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导读：少儿英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-嗟来之食(双语)，更多少儿成语故事，详见英语网学前频道。 food handed out in contempt 嗟来之食 One year during the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), there was a the Qi State (齐国) was severely strickend by a famine. 春秋时代，有一年齐国发生大饥荒。 Qian Ao (qin o 黔敖), a very rich but arrogant man took the occasion to showcase his generosity through preparing food by the roadside and giving it to the passing refugees in charity. 有一位叫做黔敖有钱贵族，在街边准备食物分发给来往的难民，以显示自己的慷慨。 A man with shabby clothes happened to walk by with his shoes trailing along, he was so hungry as not to open his eyes. 有一个饥民，用衣袖蒙着脸，拖着鞋，饿得眼睛都睁不开的样子，慢慢地走过来。 Seeing the poor man, Qian Ao held the food by left hand and the drink by right hand, and shouted at him,Hi, come to eat ! 黔敖见了，就左手拿着吃的，右手捧着喝的，向他喊道：喂，来吃吧! Hearing the word, the man glared his eyes and said, It is because I am not willing to eat the food handed out in contempt that I have been famished to such a degree. | 
