英语阅读翻译：看古时候的女人都怎么过七夕
在我国，农历七月初七的夜晚，天气温暖，草木飘香，这就是人们俗称的七夕节，今天小编给大家带来了古时候的女人都怎么过七夕，希望能够帮助到到大家，下面小编就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。
英语阅读翻译：看古时候的女人都怎么过七夕
Ingenuity test by floating needle(投针验巧)
Ingenuity test by floating needle is one of the common customs on the festival.
Put some water in a vessel and leave it in the open air until it is covered by a film of dust.
Then cast a needle or thin straw on it to see the pattern of the shadow at the bottom, so as to test their ingenuity
验巧方法
“投针验巧”：先准备一只面盆，放在天井里，倒入“鸳鸯水”，即把白天取的水和夜间取的水混合在一起。但常常把河水、井水混在一起倒入面盆就算成了，面盆和水要露天过夜，再经第二天即七月初七白天太阳一晒，到中午或下午就可以“验巧”了。原来面盆里的水，经过半天太阳光照射，表面依稀生成薄膜，于是取引线(即“缝衣针”)，轻轻平放在水面上，针不会下沉，水底下，就出现针影，这针影若是笔直的一条，即是“乞巧”失败，若是针影形成各种形状，或弯曲，或一头粗，一头细，或是其他图形，便是“得巧”。
Pleading for Skills by Threading a Needle 穿针乞巧
In order to plead for skills, threading a needle(穿针乞巧) is the most long-standing means.
It tests the speed of threading a needle under the moon.
It is said that the needles used in the contest are the seven-hole needle of the Han Dynasty or the nine-tail needle of the Yuan Dynasty.
With more holes than ordinary needles, they are rather hard to handle.
验巧方法：
七夕之夜，女子手执五色丝线和连续排列的九孔针(或五孔针、七孔针)趁月光对月连续穿针引线，将线快速全部穿过者称为“得巧”。
Cobweb as the Determinant(喜蛛应巧)
Pleading for skills with cobweb is another common custom in the festival, in which everybody puts a spider into a locket and waits until the next morning to see if there is cobweb and if any, how it looks.
The one with a most round cobweb of the most mesh will be the winner.
验巧方法：
七月七日，各捉蜘蛛于小盒中，至晓开;视蛛网稀密以为得巧之侯。密者言巧多，稀者言巧少。民间亦效之
Qiaoguo(巧果)
Qiaoguo(Fried Thin Pastes)is in different shapes with the materials mostly being oil, flour, sugar and honey.
The deft hands will nip them into all shapes related to the legend of the Festival.
The melons and fruits used on the day are usually carved into the shapes of flowers and birds, or carved with patterns in relief on the melon peel, which are therefore called “carved melons”
英语阅读翻译：七夕的由来中英
节指的是农历七月的第七个夜晚，这个节日是汉代传统的民间节日。七夕的晚上不仅仅是传说中的"牛郎"和"织女"一年一度相会的夜晚，同时也是为编制姑娘们祈求心灵手巧的好机会。因此，七夕节又叫"乞巧节"，"女儿节"。尽管七夕节不如其它节日那般流行，但是在中国，男女老少都对节日背后的故事相当熟悉。 The Double Seventh Festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. It is a traditional folk festival of the Han people. This night is not only the time when the legendary Cowherd and the Girl Weaver are supposed to have their annual meeting, but also a good opportunity for women to pray for the Girl Weaver for the purpose of seeking dexterity. Therefore, this festival is also named " Maiden's Day", " Daughter's Day". The day is not as well-known as many other Chinese festivals. But almost everyone in China, young or old, is very familiar with the story behind it.
很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。然而，哥哥嫂子为人狠毒，经常虐待他。他们逼牛郎干苦活，不让他吃饱睡好，最后又把他赶出了家门，牛郎除了身上的衣服和一头老水牛外，一无所有。 Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother. Unfortunately, his brother and his sister-in -law were very mean and often treated Niulang very badly. They would not give him enough food to eat, and made him work so hard that he hardly had time to sleep. Finally, they kicked him of their home. All he had in the world were the clothes on his back and an old ox.
