孟轲悔过.doc

孟轲悔过.doc 孟轲悔过 Meng Ke Mends His Way 孟子是我国古代一个大学问家。他姓孟名轲。幼时家境贫寒，生 活困难。不幸在他三岁的时候。，父亲去世了。母子无依无靠，处境 更加艰难。怎么办呢,孟母向人借了一架机杼，靠织布维持生计。 Mencius was a great scholar of ancient China. His family name was Meng and his given name was Ke. Born into a poor family, he led a hard life in his early childhood. At the age of three, he lost his father. With no one to support them, mother and son found life still more difficult. What was to be done? Meng’s mother borrowed a loom and began to weave for a living. 孟轲慢慢长大了。但他非常贪玩，不爱读书学习。 As he grew older, Meng Ke still loved to play and hated to study. 有一天，还不到放学的时候，他悄悄溜出学堂，跑回家来。 One day, he slipped out of school and went home before classes were over. 孟母发现孟轲提前逃学回来，非常生气，她从织布机上站起来， 严肃地问儿子:“你又逃学,” Finding that Meng Ke was playing truant, the mother was indignant. She rose from the loom and said to her son in a serious tone, “So you are playing truant again～” 孟轲看了看母亲，低下头，说:“念书美意思，我不念了～” Meng Ke cast a glance at his mother and lowered his head, saying, “I find my lessons dull. I’m going to give up.” 孟母一听，气得浑身哆嗦，拿起剪刀，把没有织完的绸子剪断了。 母亲的行动惊呆了孟轲，他睁着惊愕的眼睛，不知如何是好。 Hearing this, his mother shook with anger. She took a pair of scissors and cut through the silk on the loom. Confounded by his mother’s action, Meng Ke gazed at her in bewilderment, not knowing what to do. 孟母痛心地指着那一根根丝线，语重心长地说:“你看，这绸子 士一根根丝线用力织起来的。人的学问是一点一滴积累起来的。你不 读书，荒废学业，就如同我剪断了这枚织成的一匹绸子一样，是件废 品。你不读书，怎么能长大成材呢～” His mother pointed at the loose silk threads, and said with feeling, “Look! With toil, silk is woven thread by thread, and knowledge is accumulated bit by bit. Your giving up school is just like my cutting this bolt of unfinished silk. Such silk is of no use. And how can you be of use when you grow up if you stop studying,” 孟轲听了母亲的话，看着那剪断的丝绸和伤心的妈妈，心里难过 极了。他觉得母亲的话说得有理，自己确实不对，于是惭愧地说:“请 母亲原谅我。我错了，今后坚决改掉毛病，努力读书学习～” Hearing this and looking at the severed silk and his heartbroken mother, Meng Ke was conscience-stricken. He realized that his mother was right and he was wrong. He said shamefacedly, “Please pardon me, mother. I’m wrong. I’m determined to overcome this weakness of mine and work har at my studies.” 从此以后，孟轲变了。他再也没有逃过学，日夜苦读，钻研各家 学说，终于成为我国封建时期的一位大思想家。 From that time on Meng Ke was quite another person. He never played truant again. Instead, he worked day and night, studying the doctrines of the various schools, and finally became one of the great thinkers of feudal China.