七夕将至，你是否想起了牛郎织女

牛郎织女是一个很美丽的千古流传的爱情故事，是我国四大民间爱情传说之一。每年农历七月七日，有百鸟到银河搭鹊桥，牛郎织女相会的美好传说，所以，这一天被称为七夕。让我们一起来看一下牛郎织女的爱情故事吧。

On the east bank of the heavenly river lived a girl weaver, daughter of the emperor of heaven. She worked hard year in and year out, weaving colorful clothes for gods and goddesses.

Later she sneakly married the cowherd who is only a mortal and raised two children with him. However, goddess found the fact that she concealed. Greatly outraged, the goddess forced the girl back across the river and allowed her to join her husband only once a year.

On the seventh day of each autumn, magpies would suddenly become bald-headed for no obvious reasons at all. According to legend, that day the cowherd and the weaver met on the east bank of the river, and magpies were made to form a bridge for them. And for this reason the down on their heads was worn out from book of plants and animals.

牛郎织女相会的七月七日，无数成群的喜鹊飞来为他们搭桥。鹊桥之上，牛郎织女团聚了！织女和牛郎深情相对，搂抱着他们的儿女，有无数的话儿要说，有无尽的情意要倾诉。农历七月七日夜晚，仰望群星闪烁的夜空，人们能看到银河两岸有着两颗遥遥相对的亮星。传说，每年的七月七日，若是人们在葡萄架下静静地听，还可以隐隐听到织女和牛郎在深情地交谈呢！

词汇学习：

heavenly river银河

girl weaver织女

Sneakly偷偷地

Cowherd牛郎

Mortal凡人

Conceal隐瞒

Magpies喜鹊