英语口头禅 之七 小时了了
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">* A Flash in the pan (</span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">注：这里的</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">pan</span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">不是平底锅的意思，</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">Please read on for an explanation)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>=)<p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p> </p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">三国时期，孔融让梨的故事应该是家喻户晓吧，相传孔融小时候的聪慧和机智也是出了名的。在一次宴会时，有一位长辈说：“小时了了，大未必佳。“</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">
</span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">孔融立刻回答：“想君小时必定了了。“</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">
</span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">孔融的话，意指该长辈愚昧，被认为是连消带打的急智，便传为佳话了。</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p> </p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">不过以我们现代人的眼光来看，孔融的急智只可以说是小聪明，那种没有大智大慧作后盾的小聪明，如果用来争那口舌之快，只会得罪别人。</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">
</span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">那句“想君小时必定了了“的话其实并不符合逻辑。“小时了了，大未必佳“并不等于“小时了了，大必不佳“。也不等于“大时愚昧，小时必定了了“。所以怎么看，都表现了孔融得到了一个错误的结论而已。</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p> </p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">再看深一层，那位长辈的话其实已经肯定了孔融的“了了“，并没有侮辱他，至于“大未必佳“则只是说出他自己对其他人的观察，不一定是针对孔融的，甚至可能是对孔融的一种鼓励，若是如此，则孔融小时候的气量便也有问题了。讽刺的是这位长辈的话后来真的应验了，孔融长大之后的确没有什么大的作为。</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p> </p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">说一句公道话，象孔融这样小时候露尽锋芒而长大后不很成功的例子很多，西方人形容这种一发即逝的表现，说那是</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">”a flash in the pan” </span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">（枪槽上的光芒），这里</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">pan</span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">不是平底锅的意思，而是指以前枪械上装火药的槽子。这句话是指老枪开火而射不出，只在枪槽处闪出光芒的现象。逢是一个人或是一件事情的发展上有先威而无后劲的便可以说是</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;">”a flash in the pan” </span></font><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">了。</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p></p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p> </p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="SimSun" color="#000080" size="2"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">有人说，生命里的争取就像一个长跑竞赛，我们自当尽力而为，但也用不着一下子就跑在前面，有时候开头时的挫折和失败会是很好的生活经验。</span></font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"><p></p></span></font></p>