牛郎在山边搭了间茅草屋，辛勤开垦，在岩石地上挖出了一片菜园，他常常饥肠辘辘，劳累不堪，但把老水牛照顾得好好的。一日，牛突然说话了，它告诉牛郎说自己前身是天上的金牛星，由于违反了天条把粮食种子撒到了人间，天帝将它贬到人间以示惩罚。老牛说，过几天，天上的仙女会下凡到离茅草屋不远的圣池里游泳，其中有一个勤劳善良、美丽贤惠的姑娘，名叫织女。织女是天宫中王母娘娘的外孙女，如果牛郎能趁仙女洗澡的时候把织女的衣服拿走，她就会留下来作他的妻子。 Niulang built a small thatched cottage on the side of a mountain. He cut and dug and sweat until he had made a vegetable garden out of the rocky soil. He was often tired and hungry, but always found time to take good care of his old ox. One day, the old ox suddenly began to speak to him. It said that it used to be Taurus, the Golden-Ox Star, in the sky and had been banished by the Lord of Heaven to this world as punishment for its violation of heavenly rule by spreading grain seeds to this world. The old ox told Niulang that the goddesses of Heaven would take a bath in a sacred pond not far from his cottage a few days later. Among them was a beautiful, virtuous and industrious girl whose name is Zhinu, the Girl Weaver. Zhinu was a granddaughter of the King of the Heavenly Kingdom. If the Cowherd took the advantage of their bath in the pond to take away her clothes, she would stay and become his wife.
到了那天，牛郎藏在高大的芦苇丛里等着。老牛说的话显灵了，仙女们很快就到了，她们脱掉丝袍跳进水里。牛郎偷偷地爬出来，拿起织女的衣服跑开了。仙女们吓着了，赶快上岸，穿起衣服跑开了，把织女一个人留在后头。牛郎跑回来，把衣服还给了织女，他对织女一见钟情。两人相对而视，织女对牛郎说要做他的妻子。 When the day came, Niulang hid in the tall reeds by the pond and waited for the young goddesses. They soon came, just as the ox said they would. They took off their silk robes and jumped into the clear water. Niulang crept out of his hiding place, picked up Zhinu's clothes and ran away. Her companions were so frightened that they jumped out , dressed as quickly as they could and flew away, leaving the Girl Weaver behind. Niulang returned and gave her back her clothes. He had adored her from the first sight he saw her. They looked into each other's eyes. The Girle Weaver told the poor Cowherd that she would be his wife.
两人结婚后，牛郎耕田种地，织女纺线织衣，恩恩爱爱。织女成了远近的名人，她心灵手巧，养蚕纺纱，编锦织缎，样样精通。三年后，侄女生了对龙凤胎，男孩儿叫"金哥"，女孩儿叫"玉妹"。小两口日子过得幸福美满，牛郎织女满以为能够终身相守，白头到老。 After their marriage, the Cowherd ploughed and the Girl Weaver wove and they loved each other. The Girl Weaver became famous far and near for her dexterity in raising silkworms, reeling and weaving exquisite silks and satins. Three years later, Zhinu gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. They named the boy " Brother Gold" and the girl " Sister Jade". The couple were overjoyed with the additions to their family and believed that they would remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives.
一天，牛快死了，临死前说对小两口说，将它的皮剥下来放好，有朝一日，披上它，就可飞上天去。牛死后，牛郎心疼地剥下牛皮，小心翼翼地收藏起来。 One day, the ox was dying. Before it closed its eyes for the last time, it told the young couple to skin him and keep its hide after its death. It also told them that its hide would enablr a man to fly even to Heaven. After the old ox died, the young couple reluctantly skinned it and stored it with meticulous care.
这时候，玉皇大帝和王母娘娘听说孙女到了人间，还结婚生子，非常生气，遂下令天神尽快把织女捉回来。 Meanwhile, the King and Queen of Heaven found out that their granddaughter had gone to the world of Man and taken a husband. They flew into a temper. They ordered a god to bring the Girl Weaver back as soon as possible.
