★ reason 原因
★ leave 离开
★ successful 成功的
★ His wife is weaving. “Why do you come back?” she asks.
他的妻子正在织布。“你怎么回来了？”她问道。
★ Then his wife takes a pair of scissors and cuts the cloth. She says, “I spent much time weaving it. By cutting it now, all the effort will be wasted. It’s the same as your studies.”
然后，他的妻子拿出一把剪刀，把布剪断。她说：“我花了很多时间织这块布。现在我把它剪断，前面所有的努力都将白费。你的学习也是如此。”
半途而废，最早见于西汉时期戴圣所著的《礼记·中庸》，比喻做事不能坚持到底，有始无终。
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内容来源：《学英语》报小学版 | 编辑：王艳蓉
审核：陈龙 | 发布：学英语 Sunny
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