呃，再短的我也找不到……浪漫的话很难三言两语说完的，凑活一下，自己缩一缩吧
The Romance of a Busy Broker证券经纪人的浪漫故事
Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer With a snappy Good-morning, Pitcher, Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it, and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him
The young lady had been Maxwell's stenographer for a year She was beautiful in a way that was decidedly unstenographic She forewent the pomp of the alluring pompadour She wore no chains, bracelets or lockets She had not the air of being about to accept an invitation to luncheon Her dress was grey and plain, but it fitted her figure with fidelity and discretion In her neat black turban hat was the gold-green wing of a macaw On this morning she was softly and shyly radiant Her eyes were dreamily bright, her cheeks genuine peachblow, her expression a happy one, tinged with reminiscence
Pitcher, still mildly curious, noticed a difference in her ways this morning Instead of going straight into the adjoining room, where her desk was, she lingered, slightly irresolute, in the outer office Once she moved over by Maxwell's desk, near enough for him to be aware of her presence
The machine sitting at that desk was no longer a man; it was a busy New York broker, moved by buzzing wheels and uncoiling springs
Well--what is it Anything asked Maxwell sharply His opened mail lay like a bank of stage snow on his crowded desk His keen grey eye, impersonal and brusque, flashed upon her half impatiently
Nothing, answered the stenographer, moving away with a little smile
Mr Pitcher, she said to the confidential clerk, did Mr Maxwell say anything yesterday about engaging another stenographer
He did, answered Pitcher He told me to get another one I notified the agency yesterday afternoon to send over a few samples this morning It's 945 o'clock, and not a single picture hat or piece of pineapple chewing gum has showed up yet
I will do the work as usual, then, said the young lady, until some one comes to fill the place And she went to her desk at once and hung the black turban hat with the gold-green macaw wing in its accustomed place
He who has been denied the spectacle of a busy Manhattan broker during a rush of business is handicapped for the profession of anthropology The poet sings of the crowded hour of glorious life The broker's hour is not only crowded, but the minutes and seconds are hanging to all the straps and packing both front and rear platforms
And this day was Harvey Maxwell's busy day The ticker began to reel out jerkily its fitful coils of tape, the desk telephone had a chronic attack of buzzing Men began to throng into the office and call at him over the railing, jovially, sharply, viciously, excitedly Messenger boys ran in and out with messages and telegrams The clerks in the office jumped about like sailors during a storm Even Pitcher's face relaxed into something resembling animation
On the Exchange there were hurricanes and landslides and snowstorms and glaciers and volcanoes, and those elemental disturbances were reproduced in miniature in the broker's offices Maxwell shoved his chair against the wall and transacted business after the manner of a toe dancer He jumped from ticker to 'phone, from desk to door with the trained agility of a harlequin
