Fishing Hookless太公钓鱼，愿者上钩

“太公钓鱼，愿者上钩”是民间传说，记载于《武王伐纣平话》，后用于比喻甘心上当或自愿去做某事。

Jiang Ziya often went fishing at the Weishui River about 3，000 years ago.But he fished in an unusual way. He hung a straight fish hook， without 1）bait，and the rod was one meter above the water. He often said to himself， “Fish， ifyou don’t want to live any more， come and swallow the hook yourself. ”

Finally， his strange way of fishing was reported to Ji Chang. Ji senta soldier to fetch him. Jiang 2）ignored the soldier and just went on with hisfishing. He was saying to himself， “Fishing， fishing. No fish has been hooked.A shrimp is up to 3）mischief. ”

The soldier reported to Ji Chang， and Ji sent an official to invite Jiang thistime. But Jiang again ignored the official. He just carried on fishing， and wassaying， “Fishing， fishing. The big fish has not been hooked. A small one is upto mischief.”

Then Ji Chang realized Jiang must be a great talent， so he went to inviteJiang himself and brought many generous gifts with him.

Jiang saw Ji’s sincere desire and decided to work for him.

1） bait n. 饵；诱饵

2） ignore v. 不理睬；忽视

3） mischief n. 恶作剧；捣乱

大约3000 多年前，姜子牙经常垂钓于渭水之上。（剩余677字）