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人們常說：“千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重。”比喻禮物雖然輕，卻飽含情義。你知道這句話的起源嗎？一起閱讀下文了解吧！

In old time， local officials must offersome 1）tributes to the emperor each year.Mian Bogao， from Yunnan， was assignedto send a swan to the emperor.

There was no 2）transportation atthat time and he had? walk to Chang'an.It was a long and hard time. He kept onwalking without break whether day ornight. A few days later， Mian Bogao was3）exhausted and also found the swanwas very 4）dusty， so he decided to helpthe swan take a bath in the river. As soonas the swan was put into the river， it 5fluttered its wings and flew away. Finally， MianBogao only got several feathers. He had no choice but to send these pieces of feathersto the emperor. But surprisingly， the emperor rewarded Mian Bogao instead of beingangry.

在古代，當(dāng)時的地方官吏每年都要向皇帝進貢。有一年，云南的緬伯高被派出向當(dāng)時的皇帝進貢一只天鵝。

當(dāng)時交通不便，緬伯高只能步行去長安，路途遙遠且艱辛。緬伯高夜以繼日地趕往長安。過了幾天，緬伯高非常疲累，天鵝也變得臟兮兮的。于是，他決定給天鵝洗個澡。天鵝一接觸水就拍拍翅膀飛走了。最后，緬伯高只有幾根鵝毛。沒辦法，他只能把這幾根鵝毛進貢給皇帝。令人驚訝的是，皇帝非但沒有生氣反而獎勵了他。

背景知識：

唐朝是中國古代最著名的朝代之一。當(dāng)時的中國也是世界上最強大的國家之一，長安成為著名的“國際大都市”。唐朝時的外交政策十分開放。那時中國的經(jīng)濟發(fā)達，文化、政治科技全部領(lǐng)先于世界，沒有閉關(guān)鎖國，而是積極同外國交流。朝鮮、日本等附屬國紛紛派出留學(xué)生，來到長安、洛陽等地學(xué)習(xí)，那時向中國朝貢的國家多達300多個，而那時中國的附屬國達到70余個。

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What two things did Burma Bogao do when he visited Emperor Taizong ofthe Tang Dynasty？

He wrote a poem dedicated to Emperor Taizong explaining why the swanflew away and told the truth.

緬伯高在拜見唐太宗時做了哪兩件事？

他寫了一首詩獻給唐太宗，詩中解釋了天鵝飛走的原因，并實話實說。