In the midst of this growing and important stress the broker became suddenly aware of a high-rolled fringe of golden hair under a nodding canopy of velvet and ostrich tips, an imitation sealskin sacque and a string of beads as large as hickory nuts, ending near the floor with a silver heart There was a self-possessed young lady connected with these accessories; and Pitcher was there to construe her
Lady from the Stenographer's Agency to see about the position, said Pitcher
Maxwell turned half around, with his hands full of papers and ticker tape
What position he asked, with a frown
Position of stenographer, said Pitcher You told me yesterday to call them up and have one sent over this morning
You are losing your mind, Pitcher, said Maxwell Why should I have given you any such instructions Miss Leslie has given perfect satisfaction during the year she has been here The place is hers as long as she chooses to retain it There's no place open here, madam Countermand that order with the agency, Pitcher, and don't bring any more of 'em in here
The silver heart left the office, swinging and banging itself independently against the office furniture as it indignantly departed Pitcher seized a moment to remark to the bookkeeper that the old man seemed to get more absent-minded and forgetful every day of the world
The rush and pace of business grew fiercer and faster On the floor they were pounding half a dozen stocks in which Maxwell's customers were heavy investors Orders to buy and sell were coming and going as swift as the flight of swallows Some of his own holdings were imperilled, and the man was working like some high-geared, delicate, strong machine--strung to full tension, going at full speed, accurate, never hesitating, with the proper word and decision and act ready and prompt as clockwork Stocks and bonds, loans and mortgages, margins and securities--here was a world of finance, and there was no room in it for the human world or the world of nature
When the luncheon hour drew near there came a slight lull in the uproar
Maxwell stood by his desk with his hands full of telegrams and memoranda, with a fountain pen over his right ear and his hair hanging in disorderly strings over his forehead His window was open, for the beloved janitress Spring had turned on a little warmth through the waking registers of the earth
And through the window came a wandering--perhaps a lost--odour--a delicate, sweet odour of lilac that fixed the broker for a moment immovable For this odour belonged to Miss Leslie; it was her own, and hers only
The odour brought her vividly, almost tangibly before him The world of finance dwindled suddenly to a speck And she was in the next room--twenty steps away
By George, I'll do it now, said Maxwell, half aloud I'll ask her now I wonder I didn't do it long ago
He dashed into the inner office with the haste of a short trying to cover He charged upon the desk of the stenographer
She looked up at him with a smile A soft pink crept over her cheek, and her eyes were kind and frank Maxwell leaned one elbow on her desk He still clutched fluttering papers with both hands and the pen was above his ear
Miss Leslie, he began hurriedly, I have but a moment to spare I want to say something in that moment Will you he my wife I haven't had time to make love to you in the ordinary way, but I really do love you Talk quick, please--those fellows are clubbing the stuffing out of Union Pacific
