北京新東方泡泡少兒冬令營給同學(xué)們講一個(gè)成語的英語故事，going south by driving the chariot north，你知道是什么意思嗎？

    北京新東方泡泡少兒冬令營給同學(xué)們用英語講我們的成語故事大家來看下南轅北轍用英語怎么說吧�。�   

    once a man wanted to go to the south， but his carriage was heading north. a passer-by asked him： 'if you are going to the south， why is your chariot heading north? ' the man answered， 'my horse is good at running， my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage， and i have enough money. ' the man didn't consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were， the further he was away from his destination.

譯文

    從前有個(gè)人要到南方去，他坐的車子卻向北方行駛。過路人說：“你去南方，車子怎么向北行駛呢?”他回答說：“我的馬很能跑路，我的車夫駕車的技術(shù)也很高明，加上我又帶了充足的路費(fèi)�！边@個(gè)人沒有考慮到，方向弄反了，他的條件越好，離他要去的地方就越遠(yuǎn)。

寓意

    后來人們就把這個(gè)故事概括為“南轅北轍”，比喻一個(gè)人的行為和他的目的正好相反。

    the idiom derived from this story indicates that one's action was the opposite effect to one's intention.