英語故事：燕王學道

　　During the Warring States Period, a man was willing to teach the King of Yan the ways to attain immortality.

　　The King of Yan was very glad when he heard of this, and quickly sent someone to acknowledge the man as master and learn from him. But before the man he sent had a chance to learn, that man died. The man he sent could only return dejectedly.

　　At this the King of Yan flew into a rage. He rebuked4 the man for walking too slowly to get there in time, and ordered to have him killed.

　　The King of Yan never realized that the man who boasted himself as an immortal was deceiving him, but instead, he blamed the man he sent for walking too slowly.

　　戰(zhàn)國時，有一個人愿意教給燕王一套長生不老的方法。

　　燕王知道后，非常高興，連忙派人前去拜師學習?？墒?，派去學習的人還沒來得及學習，那個人就死了。派去的人只好垂頭喪氣地回來了。

　　燕王見了大發(fā)雷霆，竟責怪去學習的人走路太慢，去得太晚，命令立即將他殺了。

　　然而，燕王沒有醒悟到那個自稱長生不老的人是在欺騙他，反而怪罪派去學習的人走得太慢。

　　1 attain

　　vt.達到，獲得，完成

　　參考例句：

　　I used the scientific method to attain this end. 我用科學的方法來達到這一目的。

　　His painstaking to attain his goal in life is praiseworthy. 他為實現(xiàn)人生目標所下的苦功是值得稱贊的。

　　2 immortal

　　adj.不朽的;永生的，不死的;神的

　　參考例句：

　　The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可樹實際上是不會死的。

　　The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽!

　　3 immortality

　　n.不死，不朽

　　參考例句：

　　belief in the immortality of the soul 靈魂不滅的信念

　　It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是當你仍然活著的時候就得到了永生。

　　4 rebuked

　　責難或指責( rebuke的過去式和過去分詞 )

　　參考例句：

　　The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. 公司因忽略了安全規(guī)程而受到公開批評。

　　The teacher rebuked the boy for throwing paper on the floor. 老師指責這個男孩將紙丟在地板上。