Oh, what are you talking about exclaimed the young lady She rose to her feet and gazed upon him, round-eyed
Don't you understand said Maxwell, restively I want you to marry me I love you, Miss Leslie I wanted to tell you, and I snatched a minute when things had slackened up a bit They're calling me for the 'phone now Tell 'em to wait a minute, Pitcher Won't you, Miss Leslie
The stenographer acted very queerly At first she seemed overcome with amazement; then tears flowed from her wondering eyes; and then she smiled sunnily through them, and one of her arms slid tenderly about the broker's neck
I know now, she said, softly It's this old business that has driven everything else out of your head for the time I was frightened at first Don't you remember, Harvey We were married last evening at 8 o'clock in the Little Church Around the Corner
证券经纪人哈维·马克斯韦尔于九点半在年轻女速记员陪同下步履轻快地来到办公室。机要秘书皮彻那通常毫无表情的面孔不禁露出一丝好奇和诧异。马克斯韦尔只随口道了声“早上好”，便径直奔向办公桌，匆忙得好像想一步跨过桌面，随后就一头扎进一大堆等着他处理的信件和电报。
年轻女郎给马克斯韦尔当速记员已经有一年。她异常秀美动人，绝非速记员草草几笔所能简单描述。她不愿采用华丽诱人的庞巴杜式发型，不戴项链、手镯或鸡心。她脸上没有随时准备受邀外出进餐的神气。她的灰色衣服素净朴实，但却生动勾勒出她的身材而不失典雅。她那顶精巧的黑色无边帽上插了根艳绿色金刚鹦鹉毛。今天早上，她春风飘逸，温柔而羞涩。她的眼睛流波瞑瞑，双颊桃红妖娆，满面乐融，又略带一丝回味。
好奇之余，皮彻发现今天她的举止也有点儿异样。她没有直接到放有她办公桌的里间办公室去，而是滞留在外间办公室，有点儿拿不定主意似的。她慢慢蹭到马克斯韦尔桌边，离他很近，足以让他意识到她的存在。
坐在办公桌前的他已经不再是个常人，而是一个繁忙的纽约证券经纪人，一架完全受嗡嗡作响的轮子和张开的弹簧所驱动的机器。
“嘿，怎么啦？有事？”马克斯韦尔问，语气尖刻。那些拆开的邮件堆了满满一桌，就像演戏用的假雪。他那锐利的灰蓝色眼睛，毫无人情味儿，严厉粗暴，不耐烦地盯着她。
“没什么，”速记员回答说，然后微笑着走开了。
“皮彻先生，”她问机要秘书，“马克斯韦尔先生昨天提没提过另外雇一名速记员的事？”
“提过，”皮彻说。“他吩咐我另外找一个。昨天下午我已通知职业介绍所，让他们今天上午送几个来面试。现在已经九点四十五了，可还没有哪个戴阔边帽或嚼波萝口香糖的人露面哩。”
“那我还是照常工作好啦，”年轻女郎说，“等有人替补再说。”说完她马上走到自己的办公桌边，在老地方挂起那顶插有金刚鹦鹉毛的黑色无边帽。
谁无缘目睹曼哈顿经纪人在生意高峰时刻那股紧张劲儿，谁搞人类学研究就有极大缺陷。有诗人赞颂“绚丽生活中的拥挤时辰”。证券经纪人不仅时辰拥挤，他的分分秒秒都是挤得满满当当的，像是前后站台都挤满乘客的车厢里的拉手吊带，每根都被拉得紧绷绷的。
今天又正是哈维·马克斯韦尔的大忙天。行情收录器的滚轴开始瑟瑟卷动，忽停忽动地吐出卷纸，桌上的电话像害了慢性病似的响个不停。人们开始涌入办公室，隔着扶手栏杆朝他大喊大叫，有的欣喜若狂，有的横眉竖眼，有的恶意满怀，有的激动不已。信童拿着信件和电报跑进跑出。办公室的职员们忙得跳来跳去，就像与风暴搏斗的水手。连皮彻的脸也舒张开来，显得生机勃勃。
证券交易所里风云变幻，飓风、山崩、雪暴、冰川、火山瞬息交替；这些自然力的剧动以微观形式在经纪人办公室中再现。马克斯韦尔把椅子掀到墙边，如踢跶舞演员般敏捷地处理业务，时而从自动收录器跳向电话，时而从桌前跳到门口，其灵活不亚于受过专门训练的滑稽丑角。
经纪人全神致力于这堆越来越多但又十分重要的事务之中，这时他突然注意到一头高高卷起的金发，上面是顶微微抖动的鹅绒帽和鸵毛羽饰；一件人造海豹皮短大衣，一串大如山核桃的珠子垂近地板，尾端还吊了一个银鸡心。这一大套装饰物与一个沉着镇定的年轻女子相关联。皮彻正准备引荐她，替她作解释。
“这位**从速记员介绍所来，说招聘的事。”
马克斯韦尔侧过身子，手上捏了一把文件和行情纸带。
“招聘什么？”他皱起眉头问。
“速记员，”皮彻说。“昨天你叫我打电话，让他们今天上午送一个过来。”
“你搞糊涂了吧？”马克斯韦尔说。“我干吗给你下这个命令？莱丝丽这一年工作表现十全十美。只要她愿意，这份工作就是她的。**，这儿没有空缺。皮彻，通知事务所，取消要人申请，叫他们别再送人过来。”
银鸡心离开了办公室。一路上她愤愤不平，大摇大摆，把桌椅沙发碰得乒乒乓乓。皮彻忙中偷闲给簿记员说，“老太爷”一天比一天心不在焉，多事健忘。
业务处理越来越紧张，节奏越来越快。在交易所马克斯韦尔的顾客投资巨额的六七种股票正在暴跌。收进和抛出的单据来来去去，疾如燕飞。有些他本人持有的股票也处于危险之中。经纪人工作起来就像一架高速运转、精密复杂、强壮有力的机器——绷紧到最大限度，运转至最快速度，精确无误，坚决果断，措词贴切而决策恰当，行动时机的选择如时钟般准确无误。股票，证券，贷款，抵押，保证金，债券——这是一个金融世界，人际感情或自然本性在这里毫无落脚之地。
午餐时间逐渐临近，喧嚣之中慢慢出现片刻暂息。
马克斯韦尔站在办公桌边，手上捏满了电报和备忘录，右耳上夹了支钢笔，几撮头发零乱地披在脑门上。窗户敞开着，因为亲爱的女门房——春——已经打开苏醒大地的暖气管，送来一丝暖意。
通过窗户飘来一丝悠悠——也许是失散——的香气。这是紫丁香幽微、甜美的芳菲。刹那间，经纪人给怔住了。因为这香气属于莱丝丽**；
这是她本人的气息，她独有的气息。
芳香在他心中唤出她的容貌，栩栩如生，几乎伸手可及。
金融世界转瞬间缩成一点。而她就在隔壁房间，仅二十步之遥。
“天哪，我现在就得去，”马克斯韦尔压低嗓子说。“我现在就去跟她说。怎么我没早点儿想起？”
他箭步冲进里间办公室，像个卖空头的人急于补足那样急不可耐。他对直冲向速记员的办公桌。
她抬起头，笑盈盈地看着他，服上泛出淡淡红晕，眼睛里闪动着温柔和坦率。马克斯韦尔一支胳膊撑在桌上，手上依然握满了文件，耳朵上还夹着那支钢笔。
“莱丝丽**，”他仓仓促促地说，“我只能呆一小会儿，趁这个时候给你说件事。你愿意做我的妻子吗？我没时间以常人的方式向你求爱，但我确确实实爱你。请快回答我。那些人又在抢购太平洋联合公司的股票罗。”
“喔，你在说什么呀？”年轻女郎惊诧不已。她站起身，直愣愣地看着他，眼睛瞪得圆圆的。
“你不懂？”马克斯韦尔倔头倔脑地说。“我要你嫁给我。我爱你，莱丝丽**。我早就想告诉你，手头的事情稍微松些后，我才瞅空过来。又有人在打电话找我。皮彻，叫他们等一下。答应我吗，莱丝丽**？”
