《三国演义》中江东赴会的故事--中国历史故事中英对照
this is a story from three kingdoms.
zhou yu of wu kingdom was a strategist but he was narrow-minded and jealous of people smarter than him. so he had always been thinking of killing zhuge liang and liu bei of shu kingdom.
东吴的周瑜虽有计谋,但心胸狭窄妒贤嫉能,一心想害刘备和诸葛亮。
one day, he invited liu bei to cross the river, while did not let zhuge liang-who was then staying in wu for help-know about it. zhou yu was very glad when he saw liu bei's coming. he had arranged an armed man to kill liu bei at the banquet(宴会,盛宴) when he threw a cup to the ground as the signal.
一天,他瞒着正在东吴帮助决策的诸葛亮,请刘备过江,意欲杀害刘备。周瑜见到刘备后很高兴,以为计谋就要得逞,并安排好刀斧手,准备在宴席上摔杯为号把刘备杀掉。
zhuge liang was surprised when he discovered liu bei were meeting with zhou yu. anxiously he went to the tent and relieved to see liu bei had guan yu standing behind to protect him. then he went to a small boat by the river, waiting for them to come back.
本文地址:http://www.dioenglish.com/writing/story/6771.html