英文： 　　ToPulluptheSeedlingstoHelpThemGrow 　　Onceuponatime,anoldfarmerplantedaplotofrice.Everydayhe 　　wenttothefieldtowatchtheseedlingsgrow.Hesawtheyoungshoots 　　breakthroughthesoilandgrowtallereachday.Butstill,hethought 　　theyweregrowingtooslowly.Hegotimpatientwiththeyoungplants. 　　"Howcouldtheplantsgrowfaster?"Hetossedinbedduringthenightand 　　couldnotsleep.Suddenlyhehituponanidea.Hehadanideanotwait 　　fordaybreak.Hejumpedoutofthebedanddashedtothefield.Bythe 　　moonlight,hebeganworkingonthericeseedlings.Onebyone,hepulled 　　uptheyoungplantsbyhalfaninch.Whenhefinishedpulling,itwas 　　alreadymorning.Straighteninghisback,hesaidtohimself,"Whata 　　wonderfulidea!Look,howmuchtallertheplantshavegrownonenight!" 　　Withgreatsatisfaction,hewentbackhome.Hetoldhissonwhathehad 　　doneinatriumphanttone.Hissonwasshocked.Nowthesunhadrisen. 　　Theyoungmanwasheart-brokentoseeallthepulled-upyoungplants 　　dying. 　　Peoplenowuse"BaMiaoZhuZhang"todescribethebehaviorofthose 　　whoaretooeagertogetsomethingdoneonlytomakeitworse.Theidiom 　　isabitliketheEnglishproverb"Hastemakeswaste"------tospoil 　　thingsbyexcessiveenthusiasm. 　　翻译： 　　拨苗助长 　　从前,有个农夫,种了稻苗后,便希望能早早收成.每天他到稻田时,发觉那些稻 　　苗长得非常慢. 　　他等得不耐烦,心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高,长很快呢? 　　想了又想,他终了想到一个“最佳方法”,就是将稻苗拨高几分. 　　经过一番辛劳后,他满意地扛锄头回家休息.心想：明天稻苗长得一定更高了. 　　隔天早晨．一早起身,他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”. 　　哪知,他跑到稻田时,却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了.