速记员的神态叫人莫名其妙。起初，她好像惊愕万分；继而，泪水又涌出她迷惘的眼睛；其后，泪眼又发出欢笑的光芒；最后，她又柔情地搂住经纪人的脖子。
“现在我懂了，”她亲切地说。“是这生意让你忘记了一切。刚才我还吓了一大跳。哈维，不记得了吗？昨天晚上八点，我们已经在街上拐角处的小教堂结过婚了。”
精典英文爱情句子10条
1) I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you
我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
2) No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won‘t make you cry
没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
3) The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them
失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。 www51educationnet
4) Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile
纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
5) To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world
对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。
6) Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
7) Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have
爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
8) Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
9) Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful
在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。
10) Don‘t cry because it is over, smile because it happened
不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。
经典影片句子100条：
1，Frankly，my dear，I don’t give a damn
坦白说，亲爱的，我一点也不在乎。（《乱世佳人》1939）
2，I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse
我会给他点好处，他无法拒绝。（《教父》1972）
3，You don’t understand！Icoulda had classI coulda been a contenderI could’ve been somebody，instead of a bum，which is what I am
你根本不能明白！我本可以获得社会地位，我本可以是个竞争者，我本可以是任何有头有脸的人而不是一个毫无价值的游民！（《码头风云》1954）
4，Toto，I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore
托托，我想我们再也回不去堪萨斯了。（《绿野仙踪》1939）
5，Here’s looking at you，kid
就看你的了，孩子。（《卡萨布兰卡》1942）
6，Go ahead，make my day
来吧，让我也高兴高兴。（《拨云见日》1983）
7，All right，MrDeMille，I’m ready for my close－up
好了，德米勒先生，我已经准备好拍摄我的特写镜头了。（《日落大道》1950）
8，May the Force be with you
愿原力与你同在。（《星球大战》1977）
9，Fasten your seatbelts It’s going to be a bumpy night
系紧你的安全带，这将是一个颠簸的夜晚。（《彗星美人》1950）
10，You talking to me？
你是在和我说话吗？（《出租车司机》1976）
12，I love the smell of napalm in the morning
我喜欢闻弥漫在清晨空气中的汽油弹味道。（《现代启示录》1979）
13，Love means never having to say you’re sorry
爱就是永远不必说对不起。（《爱情故事》1970）
18，Made it，Ma！Top of the world！
好好去做吧，站在世界之巅！（《歼匪喋血战》1949）
19，I’m as mad as hell，and I’m not going to take this anymore！
我疯狂得如同地狱中的恶魔，我不会再这样继续下去了！（《电视台风云》1976）
20，Louis，I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship
路易斯，我认为这是一段美好友谊的开始。（《卡萨布兰卡》1942）
22，BondJames Bond
邦德，詹姆士邦德。（《诺博士》1962）
23，There’s no place like home
没有一个地方可以和家相提并论。（《绿野仙踪》1939）
24，I am big！It’s the pictures that got small
我是巨大的！是这些照片让我变得渺小了。（《日落大道》1950）
25，Show me the money！
让我看到钱！（《甜心先生》1996）
28，Play it，Sam Play’As Time Goes By’
弹这首，山姆，就弹“时光流逝”。（《卡萨布兰卡》1942）
29，You can’t handle the truth！
你不能操纵事实！（《义海雄风》1992）
30，I want to be alone我想一个人呆着。（《大饭店》1932）
31，After all，tomorrow is another day！
毕竟，明天又是新的一天！（《乱世佳人》1939）
33，I’ll have what she’s having我会拥有她所拥有的。（《当哈里遇上萨莉》1989）
37，I’ll be back
我会回来的。（《终结者》1984）
38，Today，I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth
现在，我想我是这个世界上最幸运的人。（《扬基的骄傲》1942）
40，Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates You never know what you’re gonna get
妈妈说生活就像一盒巧克力，你永远都不知道你会得到什么。（《阿甘正传》1994）
43，We’ll always have Paris我们永远都怀念巴黎（那段美好的时光）。（《卡萨布兰卡》1942）
