place: air’s villa.
地点: 空气的别墅.
time: on the mid ?c autumn festival.
时间: 中秋节
people: air and rich
人物: air 和rich
rich is from american. he is an exchange student. now he is studying at beijing university. he majored in culture of china. his best friend, air, a designer, works for a photo workshop. today is mid ?c autumn festival. so air invited him to dinner at home.
rich是个美国人.他是个留学生.现在他在北京大学学习.他主修中国文化专业.他最好的朋友, air ,一个设计师, 在一个摄影工作室工作. 今天是中秋节. 因此air 邀请他去家做客.
(air listens to the music when she hears the doorbell.)
(air正听着音乐,这时候她听到门铃响了.)
a: that must be rich. (she goes to open the door.)
那一定是rich. (她去开门.)
b: hi, air.
你好啊, air.
a: welcome. it’s so nice of you to come.
欢迎啊,你能来真是太好了.
b: air, thanks for inviting me to the dinner. today is mid ?c autumn festival. i bought a bunch of roses for you. beautiful flowers for beautiful girl.
air, 谢谢你邀请我来做客的. 今天是中秋节了. 我买了一束玫瑰花送给你,美丽的花给美丽的女孩.
a: it’s nothing. thank you for your roses.(she hands him a present.) a little present for you.
不客气.谢谢你的玫瑰花 .(她递给他一个礼物) 给你准备的一个小礼物.
b: (he unwraps the present to find four mooncakes in boxes.)
oh, it’s wonderful. thanks. you shouldn’t have bought this.
(他打开礼物发现在盒子里面有四块月饼) 噢,太棒了.谢谢啦! 你不该这样破费了.
a: oh, my pleasure. it’s just a little present for you.
哦,不客气啦. 仅仅是给你准备的小礼物而已.
(they sit in the living room.)
(他们坐在客厅里.)
can i get you some coffee or tea or a cold drink?
你要点咖啡或茶水或冷饮吗?
b: thanks. coffee is ok.
谢谢,咖啡就可以了.
a: black coffee or white coffee?
不加牛奶的咖啡还是加牛奶的咖啡？
b: white coffee, please. thank you.
加牛奶的咖啡,谢谢.
a: ok 好的.
(she goes to the kitchen to make coffee. a few minutes later, it’s done. she comes back.)
(她去厨房做咖啡. 几分钟后,咖啡好了.她回来了.)
rich, here you are.
rich, 给你咖啡.
b: thank you, air.
谢谢你，air.。
a: you are welcome. take your time. maybe it is hot.
不客气啊。慢慢来，或许咖啡有些烫。
b: no problem. air, you know, i’m interested in different culture. chinese festival is very interesting, too. would you mind telling me about the mid ?c autumn festival?
没关系的。air.，你知道，我对不同的文化很感兴趣的。中国的节日也是非常有趣的。你能给我讲讲有关中秋节的东西吗？
a: ok, speaking of eating mooncakes, we have to talk about the story between chang-er and hou yi.
好啊，谈到吃月饼，我们要谈到有关嫦娥和后羿的故事。
b: is that true?
那故事是真实的吗？
a: no. it’s not true. it’s only legend.
不.不是真实的.它仅仅是个传说.
b: oh, i see. what is it?
哦,我明白了，是什么呢?
a: long, long ago, the earth once had 10 suns circling it.
很久以前,地球曾经有10个太阳围绕她运转的.
b: what? 10 suns circling it?
什么? 10个太阳围绕她运转?
a: yes. but i told you it was only a legend. one day all 10 suns came out at once. the temperature of the earth went up quickly.
是的.但是我告诉你了,它仅仅是个传说.一天所有的10个 太阳一次出现了. 地球的温度很快升高了.
b: wow. i guess many people 、plants and animals died. the high temperature must kill them.
噢! 我想许多人,植物和动物都死掉了. 这种高温一定杀死他们了.
a: yes. it was a skillful archer who saved the earth.
是的. 是一个熟练的弓箭手拯救了地球.
b: who is he?
他是谁?
a: hou yi.
后羿.
b: how did he save the earth? is he a sprint?
他如何拯救的地球的?他是一个神仙吗?
a: no. he only shot down nine suns. everything will be ok.
不是,他仅仅射掉了九个太阳. 一切就平安了。
b: he did a good job.
他做的很好.
a: yes. as his reward, the heavenly queen mother gave him a bottle of magic liquid.
是的. 为了奖励他,王母娘娘给了他一瓶神奇的药水.
b: what? what’s for?
什么?它作什么的?
a: if you had it, you would cure illnesses or make you live forever.
假如你喝了神药,你可以治疗疾病或者可以使你永远活着,长生不老.
b: oh, my god. are you kidding?
噢,我的天啊. 你在开玩笑吧?
a: i’m serious. in many chinese stories, people want to live longer. so they want to get something magic.
我使认真的. 在中国的许多故事中, 人们都想活的长些,因此他们都想得到这样神奇的东西.
b: i see. what did he do then?
我明白了,那后羿接着做什么了呢?
a: it’s pity that he paid no attention to her advice.
很遗憾的是后羿没有听从王母娘娘的建议.
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