英语讲中国传统节日06 七夕 Double Seventh Festival.pdf

G1节日_DoubleSeventhFestival七夕节

作者:WendyWong

朗读者：JudyLuxton

Lexile:360L

难度：美国小学一年级

一个农夫和织女生活在一个小农场上，他们十分恩爱，有两个孩子和一

头老牛。然而，织女的祖母是天上的西王母，她不喜农夫，想将织女带

走。一天，老牛告诉农夫，可以在它死后将它制成一件魔法外套，这件

外套能带着农夫飞上天空。老牛言罢便死去了。这时，农夫发现织女被

西王母带走，他赶忙披上外套，飞上天空。他能找回织女吗？

WelcometoALO7’sPowertoLearn!Today’sstoryisTheRiverofStars,

retoldbyWendyWongandnarratedbyJudyLuxton.

Afarmerandaweaverliveonasmallfarm.Theyloveeachothervery

much.Theyhavetwoyoungchildrenandoneoldbull.Thefarmertakes

careofthebull.Theweavermakesbeautifulclothes.Sheusesthe

colorsthatsheseesinthesky.

Theweaver’sgrandmotherlivesinthesky.SheistheQueenMotherof

theWest.Shehasverystrongmagic.Shedoesn’tlikethefarmer.The

queenlooksfortheweaver.Shewantstotaketheweaveraway.

Oneday,thebulltalkstothefarmer.Thefarmerisverysurprised.

“Iwilldiesoon,”thebullsays.“ButIamamagicbull.Makemeintoa

coat.Thecoatwillletyoufly!”

Thenthebullliesdownanddies.Thefarmermakesthecoat,buthe

hastearsinhiseyes.

Thefarmertakesthemagiccoatandwalkstohishouse.Heseeshis

childrencrying.

“Whathappened,children?”thefarmerasks.

“She…shetookMother!”hissonsays.

“Upintothesky!”hisdaughtersays.

ItwastheQueenMother,thefarmerthinks.Shetookmywife!

“Let’sfindher!”thefarmershouts.Heputsonthemagiccoat.Hepicks

uphischildren.Theystarttofly.TheychasetheQueenMother.

Thefarmerflieshigher.Heseeshiswife.Theyareveryclose.Hetriesto

catchher,buttheQueenMotherpullsheraway.

TheQueenMotheruseshermagic.Thefarmerseesabrightlight.

Hecovershiseyes.TheQueenMothermakesariverofstars.The

riverdividesthefarmerandtheweaver.Theycan’tcrossit!

Thefarmerandtheweavercalltoeachother.Thechildrencryfortheir

mother.TheQueenMotherlistens.Shedoesnotwanther

granddaughtertobesad.

Itist