Practice Makes Perfect

◎張開(kāi)蘭

“熟能生巧”指熟練了就能產(chǎn)生巧辦法，或找出竅門。

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During the Northern Song Dynasty, there lived an1)accomplished archer.As he was doing his daily practice one day, a big crowd gathered around him, and cheered each time he hit his target.This made him feel pleased with himself, but among the crowd stood an old oil peddler who merely nodded.The archer asked the old oil peddler,“What do you think of my archery?” The old man answered, “Nothing special.You’ve become skilled through regular practice.That’s all.” The archer was2)unconvinced.3)Thereupon, the old man put a gourd bottle on the ground and covered its mouth with a copper cash.He then scooped a ladle of oil from his4)jar, held it high in the air and poured it into the gourd.The crowd watched in amazement as the thread of oil fell from the ladle through the hole at the center of the coin into the gourd.The old man said, “This is nothing special.It’s something I can d o b e c a u s e I’ve practiced every day.”

北宋時(shí)期，有個(gè)技藝高超的射手。一天，他在練習(xí)射箭，引來(lái)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(gè)年長(zhǎng)的賣油翁只是點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭。他問(wèn)賣油翁：“你認(rèn)為我的技術(shù)如何？”賣油翁回答:“沒(méi)什么特別的,你只不過(guò)是反復(fù)練習(xí)，所以手法熟練罷了。”射手聽(tīng)后很不服氣。于是，賣油翁把一個(gè)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(jiàn)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(shuō):“這沒(méi)什么特別的，只不過(guò)是天天練的結(jié)果。”

1) accomplishedadj.熟練的；技藝高超的

2) unconvincedadj.不信服的

3) thereuponadv.隨即；立即

4) jarn.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 in any skill, we need thousands of times of practice.Only through repeated practice can we improve our skills 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(wàn)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。