英語寓言故事：一鳴驚人

　　一鳴驚人

　　It had been three years since King Zhuang of Chu ascended the throne, but he had neither issued a law nor dealt with any state affairs. Furthermore, there were no deeds worth mentioning. All the civiland military officials of the court couldn't understand what was the matter.

　　楚莊王即位已有三年之久，卻沒有頒布過一項(xiàng)法令，沒有處理過一件政事，更談不上有什么作為。朝廷中的文武官員都弄不懂這是怎么回事。

　　One day, a military official quietly asked King of Chu in the carriage:

　　一天，右司馬在馬車?yán)锴那蔚貑柍?

　　"Your Majesty, I heard that in the south, there was a big bird dwelling in the hills.Three years passed, it neither flew nor cried. Could Your Majesty tell me the reason?"

　　“大王，我聽說南方有一只大鳥棲息在山上，:二年過去了，既不飛.也下鳴。請問大王，這是什么原因呢?”

　　King Zhuang of Chu smiled and answered:

　　楚莊王笑了笑，回答說:

　　"It didn't spread its wings to fly for three years in order to grow full-fledged. It didn't cry for three years in order to carefully observe the conditions of the people in the world. This bird, once it flies, will soar high into the sky; once it cries, it will startle the world with a single cry."

　　“三年不展翅飛，是為了讓羽翼長得更加豐滿;三年不鳴，是在細(xì)心觀察天下的民情。這只鳥，不飛則已，一飛沖天;不鳴則已，一鳴驚人，”

　　Another half a year passed before King Zhuang of Chu began to personallyminister',event)">administer state affairs. He abolished the old rules and regulations, issued nine new policies, sentenced five ministers to death for their evil deeds and promoted six persons with real talents. From then on, the state of Chu became stronger and stronger.

　　又過了半年，楚莊王開始親自處理政事。他廢除了十項(xiàng)舊的規(guī)章制度;頒布了九項(xiàng)新政策;處決了五個(gè)專千壞事的大臣;還提拔了六個(gè)真正有才能的人。從此，楚國終于強(qiáng)大起來了。