杯水车薪的故事中英文版翻译：

One evening, Zhao Da passed by a tea house when he came back from cutting firewood.

There were a lot of people drinking tea there. He put the firewood outside and walked into the tea house.

When he finished a cup of tea, he found his firewood on fire. Zhao Da shouted: “Oh no! It’s on fire!” 

He took a cup of water, ran out of the door and splashed the water on the fire. Other people in the tea house also took their own cups to fight the fire.

However, instead of being put out, the fire burned even harder.

一天傍晚，赵大砍柴回来，路过一个茶馆，里面坐了很多人，有的在喝茶，有的在乘凉。他就把柴车停放在外面，也走进茶馆。

赵大坐在那刚刚喝完一杯茶，只见茶馆外面一片红光，赵大放下茶杯，走到门口一看：原来是自己的一车柴草着火了，忽忽的光苗直往上窜。

赵大喊起来：”不好了，着火啦!”边喊边跑进茶馆，端起桌子上的一杯水，跑到门外往车上的柴草上泼去。茶馆里的人，一听赵大的叫喊声，也都忙着端起自己的茶杯，往车上泼去。

可是，劈里叭啦一阵响声之后，火不但没灭，反而燃烧得更猛烈了。赵大心疼地连声喊道：”完了，完了!”

重点词汇及短语：

pass by：经过

firewood：柴火，木柴

 splash：泼

instead of：而不是

 put out：扑灭