46，Oh，Jerry，don’t let’s ask for the moonWe have the stars
噢，杰瑞，不要再乞求能得到月亮了，我们已经拥有星星了。（《扬帆》1942）
48，Well，nobody’s perfect人无完人。（《热情似火》1959）
51，You’ve got to ask yourself one question：〃Do I feel lucky？〃Well，do ya，punk？
你应该问你自己一个问题：“我是幸运的吗？”快点去做，年轻人，无知的年轻人。（《警探哈里》1971）
52，You had me at〃hello〃当你说“你好”的那一刻起就拥有我了。（《甜心先生》1996）
54，There’s no crying in baseball！
在棒球运动中没有哭泣！（《红粉联盟》1992）
56，A boy’s best friend is his mother
一个男孩最好的朋友是他的母亲。（《惊魂记》1960）
57，Greed，for lack of a better word，is good
没有比“贪婪”更好的词语了。（《华尔街》1987）
58，Keep your friends close，but your enemies closer
亲近你的朋友，但更要亲近你的敌人。（《教父II》1974）
59，As God is my witness，I’ll never be hungry again
上帝为我作证，我不会再让自己挨饿了。（《乱世佳人》1939）
63，MrsRobinson，you’re trying to seducemeAren’t you？
罗宾逊太太，你是在引诱我，对吗？（《毕业生》1967）
67，Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world，she walks into mine
世界上有那么多的城镇，城镇中有那么多的酒馆，她却走进了我的（酒馆）。（《卡萨布兰卡》1942）
71，Wait a minute，wait a minuteYou ain’t heard nothin’yet！
等一会儿，等一会儿。你肯定听到了什么！（《爵士歌手》1927）
75，I have always depended on the kindness of strangers
我总是非常依赖陌生人的仁慈。（《欲望号街车》1951）
83，Listen to them Children of the night What music they make
快点来听！黑夜中孩子的声音是他们缔造的美妙音乐。（《吸血鬼》1931）
94，I feel the need－the need for speed！
我感到一种需要，一种加速的需要！（《壮志凌云》1986）
95，Carpe diem Seize the day，boys Make your lives extraordinary
人生就应该是快乐的，要抓住每一天，孩子们。让你们的生活变得非凡起来。（《死亡诗社》1989）
100，I’m king of the world！我是世界之王！（《泰坦尼克号》1997）
七夕节按阴历的，即每年阴历的七月初七，目前被广泛地称之为中国的“情人节”。下面是我为大家收集关于七夕情人节英语故事，欢迎借鉴参考。
七夕情人节英语故事
Legend has it that on this evening, Niulang, or the Cowherd, and Zhinu, or the Weaving Maid, meet each other for their annual tryst on a bridge formed by sympathetic magpies over the Milky Way If it happens to rain that night, a Chinese elder might say it is Zhinu weeping after meeting her husband Niulang on the Milky Way
传说每年农历7月7日的晚上，牛郎(牧牛人)和织女(编织女工)会在由喜鹊搭建在银河之上的桥上重逢。如果那天下雨，中国的老人就会告诉你，牛郎织女在银河两岸流泪。
This day used to be commemorated as a festival for girls and also for young people in love As the story goes, there was once a cowherd, Niulang, who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law But his sister-in-law disliked and abused him, and the boy was forced to leave home with only an old cow for company
The cow, however, was a former god who had violated celestial rules and had been sent to earth in bovine form One day he led Niulang to a lake where fairies came bathe on earth; among them was Zhinu, the most beautiful girl and a skilled seamstress The two fell in love at first sight and were soon married They had a son and a daughter, and their happy life was held up as an example for hundreds of years in China
Yet in the eyes of the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Deity in Taoism, marriage between a mortal and a fairy was strictly forbidden He sent his empress to fetch Zhinu Niulang grew desperate when he discovered Zhinu had been taken back to heaven Driven by Niulang's misery, the cow told him to turn its hide into a pair of shoes after it died
The magic shoes whisked off Niulang, who carried his two children in baskets strung from a shoulder pole, off on a chase after the empress The pursuit enraged the empress, who took her hairpin and slashed it across the sky, creating the Milky Way which separated husband from wife But all was not lost An army of magpies, moved by their love and devotion, formed a bridge across the Milky Way to reunite the family Even the Jade Emperor was touched and allowed Niulang and Zhinu to meet once a year on the seventh night of the seventh month It is said that at that night, children can hear the private conversation between the Weaving Maid and the Cowherd under the grape trellis This is how Qixi came to be
