十二生肖的英文分别是什么「12生肖英文小故事」
- 作者: 山麟咏麟
- 来源: 投稿
- 2022-11-27
12生肖英文小故事?
a long time ago in china lived the jade emperor. it was his birthday. he wanted to meas*e time to know how old he was.
很久很久以前住着一位玉皇大帝,有一天他的生日到了,他想测量一下时间,好让他知道自己已经多少岁了。
all the animals arrived. the emperor decided to have a race to give a name to each year of the chinese zodiac.
所有的小动物们都到了,玉帝决定举行一个比赛,来决定每一年的名字。
the rat and the cat couldn't swim very well.
“can you take us across the river?”
“yes, jump and quick!”
老鼠和猫都不太会游泳,
(他们对牛说)“你能带我们过河吗?”
“可以,快来上来吧。”
they swam across the river. then the rat pushed the cat into the water and jumped on to land.
他们游到河边,然后老鼠把猫推下了河,自己跳到了岸上。(这就是为什么十二生肖中没有猫的原因了)
“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! di一年就是鼠年,第二年是牛年。”
“look! here's the tiger. he's very tired. the third year will be the year of the tiger.”
“看!老虎来了。它很累,第三年就是虎年了。”
“the rabbit can't swim but he's very clever. the fo*th year will be the year of the rabbit.”
“兔子不会游泳但他很聪明,第四年就是兔年。”
“why are you late, dragon? you can fly!”
“i had to make some rain for thirsty people to drink.”
“well done! the fifth year is the year of the dragon.”
“龙,你为什么迟到了?你会飞啊!”
“我必须给干渴的人们制造雨水。”(龙*是掌管下雨的)
“干得好!第五年就是龙年了!”
“what's this? i can hear a horse. no, it's a snake. so the snake has the sixth year.”
“谁来了?我好像听到了*声音。不,是蛇,所以第六年是蛇年。”
“well done! it is good to see you working together! the goat is eighth, the monkey is ninth and rooster is tenth.”
“干得好!很高兴看到你们齐心合力干活!第八是羊,第九是猴子,第十*。”
“sorry i'm late. the water is clean and i needed a bath.”
“ the eleventh is the year of the dog.”
“抱歉,我来晚了。河水很干净,我得洗个澡。”
“第十一年就是狗年。”
“you are the last.”
“yes, i had to eat and sleep on the way.”
“the last is the year of the pig.”
and that is how the emperor chose the animals for chinese zodiac.
“你是zui晚的。”
“是的,我得在路上吃个饭、再睡个觉。”
“zui后一年就是猪年吧。”
玉皇大帝就是这么排列中国的生肖的。
用十二生肖纪年,在我国至少从南北朝时期就开始了。尽管不能确定十二生肖的确切来历,但因为它的通俗、方便又具趣味性,所以一直沿用至今,成为古人留给我们的一种仍有实用价值的宝贵遗产。
那么如何用英语来表达自己“属……”呢?首先还是把十二生肖的英语梳理一遍:
鼠 Rat (/Mouse)
牛 Ox
虎 Tiger
兔 Rabbit (/Hare)
龙 Dragon
蛇 Snake
马 Horse
羊 Goat (/Ram/Sheep)
猴 Monkey
鸡 Rooster
狗 Dog
猪 Boar (/Pig)
如果要说“我属狗”,那就是:
I was born in the Year of the Dog.I was born under the Year of the Dog.
介词用in或under都可以。
正因为有生肖纪年的习俗,于是在我们这里有了“本命年”的概念。在英语里,“本命年” 的地道说法是year of fate或者animal year,此外也可以看到把“本命年”翻译为birth year和big year的。
所以“今年是我的本命年”用英语来说就是:This year is my year of fate.This year is my animal year.This year is my birth year.This year is my big year.
现在大家也来说说自己的生肖和本命年吧!
扩展小知识:
十二生肖的来历故事十二生肖也被称为十二年兽,在中国的历法上有十二只年兽依次轮流当值。很久很久以前,玉帝为了给人间定时间,给人类归属,决定在人间选拔十二种动物作为生肖。就派神仙下凡跟动物们说了这件事,又定了时间在卯年卯月卯日卯时到天宫来竞选,来的越早的排的越靠前,后面的排不上,而那个时候的猫和老鼠还是好朋友,猫爱睡觉但他也想被选上,所以就叫老鼠到时候叫他。(轻忆记忆力)
可是老鼠一转头就忘记了,老鼠去找老牛,说他起得早跑得快,叫牛到时候带带他,老牛答应了,那个时候的龙是没有犄角的,而鸡是有犄角的,龙就跟鸡说,鸡已经很漂亮了,用不着犄角,*借他,鸡一听龙的奉承,很高兴,就把犄角借给了龙,并叫龙竞选后记得按时还他。
到了卯年卯月卯日卯时,众动物纷纷赶向天宫,而猫还在睡觉 ,鼠坐在牛的背上,到达天庭后,老鼠“蹭”的一跳,玉皇大帝就说老鼠zui早到达,让老鼠排di一;老牛排第二;老虎到了排第三;兔子也到了,排第四。
龙来得很晚,但他个儿大,玉皇大帝一眼就看到了他,并看他这么漂亮,就让他排第五,这时后面的蛇跑来说:“我排第六!”;马和羊也到了,可他们推来推去的,玉皇大帝看他们这么有礼貌,就让他们排了第七第八。(轻忆记忆力)
猴子本来排在后面,可是他凭自己会跳,就拉着天上的云朵跳到了前面,排到了第九;接着鸡狗猪也纷纷被选上,竞赛结束后猫才醒来,老鼠刚回家就被猫满世界的追。
【英语百科】Chinese New year (十二生肖故事)