中华·传统
City gate on fire
导读:同学们,古代城市建筑多数用土木建造,万一失火,火势蔓延是很迅速的。下面我们来读一个有意思的故事,看看你们能否猜出是哪个(八字)成语。
Once, there was a moat(护城河) near the
gate of a city wall. In the moat, many fish
were swimming happily there.
One day, the gate caught fire. One of the
fish saw it and said to others, "Swim! Swim
quickly! It's on fire!" But other fish didn't care
too much. They thought the gate was far away and it would not hurt them. At
last, only that fish swam away.
The fire burnt more and more seriously(越来越
严重), so all people came to the moat to get
water. In the end, the fire was put out(扑灭) and
the water in the moat was used up. The fish in the
moat died in the process. Some were thrown into
the fire and some died because of no water.
Many years later, Du Bi, a scholar in the Northern Qi Dynasty created(创造) the idiom "When the city gate catches fire, it's the fish in the moat that get hurt."
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根据故事内容回答问题。
Why did the fish in the moat die?

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“中华传统”译文：
从前,城墙门边有条护城河。护城河里,许多鱼儿欢快地游来游去。
有一天,城门突然着火。一条鱼看到后,跟其他鱼说:"游啊!快游!着火啦!"但其他鱼不以为意。他们觉得城门(离护城河)很远,(火)不会伤及他们。最后,只有那条鱼游走了。
火势越来越大,所有的人都来护城河取水。最后,火被扑灭了,护城河里的水也几乎被用尽。护城河里的鱼儿在灭火过程中纷纷死去。一些被扔进火里,一些因为缺水而死。
多年后,北齐学者杜弼创造出"城门失火,殃及池鱼"这个成语。