Oral Communication in Grade Seven —— The World of Horses (II) Horses in Historical Legends

Horse, originally a wild animal, was first called "fire beast". In the era of the Yellow Emperor 5000 years ago, people lived a nomadic life with uncertain migration. Legend has it that once, the men of the Yellow Emperor captured a wild horse. Whenever people get close to it, its front hoof will fly, its head will scream, or its hind legs will collapse, but it will not hurt people and other animals, but only eat grass. At that time, people didn't know this animal, so they asked the Yellow Emperor to identify it. The yellow emperor observed it for a long time, but he couldn't recognize what animal it was. He only asked everyone not to kill it, and sent Wang Haixian, an expert in animal domestication, to fence it with wooden fences. After a while, Wang Hai found several red wild horses coming outside the railing. They kept barking at the wild horses in the railing and refused to leave. A day later, Wang Hai opened the wooden fence door. Unexpectedly, several wild horses rushed into the wooden fence outside, mixed with the wild horses in the fence, brayed at each other for a while, and then lay down again. Wang Hai closed the railing door and fed them with the cut grass. Before long, one of the horses suddenly gave birth to a pony. Wang Hai is very happy. The news spread and people came to watch. These wild horses have been in contact with people for a long time, and it seems that people don't want to hurt them, so they don't panic in front of people and become very docile. Ponies, in particular, like to play with people. One day, after feeding the horse, Wang Hai pulled out a tame horse and jumped on it. The horse was surprised and suddenly flew into the air, throwing Wang Hai, who was unprepared, on his back. By the time Wang Hai got up from the ground, the horse had run far away. Wang Hai stood up and looked at the horse that ran farther and farther. He was so anxious that he thought it would never come back. Just about to go back, unexpectedly, the horse that ran far turned around and ran back. Wang Hai was so happy that he quickly led the horse into the inner ring of the railing. Later, he thought of a way to twist mulberry bark into a rope, tie it to the horse's head and pull it out slowly. Then jump on horseback. The horse still flies like the first time. This time, Wang Hai learned the last lesson. One hand gripped the rope tied to the horse's head, and the other hand tightened the horse's mane. No matter how fast the horse flies, Wang Hai won't let go. After running for a while, the speed of the horse slowed down until the horse stopped running. Wang Haicai pulled the horse's head over and rode back slowly. After Wang Hai succeeded in riding a horse, he caused a sensation among many people at once. Hou Feng, Ying Long, Chang Xian and Da Hong all came to watch, and soon the Yellow Emperor knew about it. Ying Long, the general around the Yellow Emperor, was of course more interested in riding horses. He actively assisted Wang Hai in training horses and practicing riding. At this time, an unfortunate thing happened. One morning, Wang Hai and Ying Long got up to practice horses and forgot to close the railing door. A tiger broke into the circle when no one was around and killed the lovely pony. He was just about to open his mouth to eat when he was found. The tiger jumped out of the railing and ran away before eating the pony. When Wang Hai and Ying Long saw that the foal was killed by a tiger, they felt sick with anger. They immediately took bows and arrows and rode in the direction of the tiger's escape. They ran dozens of mountains in one breath. Finally found this tiger. The two men aimed at the target, fired several arrows in succession and shot the tiger to death in the valley. On the way back, Wang Hai and Ying Long rode horses and killed some deer. Unexpectedly, their actions attracted the attention of the wind. After the storm, he is always wise and resourceful. When his mind moved, he said to the Yellow Emperor, "Since riding a horse can chase tigers and shoot beasts, can you also ride a horse to chase the enemy in war?" After the wind broke, he suggested that the Yellow Emperor order: "Hunters from all tribes are not allowed to shoot wild horses in the future. Whoever can catch the wild horse will be rewarded. " The Yellow Emperor not only agreed to this suggestion, but also began to practice riding by himself. He ordered Ying Long and Wang Hai to carefully raise and train more than 200 wild horses they captured. Ying Long specially selected more than 200 capable young people to train horses and men from morning till night every day. After more than two years of training, the earliest cavalry of the Chinese nation was born. This cavalry played an important role in Zhuolu War.

Calling a deer a horse-deliberate misinterpretation

Qin Ershi and Zhao Gao are ambitious and plan to usurp the throne all the time. However, he doesn't know how many people in North Korea can be at his mercy, and how many people object to calling deer Mata. So he thought of a way to test his prestige and find out who dared to oppose him. One day, Zhao Gao brought a deer into the palace and said to Qin Ershi with a big smile, "Your Majesty, I will give you a good horse." Qin Ershi looked at it and thought: This is not a horse, this is obviously a deer! He smiled and said to Zhao Gao, "The Prime Minister has made a mistake. This is a deer. How can you say it's a horse? " Zhao Gao said quietly with a straight face, "Please see clearly, this is really a good horse." Qin Ershi looked at the deer again and said incredulously, "Why does a horse have horns on its head?" Seeing that the time had come, Zhao Gao turned around, pointed at the ministers and said loudly, "If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask the ministers." Ministers were all at a loss by Zhao Gao's nonsense, and whispered privately: What is this Zhao Gao doing? It's obviously a deer or a horse! Ministers see Zhao Gao sinister smile on his face, eyes staring at you in turn, suddenly understand Zhao Gao's intention. Some timid people with a sense of justice bow their heads and dare not speak, because telling lies is sorry for their conscience, and telling the truth is afraid of being hurt by Zhao Gao in the future. Some honest people insist that this is a deer rather than a horse. There are also some adulterers who usually follow Zhao Gao closely and immediately support Zhao Gao's statement and say to the emperor, "This is indeed a swift horse!" Afterwards, Zhao Gao punished those honest ministers who did not obey him by various means, and even copied them.

Discussion topic: 1

Health 1: I think the future fate of the horse is very tragic. People will think it is more and more useless and people will pay less and less attention to it.

Health 2: Horses may be extinct in the future, because people no longer use them.

Health 3: I don't think the horse will die, because it will be kept in the zoo and domesticated.

Health 4: I don't think horses will disappear, because the exhaust of cars has seriously polluted the environment. In the future, carriages may replace cars.

Health 5: In that case, it is not the life that horses want. It should run freely on the grassland.

Although the practical value of horses is getting lower and lower, the value of gambling is great. Tens of millions of horses are very common, and the future of horses should radiate infinite brilliance in gambling. Horses that let people slaughter animals are used as textbooks. Horse racing is to satisfy people's desire to gamble. Keeping horses at home is a personal preference. Horses used for gambling are used as riding horses in sports, ornamental animals in zoos, mounts for herders and shepherds, horse-drawn carriages showing majesty when royal families travel in some western countries, horse racing in grassland tourism, props for filming, and horse racing in aristocratic estates for entertainment.

The second discussion topic

There are Bole in the world, and then there are swift horses, which are common, but Bole is not common. This can be extended to the relationship between talents and people who can find talents (talents among talents), which means that talents are not available in every era. Maybe everyone is a talent, but few people can find talents, so some people will live in obscurity all their lives without any achievements. Maybe people who can find talents can be called talents.