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1、这篇文章来自国外一个学习网站”MythsandLegends”，希望通过阅读能给大家带来一个与课文不一样的视角，并且扩大阅读视野以及增加词汇量。TheFoolishOldManRemovestheMountainsOnceuponatime,thereweretwohighmountainsbetweenaplacecalledJizhouinthesouthandtheHuangRiverinthenorth.OnewascalledTaihangMountainandtheotherwasWangwuMountain.Theywerestandingthereforman
2、yyears.Bothofthemwereveryhigh.TothenorthofthemountainslivedanoldmannamedMr.Foolwhowasnearly90yearsold.Fool’sfamilylivedthereforgenerations.Withthetwohighmountainsjustinfrontofhishouse,allofhisfamilymembershadtowalkalongwaytocrossoverthetwomountainseverytimetheyhadsomethingtodoontheotherside
3、ofthemountains.Atthattime,Mr.Foolwastheheadofhisfamily.Hewantedtodosomethinggoodforhisdescendants(后代)beforehedied.Itdidn’ttakehimmuchtimetofindoutthebiggestproblemwasthetwohighmountains.Oneday,Mr.Foolgatheredallhisfamilytohaveadiscussionabouthowtomovethetwohugemountainsawayinordertomakeconv
4、enientaccesstotheouterworld.Afterhearinghisidea,hiswifesaid,"Evenagroupofsoldiercannotmovealittlehill,nottomentionyou,anoldweakman.Furthermore,thetwomountainsaresolargethattheycontain(包含)thousandsofpeaks(山峰).Evenifyoucan,wherecanyouplacesomuchearthandstone?""TheBohaiSeawouldbeagoodchoicebec
5、auseitisbigenoughtocontainalltheearthandstone,"Mr.Foolsaid.Afterthismeeting,thefamilyfinallydecidedtomovethemountains.Mr.FoolstartedtoleadhischildrentodigthemountainsandcarrytheearthandstonetotheBohaiSea.Theoldman,helpedbyhissonandgrandsonwhocouldcarrythings,begantobreakrocksanddigearth,whi
6、chtheycarriedinbasketsanddustbinstotheshoresoftheBohaiSea.Theseven-year-oldsonofawidownamedJingcheng,oneoftheoldman'sneighbors,camerunninguptoofferhishelp.Onetriptotheseatookthemalongtime:theyleftinwinterandcamebackinsummer.AmancalledMr.Smart,whowasconsideredveryintelligentandclever,seewhat
7、theyaredoingandtrytopersuadethemtostopsuchasillywork.Hesays:“Youaresofoolish.Asyouaresooldandweakthatyoucan'teventakeawaythegrassandtrees,it’sanunpracticalworkwhichcanneverbeaccomplished(完成).Wecouldn’tchangeourenvironment.Comparedwiththosehugemountains,w
