愚公移山（英语·成语故事+音频）

There were two mountains between Jizhou in the south and Heyang in the north. Both of them were very high. An old man, called Mr. Fool, lived in the north of the mountain with his family. He was nearly ninety years old. Because of these two high mountains, the whole family had to walk a long way from one side to the other side of the mountains.

One day, Mr. Fool called all his family together to talk about moving the two mountains to other place. All of them agreed. So it was decided. His children started to dig the mountains with him.

The next day, a man called Smart came and said: “ Why did you do that? These two mountains are so high and you are so old and weak! How can you move the mountains?” Mr. Fool laughed and said: “It’s not difficult at all! Look! Those two mountains are still there, but I have my children, and my children will have their children, generations after generations, there’s no end. I believe someday the mountains will be moved.”

故事梗概

相传古时候有两座大山，一座叫太行山，一座叫王屋山。那里的北山住着一位老人名叫愚公，快90岁了。他每次出门，都因被这两座大山阻隔，要绕很大的圈子，才能到南方去。

一天，他把全家人召集起来，说：“我准备与你们一起，用毕生的精力来搬掉太行山和王屋山，修一条通向南方的大道。你们说好吗！” 大家都表示赞成。于是，愚公带着儿孙们开始挖山。虽然一家人每天挖不了多少，但他们还是坚持挖。直到换季节的时候，才回家一次。

有个名叫智叟的老人得知这件事后，特地来劝愚公说：“你这样做太不聪明了，凭你这有限的精力，又怎能把这两座山挖平呢？”愚公回答说：“怎么不可能！这又有什么难的？即使有一天我死了，还有我的儿子在这里。儿子死了，还有孙子，孙子又生孩子，孩子又生儿子。子子孙孙是没有穷尽的，而山却不会再增高，为什么挖不平呢？” 当时山神见愚公他们挖山不止，便向上帝报告了这件事。上帝被愚公的精神感动，派了两个大力神下凡，把两座山背走。从此，这里不再有高山阻隔了。

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