There were two mountains between Jizhou in the south and Heyang in the north. Both of them were very high. An old man, called Mr. Fool, lived in the north of the mountain with his family. He was nearly ninety years old. Because of these two high mountains, the whole family had to walk a long way from one side to the other side of the mountains.

　　One day, Mr. Fool called all his family together to talk about moving the two mountains to other place. All of them agreed. So it was decided. His children started to dig the mountains with him.

　　The next day, a man called Smart came and said: “ Why did you do that? These two mountains are so high and you are so old and weak! How can you move the mountains?” Mr. Fool laughed and said: “It’s not difficult at all! Look! Those two mountains are still there, but I have my children, and my children will have their children, generations after generations, there’s no end. I believe someday the mountains will be moved.”

　　故事梗概

　　相傳古時(shí)候有兩座大山，一座叫太行山，一座叫王屋山。那里的北山住著一位老人名叫愚公，快90歲了。他每次出門(mén)，都因被這兩座大山阻隔，要繞很大的圈子，才能到南方去。一天，他把全家人召集起來(lái)，說(shuō)：“我準(zhǔn)備與你們一起，用畢生的精力來(lái)搬掉太行山和王屋山，修一條通向南方的大道。你們說(shuō)好嗎！” 大家都表示贊成。于是，愚公帶著兒孫們開(kāi)始挖山。雖然一家人每天挖不了多少，但他們還是堅(jiān)持挖。直到換季節(jié)的時(shí)候，才回家一次。有個(gè)名叫智叟的老人得知這件事后，特地來(lái)勸愚公說(shuō)：“你這樣做太不聰明了，憑你這有限的精力，又怎能把這兩座山挖平呢？”愚公回答說(shuō)：“怎么不可能！這又有什么難的？即使有一天我死了，還有我的兒子在這里。兒子死了，還有孫子，孫子又生孩子，孩子又生兒子。子子孫孫是沒(méi)有窮盡的，而山卻不會(huì)再增高，為什么挖不平呢？” 當(dāng)時(shí)山神見(jiàn)愚公他們挖山不止，便向上帝報(bào)告了這件事。上帝被愚公的精神感動(dòng)，派了兩個(gè)大力神下凡，把兩座山背走。從此，這里不再有高山阻隔了。

　　難點(diǎn)點(diǎn)撥

　　between ... and ... 在......之間

　　nearly （副詞）幾乎，差不多

　　because of （介詞短語(yǔ)）由于

　　from one side to the other side 從一邊到另一邊

　　not at all 一點(diǎn)也不，根本不

　　generations after generations 世世代代

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