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　　In the last years of the Warring States period (戰(zhàn)國(guó), 475-221BC), the State of Qin (秦國(guó)) attacked the State of Wei (魏國(guó)) on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself.

　　戰(zhàn)國(guó)末期，秦國(guó)向魏國(guó)接連發(fā)動(dòng)大規(guī)模的進(jìn)攻，魏國(guó)無(wú)力抵抗，大片土地都被秦軍占領(lǐng)了。

　　In 273 BC, the Qin army launched another attack upon the State of Wei with a momentum more vigorous than ever. The king of the State of Wei summoned his officials,and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army.

　　到公元前27，秦國(guó)又一次向魏國(guó)出兵，勢(shì)頭空前猛烈。魏王把大臣們召來(lái)，愁眉苦臉地問(wèn)大家有沒(méi)有使秦國(guó)退兵的辦法。

　　After years of chaos caused by the wars,the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak of “resistance”.

　　大臣們由于經(jīng)過(guò)多年的戰(zhàn)亂，提起打仗就嚇得哆嗦，誰(shuí)也不敢談“抵抗”二字。

　　At the critical moment when a large enemy force was approaching the border, most of the officials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River

　　(huáng hé 黃河) and south of the Taihang Mountain (tài háng shān 太行山).

　　在這大兵壓境的危急時(shí)刻，多數(shù)大臣都勸魏王，用黃河以北和太行山以南的大片土地為代價(jià)，向秦王求和。

　　However Su Dai (sūdài 蘇代), a counsellor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said:"Your Majesty, they don't think about the interests of the country at all.It is just because they are cowardly and afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country.Of course you can temperarily satisfy the ambition of the king of the State of Qin is insatiably greedy. It will never stop assaulting us until our land is totally given away."

　　謀士蘇代聽(tīng)了這些話，很不以為然，忙上前對(duì)魏王說(shuō)：“大王，他們是因?yàn)樽约耗懶∨滤�，才讓您去賣國(guó)求和，根本不為國(guó)家著想。您想，把大片土地割讓給秦國(guó)雖然暫時(shí)滿足了秦王的野心，但秦國(guó)的欲望是無(wú)止境的，只要魏國(guó)的土地沒(méi)割完，秦軍就不會(huì)停止進(jìn)攻我們。”以上，就是關(guān)于成語(yǔ)英語(yǔ)小故事的學(xué)習(xí)，hellokid老師每天教學(xué)一個(gè)英語(yǔ)故事的學(xué)習(xí)，讓我們共同進(jìn)步。