英语讲中国传统节日03 元宵 Lantern Festival.pdf

G1节日_LanternFestival元宵节

作者:WendyWong

朗读者：MegannWither

Lexile:370L

难度：相当于美国小学一年级

玉帝有一只美丽的鸟，却遭到三个人的追杀，不幸殒命。玉帝十分生

气，派遣公主去烧毁三个人所在的村庄。公主将此消息告诉了村民们，

一位智慧的妇女出谋划策道：“我们可以亮灯笼，点火，放鞭炮，这样玉

帝将误以为村庄已经被烧毁了！”妇女的计策能成功吗？

WelcometoALO7’sPowertoLearn!Today’sstoryisTheFireinthe

Village,retoldbyWendyWongandnarratedbyJudyLuxton.

Abig,beautifulbirdfliesoveravillageinChina.Thebirdbelongstothe

JadeEmperor.Threemeninthevillagewatchthebird.Theywantto

catchit.

Thefirstmantakesaknife.Thesecondmantakesasword.Thethird

mantakesabow.Theychasethebird.Thebirdfliesfaster.Themenrun

upamountain.Thebirdflieshigher.Thefirstmanthrowshisknife.The

secondmanswingshissword.Theybothmissthebird.Thethirdman

shootsanarrowfromhisbow.Ithitsthebird!Thebirdfallsdownthe

mountain.Themencan’treachit.Theywalkbacktothevillage.

TheJadeEmperorwaitsforhisbird.Nightcomes,butthebirddoesnot.

TheJadeEmperorisworried.Helooksdownfromheavenandseeshis

bird,lyingatthebottomofthemountain.TheJadeEmperorisangry.He

wantstopunishthemen.Hecallshisdaughter,theprincess.

“Iwillburnthevillage!”heyells.

“Yes,father,”saystheprincess.Theprincessgoestothevillage.She

talkstothethreemen.

“Myfatherisangry,”shesays.“Hewilldestroyyourvillagewithfire!”

Thethreemendon’tknowwhattodo.Thepeopleinthevillageare

scared.

Thethreemenaskawisewomanforhelp.Thewisewomanthinks.She

looksatthevillage.Shelooksupthemountain.ShelooksupatHeaven.

“Forthreedays,theremustbefireinthevillage,”thewisewomansays.

“Youmustlightlanterns.Youmustlightfires.Youmustlightfirecrackers.

Thevillagemustbefulloffireandnoise.TheJadeEmperorwillseethe

fire.Hewillthinkthevillageisdestroyed.”

Thementhankthewisewoman.Theyfindredlanterns,firewood,

andfirecracker