031 G2成语_Idioms Sky is Falling 杞人忧天.docx
G2成语diomsSkyisFa11ing杞人忧天TA1ESOFCHINA最美英文讲最美中国故事国故事G2成语diomsSkyisFa11ing杞人忧天作者:EvanPeng朗读者:Judy1uxton1exi1e:5401难度:相当于美国小学二年级专辑:Ta1eSOfChina英文讲最美中在当今快节奏的生活中,我们常常感到焦虑,为一些可能发生在我们身边的坏事感到担忧。这种情绪其实很正常。然而,接下来的故事里,却有一个人时常忧虑天会塌下来,担心地面会陷进去,担心自己无法进食。此人日日深陷恐慌之中,直到朋友劝慰他说:这些虚无缥缈的事物不会伤害到他,此人才幡然醒悟。We1cometoA107,sPowerto1earn!Today'sstoryisca11edTheSkyisFa11ing!reto1dbyEvanPeng,andnarratedbyJudy1uxton.Onceuponatime,inancientChina,anartistnamedDanYou1ivedinthestateofQi.DanYouhadaverybigimagination.Hemadeupmanywonderfu1fantasies,whichhethendrewandpainted.Everyoneinthevi11age1ovedhisartworkandpraisedhiscreativity.However,therewasadarksidetoDanYou,simagination.Hewasa1waysimaginingthatbadthingswou1dhappentohim.Heworrieda1ot.Once,hemadehimse1fbe1ievethatthefishintheriverbyhishouseweregrowing1egs!Noton1ythat,buthewasconvincedthatthefishwerecomingtostea1hismoney!Hisfriend1iXingsaid,uDanYou,thosearenotfish.Theyaretadpo1esthatwanttogrowintomoney-frogs!Thisisgoodfortune!,tDanYouwasn,tconvinced.Hejustwenttogethisfishingnet.OnedayDanYouhadhisworstfearyet.Hewassittingoutsidewhen,outoftheb1ue,hebegantoworrythattheskywasgoingtofa11.Hethoughtthattheskywou1dcomecrushingdownonhishead.Hea1sostartedtofearthatthegroundwou1dsinkandburyhima1ive.Thistime,hewassoafraidthathecou1dno1ongereat.uOhno!”DanYouye11ed.uThisisterrib1e!Iamsure1ygoingtodie!Theskywi11fa11andthegroundwi11sink!Thatnight,hetriedtogetsomes1eep.Butthethoughtswou1dn'tstop.Hismindwasracing.Hecou1dn,ts1eepata11.Instead,hespenttherestofthenightpacingaroundhishouse.Inthemorning,1iXingcamebyhishousetocheckonhisfriend.uDanYou!mheca11edout.uAreyouhome?"DanYouwa1kedtowardsthefrontdoor.1iXingcou1dhard1ybe1ievehiseyes.DanYou1ooked.terrib1e!Hishairwasa11messy.Hisc1otheswerewrink1ed.Hiseyesweredarkandheavywithtiredness.uOhmy!Whafsthematter,DanYou?You1ooksick!nsaid1iXing.hIcou1dn,ts1eepa11night,rep1iedDanYou.uTheskyisgoingtofa11,andthegroundisgoingtosink!We,rea11goingtodie!nDanYou,seyeswidenedinfear.1iXingsighedinward1y.Herewegoagain,hethought.Thenhesaid,uNo,DanYou!WeW川a11beokayZ,1iXingreassured.uTheskyispartoftheairthatisa11aroundus.Youdon,tneedtoworryaboutitfa11ing!uButwhataboutthesun,themoon,andthestars?”askedDanYou.uThosecansure1yfa11outofthesky!”uDon,tworry,myfriend,said1iXing.Theyarefar,faraway.Theywi11neverhurtanyone.Youcanre1ax!Thegroundwon,tsinkeither.Ifsa11madeofrock.Youstandonthisso1idgroundeveryday.Giantanima1s1ikee1ephantswa1kacrossiteveryday.Yet,ithasneversunkbefore.Youhavenothingtoworryabout!"Hearinga11this,DanYourea1izedhowfoo1ishhehadbeen.1iXingwasright.Hisfearsweresi11y.Ofcourse,theskywasn,tgoingtofa11!Ofcourse,thegroundwasn,tgoingtosink!Everythingwou1dbea11right.Probab1y.DanYoucontinuedto1ookattadpo1eswithsuspicion.TheEndQuestion:Haveyoueverbeenafraidofsomethingthatprobab1ywasn'tgoingtohappen?核心词汇和语法fantasyn.想象,幻想creativityn.创造力convincedadj.确信的tadpo1en.蝌蚪money-frogn.蟾蛉outoftheb1ue出乎意外地,突然pacev.踱步于,踱方步checkon检查,查看wrink1edadj.有皱纹的sighv.叹气reassurev.安慰,使放心r向保证suspicionn.怀疑burysba1ive将某人活埋。eyeswideninfear由于害怕而睁大双眼Herewegoagain.口语表达z又来了,又是如此。howfoo1ishhehadbeen他有多么的愚蠢。本句作为rea1ize的宾语从句,语序为陈述句语序。阅读量(28)