Once there was a landlord whose surname was Zhu,so he was called Landlord Zhu.He had a beautiful and very clever daughter named Zhu Yingtai.Zhu Yingtai wanted to go to school to study,but in ancient times,girls were forbidden to study in school,so everyday she leaned on the window looking at the boys with book containers on the back,she was so jealous of them.She always wondered whether girls were destined to stay at home to learn how to embroider or why she could not go to school.
One day,when she was thinking the same questions,an idea suddenly occurred to her mind.She rushed to her parents,and took much courage to beg:“Mom and dad,I want to go to Hangzhou to study.I can disguise as a boy and I believe no one can detect it.Please,please allow me to go.” At first her parents did not allow,but they could not stand her begging,at last they allowed.The next early morning,when it was still almost dark,Zhu Yingtai and her maid dressing as boys left her parents and took the book container and set off for Hangzhou excitedly.The first day in the school she met a boy named Liang Shanbo.He was of great learning,and had good personality.They found they had much in common.So the following days,they usually stayed together to talk about poems or literatures.Later they became sworn brothers,so they spent more time together.
As time flying,three years passed in a flash,they had finished their study,so they had to go back home.After three years studying together,Zhu Yingtai had fallen in love with Liang Shanbo,although Liang Shanbo did not know Zhu Yingtai was a girl,he also liked her very much.After they were apart,they both missed each other very much.Months later,Liang Shanbo went to visit Zhu Yingtai,to his big surprise,he found Zhu Yingtai was not that boy any more,but had become a beautiful girl.It was this reunion that made both of them realize how much they loved each other.Later Liang Shanbo sent someone to ask Landlord Zhu to allow Zhu Yingtai to marry him,but Landlord Zhu rejected him because he had betrothed his daughter to a rich person whose surname was Ma.From then on,Liang Shanbo abandoned himself to despair,soon he got sick and died.
Hearing Liang Shanbos death,Zhu Yingtai,who had kept opposing this arranged marriage,suddenly became very tamed.She put on the red wedding clothes and got into the sedan.When this group were passing Liang Shanbos tomb,the sand began to fly about and the stones began to hurtle through the air,they had to stop.Then Zhu Yingtai walked out of the sedan,took off her wedding clothes,thus a suit of white clothes showing up.She walked to the tomb,fell on her knees and began to cry.Suddenly rain pouring down,wind blowing,and lightening running across the sky with,the tomb split open in the sound of “boom”.At that moment Zhu Yingtai felt she saw the kindly face of Liang Shanbos again,so she jumped into the tomb without hesitation.As soon as she jumped into it,the tomb closed again,and the sky cleared up.In the field,there were various wild flowers wavering in the air,a couple of butterflies flew out of the tomb and danced in the air.(590)
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ⅠAnswer the questions.
1What kind of people was forbidden to study in ancient schools?
2Which country did Zhu Yingtai go to study?
3Who did Zhu meet in the school at the first day?
4What did Liang and Zhu usually do when staying together?
5Why did Landlord Zhu reject Liang?
ⅡTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.
1Liang Shanbo abandoned himself to despair,soon he got sick and died.
2Hearing Liang Shanbos death,Zhu Yingtai,who had kept opposing this arranged marriage,suddenly became very tamed.
3Suddenly rain pouring down,wind blowing,and lightening running across the sky with,the tomb split open in the sound of “boom”.
4In the field,there were various wild flowers wavering in the air,a couple of butterflies flew out of the tomb and danced in the air.
5One day,when she was thinking the same questions,an idea suddenly occurred to her mind.
There is a very famous traditional story that has a close connection to the Dragon Boat Festival.It is one of the most popular Chinese folk tales.The episode is the love affair between the loyal heroine Lady White Snake and her husband,Xu Xian.
Once upon a time on EMei Mountain there lived two snake spirits,Lady White Snake and Green Snake.These snakes,being magical,admired the lives among the normal people,and turned themselves into beautiful maidens and set off on a journey to the West Lake of Hang Zhou.When they arrived at West Lake they met a man named Xu Xian.Lady White Snake quickly fell in love with Xu Xian for his diligence and they were soon married.They were happy in their marriage and Lady White Snake always helped her husband to cope with trouble by her magic.
One day,a Buddhist monk,named Fa Hai,met Xu Xian and warned of his wifes deceptive appearance and suggested to him a plan.On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival White Snake wished to stay home so as to avoid the Ay Tsao,used for protection from spirits,hanging on the doors of peoples houses.According to Fa Hais plan,Xu Xian suggested her drinking some realgar wine,as this was a tradition during the Dragon boat festival.Lady White Snake,thinking her magic would protect her from the effects of the realgar wine,accepted a cup.After she drank the wine she became very ill and was barely able to get to her bed.When her husband came to her side,he couldnt find his wife but a huge white snake.So great was Xu Xian shocked that he fell on the floor and died.
After recovering from the realgar wine and regaining her human form,Lady White Snake was griefstricken to find her husband dead.She set off on a journey to obtain a potent medicinal herb,which could revive her husband.After returning and reviving her husband with the medicine,she explained to Xu Xian that the white snake he saw was actually a dragon and that this vision was indeed a very good omen.Xu Xians fears were put to rest for the moment by his wifes fanciful story...
Because of Monk Fa Hais vicious interference,their love met with a lot of setbacks.In order to save her husband Lady White Snake went to Emei Mountains to steal the magic fungus and then summoned up surging flood to Jinshan Temple where lived Monk Fa Hai.But finally they failed the fight and were suppressed by Fa Hai under Leifeng Pagoda by West Lake.(447)