一日，牛郎从地里回来看见孩子们坐在地上哭，忙到织布机前看，没人。孩子说，有个老太太把妈妈抓走了。牛郎记起了老牛对他说的话，他把孩子放到两个箩筐里，披上牛皮，挑起箩筐，突然，他轻如浮云，飞向天空。眼看快追上了，王母娘娘听到了小孩的哭声，她朝后一望，从头上取下金簪，在身后划了一道，天空中立马出现一条奔腾的河，这条河就叫天河。天河太宽，河水湍急，牛郎飞不过去，只能看着织女飞走，父子三人哭得揪心裂胆，天帝见此情景，大为感动，遂允许牛郎织女每年农历七月初七在天河上鹊桥相会。 Niulang came back from the field one day to find his two children sitting on the ground and crying. He found the seat at the loom empty. The two children told him that an old lady had just taken their mother away. Niulang remembered what the old ox had told him, he carried his two children in two baskets on a pole and put on the magic hide. Immediately, he got as light as a cloud and flew up into the sky. He had almost caught up with the Queen and his wife when the Queen heard the crying of his children. Looking back, she pulled off a gold clasp from her hair and drew a line behind her. A raging torrent immediately appeared in the sky. This is the so-called River of Heaven. The Cowherd and his children could not get past this wide and swollen river. Heartbroken, he and his children could only look and weep bitterly. Moved by their mournful crying, the King of Heaven decided to allow the separated couple to meet on a bridge of magpies on the seventh night of the seventh Lunar month each year.
这对可怜的夫妻变成了星星，牛郎变成了牵牛星，织女成了织女星，把他们分开的河就是银河。 The poor couple each became a star, the Cowherd, Altair and the Girl Weaver, Vega. The wide river that kept them apart is known as the Milky Way.
这个悲楚动人的故事一代代相传。据说，七月初七那天，喜鹊很少，因为他们都要飞到银河上为牛郎织女搭起约会的桥。由于牛郎和织女在上面站的时间太长了，次日，这些忠实的喜鹊头都变秃了。 This sad love story has passed from generation to generation. It is well known that very few magpies are seen on the Double-Seventh Day. This is because they all fly to the Milky Way to form a bridge for the meeting of the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver. And the next day the magpies' heads are bald because the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver walked and stood too long on the heads of their loyal feathered friends.
在中国，许多人把"七夕节"当成本族的情人节。 The Double-Seventh Day in China is considered by many the Chinese Valentine's Day.
英语阅读翻译：七夕情人来历背后的神话故事
Long long ago , there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang . His parents died when he was a child . Later he was dirven out of his home by his sister-in-law(嫂子).So he lived by farming with an old cow.
从前，有个善良又诚实的人，叫牛郎。他的父母在他童年的时候就死了。后来，他被迫和他嫂子生活在一起，他靠用牛耕地来糊口。
One day,the magical cow kindly told him a way to find a beautiful and nice woman as his life companion . Under the direction of the cow,Niu Lang went to the riverside on an evening .This evening the seven fairies left heaven to bathe . He took one of the beautiful silk dresses the fairies had left on the bank.
一天，神奇的牛告诉他，去寻找一个美丽的和漂亮的女人作为他的人生伴侣。在这头牛的指引下，一天傍晚，牛郎来到河边，看到7个美丽的仙女在洗澡，他就拿了其中最漂亮的一件丝绸走了。
When the fairies left the water,the youngest couldn't find her clothes and had to see her sisters fly back to heaven without her.
当仙女们从水里出来后，最小的那个仙女找不到衣服了，所以其他的仙女们就回天上了，而没有带走她。
Then Niu Lang came out with the dress and asked the youngest fairy,Zhi Nu,to stay with him.Zhi Nu fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him.So Niu Lang farmed in the filed and the Zhi Nu wove at home . They lived a happy life and had a son and a daughter.
后来，牛郎拿着衣服出来，像这个被落下的最小的仙女表白说：“我想和你在一起。”从此织女就爱上了牛郎，就悄悄的来到的人间嫁给了牛郎。夫妻俩一个种田，一个织布，生活十分美满，两年间织女生了一对儿女。
Unfortunately,the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother to bring Zhi Nu back .With the help of magical cow ,Niu Lang flew to heaven with his son and daughter.
不幸的是，天帝很快发现了这件事，命令王母去把织女抓回来。在这头神奇牛的帮助下，牛郎带着两个孩子飞到了天上。
At the time when he was about to catch up with his wife ,the Queen Mother took off one of her gold hairpins and made a stroke .One river appeared in front of Niu Lang . Niu Lang and Zhi Nu were separated on the two banks forever.
正在他要抓住织女的时候，王母摘下金发簪在空中划了一下。一道银河出现在了牛郎面前，从此牛郎和织女被这道银河分隔两地。
They loyalty to touched magpies ，so tens of thousands of magpies came to build a bridge for the Cowhand and Weaver Maid to meet each other. The Queen Mother was eventually moved and allowed them to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month. Hence their meeting date has been called "Qi Xi" (Double Seventh).
