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“太公釣魚，愿者上鉤”是民間傳說，記載于《武王伐紂平話》，后用于比喻甘心上當(dāng)或自愿去做某事。

Jiang Ziya often went fishing at the Weishui River about 3，000 years ago.But he fished in an unusual way. He hung a straight fish hook， without 1）bait，and the rod was one meter above the water. He often said to himself， “Fish， ifyou dont want to live any more， come and swallow the hook yourself. ”

Finally， his strange way of fishing was reported to Ji Chang. Ji senta soldier to fetch him. Jiang 2）ignored the soldier and just went on with hisfishing. He was saying to himself， “Fishing， fishing. No fish has been hooked.A shrimp is up to 3）mischief. ”

The soldier reported to Ji Chang， and Ji sent an official to invite Jiang thistime. But Jiang again ignored the official. He just carried on fishing， and wassaying， “Fishing， fishing. The big fish has not been hooked. A small one is upto mischief.”

Then Ji Chang realized Jiang must be a great talent， so he went to inviteJiang himself and brought many generous gifts with him.

Jiang saw Jis sincere desire and decided to work for him.

1） bait n. 餌；誘餌

2） ignore v. 不理睬；忽視

3） mischief n. 惡作?。粨v亂

大約3000 多年前，姜子牙經(jīng)常垂釣于渭水之上。但是他的釣法很奇特：直鉤，不用誘餌，釣竿離水面有1 米高。他經(jīng)常一邊釣魚一邊自言自語(yǔ)：“不想活的魚兒呀，你們?cè)敢獾脑挘妥约荷香^吧。”

姜子牙奇特的釣魚方法，最終傳到了姬昌那里。姬昌知道后，派了一名士兵去請(qǐng)他來。但姜子牙并不理睬這個(gè)士兵，只顧自己釣魚。他自言自語(yǔ)道：“釣啊，釣啊，魚兒不上鉤，蝦兒來胡鬧！”

姬昌聽了士兵的稟報(bào)后，改派一名官員去請(qǐng)姜子牙。可是姜子牙依然不搭理，邊釣邊說：“釣啊，釣啊，大魚不上鉤，小魚別胡鬧！”

姬昌這才意識(shí)到，這個(gè)釣者必是位賢才，于是他帶著厚禮，親自去請(qǐng)姜子牙。

姜子牙見姬昌誠(chéng)心誠(chéng)意來請(qǐng)自己，便答應(yīng)為他效力。

True or False：

Due to the Ji Changs sincere desire， Jiang Ziya finally decided to work for him.

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Jiang Taigong， whose given name was Shang and courtesy name wasZiya， was an outstanding strategist and statesman in ancient China. He helpedthe young King Wu， the son of Ji Chang， overthrow the Shang Dynasty andestablish the Zhou Dynasty.

姜太公，名尚，字子牙，是中國(guó)古代一位杰出的韜略家和政治家。他幫助姬昌之子——年輕的周武王推翻商朝的統(tǒng)治，建立起周朝。