四年级英语阅读:揠苗助长To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow

Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldnt wait to check his achievement, but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.

从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，就希望能早早收成。每天他走到稻田边时，都感觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个主意，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的成果。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。