晚安故事fm（晚安电台Buyingthebox）
晚安故事fm（晚安电台Buyingthebox）The man from the State of Zheng opened the box and took the pearl out. “Sir you left this pearl in the box. Here you are.” he said. Then he went away happily with the box.Soon the man from the State of Zheng came back with the box. “Why are you back?” the man from the State of Chu asked.A man in the State of Chu had a beautiful pearl. He wanted to sell it. To sell the pearl for more money he de
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这次要分享的成语故事是买椟还珠，为什么郑国人会只要那个漂亮的盒子呢？想知道答案的快往下看吧！
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故事全文
A man in the State of Chu had a beautiful pearl. He wanted to sell it. To sell the pearl for more money he decided to get a nice box to put it in.
He asked a good worker to make the box. The box was beautiful and had the smell of flowers. The man from the State of Chu put the pearl into the box and went to a market in the State of Zheng.
People in the market all came to see the beautiful box. A man liked the box very much. He bought it for a lot of money.
Soon the man from the State of Zheng came back with the box. “Why are you back?” the man from the State of Chu asked.
The man from the State of Zheng opened the box and took the pearl out. “Sir you left this pearl in the box. Here you are.” he said. Then he went away happily with the box.
The man from the State of Chu was confused. He made the beautiful box to match the pearl. But for the man from the State of Zheng the box was more precious than the pearl. He paid so much money for only a box!
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Word Bank 小词库
state /steɪt/ n. 国家
pearl /pɜː(r)l/ n. 珍珠
decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ v. 决定
smell /smel/ n. 气味
market /ˈmɑː(r)kɪt/ n. 集市；市场
bought /bɔːt/ v. 买；购买（buy的过去式）
left /left/ v. 离开（leave的过去式）
confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ adj. 糊涂的；迷惑的
match /mætʃ/ v. 相配
precious /ˈpreʃəs/ adj. 珍奇的；珍贵的
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中文大意
楚国有个人，他拥有一颗美丽的珍珠，他想卖出这颗珍珠。为了能卖个更好的价格，他决定为珍珠配一个精致的盒子。
这位楚国人请来能工巧匠，为珍珠打造了一个盒子。盒子十分精致，散发着阵阵芳香。楚国人将珍珠放进盒子中，去郑国的市场上拿去卖。
在市场中，大家都围过来欣赏楚国人的漂亮盒子。其中一个郑国人很是喜欢，出了高价将盒子买下。
一小会儿，郑国人拿着盒子回来了。“你怎么回来了？”楚国人问他。
郑国人打开了盒子，将里面的珍珠拿了出来。“先生，这颗珍珠落在盒子里了，我来归还它。”郑国人说。说完，他带着空盒子开开心心地离开了。
楚国人感到很迷惑，他制作精美的盒子只是为了与珍贵的珍珠相匹配，但是郑国人居然认为盒子比珍珠还宝贵。他用了大价钱，竟然只买了一个盒子！
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