In actuality, the festival can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) People would traditionally look up at the sky and spot a bright star in the constellation Aquila, as well as the star Vega, identified as Niulang and Zhinu The two stars shine on opposite sides of the Milky Way
Qixi is also known as the "Begging for Skills Festival" or "Daughters' Festival" In the past, girls would hold ceremonies on the day and pray to Zhinu for wisdom, dexterity and a satisfying marriage In some parts of Shandong Province, young women would offer fruit and pastries to her in return for a blessing of intelligence If spiders were seen to weave webs on sacrificial objects, it was believed that Zhinu was offering positive feedback In other parts of China, the custom was for seven close friends to gather to make dumplings They would put into three separate dumplings a needle, a copper coin and a red date, which represented perfect needlework skills, good fortune and an early marriage respectively
Young women in southern China wove small handicrafts with colored paper, grass and thread Weaving and needlework competitions would be held to see who had the best hands and the brightest mind, prerequisites for being a good wife and mother
However, these ancient traditions and customs have been slowly dying out Fewer people than ever gaze at the heaven on that day to pick out the two stars shining bright on either side of the Milky Way -- that is, if they even know on which day Qixi falls
七夕坐看牵牛织女星，是民间的习俗，相传，在每年的这个夜晚，是天上织女与牛郎在鹊桥相会之时。织女是一个美丽聪明、心灵手巧的仙女，凡间的妇女便在这一天晚上向她乞求智慧和巧艺，也少不了向她求赐美满姻缘，所以七月初七也被称为乞巧节。
人们传说在七夕的夜晚，抬头可以看到牛郎织女的银河相会，或在瓜果架下可偷听到两人在天上相会时的脉脉情话。
女孩们在这个充满浪漫气息的晚上，对着天空的朗朗明月，摆上时令瓜果，朝天祭拜，乞求天上的女神能赋予她们聪慧的心灵和灵巧的双手，让自己的针织女红技法娴熟，更乞求爱情婚姻的姻缘巧配。过去婚姻对于女性来说是决定一生幸福与否的终身大事，所以，世间无数的有情男女都会在这个晚上，夜静人深时刻，对着星空祈祷自己的姻缘美满。
七夕节的浪漫传说
The legend has been handed down for nearly 2 millennia The story has been recorded as far back as the Jin Dynasty (256-420 AD) Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story
The Chinese people believe that the star Vega(织女星), east of the Milky Way, is Zhi Nu and, at the constellation of Aquila(天鹰座), on the western side of the Milky Way, Niu Lang waits for his wife
Zhi Nu was said to be the youngest of seven daughters of the Queen of Heaven With her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky, while Niu Lang was a poor orphan cowherd, driven out of his home by his elder brother and his cruel wife
Niu Lang lamented over his lonely and poor life with an old cow, his only friend and companion The magical cow kindly told him of a way to find a beautiful and nice woman as his life companion
Under the direction of the cow, Niu Lang went to the riverside on an evening, where the seven fairies slipped out of their heavenly palace to bathe
He took one of the beautiful silk dresses the fairies had left on the bank When the fairies left the water, the youngest couldn''t find her clothes and had to see her sisters fly back to heaven without her
