小学二年级英语故事阅读
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Long ago, there lived a man named Guo Han.
从前， 有一个叫郭翰的人。
It was a hot summer. He couldn't fall asleep in his bedroom, so he went into the yard to sleep.
因为夏天天热， 在屋子里无法入睡， 就到院子里去睡觉。
Not long after he lay down he saw a woman dressed in white floating down from the sky.
躺下不久，正看着天空， 忽然看见一个白衣女子从空中慢慢飘流下来。
She said to him: "I am the celestial weaver."
她对郭翰说：“我是天上的织女。”
Looking at her Guo Han noticed that there were no seams in her garments.
郭翰看着这个女子，发现他的衣服全身无缝。
He thought this was very strange.
他觉得很奇怪。
He asked her: "Why are there no seams in your clothes?"
他就问她：“你的衣服怎么没有缝呢?”
She answered: "The garments of the immortals are not made with a needle and thread. How would they have seams?"
女子回答：“天上神仙的衣服，不是用针线缝出来的， 怎么会有缝呢?”
小学二年级英语故事：功亏一篑Once a man planned to build a terrace.
古时，有一个人要筑一座九仞(八尺=一仞)高的山。
He worked very hard and spent a lot of time digging and carrying earth.
他十分努力的建造这座山，并且花了很多时间挖土、搬运泥土。
When the mound was almost completed and only one more basket of earth was needed, the man gave up.
终于当山快要建成的时候，几乎只差最后一篮子的泥土就行了的时候，他放弃了。
The terrace was never completed.
这座山便永远无法完工。
This idiom means to fail to succeed for lack of final effort.
这个典故用以形容“离成功只有一步之遥，但最终失败告终”的意思。
小学二年级英语故事：班门弄斧Lu Ban (鲁班) was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times.
古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班。
It is said that he once carved a wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days.
传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。
Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban.
谁敢在鲁班门前卖弄使用斧子的技术，也就是说，想在大行家面前显示自的本领，这种太不谦虚的可笑行为，就叫做“班门弄斧”( 这句成语有时也用作自谦之词，表示自己不敢在行家面前卖弄自己的小本领)。
