1、英语成语故事之(画龙点睛)Putting the Finishing Touch to the Picture of a DragonIn the Southern and Northern Dynasties Period(420-589),there was apainter called Zhang Sengyou.Once he visited a temple and painted onthe wall four dragons,but gave none of them eyes.The onlookers feltthat this was odd,and asked why
2、he hadnt painted the eyes.Heanswered,Eyes are crucial for dragons.With the eyes painted on,the dragons would fly away.Nobody believed this,so Zhang Sengyoutook up his brush and added eyes to two of the dragons.No sooner hadhe finished than the two dragons flew into the sky amid athunderstorm.The two without eyes stayed painted on the wall.南北朝(公元 420-589)时期,有个画家叫张僧繇(u)。有一次,他到一个寺庙去游玩,在墙壁上面画了四条龙,可是都没有画出眼睛。看画的人觉得很奇怪,问他为什么不画出眼睛。他说:“眼睛是龙的关键,画上眼睛,龙就会飞走了。”大家不相信他说的话。张僧繇拿起笔来,刚给两条龙点上眼睛,立刻电闪雷鸣,两条龙飞向天空,墙上只剩下两条没有画眼睛的龙。