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
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1浪漫七夕节英语祝福语
1 The Tanabata Festival is coming, and talented women are laughing Cross the magpie bridge in pairs, bathe in love, and have a beautiful face Never be melancholy and worry, and find a happy partner with your heart I wish you a happy Tanabata, sweet love to report
2 Magpie bridge is full of Niulang's deep feelings, dreams and expectations Flying in Tianyu tonight, wechat conveys the true love for you, with a heartbeat and desire Walking through time and space at the moment, baby, I wish you a happy Tanabata
3 Peach blossoms and pear blossoms are gorgeous, and you and I are lingering under the flowers Sweet love words in your ears and Pisces playing in front of you I don't admire the gods in the sky, I just want to be close to you True love follows in this life I will never regret loving you Dear, happy Tanabata Valentine's day
4 On Tanabata Valentine's day, please "happy for thousands of years" as a matchmaker, invite "everlasting" as a matchmaker, let "the sea withers and the stones rot" witness, and send "the truth of the whole life" to you We will accompany you sincerely, stay together happily, struggle together and go to Baitou Dear, Happy Valentine's Day!
5 The cowherd keeps watch on Tanabata all year round, the Weaver Girl daydreams all the year round on Tanabata, the magpie flies, the joy is on Tanabata, the Milky Way flows, the deep feeling is on Tanabata, the beautiful example of love is on Tanabata, wish you a happy Tanabata!
6 How I wish there was a magpie bridge between you and me, connecting you and me In this life, in this life, never more!
7 Beautiful, two always sincere hearts, a romantic love poem, two dependent backs, a warm Festival, two sincere greetings, how are you, old friend Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!
8 Seven is an odd number, which needs you to make an even number; Xi is the end of the day I need you to meet me after dusk On Tanabata day, I'm waiting for you on the other side of the magpie bridge See you or leave!
9 The song of love is the most joyful, and the ocean of love is the most wonderful Bright galaxy, a star is my love for you; The vast universe, a grain of dust is my love for you Tanabata heart pity, wish you more beautiful!
10 Hide at a certain time and miss the palmprint of a period of time; Hiding in a certain place, I miss someone who stands in the way of coming and going Happy Valentine's Day!
11 Look at you every day I love you I dare not speak to you face to face My mobile phone sends you a text message and QQ leaves you a message I want to be in pairs with you during the Tanabata Festival I want to confess to you There is only one word, "I love you" Please don't refuse me
12 The most romantic encounter does not need gorgeous design, and the happiest love does not need sweet words Care is the most firm, acquaintance is the sweetest entrustment, heart to heart, is the fit of our hearts Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!
13 May the sun shine on you, the moonlight warm you, and the stars moisten you Although they are far away, the bright Milky way tonight is full of my oath of love for you! Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!
14 Love is a book We are the authors We finish it together and taste it together The more we taste, the stronger our interest is, the more we taste, the more we taste It will last forever Happy Tanabata!
15 On Tanabata, I looked up at the blue sky and the magpie bridge Every family begged for dexterity in the autumn moon, and endless Xinsi Jun knew Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!
2浪漫七夕节英语祝福语
1 Between green mountains and green waters, the scenery is infinite; Between the flourishing green willows, there is tenderness; Between Cowherd and weaver girl, there are thousands of feelings; Tanabata comes, you and I are in love, just want to hold your hand and you to white head
2 If God can let me accompany you day and night on Tanabata, I can do whatever I ask; Even if I will become a cowherd tomorrow, I will only watch the weaver girl all my life; Tanabata Festival, I wish you happiness!
3 Tanabata Festival makes me miss you infinitely, park my heart in the rising harbor, and secretly engrave happiness in your heart; With a thread of love, tie you and me tightly at the end of the changes of years! Dear, happy Tanabata!
4 Send seven happiness on Tanabata; There are hobbies and events in life, congratulations on promotion in career, romance in love, happiness in wealth and making a lot of money, good news and peace in journey, happiness and longevity in health, and boundless joy in mood! Seven "Xi" happy!
5 Beautiful words, beautiful songs, this is a special day for the happiest people May you be happy every day and young forever Young hearts, always together Beautiful forever, love forever!
6 Today is the lunar month "Tanabata"! From now on, I wish you some people, spirits, luck, blessings, wealth, times and In short, everything goes well!
7 No matter whether the encounter is wrong or right, no matter the ending is happy or sad, no matter whether infatuation is right or wrong, no matter nostalgia is bitter or tired Really love once, with no regrets Tanabata bless you in advance, happy butterfly Shuangfei!
