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be concentrating on sth专心致志【篇一】

　　Yi Qiu was known as the most famous expert at chess throughout the land.

　　奕秋是全国有名的棋手。

　　Once he gave lessons on chess to two men.

　　有，他教两个人下棋。

　　One of them was completely absorbed in his teaching, listening attentively to Yi Qiu while the other, who seemed to be listening, had his mind on something else.

　　一个认真的听课，完全沉浸于其中。 另一个尽管看上去也在听课，其实在想其它的事情。

　　In fact, he was having a fancy that a swan was flying towards him and he had in his hands a bow and an arrow, ready to shoot.

　　他幻想有只天鹅正朝他飞来，而他拿着弓和箭准备把它射下来。

　　As a result, though he was having the same lesson together with the first man, yet he turned out a much inferior student.

　　所以，虽然他和另一个人上的是同样的课，他学得可差多了。

　　If one is not concentrating on his study, no skills will be learned.

　　不专心致志的学习，什么技能都学不会。

　　Lu Ban (鲁班) was supposed to be a consummate carpenter in ancient times. 古代有一个建筑和雕刻技术非常高超的人，名叫鲁班。

　　It is said that he once carved a wooden phoenix that was so lifelike that it actually flew in the sky for three days. 传说他曾用木头制作了一只五彩斑斓的凤凰，能够在空中飞翔三天不掉下来。

　　Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban. 谁敢在鲁班门前卖弄使用斧子的技术，也就是说，想在大行家面前显示自的本领，这种太不谦虚的可笑行为，就叫做“班门弄斧”( 这句成语有时也用作自谦之词，表示自己不敢在行家面前卖弄自己的小本领)。

　　In the Warring States Period (战国)， Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation. 战国时期，齐威王继承王位已有三年了，可是他整天饮酒作乐，不理朝政。

　　One of his minister, Chun Yukun (chún yú kūn)who had a good sense of humor, said to him:”There is a big bird which has never taken wing nor sung for three years.Your Highness, may you guess what kind of bird is it?” 有一个大臣叫淳于髡，很有幽默感，对齐威王说：“臣听说齐国有一只大鸟，三年来不飞也不叫，大王知道这是一只什么鸟?”

　　The duke answered, “Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonish the world.”(其实淳于髡是暗喻齐威王)齐威王答道：“一旦这只鸟开始飞翔高歌，必然震惊世界。”

　　The duke then devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerful one.从此齐威王勤于朝政，励精图治，国威大振。

　　This idiom is used to indicate that a person may rise from obscurity and achieve greatness. 成语“一鸣惊人”比喻平时默默无闻或是无所作为，但一旦认真起来，便一下子干出一番惊人的事来。