端午佳节与白蛇传的故事
另一个与端午节息息相关的中国传统故事是“白蛇传”。 |
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There is a very famous traditional Chinese story that has a close connection to the Dragon Boat Festival. |
从前，在伊眉山上有两只蛇精，白蛇与青蛇。 |
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Once upon a time on E-Mei mountain there lived two snake spirits, White Snake and Green Snake. |
这两只蛇精运用法力将自己变成美丽的女子，并到杭州西湖游玩。 |
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These snakes, being magical, turned themselves into beautiful maidens and set off on a journey to the West Lake of Hang Zhou. |
当她们在西湖游玩时，遇到一位名叫许仙的男子，白蛇与许仙很快的相恋并且随即结婚。 |
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When
they arrived at West Lake they met a man named Xu Xian.White Snake
quickly fell in love with Xu Xian and they were soon married. |
当时一位名叫法海的和尚，曾经警告许仙注意他妻子惑人的外表，并建议他一个知道真相的计划。 |
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A Buddhist monk, named Fa Hai, warned Xu Xian of his wife's deceptive appearance and suggested to him a plan. |
端午节当天，白蛇待加家里以避开人们挂在门上驱邪的艾草，而许仙则依照法海的建议准备了大家在端午节时都会喝的雄黄酒。 |
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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 people's houses. |
白蛇自认魔力可以抵挡雄黄酒对她的影响，因此喝了一杯。 |
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White Snake, thinking her magic would protect her from the effects of the realgar wine accepted a cup. |
但是在她喝下那杯酒之後，她却变得精疲力竭，几乎走不到床上。 |
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After she drank the wine she became very ill and was barely able to get to her bed. |
当许仙回到白蛇身边，看到的不是自己美丽的妻子，而是一只巨大的白蛇，许仙震惊不已且跳楼自杀。 |
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When
her husband came to her side, he found not his wife but a huge white
snake. So great was Xu Xian's shock that he fell to the floor dead. |
当白蛇恢复精力及人形时，她才发现自己丈夫已经身亡， |
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After recovering from the realgar wine and regaining her human form, White Snake was grief-stricken to find her husband dead. |
因此白蛇外出寻找能使许仙起死回生的强效药草。 |
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She set off on a journey to obtain a potent medicinal herb, which could revive her husband. |
许仙在服用药草，并起死回生之後，白蛇告诉许仙他看到的那条白蛇，其实是一只代表吉相的龙。 |
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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. |
而在那时，许仙也在白蛇引人入胜的故事中将恐惧抛诸脑後…。 |
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Xu Xain's fears were put to rest for the moment by his wife's fanciful story… |
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