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十二生肖的故事
作者：原版英语网
来源：《中学生英语·阅读与写作》2015年第01期
Jade Emperor’s birthday was coming. He wanted to measure time to know how old he was. 玉皇大帝的生日到了，他想测量一下时间，以便知道自己有多少岁。
All the animals arrived. The Emperor decided to have a competition to give a name to each year of the Chinese Zodiac1.
所有的动物都到了，玉帝决定举行一个比赛，来决定每一年的生肖名称。
The rat and the cat couldn’t swim very well. They said to the ox， “Can you take us across the river ？”
老鼠和猫都不太会游泳，它们对牛说：“你能带我们过河吗？”
“Yes， jump and quick！”
“可以，快上来吧！”
They swam across the river. Then the rat pushed the cat into the water and jumped onto land. 它们游到河边，然后老鼠把猫推下了河，自己跳到了岸上。
“Well done， rat！The first year will be the Year of the Rat and the second will be the Year of the Ox.”
“干得好，老鼠！第一年就是鼠年，第二
年就是牛年。”
“Look！Here’s the tiger. The third year will be the Year of the Tiger.”
“看！老虎来了。第三年就是虎年。”
“The rabbit can’t swim but it’s very clever. The fourth year will be the Year of the Rabbit.” “兔子不会游泳但它很聪明，第四年就是兔年。”
龙源期刊网 http://www.qikan.com.cn
十二生肖的故事
作者：原版英语网
来源：《中学生英语·阅读与写作》2015年第01期
Jade Emperor’s birthday was coming. He wanted to measure time to know how old he was. 玉皇大帝的生日到了，他想测量一下时间，以便知道自己有多少岁。
All the animals arrived. The Emperor decided to have a competition to give a name to each year of the Chinese Zodiac1.
所有的动物都到了，玉帝决定举行一个比赛，来决定每一年的生肖名称。
The rat and the cat couldn’t swim very well. They said to the ox， “Can you take us across the river ？”
老鼠和猫都不太会游泳，它们对牛说：“你能带我们过河吗？”
“Yes， jump and quick！”
“可以，快上来吧！”
They swam across the river. Then the rat pushed the cat into the water and jumped onto land. 它们游到河边，然后老鼠把猫推下了河，自己跳到了岸上。
“Well done， rat！The first year will be the Year of the Rat and the second will be the Year of the Ox.”
“干得好，老鼠！第一年就是鼠年，第二
年就是牛年。”
“Look！Here’s the tiger. The third year will be the Year of the Tiger.”
“看！老虎来了。第三年就是虎年。”
“The rabbit can’t swim but it’s very clever. The fourth year will be the Year of the Rabbit.” “兔子不会游泳但它很聪明，第四年就是兔年。”