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拔苗助长

作者：方　方

　　In the state of Song there was a farmer, he had a large area of young rice shoots in his fields, he felt they were not growing fast enough.
　　从前在宋国有一个农夫,他在田里种了一大片秧苗,他觉得这些小苗长得太慢了。
　　“How can they grow faster?” said the man. He decided to help them.
　　“怎么才能让它们长得快点呢?”这个人说道。他决心要帮助它们。
　　One night he thought out a good idea. Early the next morning, he ran to the fields. He pulled each one of the shoots up a bit，so they looked a little higher.
　　一天夜里他突发奇想。第二天一早，他就向田里跑去。他把每棵秧苗都往上拔了一小截，这样小苗看上去就比原来高了。
　　At sunset he went home. He was tired but he said proudly to his family, “I had a busy day today! I have helped the young shoots to grow.”
　　日落时分，农夫回家了。他非常疲惫但却自豪地对家人说：“今天我忙了一天！我帮那些小苗长高了一截。”
　　His son ran out to the fields to have a look, and found that all their rice shoots had died.
　　农夫的儿子向田里跑去想看个究竟，他发现所有的秧苗都死了。
　　Today this idiom is used to describe those who seek success by ignoring the natural rules, they usually end up with poor results.
　　现在我们用这个成语来形容那些忽视事物的发展规律而追求成功的人，他们急于求成，反而坏事。
　　[星星点灯]
　　小朋友们，学习是一个循序渐进的过程，千万不能急于求成。希望大家在学习中总结经验，吸取教训，一步一个脚印，不断进步！
　　（小博士）