兒童英語故事:三國演義之設(shè)連環(huán)計(jì)

來源：新東方發(fā)布時間：2013-06-18

　　Interlocking Stratagems

　　The manipulation of state affairs by the prime minister Dong Zhuo towards the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) aroused strong anger in people， but nobody dared to air it. Upright ministers wanted to but failed to think of a way to get rid of him. Deep at night and alone in his garden， Wang Yun， a minister， sighed at these worries， his teaful eyes cast up at the moon. Suddenly， he heard a sigh from the pavilion nearby. He went over to see Diao Chan， the sixteen-year-old， very beautiful singsong girl in his family. Upon enquiry， the girl went down on her knees and said， “Your excellency has treated me so nice after Icame. How could I repay your kindness? Ihave noticed your knitted eyebrows， You must have big worries that Idare not ask. Isighed， because Iwish Icould help you in some way.”

　　Who could believe， thought Wang that the destiny of the Han Dynasty lies in this girl's hand. He helped the girl up， then he himself prostrated and kowtowed to her. “Why do you bow to me?” the puzzled girl asked. She repeated her offer to help in any way.

　　Convinced of her resolüte attitude， Wang Yun was straightforward： “Both Dong Zhuo and his stepson Lü Bu love women. I'll take you as my step daughter， then I'll betroth you to Lü Bu before I present you as a gift to Dong Zhuo. You will seek opportunities to sow discord between them and make Lü kill Dong. In this way we can preserve the Han Dynasty.” “If I fail to do as you say，” she vowed， “I will die a violent death.” These were the interlocking stratagems laid by Wang Yun and Diao Chan.

文章大意：

     漢末宮廷風(fēng)云驟起，董卓專權(quán)，他廢了少帝劉辯，立劉協(xié)為皇帝。董卓驕橫跋扈，大肆殺戮，鬧得京城人人自危，一片混亂。大臣們敢怒而不敢言。司徒王允對董卓的倒行逆施十分憤恨，在歌女貂蟬的幫助下，利用董卓和他的干兒子呂布都是好色之徒的弱點(diǎn)，定下了一個“連環(huán)美人計(jì)”，離間董卓、呂布父子。
    王允先把貂蟬暗地里許給呂布，再明把貂蟬獻(xiàn)給董卓。從此以后，貂蟬周旋於此二人之間，送呂布於秋波，報董卓於嫵媚。把二人撩撥得神魂顛倒。
    呂布自董卓收貂蟬入府為姬之后，心懷不滿。一日，呂布乘董卓上朝時，入董卓府探貂蟬，并邀鳳儀亭相會，貂蟬見呂布，假意哭訴被董卓霸占之苦，呂布憤怒。這時董卓回府撞見，怒而搶過呂布的方天畫戟，直刺呂布，呂布飛身逃走，從此兩人互相猜忌，王允便說服呂布，鏟除了董卓。

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