Girl weaver and Cowherd boy 牛郎织女 英文版.pptVIP

I would like to tell you a Chinese traditional story, so you can know more about Chinese culture. And I want to begin with the following questions. Have you ever known how the beautiful clouds in the blue sky come? Have you ever noticed, in the dark-blue sky, that there are two especially brighter stars, sparkling separately at the each side of the Silver River? And how does the Silver River come? Have you ever known that, in China, there are two Valentine’s Days? One is on Feb. 14, the same as there; and the other is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, called Double Seventh Festival in China, which is a traditional festival full of romance. Long long ago, there was a female fairy. She was the youngest of seven daughters of the Queen of Heaven. With her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky. And she often came down with her fairy sisters and took a bath in a river in the secular world. And in the secular world, there was a poor lonely orphan cowherd. He was brought up by his brother and sister-in-law. He was kind, honest and hard-working. However, he was maltreated by his sister-in-law day and night. One day, he was forced to put nine cows out to pasture but told to bring back ten cows. He could not get another cow, so they scolded and drove him out of the family, only to give him a hut to live in. Later, with good luck, he come across one cow. He took it back to his hut and treated it kindly. One day, he was very surprised that it could speak to him. “Do you want a way to find a beautiful and nice girl as your life companion?” “Of course, I always dream of a girl. But, but you know, Im a poor cowherd, who would like to marry me?” “Hmm, but you have a kind heart. Thats all that matters. Hey, dont worry! You just need to go to the riverside tomorrow evening, and you will find her.” Directed by the magic cow, he went to the riverside, and really found seven fairies slipped out of their heaven palace to bathe in the river. The fairy s