TEXT 1-5 (HT 6.1)

Question 1

大失所望

Answer 1

They are deeply disappointed

Question 2

所望

Answer 2

That which they are hoping for

Question 3

失所望

Answer 3

To lose that which they are hoping for

Question 4

習以為常

Answer 4

They become accustomed to it and consider it to be normal.

Question 5

人固有一死

Answer 5

Surely, a man has but one death.

Question 6

或重於泰山

Answer 6

Some are weightier than Mount Tai.

Question 7

或輕於鴻毛

Answer 7

Some are lighter than a wild goose’s feather.

Question 8

失火而取水於海

Answer 8

A fire burst out and we fetch water from the sea.

Question 9

海水雖多 火必不滅矣

Answer 9

Even though the water of the sea is abundant, the fire would not go into extinction.

Question 10

遠水不救近火也

Answer 10

Water from a distance cannot put out a fire at hand.

Question 11

子曰 學而時習之 不亦說乎？

Answer 11

The Master said,‘Having learned something and to try it out at due intervals, is it not a pleasure?

Question 12

有朋自遠方來 不亦樂乎？

Answer 12

To have friends come from afar, is it not joyful?

Question 13

人不知而不慍 不亦君子乎？

Answer 13

Not to be resentful when others fail to know you, is it not gentlemanly?