七夕节英文祝福语：浪漫七夕，温馨爱情语

七夕，这个古老的节日近几年再度受到热捧，星空之上的爱情故事看来的确比大洋彼岸的情人节更加让我们心动~如何用英语介绍这个美丽的传说呢？一起来学学：能飞英语

Chinese Valentine's Day falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar In China, this day is also known as "The Begging Festival"英语听力软件

阴历7月7日是中国的情人节——七夕。在中国，七夕又称“乞巧节”。——七夕节的不同英文名称翻译

The seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, the Weaving Maid, and an orphaned cowherd were separated by the Emperor; the girl was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd, to the star Altair

They were only allowed to meet on the magpie bridge over the Milky Way once a year on the day of seventh day of seventh lunar month - Chinese Valentine's Day

七夕的来历，是因为玉皇大帝的女儿织女爱上了穷小子牛郎，两人被强行分开，一年之中，只有七夕当晚才能在鹊桥上见面。

七夕关键词：英语听写

lunar calendar：阴历，现在通行的阳历是solar calendar。lunar表示“月亮的”，英文名Luna其实是月亮女神的名字，有取这个名字的女生是不是觉得很开心呢？

cowherd：放牛人，也即牛郎；同样的一个词是shepherd，羊倌，两个词都有一个-herd后缀，herd有“放牧人”的意思，不过通常都是作为后缀来构成“XX牧人”的词。

magpie：喜鹊，帮助牛郎织女见面的大功臣哦。虽然在七夕的传说中，喜鹊给情人们带来幸福，但是magpie这个词却有一个贬义的用法，就是用来形容话多的人：She chatters like a magpie 她说起话来就没个完。

七夕“乞巧”的风俗由来已久，年轻女孩子们在这一天乞求的，不仅仅是巧夺天工的好手艺，还会乞求一段美好姻缘。似乎是TVB剧中经常出现七夕之夜女子祈求姻缘的桥段~不知道今年七夕，有多少人会在星空之下默默祈祷呢？

On that night, unmarried girls prayed to the Weaving Maid star for the special gift When the star Vega was high up in the sky, girls performed a small test by placing a needle on the water's surface: If the needle did not sink, the girl was considered to be ready to find a husband Once a year, on this day, girls could wish for anything their hearts desired

七夕之夜，未婚女子通常会向织女星乞巧，也会乞求姻缘。她们将一根针放在水面上，倘若针不下沉的话，她们就能得偿所愿。据说这一晚女孩子们能祈求任何心愿成真。

这里“乞巧”的这个“乞”，我们可以说beg，也可以用plead这个词，plead to be endowed with perfect sewing skills 貌似这两个词都和浪漫气氛不符哦，plead其实更常见于法庭上，律师为某人辩护，就是plead one's case；而那句我们耳熟能详的“不认罪”，则是plead not guilty，反之“认罪”就是plead guilty——注意这里的用法，比较特殊哦，是在动词plead后面直接加形容词guilty——法官就会经常问这句话：Do you plead guilty or not guilty？你可认罪？（好有包大人的风范啊~）

也有一个更常见的情况，就是被告人plead insanity，以精神失常为借口，试图减轻刑罚。

回到七夕乞巧的风俗吧，乞巧是为了精进自己的女红手艺，女红（注意啊注意啊，这里的“红”读音是“工”，不要读错了哦）也就是针线活，用英语说就是doing needlework。印象中女红活儿就是刺绣（embroider）吧，不知道现在还有多少女孩子会刺绣活儿呢？似乎大家都更prefer简单易学的十字绣 （cross-stitch）了。那么，学十字绣的话，也是需要乞一下巧的吧……

至于祈求姻缘，这个恐怕还是要看缘分哦，如果两个人是predestined to be together，那么是无论如何都会相遇并相爱的吧。在这里祝天下有情人终成眷属吧！（All shall be well, and Jack shall have Jill!）

　在七夕节到来的时候，有些英语老师会要求学生们为七夕节写一篇英文作文。下面我就给大家整理了英语作文的范文，欢迎大家阅读

　英语作文范文一

　The Double Seventh Festival， on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month， is a traditional festival full of romance It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar　　This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens At night when the sky is dotted with stars， and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south On each bank of it is a bright star， which see each other from afar They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid， and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation　　Long， long ago， there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand)。 His parents died when he was a child Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming One day， a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl Unfortunately， the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back　　With the help of celestial cattle， the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife， the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears Their loyalty to love touched magpies， so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month Hence their meeting date has been called Qi Xi (Double Seventh)。

　英语作文范文二

　The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar　　This festival is in mid-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens At night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar They are the Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation　　Long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowhand) His parents died when he was a child Later he was driven out of his home by his sister-in-law So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him The cowhand farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home They lived a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back　　With the help of celestial cattle, the Cowhand flew to heaven with his son and daughter At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife, the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke One billowy river appeared in front of the Cowhand The Cowhand and Weaver Maid were separated on the two banks forever and could only feel their tears Their loyalty to love touched magpies, so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar monthh Hence their meeting date has been called Qi Xi (Double Seventh)　　Scholars have shown the Double Seventh Festival originated from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD220) Historical documents from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD371-420) mention the festival, while records from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) depict the grand evening banquet of Emperor Taizong and his concubines By the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties, special articles for the Qi Xi were seen being sold on markets in the capital The bustling markets demonstrated the significance of the festival　　Today some traditional customs are still observed in rural areas of China, but have been weakened or diluted in urban cities However, the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid has taken root in the hearts of the people In recent years, in particular, urban youths have celebrated it as Valentine's Day in China As a result, owners of flower shops, bars and stores are full of joy as they sell more commodities for love

　英语作文范文三

　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　　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 touchhed 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