TowardtheendofthethirdcenturyBC，GeneralZhangHanoftheQinDynastyledhisarmyagainsttheStateofChuanddefeated（击败）theChuarmy．ZhangHanwassocarriedawaywiththevictorythatheneglected（忽略）anotherChuarmyinthesouth．HeledhisarmynorthtoattacktheStateofZhao．TheKingofZhaoretreatedtothecityofJulu，presentdayXingtaiinNorthChina’sHebeiprovince，andZhangHansurrounded（包围）thecity．

OnlearningthattheKingofZhaowasindanger，theKingofChuinthesouthsenthistwo
generalsSongYiandXiangYutorescue（解救）theKingofZhao．

Thetwogeneralsledtheirtroops（军队）north．Whentheyhavegonehalfway，GeneralSongYirefusedtoadvancebeforeariver．Hestayedtherefor46days．XiangYutriedtopersuadeSongYitoadvancefurtherbutSongYiturnedadeafear．SoXiangYukilledhimandreportedittotheKing．TheKingmadeXiangYuthetopgeneral．XiangYuthensenthisofficersand20thousandsoldiersacrosstherivertofightZhangHan’stroops．Buttheycouldn’tbreakthrough，becausetheenemytroopsgreatlyoutnumbered（数量上胜过）them．Theofficersaskedformoresoldiers．

Atthistime，Xiangdecidedtoleadallhissoldiersacrosstherivertowinthebattle．Hesanktheboatsaftercrossingtheriver，smashed（打碎）hisarmy’scookingpotsandsetfiretotheirhuts．Heorderedhissoldierstotakeonlythreedays’food．Theyhadtoadvanceandwinthebattle，becausetheycouldn’tretreat．Sureenough，thesoldiersfoughtheroicallyanddefeatedZhangHan’stroopsandrescuedtheKingofZhao．

XiangYu’sresoluteactionswerelatersummedupintheidiomPòFǔChénZhōuandpeopleuse
ittodescribeaperson’sresolve（决心）towin．

Questions：

1．What’sthemeaningof“carryaway”？

2．Whichwordhastheclosemeaningto“turnadeafear”？

3．IfyouwereXiangYu，whathadyoudoneunderthatcircumstance（情况）？