【中国成语故事英语5分钟】英语习语故事：用工资灭火

抱着工资关灯

Carrying Faggots to Put Out a Fire

战国末期，秦国先后对魏国发动了大规模进攻，魏国无力抵抗，大片土地都被秦军占领了。到公元前273年，秦国再次出兵卫国，呈现出前所未有的气势。

in The last years of The warring States period，The state of Qin attacked The state of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of lanas

魏王召见大臣们，满脸愁容地问有没有办法让秦国退兵。大臣们经过多年战乱，一提起战争就瑟瑟发抖，谁也说不出“抵抗”这个词。在这个大兵制服边境的危急时刻，大多数大臣都劝魏王以黄河以北和太行山以南的大片土地为代价，与秦王和解。

The king of The state of Wei summoned his officials，And asked with a worried look if any one could propose a way to defeat The Qin army . after years of

谋士苏代听到这样的话，非常不以为然地走过来对魏王说。“王啊，他们因为自己胆小怕死，所以让你卖国和解，完全不考虑国家。(威廉莎士比亚、温斯顿、李安)把大片土地转让给秦国，暂时满足了秦国的野心，但秦国的欲望没有止境。除非魏国的土地都被切断，否则秦军不会停止攻击我们。(莎士比亚。)

However su Dai，a counsellor，did not agree . he hurried up to the king and said : ' your majesty，They don ' t think about the Intel

说到这里，苏大讲了一个故事。从前，有一个人他家着火了，别人劝他快点倒水灭火，但他不听，抱着一捆柴火去灭火。因为他不知道柴火不仅不能灭火，反而会助长火势的道理。同意拿着王毅威地追求和平，不就等于抱着柴火灭火吗？”。

once there was a man whose house was on fire . people told him to put out the fire with water，but he would not listen.instead，He carried a faggot

隋代虽然首领是道，但胆小的魏王只在乎眼前的太平，按照大臣们的意见，把魏国的大片土地割让给了秦国。到公元225年，果然，秦军大举进攻魏国，包围了国道大梁，挖了黄河大堤，洪水淹没了大梁城，魏国最终被秦国消灭了。

though su Dai ' s argument was very convincing，The king accepted The suggestion of those officials and gave away to The state of Qin a large area offor The king of th E state of Wei was cowardly and only cared for peace at The moment . as might be expected，The Qin army assaulted The state of Wei on a LEC

故事来自《史记•魏世家》。成语“用工资灭火”比喻用错误的方法消除灾难，反而扩大灾难。

this story appears in the historical records written by Sima Qian . the set phrase ' carrying faggots to put out a fire ' is used to mean adopps the