A Drop in the Bucket杯水車薪

阮潔云

“杯水車薪”出自《孟子·告子上》：“今之為仁者，猶以一杯水救一車薪之火也。”用一杯水去救一車著了火的柴，比喻力量太小，解決不了問題。

One evening， Zhao Da passedby a teahouse when he cameback from cutting 1）firewood.

There were a lot of peopledrinking tea there. He put thefirewood outside and walked intothe teahouse.

When he finished a cup of tea， he found his firewood on fire.Zhao Da shouted， “Oh no！ It’s on fire！”

He took a cup of water， ran out of the door and 2）splashed thewater on the fire. Other people in the tea house also took their owncups to fight the fire.

However， instead of being put out， the fire burned even harder.

1） firewood n. 木柴

2） splash v. 朝……潑灑

一天傍晚，趙大砍柴回來，路過一個茶館。

茶館里有很多人在喝茶。于是，他把木柴放在外面，也走進茶館喝茶。

當他喝完一杯茶，他發(fā)現他的木柴著火了。

趙大大叫道：“哦，天啊！木柴著火了！”

他拿起桌子上的一杯水，跑到門外往正在著火的木柴上潑去。茶館里的人也都忙著拿起自己的茶杯，往木柴上潑去。

可是，火不但沒滅，反而燃燒得更猛烈了。

Fill in the blanks：

Zhao Da took a cup of water， of the door and the water on the fire.

Know More

Both Mengzi and Gaozi were born in the Warring States Period. Mengzi heldthe theory of original goodness of human nature （people are born with the powerto be good）， and Gaozi held the theory of neither good nor evil （there is no suchthing as good or evil in life）. Mengzi： Gaozi begins with a debate between the two，focusing on Mengzi’ s theory on human nature， morality and related theories.

孟子與告子都出生于戰(zhàn)國時期，孟子持“性善論”（人生來有向善的力量），告子持“性無善惡論”（人生下來本無所謂善惡）。《孟子·告子上》以兩人的論辯開頭，集中闡述了孟子關于人性、道德及相關的理論。

參考答案：

ran out; splashed