In the Western Jin Dynasty there were two young men. One of them was Zu Ti and the other was Liu Kun. Both of them were men of ideals and integrity who were chivalrous1 and of a sanguine2 disposition3. They not only wrote excellent articles but also were fond of practising martial4 arts to keep fit, in order to render meritorious5 service to the country. Both of them were chief clerks responsible for document administration in Luoyang. Although in appearance the Jin Dynasty had jurisdiction6 of the Central Plains comprising the middle and lower reaches of the Haunch and threatened by foreign invasion. Zu Ti and Liu Kun often talked about the country's situation till late into the night, and each time they talking very excitedly again.
Liu Kun fell asleep without knowing it, but Zu Ti was too excited to fall asleep. "Cock-a-doodle-doo," came the crow of rooster in the wasteland. Zu Ti jumped up and kicked Liu Kun awake: "Listen. How inspiring the rooster's crow is. Let's get up and practised on a slope." From then on, they kept practising sword playing vigorously and energetically in the wasteland every day when they heard the first crow in the morning. <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考語文培訓(xùn)</a>
Deeply moved by Zu Ti's patriotic7 passion, Liu Kun was determined8 to devote himself to his homeland. Once he wrote to his family: "At the time when the country is in dire9 peril10, I am resolved to dedicate myselt to the service of my country. I often fear that I might lag behind Zu Ti in rendering11 service to the country, and, in fact, I am behind him..."
The words "sleep with my head pillowed on a spear, waiting for the day to break" vividly12 described Liu Kun's determination to dedicate himself to the service of the country and to fight the enemy at any time. Later, this set phrase is used to mean maintaining sharp vigilance and being ready to fight at any time."
西晉人祖逖和劉琨，都是性格開朗、仗義好俠的志士。年輕時(shí)不但文章寫得好，而且都喜歡練武健身，決心報(bào)效祖國(guó)。當(dāng)時(shí)，晉朝表面上還管轄著中原大地，但實(shí)際上已是內(nèi)憂外患，風(fēng)雨飄搖了。祖逖和劉琨一談起國(guó)家局勢(shì)，總是慷慨萬分，常常聊到深夜。
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一天，祖逖又和劉琨談得十分興奮，劉琨不知什么時(shí)候睡著了，祖逖卻久久沉浸在談話的興奮之中，不能入睡?！班?，喔，喔－－”荒原上的雄雞叫了起來，祖逖一躍而起，踢醒了劉琨：“聽，這雄雞啼鳴多么振奮人心呀，快起來練劍吧！”于是，兩人操起劍來，在高坡上對(duì)舞。從此，他倆每天清早聽到頭一聲鳴叫，一定來到荒原上抖擻神練起劍來。
劉琨被祖逖的愛國(guó)熱情深深感動(dòng)，決心獻(xiàn)身于祖國(guó)。一次他給家人的信中寫道：“在國(guó)家危難時(shí)刻，我經(jīng)?！罢砀甏保ㄕ碇魉X一直到天明），立志報(bào)國(guó)，常擔(dān)心落在祖逖后邊，不想他到底走到我的前頭了！……”
故事出自《晉書·祖逖傳》?！罢砀甏背鲎詣㈢杜c親故書》，形象地寫出了劉琨隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備殺敵報(bào)國(guó)的決心。后來用作成語，形容時(shí)刻警惕敵人，準(zhǔn)備作戰(zhàn)。 <A hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/MiNifoRm.Html>蘇州中小學(xué)生作文培訓(xùn)班</a>
1 chivalrous
adj.武士精神的；對(duì)女人彬彬有禮的
參考例句：
Men are so little chivalrous now.現(xiàn)在的男人幾乎沒有什么騎士風(fēng)度了。 Toward women he was nobly restrained and chivalrous.對(duì)于婦女，他表現(xiàn)得高尚拘謹(jǐn)，尊敬三分。
2 sanguine
adj.充滿希望的，樂觀的，血紅色的
參考例句：
He has a sanguine attitude to life.他對(duì)于人生有樂觀的看法。 He is not very sanguine about our chances of success.他對(duì)我們成功的機(jī)會(huì)不太樂觀。
3 disposition
n.性情，性格；意向，傾向；排列，部署
參考例句：
He has made a good disposition of his property.他已對(duì)財(cái)產(chǎn)作了妥善處理。 He has a cheerful disposition.他性情開朗。
4 martial
adj.戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的，軍事的，尚武的，威武的
參考例句：
The sound of martial music is always inspiring.軍樂聲總是鼓舞人心的。 The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.這名軍官在軍事法庭上被判犯了擅離職守罪。
5 meritorious
adj.值得贊賞的
參考例句：
He wrote a meritorious theme about his visit to the cotton mill.他寫了一篇關(guān)于參觀棉紡織廠的有價(jià)值的論文。 He was praised for his meritorious service.他由于出色地工作而受到稱贊。
6 jurisdiction
n.司法權(quán)，審判權(quán)，管轄權(quán)，控制權(quán)
參考例句：
It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我無權(quán)將你釋放。 Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隸屬江蘇省。
7 patriotic
adj.愛國(guó)的，有愛國(guó)心的
參考例句：
His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演說充滿了愛國(guó)之情。 The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.這位老人是一位愛國(guó)華僑。
8 determined
adj.堅(jiān)定的；有決心的
參考例句：
I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已決定畢業(yè)后去西藏。 He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他決定查看一下辦公室后面的房間。
9 dire
adj.可怕的，悲慘的，陰慘的，極端的
參考例句：
There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾經(jīng)有人就看電視太多的危害性提出嚴(yán)重警告。 We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那時(shí)我們的困難真是大極了，但是我們渡過了困難。
10 peril
n.(嚴(yán)重的)危險(xiǎn)；危險(xiǎn)的事物
參考例句：
The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.難民有餓死的危險(xiǎn)。 The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。
11 rendering
n.表現(xiàn)，描寫
參考例句：
She gave a splendid rendering of Beethoven's piano sonata.她精彩地演奏了貝多芬的鋼琴奏鳴曲。 His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom.他的敘述是方言和土語最成功的運(yùn)用。
12 vividly
adv.清楚地，鮮明地，生動(dòng)地
參考例句：
The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演講 者很生動(dòng)地描述了窮人的生活。 The characters in the book are vividly presented.這本書里的人物 寫得栩栩如生。
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