The Mid-Autumn Festival 中国传统节日英语课件.pptVIP

Legend of The Mid-Autumn Festival Chang e flying to the moon（嫦娥奔月） Wu Gang chopping the tree （吴刚伐桂） jade hare making heavenly medicine（玉兔捣药） Houyi Shooting the Sun（后羿射日） Hou Yi shoots down nine suns. 出现 成功 灼烧 祈祷 According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns. Yi was given the elixir(长生不老药) of life for saving the people from the terrible situation, but his wife, Chang-E ate it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival for beauty. Hou Yi shoots down nine suns. 根据中国神话，地球曾经有10个太阳围绕着它旋转。有一天，10个太阳同时出现，它们炙烤着地球。当一个强壮的弓箭手后羿成功地射下了9个太阳时，地球震动了。因为他把人们从可怕的处境中拯救了出来，他被赐予了长生不老药。但他的妻子嫦娥吃了。由此开始了月宫的传说，年轻的中国女孩会在中秋节向她祈求美丽。 According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns circling over it. One day, all 10 suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi, succeeded in shooting down 9 of the suns. Yi was given the elixir(长生不老药) of life for saving the people from the terrible situation, but his wife, Chang-E ate it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival for beauty. The wood cutter - Wu Kang 懒惰的家伙 仙人 学徒 强求 草药 治疗 特点；特征 Wu Kang was a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time. One day he decided that he wanted to be an immortal, so he went to live in the mountains where he importuned an immortal to teach him. First the immortal taught him about the herbs used to cure sickness, but after three days his characteristic restlessness returned and Wu Kang asked the immortal to teach him something else. The wood cutter - Wu Kang So the immortal taught him chess, but after a short while Wu Kangs enthusiasm again waned. Then Wu Kang was given the books of immortality to study