英语技巧：破釜沉舟
2023-11-02 12:40:19 学考宝 作者：佚名
重点词汇预告
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
adj.坚决的，果敢的
参考例句：
- He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
- The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。
正文
Toward the end of the third century BC，General Zhang Han of the Qin Dynasty led his army against the State of Chu and defeated（击败）the Chu army．Zhang Han was so carried away with the victory that he neglected（忽略）another Chu army in the south．He led his army north to attack the State of Zhao．The King of Zhao retreated to the city of Julu，present day Xingtai in North China’s Hebei province，and Zhang Han surrounded（包围）the city．
On learning that the King of Zhao was in danger，the King of Chu in the south sent his two
generals Song Yi and Xiang Yu to rescue（解救）the King of Zhao．
The two generals led their troops（军队） north．When they have gone half way，General Song Yi refused to advance before a river．He stayed there for 46 days．Xiang Yu tried to persuade Song Yi to advance further but Song Yi turned a deaf ear．So Xiang Yu killed him and reported it to the King．The King made Xiang Yu the top general．Xiang Yu then sent his officers and 20 thousand soldiers across the river to fight Zhang Han’s troops．But they couldn’t break through， because the enemy troops greatly outnumbered（数量上胜过）them．The officers asked for more soldiers．
At this time，Xiang decided1 to lead all his soldiers across the river to win the battle． He sank the boats after crossing the river，smashed（打碎）his army’s cooking pots and set fire to their huts．He ordered his soldiers to take only three days’food．They had to advance and win the battle，because they couldn’t retreat．Sure enough，the soldiers fought heroically and defeated Zhang Han’s troops and rescued the King of Zhao．
Xiang Yu’s resolute2 actions were later summed up in the idiom Pò Fǔ Chén Zhōu and people use
it to describea person’s resolve（决心）to win．
Questions：
1．What’s the meaning of “carry away”？
2．Which word has the close meaning to“turn a deaf ear”？
3．If you were Xiang Yu，what had you done under that circumstance（情况）？
