Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 小题1:________these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, "plucking up a crop 小题2:________ (help) it grow", is based on the following story.
It is said that a short tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960－1279) was very anxious to help 小题3:_______ rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 小题4:_______ day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea 小题5:_______ he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
He was very tired 小题6:_______ doing this for a whole day, 小题7:_______ he felt very happy since the crop did "grow" 小题8:_______ (high)．
His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their小题9:_______(nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 小题10:_______(result) in the contrary to our intention.
