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1、看故事学英语：滴水穿石【成语来源】persistence/Constantdrippingofwaterwearsawaythestone.滴水穿石Oneday,ZhangGuaiya(thecountymagistrate)waspatrollingthegovernmentbuildings.一天，宋朝县令张乖崖在衙门周围巡行。Hesawaminorofficialcomeoutfromthemoneyvaulthurriedly.看到一个小吏慌慌张张地从钱库中走出来。ZhangGuaiya

2、stoppedhimandasked,"Whyareyouinsuchahurry?"张乖崖把他喊住问：“你这么慌慌张张干什么?”"Noreason."theofficeranswered.“没什么。”那小吏回答说。ZhangGuaiyarecalledthethingsstolenfromthemoneyvaultrecently.Heorderedtheguardstosearchtheofficer.张乖崖联想到最近钱库经常失窃，便让随从对他进行搜查。Consequently,therew

3、asacopperpiecefoundintheofficer’sheadband.结果，在头巾里搜到一枚铜钱。ZhangGuaiyaaskedhimhowmuchmoremoneyhehadstolen.Theofficerrefusedtoadmitthathestoleanyadditionalmoney.ZhangGuaiyaorderedthattheofficerbetortured.张乖崖问他一共偷了多少钱，小吏不承认另外偷过钱，张乖崖便下令拷打。Theofficerdidn’tg

4、iveinandsaid,“It’snothingtostealjustacopperpiece.Coulditbethatyoucankillme?”小吏不服说：“偷了一枚铜钱有什么了不起，难道你还能杀了我？”ZhangGuaiyawasveryangryandsenthimtobeexecuted.”张乖崖十分愤怒，就把他押到刑场斩首示众。Hesaidtoallthepeople,"Constantdrippingofwaterwearsawaythestone,letalonesteali

5、ngeveryday."并对所有人说：“水滴不停的滴，就能把石头滴穿，更不用说是每天偷盗了。”【文化链接】“滴水穿石”现在常用来比喻“虽然力量小，但只要目标专一，持之以恒，就一定能把艰难的事情办成”，简单来说也就是“毅力”二字，英语中可用“persistence”来表达，这是一个名词，所以如果想要表达“持之以恒做什么事”的时候，就可以用“persisttodosth”，我们来一起看两个例句：Aslongaswepersisttoworkhard,wecansucceedjustasconstan

6、tlydrippingwatercanwearawaystone.只要我们坚持努力，总会滴水穿石，取得成功。Studyrequirestheacquisitionofknowledgeandpersistence.Justasdrippingwaterwearsawaystoneconstanteffortwillhelpustoachievegoodmarks.学习要有恒心和积累，滴水穿石，才能取得好成绩。