8 Be careful that I make you noisy with my heartbeat, scorch you with my enthusiasm, bomb you with words, trip you with tenderness, forge you with romance, plunder you with sincerity, and surround you with persistence Tanabata Valentine's day, I love you, forever
9 Happiness is because of your company, happy moments are led by your feelings, and sweet time is shared with you Dear, I send you a bunch of roses to represent my passionate heart that loves you On the special day of Tanabata Valentine's day, I express my deepest love
10 Tanabata Valentine's day, SMS to express, because with your company, my world is different; Because of your care, my life is more beautiful; Because of your sincerity, my life is more wonderful; May you be healthy, happy and happy
11 Tanabata Cowherd and weaver girl club, you and I are connected by SMS Unfortunately, we can't meet and get together for hundreds of miles SMS shows my heart SMS represents my heart Dear girlfriends, happy Tanabata Valentine's Day!
12 My favorite person, my heart beats more strongly because of your existence, and my world is more wonderful because of your existence I love you all my life! Three lives do not regret! Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!
13 Mind, think of mountains and water, miss you; Thank you, thank God for your wife; Enjoy the flowers, the moon and the true feelings with eight eyes Tanabata is coming Ride a strange horse and draw a long bow Blessing is like an arrow May your beauty and happiness remain the same
14 I love you, transmit information and make miracles Love will find you Beautiful women smile at you and fall in love with you at first sight, which makes you happy and sweet Happiness will never be separated The groom will have you this year
3浪漫七夕节英语祝福语
1 The mathematics of love has no alternation of parity, only in pairs; The mechanics of love, there is no negative balance, only gravity; The grammar of love, there is no third person, only me and you Happy Chinese Valentine's day!
2 I fold my heart into roses, my true love into chocolate, my true love into champagne, and my sincerity into a candlelight banquet; I invite you to spend Valentine's day together I raise my glass to wish you more beautiful I quietly tell you that I love you!
3 Today is your Valentine's day, my love Thank you for your hard work and your care, understanding and support Give you all my love!
4 Roses have strong fragrance, heart to heart and heavy friendship Leave your name on the Sansheng stone and send it to the Luan couple When the flowers bloom and wither, our love will never fail I will not leave this life, this life!
5 The Milky Way star is bright on Tanabata, and magpies build magpie bridges The Cowherd and weaver girl finally met, smiling and tears hard to dry There are also true feelings in the world, heart to heart, rock solid It has been said through the ages that love will never fail May you find true love and happiness as soon as possible! Happy Chinese Valentine's day!
6 Birds whispered and lingered under the flowers and the moon, insects whispered in the woods, and the moon appeared and disappeared in the twinkling stars Dear, I miss you, concentrated in the Tanabata this day, dear Happy Tanabata!
7 Because of the trend, the cloth is less; Because of air conditioning, less sweat; Because of social intercourse, family affection is less; Because of the banquet, I have less appetite; Because of competition, leisure is less; Because of you, my life is wonderful! Happy Chinese Valentine's Day!
8 The breeze is blowing, the summer is beautiful, and the hearts are lonely The bright eyes are full of love, and the oriole's voice can be heard Day and night is nostalgia, thousands of rivers and mountains Miss beauty Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet at magpie bridge and fall in love on Tanabata every day!
9 On Tanabata Valentine's day, please "happy for thousands of years" as a matchmaker, invite "everlasting" as a matchmaker, let "the sea withers and the stones rot" witness, and send "the truth of the whole life" to you We will accompany you sincerely, stay together happily, struggle together and go to Baitou Dear, Happy Valentine's Day!
10 Fingertips touch the shadow of memories, fleeting time is fixed in a small frame, and happiness blooms in our eyes I want to help each other all my life I want to tell our children love and let the warmth stay in our days together Tanabata Valentine's day, love you forever
11 With the arrival of summer, I wish you happiness; Heavy rain, good luck, health and happiness every minute; Happy reunion, true love dancing hand in hand; On Tanabata Valentine's day, may your love be accompanied by silver hair, happiness and health
12 Between heaven and earth on the seventh day of the lunar new year, the Cowherd and weaver girl are near the Milky way Love words feel people's hearts, and it rains and tears People on the ground pray for marriage, eternal love and constant heart! Happy Tanabata, may happy love accompany you every day!
13 Magpie bridge meet in Tanabata, waiting in Tanabata, telling Acacia in Tanabata, deep love in Tanabata, sweet love in Tanabata, cowherd and weaver girl promised: this message is forwarded in Tanabata, which guarantees your happiness
14 We don't do Cowherd and weaver girl, because they are too far apart and meet too short; We should be ourselves, because with you by my side, our hearts are closely linked I wish you a happy Tanabata Festival in advance!
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