因為其他所有人都在排隊，我可不想鶴立雞群，所以我決定也去排隊啦。