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1、英汉对照：中国情人节“七夕”由来(图)ChineseValentine'sDay RaiseyourheadonAugust4andgazeatthestars,youwillfindsomethingromanticgoingoninthesky。 VALENTINE''SDayinChina,theseventhdayoftheseventhlunarmonth,fallsonAugust4thisyear。 Thatis,onMondayevening,NiuLangandZhiNuwillmeetonabridgeofmagpies(鹊桥)acrosst
2、heMilkyWay(银河).Chinesegrannieswillremindchildrenthattheywouldnotbeabletoseeanymagpiesonthateveningbecauseallthemagpieshavelefttoformabridgeintheheavenswiththeirwings。 Romanticlegend Thelegendhasbeenhandeddownfornearly2millennia.ThestoryhasbeenrecordedasfarbackastheJinDynasty(256-420AD
3、).PoetscomposedhundredsofversesonthelovestoryandmanytypesofChineseoperatellthestory。 TheChinesepeoplebelievethatthestarVega(织女星)，eastoftheMilkyWay,isZhiNuand,attheconstellationofAquila(天鹰座)，onthewesternsideoftheMilkyWay,NiuLangwaitsforhiswife。 ZhiNuwassaidtobetheyoungestofsevendaughte
4、rsoftheQueenofHeaven.Withhersisters,sheworkedhardtoweavebeautifulcloudsinthesky,whileNiuLangwasapoororphancowherd,drivenoutofhishomebyhiselderbrotherandhiscruelwife。 NiuLanglamentedoverhislonelyandpoorlifewithanoldcow,hisonlyfriendandcompanion.Themagicalcowkindlytoldhimofawaytofindabea
5、utifulandnicewomanashislifecompanion。 Underthedirectionofthecow,NiuLangwenttotheriversideonanevening,wherethesevenfairiesslippedoutoftheirheavenlypalacetobathe。 Hetookoneofthebeautifulsilkdressesthefairieshadleftonthebank.Whenthefairiesleftthewater,theyoungestcouldn''tfindherclothesan
6、dhadtoseehersistersflybacktoheavenwithouther。 ThenNiuLangcameoutwiththedressandaskedtheyoungestfairy,ZhiNu,tostaywithhim。 SeveralyearspassedonEarth,whichwereonlyafewdaysinheaven.NiuLangandZhiNulivedhappilytogetherandhadtwochildrenbeforetheQueenofHeavendiscoveredZhiNu''sabsence。 Shewa
7、ssoannoyedshehadZhiNubroughtbacktoheaven.Seeinghisbelovedwifeflyinginthesky,NiuLangwasterrified.Hecaughtsightofthecowhidehangingonawall.Themagicalcowhadtoldhimbeforedyingofoldage:"Keepthecowhide(牛皮)foremergencyuse." Puttingthecowhideon,hewentafterhiswifewithhistwochildren。 Wi
