Point to a deer, call it a horse
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After the Emperor Shi Huang of Qin dynasty dead, his eighteenth son Hu Hai, takes the power with the help of Zhao Gao. So Hu Hai becomes the second emperor of Qin dynasty. But he has no ability to rule the country. So the power falls into Zhao Gao's hand,
Zhao Gao is still not satisfied, he wants to be the emperor himself. But he is afraid that the officials will not listen to him. So he decides to test these officials.
One day, Zhao Gao brings a deer to the court. He says to the emperor :" My majesty, I want to show you a very good horse. " The emperor looks at the deer carefully, then he says:" You are wrong, it's not a horse, it's a deer." But Zhao Gao says: " My majesty, please look carefully, it's really a horse. " The emperor looks at the deer again, says:" How does a horse have antlers on head?"
Zhao Gao turns to the officials, says loudly:" My majesty, if you don't believe, you can ask the officials." The officials are all confused, it's really a deer, why Zhao Gao calls it a horse. But when they look at the smile on Zhao Gao's face, they all understand. Some honest officials say:" It's not a horse, it's a deer. " But most of the officials argue :"No, my majesty, it's a very good horse."
After that, Zhao Gao kills all the honest officials.
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單詞：
point to 指向，指著 deer 鹿
call 叫，打電話 emperor 皇帝
Emperor Shi huang 秦始皇
dynasty 朝代 power 權力，力量
take the power 奪得權力，掌權
with the help of.... 在....的幫助下
become 成為 ability 能力
rule 統治 country 國家
fall into 落入 satisfied 滿足的
himself 他自己 afraid 擔心
official 官員 decide 決定
test 測試，測驗 bring 帶來
court 朝廷 majesty 陛下
carefully 仔細地 wrong 錯的
really 確實的 again 再一次
antler 角 turn to 轉向
loudly 大聲地 believe 相信
confused 迷惑的，迷糊的 smile 笑容
understand 理解，明白 honest 誠實的，正直的
most of 大部分的
argue 反對，爭辯 kill 殺死
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指鹿為馬
當秦國的秦始皇死了之後，他的第十八個兒子，胡亥，在趙高的幫助下掌握了政權。於是，胡亥成為了秦朝的第二個皇帝。但是，他並沒有能力統治國家，於是，權力都落入趙高的手中。
趙高依然不滿足，他想自己當皇帝。但是他害怕官員們不聽他的。於是，他決定測試一下這些官員。
一天，趙高帶了一隻鹿到朝廷上。他對皇帝說：“陛下，我想讓您看一隻非常好的馬。”皇帝仔細地看著這隻鹿，他說：“你錯了，它不是馬，它是一隻鹿。” 但是趙高說：“陛下，請仔細看，它的確是一隻馬啊！”皇帝又仔細地看了看這隻鹿，他說：“馬怎麼會頭上長角呢？”
趙高轉向官員們，大聲的說：“陛下，如果您不相信，您可以問一問官員們。”官員們都糊塗了，它確實是一隻鹿，為什麼趙高說它是一隻馬呢？ 但是，當他們看到趙高臉上的笑容的時候，他們都明白了。一些正直的官員們說：“它不是馬，它是鹿。”但是大部分官員們反駁道：“不，陛下，它是一隻好馬！”
之後，趙高殺死了所有正直的官員。
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