他们的忠诚感动了喜鹊，成千上万的喜鹊在银河上架起一座鹊桥，让牛郎织女在桥上相会。王母没有办法，被他们感动了，只好允许每年的七月初七的晚上，让牛郎和织女在鹊桥上相会一次。因此，牛郎和织女的约会就是“七夕节”(七七节)。
英语阅读翻译：七夕情人节浪漫活动男生篇
Leave a note on her pillow, a note on her dressing table mirror, a note on the breakfast table, and a note on her car's steering wheel。 在她的枕头、梳妆镜、早餐桌、汽车的方向盘上统统留下爱的小便条。
Find a classic love poem and write it on the bathroom mirror。 找一首经典的情诗，写在浴室的镜子上。
Bring her breakfast in bed - with a love note on the tray。 为她准备床上的早餐—别忘了在餐盘上留下爱的小便条。
Draw a heart on her makeup mirror。 在她的化妆镜上画颗爱心。
Use a can of water-soluble, non-toxic aerosol paint to write a message of love on the grass in your yard。 使用水溶无毒的油漆喷雾在院子的玻璃上写下绵绵的情话。
Call her favorite radio station and request a romantic song during the time she drives to home。 打电话给她最爱的电台，并在她开车回家的时候点播一首浪漫的歌。
Change the welcome message on your answering machine to an expression of love。 把答录机上的欢迎词变成真爱的流露。
Show up at her workplace, meet her as she takes her break, and whisk her away to a lovely park. Have a picnic lunch, complete with candle and rose。 在她休息的时候，出现在她的公司，带她去一个美丽的小公园，享受一顿带烛光与玫瑰的浪漫野餐。
Write her a long letter, one in which you recall the most emotional parts of your romantic history。 为她写一首长诗，回忆爱情路上最感人的瞬间。
Print out "I Love You" posters on your computer, put them on your garage door and on light posts around the neighborhood。 制作“我爱你”的海报，张贴在车库的门上以及社区的灯柱上。
Ask her to watch the sunset with you - and promise her your love will burn longer than the sun。 带她去看夕阳—告诉她你的爱将比太阳更长久。
Open the windows, put her favorite romantic song on the CD player, and invite her to dance under the stars。 打开窗，播放她最爱的歌曲，与她一起在繁星下起舞。
英语阅读翻译：七夕情人节浪漫活动女生篇
七夕情人节浪漫活动之女生篇，那是可以为自己男朋友或者老公做的事。只有不断的寻找小的浪漫，爱的激情才会持久。
Show Him the Romantic Flame Still Burns;
告诉他： 爱的火焰仍在燃烧;
Put a note on the bathroom mirror promising to share an afternoon delight
在浴室的镜子上贴上一张便条，承诺共度一个浪漫的午后。
Fill his car with balloons, each with an "I Love You" message inside。
在他的车里装满气球，每一个气球里都有一张“我爱你”的纸条。
Find his car at work and leave a note on the steering wheel suggesting a romantic rendezvous. Meet him with drinks and snacks and a love note。
在他工作的时候，找到他的车，在方向盘上留下便条，提议来个浪漫的约会。 约会的时候准备好饮料、点心还有爱的便条。
Meet him after work wearing your sexiest outfit and tempt him away to lover's lane. Carry along a bottle of sparkling water and a basket of canapés
穿上你最性感的衣服，在他下班后，与他一起漫步情人小径。 带上一瓶苏打水和一篮开胃吐司.
Leave him a series of notes to follow so that you meet in a romantic place。
留下一系列的便条，让他跟寻上面的指示，与你相会浪漫之地。
Leave a trail of paper hearts, each with a loving message, from the front door to the bedroom for him to find as he comes home from work。
他下班回家的时候， 在前门到卧室的地板上贴上一串纸做的爱心，每个爱心上都写有爱的蜜语。
Cook his favorite dinner and serve it by candlelight。
为他准备他最爱的菜肴和烛光晚餐。
Wrap up your prettiest negligee in a fancy package, complete with a note that promises a romantic evening。
将你最漂亮的便服用精致的包装纸包好，附上便条承诺一个浪漫的夜晚。
Or decorate your bedroom in a theme - tropical island, old West, ancient castle - that appeals to his interests。
或者是根据他的兴趣把你们的卧室装饰成不同的主题—热带岛屿，西部时代，古代城堡。
Scatter Hershey's Chocolate Kisses all over the bed;
在床上撒满好时的巧克力。
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