留学生在中国 第6期 lovestory 爱情故事
时间：2019-02-27 作者：英语课 分类：留学生在中国
英语课
You：Chinese lover's day just passed.
中国的情人节刚过。
David：Ah, the time for lovers 1 to meet.
哦，情人约会的日子。
You：Yes, it is in the August. I can't remember which day, but I do know that in the Chinese lunar calendar it's July seven. I don't know which way it is in the solar calendar.
是的，在8月份。我记不清出具体的日子了，但我知道是阴历七月初七。阳历是哪一天我不知道。
David：Someone told me once about the story behind this special day.
我曾听说过关于这个特殊节日的故事。
You：This's a story of two lovers. They are two stars in the sky.
这是一对恋人的故事。他们是天空中的两颗星星。
David：Yes, it is a beautiful story. One was a goddess, the daughter of a god, and one was a shepherd 2 boy. They fell in love next to a stream at first sight. Then they married, and had children, but then the mother or father of the goddess got mad.
多么美的故事。一个是神仙的女儿，另一个是个牧人。他们在小河边一见钟情，然后他们结了婚，有了孩子。但后来不知道是她的父亲还是母亲发怒了。
You：Her mother, yeah. That’s a very beautiful story.
是她母亲。是呀，是个美丽的故事。
David：They were divided to starts on two sides, and only on that day can they see each other.
他们被变成了两颗星星，分隔两地，只有在那一天才能见面。
You：They were sepereted by a river, I mean, the Milky 3 Way.
他们被一条叫“银河”的天河隔开了。
David：The River? No bridge?
河？没有桥吗？
You：No, in Chinese it’s called Yinhe, the SilverRiver.
没有。汉语里叫做银河。
David：You mean the Milky Way. The Milky Way is the English name of our galaxy 4. At night, the galaxy appears like a river in the sky.
你是说“银河”——夜晚出现在天空中，就像一条天河。
You：Oh, I see. Anyway, they can meet only once a year on a bridge made by birds. A lot of birds come together to form a bridge that the lovers use to meet each other on.
我明白了。就如故事里讲的，他们每年在由很多鸟架成的桥上只见一次面。
爱好者( lover的名词复数 )； 情人； 情夫； 情侣
- They were off-screen lovers. 他们是真实生活中的情侣。
- Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧和朱丽叶这一对莎士比亚笔下命运多舛的恋人
n.牧羊者，牧师，指导者；v.看守，领导，指导
- The shepherd boy waited for his sheep to drink.牧童等羊喝水。
- The shepherd and his dog gathered in the sheep.牧羊人和牧羊狗把羊群赶到一块。
adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的
- Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。
- I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。