十二生肖英文故事21课件

1、The Story ofChinese Zodiac Long, long time ago, people always forgot in which year they were born and could not figure out exactly how old they were. The Jade Emperor came up with an idea. Its too difficult to remember a year. It would be easier to remember an animal. Why dont we choose twelve anima

2、ls to represent the years? 玉皇大帝公告The river- crossing race All animals are welcome to compete. The first twelve animals across the finish line will be chosen as the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. After the announcement, all the animals got very excited and everyone was talking about the race.

3、At that time, the cat and the rat were very good friends. They met to discuss the race. We cant swim. How are we gonna cross the river? Lets join the ox, We can point the way and he can carry us across the river. The cat and the rat went to see the ox. The ox said okay at once. The cat and the rat c

4、limbed onto the back of the ox. And then they started swimming across the river. How eager the rat wanted to win first place. When the ox was a few second away from the opposite bank of the river, the rat pushed the cat into the water and went into one of the oxs ears. The ox climbed up the shore an

5、d ran to the finish line. The rat jumped out of the oxs ear and rushed to the finish line to win first place. The ox was very angry. Ever since then, the ox always looked at the rat with his enormous eyes. Then came the tiger. The tiger was roaring,” I am the first, right?” No, you are the third,” s

6、aid the Jade Emperor.A whirlwind came in the sky as the dragon arrived. But the rabbit sprinted ahead and took the forth place. The rabbit could not swim but jumped across the river on the backs of the other animals.The sky was filled with flying dust. The horse was dashing at full speed, but as he

7、was about to cross the finish line, the snake suddenly shot through to come in sixth. Poor horse. Originally, the horse was very bold and brave, but after being scared by the snake, he became very shy. Originally, the snake had legs, but he raced so hard, he ran his legs off.十一Then came the dog. He

8、was a playful fellow. As he crossed the river, he had such a good time in the water that he forgot the time. Only one opening was left. All the people wanted to see who was in the lead.The pig arrived and said Im starving, Is there any food to eat here?At that time, the cat arrived dripping wet. Wha

9、t is my place? You came in thirteenth. The cat was mad. “ You bad rat!” He said. “ I wont spare you!”The cat slapped the rat across the face and knocked out all of his teeth except the two in front.Today when the rat sees the cats shadow, he runs like crazy. Even in daytime he hides in a hole, not d

10、aring to show his face. Jade Emperor 玉皇大帝福 德 宮Earth God 土地公 鼠Ratox 牛 tiger 老虎Rabbit兔子dragon 龍 snake 蛇horse 馬goat羊monkey 猴子 rooster 雞狗dog 豬PigAnimal 動物一二三四五六七八九十十一十二Chinese zodiac 中國生肖finish line 終點 river 河流玉皇大帝公告 announcement 公 告riverside 河 邊whirlwind 旋 風shadow 影 子hole 洞Difficult 困 難across 越 過excited 興奮的eager 渴望的enormous 巨大的starving 飢 餓Remember 記 得 represent 表示;象徵競爭;比賽compete 討 論discuss 吼叫