古时候，有一位大学问家，叫郭象。他十几岁的时候，就能把一些深奥的古书一口气背诵出来。他不但非常有才华，还善于观察和思考生活中发生的一些现象，对很多事情有独到的见解。

    他非常有名气，许多人都请他去做官，但他都拒绝了。因为他只想专心研究学问，和有相同志向的人探讨哲理，他认为这样的生活才更充实自在。

    几年之后，又有人来请他做官，他实在推辞不掉，只好答应做个小官。 郭象到了京城，由于他的知识很丰富，口才又很好，而且非常喜欢发表自己的看法，能够将各种道理说得很清楚，所以大家都很喜欢听他的言论。

    当时有一位长者，听完郭象说的话，就经常在别人面前赞扬他，说：“听郭象说话，就好像一条倒悬起来的河流，滔滔不绝地往下流，永远没有枯竭的时候。”

    【成语解读】口若悬河：“悬河”就是瀑布。说话像瀑布一样滔滔不绝。形容人能说会道，也比喻十分健谈。

In ancient times, there was a great scholar called Guo Xiang. When he was a teenager, he could recite some profound ancient books at one go. He was not only very talented, but also very observant. He liked to contemplate things and had many original and insightful thoughts.

He was so famous that many people recruited him to be an official, but he declined all of them, because he only wanted to concentrate on learning and exploringphilosophy with people who shared same interests, he thought that such a life would be more fulfilling and rewarding.

A few years later, the court sent for him again. This time, He could not decline, so he agreed to be a minor functionary. Guo Xiang arrived in the capital, he was admired by the people there,because he was very erudite and eloquent, not only he liked to express his opinions very much, but also he was able to explain all kinds of truths clearly, so everyone likes to listen to his comments. When an elder heard what Guo Xiang had said, he praised Guo Xiang in front of others. He said, "Listening to Guo Xiang, it's like a river hanging upside down, flowing down endlessly, never exhausted "

       【口若悬河】：let loose a flood of eloquence; eloquent; speak volubly

生词

句型

⒈不但…还…

例句：①长城不但是中国的骄傲,还是世界的奇迹。

②这两天天气很不好,不但阴冷,还刮风。

2.因为…所以…

例句：①因为他乐于助人,所以同学们都喜欢他。

②因为外面正在下大雨，所以我不能出去玩。

3.就好像（just like）

例句：①在这儿就好像在自己家里一样，感觉很自在。

②他们俩一见面就好像是多年的老朋友。

小知识

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1.悬    河（river）： 

    河床高出两岸地面的河，又称“地上河”。由于黄河是一条高含沙的河流，沙土随着河水的流动而逐渐在河道中淤积，使得黄河下游（郑州以下）的河底平均高于河外地面，形成著名的地上悬河。

The river bed is higher than the ground on both sides of the river, also known as the "above-ground river". As the Yellow River is a river with high sand content, the sand and soil gradually silted up in the river with the flow of the river, making the bottom of the lower Yellow River (below Zhengzhou) on average higher than the surface outside the river, forming the famous overground suspended river.

2.瀑布(falls)