When Mencius(孟子) was a small child, his father died. His family was poor, but his mother tried to give young Mencius a good learning environment. She moved her family three times to make sure her son loved studying. Finally they moved to a place near a school. He teacher was a learned (博学的) man. Then young Mencius began to like the teacher and liked to read books.
But Mencius didn’t work hard sometimes. One day his mother was weaving cloth (织布) at home. When she saw her son stop studying, she used a pair of scissors (剪刀) to cut the cloth. She told her son that if he didn’t work hard at his lessons, his future would be like the cloth.
From then on Mencius studied hard and later became a great thinker in Chinese history.
56. How was Mencius’s family when he was a small child?
57. Why did Mencius’s mother move three times?
58. Where did Mencius and his mother live at last?
59. What did Mencius’s mother use to cut her cloth?
60. Did Mencius studied hard from then on?
56. Poor. 57. To make sure her son loved studying..
58. Finally they moved to a place near a school
59. A pair of scissors
60. Yes, he did.