十二生肖英文故事幻灯片教学.ppt

The Story of Chinese Zodiac 福德宮 The Jade Emperor asked the Earth God to tell every animal how to be chosen as one of the animals for the twelve signs of the zodiac. 玉皇大帝公告 The river- crossing race All animals are welcome to compete. The first twelve animals across the finish line will be chosen as the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. After the announcement, all the animals got very excited and everyone was talking about the race. At that time, the cat and the rat were very good friends. They met to discuss the race. We can’t swim. How are we gonna cross the river? Let’s join the ox, We can point the way and he can carry us across the river. The cat and the rat went to see the ox. The ox said okay at once. 十 二 生 肖 渡 河 比 賽 十 二 生 肖 渡 河 比 賽 The day of the race soon came. Early that morning, before the rooster woke up, the ox, the cat and the rat were already at the riverside. The cat and the rat climbed onto the back of the ox. And then they started swimming across the river. How eager the rat wanted to win first place. When the ox was a few second away from the opposite bank of the river, the rat pushed the cat into the water and went into one of the ox’s ears. The ox had no idea of what had just happened but heard the rat saying “ Big Brother Ox, Go! Go! Go! We are almost there! We can make it.” The ox climbed up the shore and ran to the finish line. The rat jumped out of the ox’s ear and rushed to the finish line to win first place. Then came the tiger. The tiger was roaring,” I am the first, right?”” No, you are the third,” said the Jade Emperor. But the rabbit sprinted ahead and took the forth place. The rabbit could not swim but jumped across the river on the backs of the other animals. The sky was filled with flying dust. The horse was dashing at full speed, but as he was about to cross the finish line, the snake suddenly shot through to come in sixth. Poor horse. Originally, the horse was very bold