《三国演义》中黄忠请战的故事--中国历史故事中英对照
this is a story from three kingdoms.
huang zhong, a veteran in the army of shu, was one of its top five generals. zhang he under cao cao had suffered one defeat after another. cao hong gave him a 5,000-strong army to attack jiameng pass. when liu bei learned this, he consulted with zhuge liang, his military advisor. zhuge liang said: "zhang he is a distinguished（著名的） general of cao cao. only zhang fei could defeat him." this irritated veteran huang zhong. huang shouted: "advisor has looked down upon me. i will get his head off and offer it to you." zhuge liang prodded（刺，戳） huang again by saying, "though you are valiant（英勇的） , i am afraid you are not zhang he's match because you are too old." when huang zhong heard this, his gray hair angrily stood on end. he said, "old as i am, i am able to open two bows and am full of vitality."
黄忠是蜀军中有名的老将。曹将张郃在连吃败仗的情况下，曹洪又给他五千人马叫他攻打葭萌关。刘备得知，与军师集众商议对策。诸葛亮说："张郃是曹操手下名将，要想取胜只有张飞才行。"诸葛亮一句话，激怒了老将黄忠，只见他大声喊道："军师太小看人了，我黄忠愿取张郃首级，献于军师帐下。"诸葛亮再激道："你虽然很勇敢，但年纪太大了，恐怕不是张郃的对手。"黄忠听了，气的白发倒竖说："我虽然老了，但两臂能开三石之弓，浑身还有千斤之力。"
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