Wait for windfalls 守株待兔
In the Spring and Autumn Period， one day a farmer in the State of Song was working in the fields when he saw a rabbit bump into a tree stump（树桩）accidentally and break its neck. The farmer took the rabbit home， and cooked himself a delicious meal.
That night he thought， 'I needn't work so hard. All I have to do is waiting for a rabbit each day by the stump.'
So from then on he gave up farming， and simply sat by the stump waiting for rabbits to come and run intoit.
春秋时期，一日宋国有个农夫正在田里翻土，突然他看见有一只野兔从旁边的草丛里慌慌张张地窜出来，一头撞在田边的树墩子上，便倒在那儿一动也不动了。农民走过去一看：兔子死了。因为它奔跑的速度太快，把脖子都撞折（shé）了。
农民高兴极了，他一点力气没花，就白捡了一只又肥又大的野兔。他心想要是天天都能捡到野兔，日子就好过了。
从此，他再也不肯出力气种地了。每天，他把锄头放在身边，就躺在树墩子跟前，等待着第二只、第三只野兔自己撞到这树墩子上来。世上哪有那么多便宜事啊。
农民当然没有再捡到撞死的野兔，而他的田地却荒芜了。这个成语用来讽刺那些坐等机遇的人，而不是通过努力而获取他们的所需。
wait vi. 等待等候
wait for
waiter 男服务员
waitress 女服务员
windfall n. 意外之财
the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋时期
bump vi. 碰撞，撞击
bump into sthhttp://www.photoint.net/article/sb. 无意中遇到、碰到
stump n. 树桩
stumpy 粗短的
a stumpy leg 小短腿
accidentally adv. 意外地偶然地
by accident 意外地偶然地
giveup 放弃
give up (doing) sth.
