Practice Makes Perfect熟能生巧

During the Northern Song Dynasty， there lived an 1）accomplishedarcher. As he was doing his daily practice one day， a big crowd gatheredaround him， and cheered each time he hit his target. This made himfeel pleased with himself， but among the crowd stood an old oilpeddler who merely nodded. The archer asked the old oil peddler，“What do you think of my archery？” The old man answered， “Nothingspecial. You’ve become skilled through regular practice. That’sall.” The archer was 2）unconvinced. 3）Thereupon， the old manput a gourd bottle on the ground and covered its mouth witha copper cash. He then scooped a ladle of oil from his4）jar， held it high in the air and poured it into thegourd. The crowd watched in amazementas the thread of oil fell from the ladlethrough the hole at the center ofthe coin into the gourd. Theold man said， “This isnothing special. It’ssomething I cand o b e c a u s eI’ve practicedevery day.”

北宋时期，有个技艺高超的射手。（剩余785字）