草船借箭(To Borrow Arrows with Thatched Boats)
This is an interesting story from the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in ancient China, when the Wei and Wu kingdoms joined together to fight against the Wei Kingdom. Zhou Yu, the chief military commander of the Wu Kingdom, ordered Zhu Ge Liang (the chief minister of the Shu Kingdom and generally regarded as the kingdom‘s top master-mind) to produce 100,000 arrows within 10 days.
"Three days is enough, " said Zhu. He also aGREed to be punished if he failed to complete the order.
Zhou mocked that Zhu was looking for self-destruction. On the one hand, Zhou ordered his troops not to provide Zhu with materials to make the arrows. He also sent Lu Su to see how Zhu was dealing the problem.In fact, Zhu had already realized that this was a plot. He asked Lu (who was kind-hearted) to lend him 20 boats, each lined with straw scarecrows and manned by 30 soldiers. He also requested that Lu not tell Zhou what was happening.
When Lu came again to see Zhu, he did not find anything unusual. Nothing happened on the second day either. In the early morning of the third day, Zhu invited Lu for a boat ride. The 20 boats were tied together with strong ropes. Zhu‘s fleet sailed toward the camp of Cao Cao (who was the king of the Wei Kingdom).
A thick mist had spread over the surface of the river. People could hardly see each other on the river. When Zhu‘s fleet got close to the Cao camp before dawn, Zhu ordered his soldiers to shout and beat drums to fake an attack. Zhu and Lu simply sat inside one of the boats and drank wine to enjoy themselves.
As soon as the Cao camp heard the shouting and drum beating, they mistook it for a surprise attack by the Zhou camp. Since they could see nobody on the river, they gathered 3,000 bowmen and ordered them to shoot arrows. The front of the scarecrows was quickly shot full of arrows.
After a while, Zhu had his fleet turn around to expose the other side of the scarecrows. When this side was also shot full of arrows, the day broke. Zhu ordered his soldiers to return to their base port. The soldiers shouted, "Thank you, Cao, for your arrows." After they got back to their camp, they collected more than 100,000 arrows from the scarecrows.
雅思口语必备词汇:烹饪方法
雅思口试话题:Birthdays
雅思口语备考资料:中国传统之书法艺术
雅思口语范文:Someone you Admire
雅思口语话题:The Internet
雅思口试话题:Food
雅思口语素材:好句推荐-信念
雅思口语素材:好句推荐-最大的幸福
雅思口语话题:Holidays
雅思口语素材:好句推荐-知足
雅思口语话题解析:An Ideal Home
雅思口试话题:Music
雅思口语素材:好句推荐-站斜了
雅思双语:温暖人心的8句毕业赠言
雅思口语范文:关于穿着的回答
雅思口试话题:Your Hometown
雅思口口语话题:Television
雅思口语话题:Your Work/Your Studies
雅思口语话题:Teachers
打造雅思口语完美发音的七个步骤
雅思口语话题:Relaxing
雅思口语素材:好句推荐-明天的惊喜
雅思口语话题解析:An item of clothing
雅思口语话题:Emails(and Letters)
雅思口语话题:Shopping
雅思口语素材:好句推荐-贫穷与富有
如何攻克雅思口试复习的两大难关
雅思口语话题:Gardens
雅思口语素材:好句推荐-成功的诀窍
雅思口试话题:Sport/Exercise
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |