中国故事05 Latern Festival 元宵节

中国故事05 Lantern Festival 元宵节

A big, beautiful bird flies over a village in China. The bird belongs to the Jade Emperor. Three men in the village watch the bird. They want to catch it.

The first man takes a knife. The second man takes a sword. The third man takes a bow. They chase the bird. The bird flies faster. The men run up a mountain. The bird flies higher. The first man throws his knife. The second man swings his sword. They both miss the bird. The third man

shoots an arrow from his bow. It hits the bird! The bird falls down the mountain. The men can’t reach it. They walk back to the village.

The Jade Emperor waits for his bird. Night comes, but the bird does not.

The Jade Emperor is worried. He looks down from heaven and sees his bird, lying at the bottom of the mountain. The Jade Emperor is angry. He wants to punish the men. He calls his daughter, the princess.

“I will burn the village!” he yells.

“Yes, father,” says the princess. The princess goes to the village. She talks to the three men.

“My father is angry,” she says. “He will destroy your village with fire!”

The three men don’t know what to do. The people in the village are scared.

The three men ask a wise woman for help. The wise woman thinks. She looks at the village. She looks up the mountain. She looks up at Heaven.

“For three days, there must be fire in the village,” the wise woman says.

“You must light lanterns. You must light fires. You must light firecrackers.

The village must be full of fire and noise. The Jade Emperor will see the fire. He will think the village is destroyed.”

The men thank the wise woman. They find red lanterns, firewood,

and firecrackers. The fourteenth day of the first month of the year comes. The villagers light the lanterns. They light fires around their homes. They light the firecrackers. POP! POP! POP!

For three days, the village is full of fire and noise. The Jade Emperor and the princess look down from heaven. They see the fire, and they hear the noise.

“Thank you, daughter,” says the Jade Emperor. “You have destroyed the village!”

The princess smiles at her father. She knows the three men and their village are safe.

The End

Everyone waits for the first month of the moon. Once, the festival lasted three nights. Now people celebrate on the fifteenth. Their lanterns fly!

Question: The princess helped the village. Have you helped someone? How did you help?

核心词汇和语法

belong to 属于

sword n. 剑，刀

bow n. 弓，弓形物

chase v. 追捕，追赶

swing v. 挥舞（武器、工具、球拍）

miss v. 错过

arrow n. 箭，矢

reach v. 达到，及到

heaven n. 天，天国，天空

Jade Emperor 玉帝

punish v. 惩罚

princess n. 公主

destroy v. 毁灭，毁坏

wise adj. 明智的，英明的

lantern n. 灯笼，提灯

firecracker n. 爆竹，鞭炮

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以下翻译来自百度翻译：

一只美丽的大鸟飞过中国的一个村庄。这只鸟是玉皇大帝的。村里有三个人在看鸟。他们想抓住它。

第一个人拿了一把刀。第二个人拿起一把剑。第三个人鞠躬。他们追赶那只鸟。这只鸟飞得更快。这些人跑上山。鸟飞得更高。第一个人扔了他的刀。第二个人挥舞着他的剑。他们都想念那只鸟。第三个人

从他的弓上射出一支箭。它击中了鸟！鸟从山上掉下来。男人们够不着它。他们走回村庄。

玉皇大帝等待他的鸟。黑夜来了，但鸟儿没有。

玉皇大帝很担心。他从天上往下看，看见他的鸟躺在山脚下。玉皇大帝很生气。他想惩罚那些人。他称他的女儿为公主。

“我要烧了村子！”他喊道。

“是的，父亲，”公主说。公主去了村庄。她和那三个人谈话。

“我父亲很生气，”她说他会用火摧毁你的村庄！”

这三个人不知道该怎么办。村里的人都很害怕。

这三个男人向一个聪明的女人求助。聪明的女人会思考。她看着村子。她向山上望去。她仰望天堂。

“三天之内，村子里肯定有火，”这位聪明的妇女说。

“你必须点灯笼。你必须生火。你必须放鞭炮。

这个村庄一定充满了火灾和噪音。玉皇大帝会看到火的。他会认为村庄被摧毁了。”

男人们感谢聪明的女人。他们发现了红灯笼，木柴，

还有鞭炮。一年正月十四日到了。村民们点燃灯笼。他们在家周围生火。他们点燃鞭炮。砰！砰！砰！

三天来，村子里充满了火灾和噪音。玉皇大帝和公主从天上往下看。他们看到了火，听到了噪音。

“谢谢你，女儿，”玉皇大帝说你毁了村子！”

公主对她的父亲微笑。她知道这三个人和他们的村庄是安全的。