張開蘭

During the Northern Song Dynasty， there lived an 1）accomplishedarcher. As he was doing his daily practice one day， a big crowd gatheredaround him， and cheered each time he hit his target. This made himfeel pleased with himself， but among the crowd stood an old oilpeddler who merely nodded. The archer asked the old oil peddler，“What do you think of my archery？” The old man answered， “Nothingspecial. Youve become skilled through regular practice. Thatsall.” The archer was 2）unconvinced. 3）Thereupon， the old manput a gourd bottle on the ground and covered its mouth witha copper cash. He then scooped a ladle of oil from his4）jar， held it high in the air and poured it into thegourd. The crowd watched in amazementas the thread of oil fell from the ladlethrough the hole at the center ofthe coin into the gourd. Theold man said， “This isnothing special. Itssomething I cand o b e c a u s eIve practicedevery day.”

北宋時期，有個技藝高超的射手。一天，他在練習(xí)射箭，引來了一大群人圍觀。每次他射中目標(biāo)，人群就為他歡呼，這令他很得意。但是，人群中有個年長的賣油翁只是點點頭。他問賣油翁：“你認(rèn)為我的技術(shù)如何？”賣油翁回答“： 沒什么特別的，你只不過是反復(fù)練習(xí)，所以手法熟練罷了。”射手聽后很不服氣。于是，賣油翁把一個葫蘆放在地上，并在葫蘆口上放了一枚銅錢，然后從缸里舀起一勺油，從高處往葫蘆里倒。只見油就像線一樣從銅錢中間的小孔里落進(jìn)葫蘆里，圍觀者都驚呆了。賣油翁說：“這沒什么特別的，只不過是天天練的結(jié)果。”

1） accomplished adj. 熟練的；技藝高超的

2） unconvinced adj. 不信服的

3） thereupon adv. 隨即；立即

4） jar n. 缸；壇子

Fill in the blanks：

1. As the archer_______ （do） his daily practice one day， a big crowd gathered around him.

2. The crowd watched in_______ （amaze）.

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The idiom tells us that to achieve perfection inany skill， we need thousands of times of practice.Only through repeated practice can we improve ourskills and reach the top.

“熟能生巧”的故事告訴我們，任何技藝想要達(dá)到完美的境地，都需要千萬次的練習(xí)。只有反復(fù)地練習(xí)，才能不斷精進(jìn)自己的技藝，從而達(dá)到極致。

參考答案：1.was doing2.amazement