中国神话英语故事三篇.pdf

中国神话英语故事三篇 精卫填海 Once upon a time, the youngest daughter of Yan, legary ruler of primitive China, went boating on the Eastern Sea. While she was enjoying herself, a strong wind rose on the sea and her boat capsized. Jt before she was buried by the surging waves, her spirit turned into a beautiful bird. As it flew over the roaring sea, it cried sadly in the sound jinwei, jingwei. That was why people cal it Jingwei. The bird lived on a mountain near the sea. It hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up. Every day, it flew to and fro between the mountain and the sea, carrying in a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea. One day, the roaring sea said to Jingwei, Poor little bird, stop doing that meaningless thing! Youll never fill me up. Jingwei replied, Ill fill you up doubt! I will, even if itll take me thoands of years! Ill fight on until doomsday! The brave little bird kept carrying twigs and pebbles from the mountain to the Eastern Sea without taking a rest. From t fable comes the idiom The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea. We e it to describe people who are firm and indomitable and will t stop until they reach their goal. 愚公移山 Taihang, Wong Uk two mountains, up to a radius of 700, up to ten feet Qiba Qian. They originally located in the southern part of Jizhou, on the rth shore of the River. Cal the Foolish Old Man of the northern people, nearly 90-year-old age, living in the face of . Foolish Old Man of the suffer from blocking the road to the north, go all the way Raoyuan. Foolish Old Man of the then convened to discuss the whole family, said ： You and I both tried two big mountains to be leve, it has to pass Yuzhou in the south, to reach the south bank of Han River, will you? We have agreed with him. Foolish Old Mans wife questioned said ： With your strength, not even th