歧路亡羊
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One neighbor of Yang Zi-a famous scholar lost a sheep. He asked all his relatives and friends and Yang Zi's servant for help. 
 
Yang Zi asked, "Why do you send so many people out just for one lost sheep?"
 
His neighbor said, "Because there are a lot of branch road."
 
After a while, all the people came back. "Have you found the sheep?" Yang Zi asked.
 
"No," they answered, "Each road has branch roads and each branch has its forked(有叉的) roads. We just do not know which road to follow. So we give up."
 
On hearing this, Yang Zi became silent. His student did not understand what the teacher was thinking about. He passed the question to Xin Du Zi, a friend of Yang Zi. Xin Du Zi replied, "Your tutor1 is worrying about your study. What have happened reminds him of the difficulty of learning2 and researching. He thinks that if you fail to find the right orientation3 and method of study, you can accomplish nothing, just like those people trying to find the lost sheep."
 
The idiom is used to show that when confronted4 with so many choices and complicated5 things, one who seeks truth is likely to get loss or go astray(迷路) without a correct method.


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1 tutor Bldwv     
n.家庭教师,导师,助教,监护人;vt.当…的教师,教,指导,约束
参考例句:
  • I think you should get her a tutor.我认为你应该替她请个家教。
  • What do you think of your tutor?你觉得你的家庭教师怎么样?
2 learning wpSzFe     
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
参考例句:
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
3 orientation IJ4xo     
n.方向,目标;熟悉,适应,情况介绍
参考例句:
  • Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
  • The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。
4 confronted ed160ba297142d26aec32aa54f9afc98     
面对( confront的过去式和过去分词 ); 使面对; 使对质; 处理
参考例句:
  • When we confronted him, he denied everything. 我们与他当面对质时,他什么都不承认。
  • The writer confronted his pile of work with determination. 那作家下决心面对成堆的工作。
5 complicated 9vjzzD     
adj.错综复杂的,麻烦的,结构复杂的
参考例句:
  • The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂,我理解不了它的意思。
  • This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。
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