[英语励志小故事]英语励志小故事 《The Crow and The Pitcher》 A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally, he found a pitcher. But there was not a lot of...+阅读

Hanging the hair from the beam and pricking the thighs with an awl

During the WarringStateperiod, there was a man named Su Qin. At a young age, he went to many places to work. However, due to lack of profound knowledge, he was not attached great importance to. After returning home, his family members treated him coldly and looked down upon him which had given him a severe mental blow. So, he decided to study hard. He often studied late into the night. Being very tired, he often nodded off to sleep. So he found out a way to keep him awake. He got ready a length of rope and an awl. He tied his hair with a rope hanging from the beam so that his head would not nodded down to fall asleep. And once sleepy, he would use an awl to prick his thighs. With a sudden pain he felt, it would make him sober up again, and then continued with his reading. Later on, he became a famous politician.

头悬梁锥刺股

战国时期，有一个人名叫苏秦。在年轻时，由于学问不多不深，曾到好多地方做事， 都不受重视。回家后，家人对他也很冷淡，瞧不起他。这对他的刺激很大。所以，他下定决心，发奋读书。 他常常读书到深夜，很疲倦，常打盹，直想睡觉。于是他想出了一个方法，准备一段绳子和一把锥子，把自己的头发用绳子吊在梁上。以便不使自己低头打盹。并且一旦瞌睡， 就用锥子往自己的大腿上刺一下。这样，猛然间感到疼痛，使自己清醒起来，再坚持读书。后来，他成了著名的政治家。

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