鑿壁偷光
Level 5 · 寓言故事 · 49 vocabulary words
Source: 《西京杂记》 · Xijing Zaji (Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital)
匡衡小时候家里穷,点不起灯。
Young Kuang Heng's family was poor and could not afford lamplight.
邻居家晚上有灯光,他在墙上凿了一个小洞,借着洞里透过来的光读书。
His neighbour's lamp shone at night, so he bored a small hole in the wall and read by the beam that came through.
他就这样坚持读书,后来成了有名的大学问家。
He kept reading this way and later became a famous scholar.
条件再苦,也挡不住想学习的人。
However hard the conditions, they cannot stop someone who wants to learn.