Practice makes perfect
导读：同学们，上个单元我们读的成语叫“对牛弹琴”，它用来比喻对听不懂的人讲道理，或讽刺说话的人不看对象。这个单元我们学习了关于梦想的话题，要实现自己的梦想，就要多加练习，就像下面这个故事中的卖油翁一样。读一读这个由宋代文学家欧阳修写的寓言故事，看看你们能不能读懂其中的道理。
In the Northern Song Dynasty (北宋时期), there was a person called Chen Yaozi. He was good at archery (射箭术), and people all admired (钦佩) him.
One day, Chen Yaozi showed his archery skill again. He made eight or nine of ten shots on the target (靶子).

“Hooray! Hooray! Again!” the crowd (人群) shouted loudly.
Just then, an old man went by. He sold oil for a living. He had a look at Chen Yaozi and didn't leave.
“Do you understand archery? Am I the best archer?” Chen Yaozi asked proudly (自豪地).
The old man laughed and said, “There is nothing special. You are good at archery because you practise it a lot.”
Chen Yaozi was not happy and asked, “What can you do then?”
The old man said nothing. He put a gourd (葫芦) on the ground and covered (覆盖) its mouth with a coin (硬币).
He took a spoon of oil, held it high and poured the oil into the gourd.
The oil fell straight through the hole of the coin. No drop (滴) of oil fell on the coin.
The crowd shouted, “Amazing! Amazing!” Chen Yaozi felt ashamed.
The old man said, “There is nothing special. I can do this because I practise a lot.”
我来试试
根据故事内容回答问题。
1. 同学们，你们知道“Practice makes perfect”是什么意思了吗？

2. What could the old man do?

阅读小帮手
“中华传统”译文：
北宋时，有一个名叫陈尧咨的人，他精通箭术，人们都很钦佩他。
有一天，陈尧咨又在炫耀自己的箭术。他射出的箭十支能有八九支射中箭靶。
“好啊！好啊！又中了！”人们大声叫好。
就在那时，一个卖油翁经过。他看了陈尧咨一会儿，没有离开。
“你也懂射箭之术吗？我是不是最好的弓箭手？”陈尧咨自豪地问道。
老人笑着说：“没什么特别的。你擅长射箭只不过是因为经常练习，手法娴熟。”
陈尧咨很不高兴，问道：“那你会做什么呢？”
老人什么也没说。他把葫芦放在地上，用一枚铜钱盖在葫芦嘴上。
他用勺子舀了一勺油，把勺子举得高高的，接着把油倒进葫芦里。
油直直地顺着铜钱孔流进了葫芦，没有一滴落在铜钱上。
人们喊起来：“太神了！太神了！”陈尧咨觉得很羞愧。
老人说：“没什么特别的。我能这么做只是因为熟能生巧罢了。”
文言文版(仅供参考)：
陈康肃公善射，当世无双，公亦以此自矜。尝射于家圃，有卖油翁释担而立，睨之久而不去。见其发矢十中八九，但微颔之。
康肃问曰：“汝亦知射乎？吾射不亦精乎？”翁曰：“无他，但手熟尔。”康肃忿然曰：“尔安敢轻吾射！”翁曰：“以我酌油知之。”乃取一葫芦置于地，以钱覆其口，徐以杓酌油沥之，自钱孔入，而钱不湿。因曰：“我亦无他，惟手熟尔。”康肃笑而遣之。

1. 熟能生巧
2. He could pour oil into a gourd through the hole of a coin covering its mouth, and no drop of oil fell on the coin.

1. 根据故事内容及阅读小帮手的译文，“Practice makes perfect”的中文意思是熟能生巧，指通过反复练习就能熟练掌握技能，达到精湛的程度。2. 从文中对卖油翁的行为描述可知，他能够将油通过覆盖在葫芦口的铜钱的孔倒入葫芦中，且没有一滴油落在铜钱上。