Lesson Twenty-Five Hou Yi Shoots Down the Nine Suns 1.A long, long time ago, on the sea at the eastern edge of the world, there was a large tree, a hibiscus. 2.There was a sun standing atop the branches of the tree, and there were nine more suns underneath. 3.Every day when dawn was approaching, the sun on the top of the tree branches would get in a two-wheeled cart and start to cross the sky from east to west. 4.The ten suns took turns every day, bringing light and warmth to everything on the earth. 5.But one day, the ten suns thought it was too boring to take turns, so they all ran out together and appeared in the sky. 6.The ten suns were like ten big fireballs, scorching the earth. 7.The seedlings withered in the sun, the ground was scorched, the rivers and streams were dried up, and even the sand and stones on the ground seemed to melt. 8.The life of humans became very difficult. 9.The super legendary archer Hou Yi was determined to save people from such suffering. 10.He climbed over ninety-nine mountains and waded across ninety-nine rivers until he came to the eastern sea. 11.He climbed up a big mountain, prepared his magical arrow, drew his magic bow, aimed at one sun in the sky, and then released the arrow. 12.The sun burst open in an instant, and fireballs flew out everywhere. 13.Then, the sun fell to the ground with a plop. 14.Yi shot down nine suns in a row, and the scorching heat gradually subsided. 15.Yi reached for another arrow, preparing to shoot down the last sun. 16.The sun was so frightened that he hid in the sea in panic. 17.There was no sun in the sky, and the whole world became dark. 18.Yi thought that there would be no light and warmth without the sun. If that were the case, crops could not grow, and humans and animals could not survive. 19.So, Yi spared the last sun. 20.Since then, the sun rises from the east and sets in the west every day. 21.The land gradually became fertile, flowers and trees gradually flourished, the rivers and streams ran tempestuously with joy, and the earth once again teemed with life.
生词表： shoots 射(第三人称单数) a long, long time ago 很久以前 eastern 东边的 hibiscus 扶桑 atop 在顶上 branches 树枝(复数) underneath 下边 dawn 黎明 was approaching 正接近 two-wheeled cart 两轮车 cross 穿 from east to west 从东往西 took turns 轮换 bringing 带来 light 光明 warmth 温暖 earth 地球 boring 无聊的 on duty 值日 ran out 跑出来 appeared 出现(过去式) fireballs 火球(复数) scorching 炙烤 seedlings 禾苗(复数) withered 枯萎(过去式) was burnt 被烤焦 streams 小溪(复数) were dried out 被蒸干 sand 沙子 stones 石头(复数) melt 熔化 life 生活 humans 人类 difficult 困难的 legendary 传说的 archer 弓箭手 determined 决定(过去式) save 拯救 suffering 苦难 climbed over 爬过(过去式) mountains 山(复数) waded across 蹚过(过去式) rivers 河(复数) eastern sea 东海 climbed up 登上 prepared 准备(过去式) magical 神奇的 arrow 箭 magic bow 神弓 aimed at 对准 released 放开(过去式) burst 爆裂 in an instant 瞬间 fireballs 火球(复数) fell 掉落(过去式) plop 噗噗声 in a row 连续 scorching heat 炎热 gradually 渐渐地 subsided 退去(过去式) arrow 箭 shoot down 射下 frightened 害怕的 hid 躲藏(过去式) in a panic 慌慌张张地 dark 黑暗 thought 想(过去式) light 光明 warmth 温暖 without 没有 case 情况 crops 庄稼(复数) humans 人类(复数) animals 动物(复数) survive 生存 spared 留下(过去式) since then 从此 rises 升起(第三人称单数) sets 落下(第三人称单数) land 土地 fertile 肥沃的 flourished 茂盛的 flowed 流动(过去式) tempestuously 剧烈地 joy 欢乐 teemed 大量出现(过去式)
羿射九日 1.很久很久以前，在世界最东边的海上，生长着一棵大树叫扶桑。 2.扶桑的枝头站着一个太阳，底下还有九个太阳日。 3.每天天快亮时，扶桑枝头的太阳就坐上两轮车，开始从东往西穿过天空。 4.十个太阳每天轮换，给大地万物带来光明和温暖。 5.可是，有一天，这十个太阳觉得轮流值日太没意思啦，于是，他们一齐跑了出来，出现在天空中。 6.十个太阳像十个大火球，炙烤着大地。 7.禾苗被晒枯了，土地被烤焦了，江河里的水被蒸干了，连地上的沙石好像都要被熔化了。 8.人类的日子非常艰难。 9.神箭手羿决心帮助人们脱离苦海。 10.他翻过了九十九座高山，蹚过了九十九条大河，来到了东海边。 11.他登上了一座大山，搭上神箭，拉开神弓，对准天上的一个太阳，嗖地就是一箭。 12.那个太阳一下子爆裂开，一团团火球到处乱窜。 13.接着，噗噗地掉在地上。 14.羿一口气射下了九个太阳，炎热渐渐退去。 15.羿又伸手拔箭，准备射下最后一个太阳。 16.这个太阳害怕极了，慌慌张张地躲进了大海里。 17.天上没有了太阳，整个世界一片黑暗。 18.羿想没有了太阳，就没有了光明和温暖，庄稼不能生长，人类和动物也没法活下去。 19.于是，羿留下了最后一个太阳。 20.从此，太阳每天从东方升起，到西方落下。 21.土地渐渐滋润起来，花草树木渐渐繁茂起来，江河奔腾欢唱，大地上重新现出了勃勃生机。 |
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