Original text 1

Fan Zhongyan was orphaned at the age of two, and his family was poor and helpless. He rarely has great ambitions. He always takes the world as his own responsibility and studies hard. Sometimes he is lazy at night and often feeds his noodles with water. He has no food and eats porridge while reading. ‖Since he was an official, he always spoke generously about world affairs without caring about his own life. He was even slandered and demoted, and was relegated to Dengzhou by participating in political affairs. ‖Zhong Yan worked hard and worked hard, but his diet was not heavy on meat. His wife only had enough food and clothing. He often recited to himself: "A scholar should worry about the worries of the world first, and rejoice in the happiness of the world later."

-----Excerpted from "Wen Zheng Fan, the Minister of Household Affairs, the Scholar of Zizheng Palace" by Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty "Combined Preface to the Inscriptions of Gongshen Dao"

Translation 1

Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was two years old, and his family was poor and helpless. He had lofty ambitions when he was young. He often regarded managing national affairs as his due responsibility and worked hard to study. Sometimes he felt sleepy at night and often washed his head and face with cold water. I often couldn't even eat, so I ate porridge and kept studying. After becoming an official, he often talked about world affairs without caring about his own life. So much so that some people were demoted for speaking ill of him, and were demoted from being the governor of Dengzhou to being the governor of Dengzhou. Fan Zhongyan trained himself hard and did not eat much meat. He only had enough food and clothing for his wife and children. He often recited two sentences from his works: "A scholar should worry before the world is worried, and be happy after the world is happy."

Reading training

1. Pronounce and explain the underlined words in the following sentences.

① Eat porridge and pronounce: dàn Meaning: eat

② Frequently feed noodles with water Pronunciation: zhé Meaning: often, always

③ Not giving food Pronunciation: jǐ Meaning: supply

④Even being slandered and derogatory Pronunciation: chán Meaning: Speaking ill of others

⑤Relegated to guard Dengzhou by the political advisor: relegated, demoted< /p>

2. The correct translation of "Every person takes the world as his own responsibility" is (B)

A. Take world affairs as your own responsibility every day.

B. He often regards managing national affairs as his due responsibility.

C. He often regards world affairs as his own duty.

D. Take managing national affairs as your due responsibility every day.

3. The following sentences are translated into modern Chinese.

① Or feeling sleepy at night and frequently saturating your face with water: Sometimes you are tired and sleepy at night, so you often wash your face with cold water.

②The wife is merely self-sufficient in food and clothing: The wife and children are merely self-sufficient in food and clothing.

③ Then he understood the purpose of the Six Classics and was determined to serve the world: So, after mastering the main purpose of the Six Classics, he passionately set up his ambition to do something for the country.

4. The layers of this text have been marked in the text. Please briefly summarize the meaning of the layers.

① When he was young, his family was poor but he had great ambitions.

② After becoming an official, he was demoted for speaking out.

③ Work hard on yourself and worry about the world.

5. "Be worried about the world first, and be happy after the world is happy" is a famous sentence in "Yueyang Tower" written by Fan Zhongyan. Like that article, this sentence appears in this article (to point out Fan Zhongyan's ambition).

6. The sentences in the article that describe the young Fan Zhongyan's life experience and family background include "He was orphaned at the age of two" and "The family is poor and helpless"; the sentences that indicate that he read angrily and hard are "Sometimes he is lazy at night, and he often wets his face with water."