《三國演義》中黃忠請戰的故事--中國歷史故事中英對照
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."
黃忠是蜀軍中有名的老將。曹將張郃在連吃敗仗的情況下，曹洪又給他五千人馬叫他攻打葭萌關。劉備得知，與軍師集眾商議對策。諸葛亮說："張郃是曹操手下名將，要想取勝只有張飛才行。"諸葛亮一句話，激怒了老將黃忠，只見他大聲喊道："軍師太小看人了，我黃忠愿取張郃首級，獻于軍師帳下。"諸葛亮再激道："你雖然很勇敢，但年紀太大了，恐怕不是張郃的對手。"黃忠聽了，氣的白發倒豎說："我雖然老了，但兩臂能開三石之弓，渾身還有千斤之力。"
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