今天小编给大家分享的一篇英文的成语故事《卧薪尝胆》，讲的是春秋时期，越王勾践的故事，故事情节究竟是怎么样的呢？大家跟着小编一起来欣赏这篇英文版的成语故事《卧薪尝胆》，让我们一起来品味一下其中所蕴含的人生哲理，顺便提高自己中英互译的理解能力吧。

《Sleep on the brushwood》

《卧薪尝胆》

 

 

During the Spring and Autumn period （770－476BC）, the State of Wu launched an attack against the State of Yue.

中文：春秋时期，吴国和越国之间进行了一场战争。

 

The King of Wu was seriously wounded and soon died.

中文：吴王不幸受了重伤，不久就死了。

 

His son became the new king of the Kingdom of Wu, and he vowed to avenge his father.

中文：他的儿子成为了吴国的新国王，他发誓要替父亲报仇。

 

He drilled his army rigidly until it was a perfect fighting force.

中文：于是，他严格的操练他的士兵，把他们训练成了一支非常厉害的军队。

 

Three years later, he launched a war against the state of Yue, seized Goujian, king of Yue, and brought him back to the state of Wu.

中文：三年以后，他对越国发动了战争，抓住了越王勾践，把他带回了吴国。

 

In order to avenge his father's death, Fu let him live in a shabby stone house by his father's tomb and ordered him to raise horses for him.

中文：为了复仇，夫差让勾践住在他父亲墓旁的破石屋里天天看墓、喂马。

 

Gou pretended to be loyal to Fu but he never forgot his humiliation.

中文：勾践表面上服从，心里面却想着复仇。

 

A few years later, Gou Jian was released to Vietnam. He immediately began to gather an army in secret.

中文：几年以后，勾践被放回越国。他立刻开始秘密聚集一支军队。

 

In order to make himself tougher he slept on firewood and ate a gall-bladder before having dinner and going to bed every night.

中文：为了提醒自己不要忘了报仇，他睡在柴上，还每天在吃饭睡觉前尝一尝苦胆。

 

At the same time he administered his state carefully, developing agriculture and educating the people.

中文：同时，他专心治理国家，大力发展农业，加强民众教育。

 

After a few years, his country became strong. Then Gou seized a favorable opportunity to wipe out the State of Wu.

几年后，越国又变得强大起来，然后，勾践抓住一个适当的机会消灭了吴国。

 

Later, people use it to describe one who endures self-imposed hardships to strengthen one's resolve to realize one's ambition.

中文：后来，人们用它来形容人刻苦自励以达到自己定下的目标。

 

《卧薪尝胆》这个成语故事告诉我们无论做什么事都要有恒心，要坚持。一时的失败并不代表永远都会失败，只要不死，就一定要坚强活下去，不要把自己当成废人，自暴自弃。只要肯坚持最终一定会苦尽甘来。学英语也是一样，不要因为一时的失败就产生放弃的念头，要越挫越勇，找对方向，最终定能学成。

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