Once upon a time，there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day，he was sitting in a boat preparing to cross a river 【小题1】 he accidentally dropped his sword into the water. With the ship moving fast on and the water running，the people on board reminded that he should go into the water 【小题2】( find) his     beloved sword back. The man felt in great anxiety too. However，he 【小题3】(turn) a deaf ear to that and instead，he 【小题4】(immediate) took out a knife and made a notch(刻痕) on the side of the boat 【小题5】 his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did 【小题6】. He said proudly the notch could help to get his sword back. Shortly after the ship’s 【小题7】(arrive) at the shore，he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though having spent rather 【小题8】 long time， he returned empty-handed. Without doubt，he was laughed at in public and his story became   a well-known joke in China.

Today the idiom 【小题9】(relate) to the story is used to describe a person who sticks to rigid rules without considering a changing environment 【小题10】 describe an action made pointless by changing circumstances.