【拔苗助长成语故事的英文版】成语故事：抽调苗子助长

[成语的来源]

try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward/spoil things by excessive enthusiasm

拔苗助长

there once was an impatient farmer who lived during the song dynasty。(s yng ch o，960-1279 ad).

春秋时代，宋朝有急农夫。

every day the anxious farmer would measure the growth of the crops。

庄稼发芽后，他每天都去看。

To his dismay，his crops were growing much slower than he expected .

使他沮丧的是秧苗长得太慢了。

the farmer racked his brains trying to find better ways of planting in order to get quicker results。

农夫绞尽脑汁想让秧苗长得快。

one day he finally came up with a solution。

有一天，他终于想出了办法。

he started to physically pull the crops out of the ground，thus making them taller。

他跑到地里，把秧苗一个一个往上拔，让它们长高。

the farmer worked very hard and at day ' s end was physically exhausted but mentally happy as his plan had produced the desired results .

农夫很累，但看到庄稼长出来，他很高兴。

When the farmer went home，he told his son of his " brilliant " method .

农夫回家时，把这个好办法告诉了他儿子。

his son went to the field only to discover that all of his crops were all dead。

他儿子急忙跑到地里，秧苗都蔫了。

[使用成语]

to educate the young generation in such a way is just like helping the shoots grow by pulling them upward。

以这种方式教育下一代无异于拔苗助长。