Then Niu Lang came out with the dress and asked the youngest fairy, Zhi Nu, to stay with him
Several years passed on Earth, which were only a few days in heaven Niu Lang and Zhi Nu lived happily together and had two children before the Queen of Heaven discovered Zhi Nu''s absence
She was so annoyed she had Zhi Nu brought back to heaven Seeing his beloved wife flying in the sky, Niu Lang was terrified He caught sight of the cowhide hanging on a wall The magical cow had told him before dying of old age: "Keep the cowhide(牛皮) for emergency use"
Putting the cowhide on, he went after his wife with his two children
With the help of the cowhide, Niu Lang was able to follow Zhi Nu into heaven He was about to reach his wife when the Queen showed up and pulled off her hairpin to draw a line between the two The line became the Silver River in heaven, or the Milky Way
Zhi Nu went back to the heavenly workshop, going on weaving the clouds But she was so sad, and missed her husband across the Silver River so much that the clouds she weaved seemed sad Finally, the Queen showed a little mercy, allowing the couple to meet once every year on the Silver River
民间爱情传说之一的牛郎织女的故事。
七夕节始终和牛郎织女的传说相连，这是一个很美丽，千古流传的爱情故事，是我国四大民间爱情传说之一。
相传在很早以前，南阳城西牛家庄里有个聪明、忠厚的小伙子，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂子度日，嫂子马氏为人狠毒，经常虐待他，逼他干很多的活，一年秋天，嫂子逼他去放牛，给他九头牛，却让他等有了十头牛时才能回家，牛郎无奈只好赶着牛出了村。
……
一天，天上的织女和诸仙女一起下凡游戏，在河里洗澡，牛郎在老牛的帮助下认识了织女，二人互生情意，后来织女便偷偷下凡，来到人间，做了牛郎的妻子。织女还把从天上带来的天蚕分给大家，并教大家养蚕，抽丝，织出又光又亮的绸缎。
牛郎和织女结婚后，男耕女织，情深意重，他们生了一男一女两个孩子，一家人生活得很幸福。但是好景不长，这事很快便让天帝知道，王母娘娘亲自下凡来，强行把织女带回天上，恩爱夫妻被拆散。
牛郎上天无路，还是老牛告诉牛郎，在它死后，可以用它的皮做成鞋，穿着就可以上天。牛郎按照老牛的话做了，穿上牛皮做的鞋，拉着自己的儿女，一起腾云驾雾上天去追织女，眼见就要追到了，岂知王母娘娘拔下头上的金簪一挥，一道波涛汹涌的天河就出现了，牛郎和织女被隔在两岸，只能相对哭泣流泪。他们的忠贞爱情感动了喜鹊，千万只喜鹊飞来，搭成鹊桥，让牛郎织女走上鹊桥相会，王母娘娘对此也无奈，只好允许两人在每年七月七日于鹊桥相会。
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance
译文：爱自己是终身浪漫的开始。
出处：爱尔兰·奥斯卡·王尔德 《理想的丈夫》
重点词汇解释
romance
英 [rəʊ'mæns] 美 ['roʊmæns]
n 浪漫史；爱情故事；冒险故事；传奇文学；虚构
vt <口>向…求爱
vi 讲虚构故事
例句：That romance movie is a real tear-jerker
翻译：那部言情**真是令人泪下如注。
短语：Romance language 罗曼语
近义词
fantasy
英 ['fæntəsi] 美 ['fæntəsi]
n 幻想
v 幻想
例句：The young always live in a world of fantasy
翻译：年轻人总是生活在幻想中。
短语：fantasy world 幻想世界
love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you
我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
2) No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won‘t make you cry
没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
3) The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them
失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。
4) Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile
纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。
5) To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world
对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。
6) Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
7) Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have
爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
8) Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
9) Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful
在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。
10) Don‘t cry because it is over, smile because it happened
不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。
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