七夕英文課件

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Valentine’sDay.

Festival

QiXiFestifalfallsontheseventhdayoftheseventhmonthofthelunarcalendar.InChina,thisdayisalsoknownas"TheBeggingFestival".

七夕節(jié)在農(nóng)歷的七月七日，在中國，這一天又叫做“乞巧節(jié)”。.

Origin:RomanticlegendLong,longago,therewasanhonestandkind-heartedfellownamedNiuLang.Hisparentsdiedwhenhewasachild.Hewasbroughtupbyhisbrother.Laterhewasdrivenoutofhishomebyhissister-in-law.Sohelivedbyhimselfherdingcattleandfarming.

很久很久以前，有一個誠實善良的男孩叫牛郎。他的父母他很小的時候就去世了。他的哥哥把他撫養(yǎng)長大，之后他被他的嫂子趕出家門。所以他靠放牧和種地生存。.Oneday,afairyfromheavenZhiNvfellinlovewithhimandcamedownsecretly（偷偷地）toearthandmarriedhim.NiuLangfarmedinthefieldandZhiNvwoveathome.Theylivedahappylifeandgavebirthtoaboyandagirl.

一天，一個來自天庭叫織女的仙女對他一見鐘情并和他結(jié)婚了。牛郎在田里耕作，織女在家里織布。他們生了一對可愛的兒女，過著幸福的生活。.Unfortunately（不幸的）,theGodofHeavensoonfoundoutthefactandorderedtheQueenMotheroftheWesternHeavenstobringZhiNvback.Withthehelpofcattle,NiuLangflewtoheavenwithhissonanddaughter.Atthetimewhenhewasabouttocatchupwithhiswife,theQueenMothertookoffoneofhergoldhairpinsandmadeastroke.

然而好景不長，天庭發(fā)現(xiàn)了他們并命令王母把織女帶回天庭。在牛的幫助下，牛郎帶著他的兒女飛向天庭。在他快要見到妻子的時候，王母用金簪劃了一條線。.Onebillowyriverappeared（出現(xiàn)）infrontofNiuLang.NiuLangandZhiNvwereseparated（分開）onthetwobanksforeverandcouldonlyfeeltheirtears.

一條銀河出現(xiàn)在牛郎面前。就這樣，牛郎和織女被這條銀河永遠的分隔在兩邊，只能含淚相望。

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Theirloyalty（忠誠）tolovetouchedmagpies,sotensofthousandsofmagpiescametobuildabridgeforNiuLangandZhiNvtomeeteachother.TheQueenMotherwaseventually（終于）movedandallowedthemtomeeteachyearonthe7thofthe7thlunarmonth.Hencetheirmeetingdatehasbeencalled"QiXi".

他們倆忠貞的愛情感動了喜鵲，所以成千上萬的的喜鵲為他倆見面搭建了一座鵲橋。王母最終也被感動允許他們在每年農(nóng)歷的七月七日見面。因此他們見面的日子叫做“七夕”.

Evolution——CustomIntheevening,peoplesitoutdoorstoobservethestars.Chinesegrannieswouldsaythat,ifyoustandunderagrapevine,youcanprobably（也許）overhearwhatZhiNvandNiuLangaretalkingabout.Onthisnight,womenwearQiqiaoneedlesandpray（禱告）blessingactivities,displayvarious（各種各樣的）furnitures（家具）,appliances（用具）.在當天傍晚，人們會坐在門外乘涼觀星。老人們會說，如果你坐在葡萄藤下，你可以聽到牛郎織女在說悄悄話。在這一天晚上，婦女們穿針乞巧，祈禱祝福的活動，陳列各式家具、用具。

.Onthatnight,unmarriedgirlsprayed（禱告）totheWeavingMaidstarforthespecialgift.WhenthestarVegawashighupinthesky,girlsperformedasmalltestbyplacinganeedleonthewater‘ssurface:Iftheneedledidnotsink,thegirlwasconsidered（考慮）tobereadytofindahusband.Onceayear,onthisday,girlscouldwishforanythingtheirheartsdesired.

七夕之夜，未婚女子通常會向織女星乞巧，也會乞求姻緣。她們將一根針放在水面上，倘若針不下沉的話，她們就能得償所愿。據(jù)說這一晚女孩子們能祈求任何心愿成真。.

NowadaysTodaysometraditionalcustomsarestillobservedinruralareasofChina,buthavebeenweakened（虛弱的）ordiluted（稀釋）inurbancities.Inrecentyears,inparticularly（尤其），urbanyouthshavecelebrateditasValentine’sDayinChina.ThebusinessmenpushValentine’sDayforprofitssothatitismorepopularthanQiXi.今天一些傳統(tǒng)的習俗仍然在中國的農(nóng)村地區(qū)流傳，但在城市被削弱或稀釋了。特別是近年來,城市年輕人慶祝西方情人節(jié)。商人為盈利推行西方情人節(jié)，因此西方情人節(jié)比七夕更流行。

.NowadaysmoreandmoreChinesepeopleliketoobserve（慶祝）Valentine’sDay.However,thelegend（傳說）ofNiuLangandZhiNvhastakenrootintheheartsofthepeople.Manycouplesbreakupbecauseofaquarrelandthedivorce（離婚）rateisincreasing（增進）,sopeoplehopetoowntheloyal（忠誠的）love.

現(xiàn)在越來越多的中國人喜歡過西方情人節(jié)，然而牛郎織女的傳說在人民心中深深地扎了根，許多情侶因為吵架而分手并且離婚率越來越高，所以人們希望擁有像他們一樣的愛情。.Question1,WhenisQiXiFestival?七夕在什么時候？2,Alsoknownaswhatfestival?七夕又叫什么？3,W