中國(guó)成語(yǔ)故事拔苗助長(zhǎng)雙語(yǔ)版

　　There was a man in the State of Song who had an impatient disposition. Day and night he longed for the seedlings in the field to grow tall and strong quickly. But the seedlings grew very slowly,not as quickly as he hoped.

　　宋國(guó)有個(gè)人，是個(gè)急性子。他日日夜夜盼望田里的秧苗快快長(zhǎng)高長(zhǎng)大�？墒�，秧苗長(zhǎng)得很慢，沒(méi)有像他所希望的那樣長(zhǎng)得快。

　　One day, he hit upon a good idea. He sneaked to the field andpulled each seedling up a little bit from the soil. Seeing that all these edlings in the field were taller than before, he felt very pleased with himself.

　　有一天，他想出了一個(gè)好辦法。他自己睜哨地跑到田里，把每一棵秧苗都從泥土里往上拔高了一些�？吹教锢锏难砻缍急仍瓉�(lái)高了，他心里感到樂(lè)滋滋的。

　　He went home. Though all worn out, he told the members of his family happily:

　　回到家里，他雖然筋疲力盡，但是非常高興地告訴家人說(shuō):

　　"I worked for a whole day today. How tired I am! But the seedlings in the field have grown a lot taller."

　　“今天，我干了一整天，好累啊!不過(guò)，田里的秧苗倒是長(zhǎng)高好多了。”

　　When his son heard that the seedlings had grown taller, he hurried to the field to take a look. Oh, what a mess!Instead of growing taller, the seedlings had all started to wither.

　　他的兒子聽(tīng)說(shuō)秧苗長(zhǎng)高了，連忙跑到田里去看。一看，可糟啦!不是秧苗長(zhǎng)高了，而是秧苗都開(kāi)始枯萎了。