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导读：少儿成语故事是帮助孩子学习英语的有效方法，英语网整理少儿成语故事-功亏一篑(双语)，更多少儿成语故事，详见英语网学前频道。 【成语来源】 fail the exam 名落孙山 In the Song Dynasty (宋朝) there was a joker called Sun Shan(孙山). 宋朝有一个很幽默的人，他叫孙山。 One year he went to take the imperialexamination, and came bottomof the listof successfulcandidates. 有一年他去参加考试，公布名单时他是最后一名。 Back in his hometown, one of his neighbor asked him whetherthe neighbors son had also passed. 回到家，他的邻居向他打听自己的儿子考得怎么样。 Sun Shan said, with a smile:Sun Shan was the last on the list. Your son came after Sun Shan. 孙山笑着对邻居说：孙山考了最后一名，你儿子的名字还在孙山的后面呢。 The peopleused this idiom to indicatefailing in an examination or competition. 人们用名落孙山来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取。 【文化链接】 名落孙山现在大多指考试没有通过等意思，英语中可以说成fail the exam。 | 
