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83. Nuwa Fixes the Sky 女娲补天 2 共工看着颛顼逼近的大军，十分愤怒，他怒触不周山，毁灭了敌方的战斗中心，但也命丧于此。不周山分崩离析，在天空中撕了一个大口子。怪物们从口子中乘虚而入，在人间造成了极大的破坏。女娲用五彩石补全天空中的口子，用云朵将五彩石和天空绑在一起，她潜入海中，用海龟的腿当作支撑天空的柱子。人们能就此幸免于难吗？ Gong Gong was so mad! He rammed himself into Bu Zhou Mountain, headfirst. He destroyed his enemy’s headquarters! But he destroyed himself, too. Gong Gong died. The mountain shook. Rocks flew off in all directions. Then the mountain crumbled! As it crumbled, the mountain tore a hole in the sky!Because they had very little sense, neither Gong Gong nor Zhuan Xu had thought about what might happen if they destroyed the mountain. Bu Zhou Mountain held up the sky on one side. With the mountain gone, the sky started to fall and monsters came flying through the hole in the sky.They were hungry monsters looking for snacks! A black dragon unleashed a flood. Giant fires sparked to life, burning forests and homes. The sun, moon, and stars flew around, lost.That’s when the people--my babies--awoke me from my nap. I got BUSY! I had to save my babies! I gathered rocks of all colors and melted them in the fires. Melted rocks are super sticky, not to mention hotvolcano-burning-hot! They’re a real mess to clean up, but perfect to make a patch for the sky. Fortunately, I’m a goddess, so I don’t burn easily. I stuck the colorful, melted rocks in the hole in the sky. I used a bit of cloud to bind the rocks and the sky together. Have you heard that sometimes the best inventions happen by accident? The sunlight on the colorful patch made the world’s first rainbow! The sight of it gave my people hope while they ran from monsters and tried to escape fires and floods.However, the sky was still sagging like a tent without tent poles. I had to find a solution fast! I dove into the ocean and got legs from a monstrously big turtle. One by one, I propped up the four corners of the sky with the turtle’s mighty legs. Nothing could make them crumble! I showed the sun, moon, and stars to their proper places. My people cheered!I was beginning to tire, so I only：subdued Zhuan Xu, beheaded the black dragon that was making the flood, after fierce fisticuffs—which is an old-fashioned way of saying a big fight—I am old, you know.used the ashes from the fire to stop the flooding by making little hills, and defeated the monsters, after more fisticuffs. My people put out the fires! I was so proud of them! My babies have a lot of promise, I’m telling you! All of you can do great things when you work together and work hard!As for me? It’s time for another snooze. Question: Look around the room. If they were bigger, what things could you use to prop up the sky? 核心词汇 ram v. 夯实; 猛撞; 猛压 crumble v. 瓦解; 破碎，破裂; 碎成粉末; 崩裂 unleash v. 解开…的皮带; 放纵; 解除…的束缚; 发泄 patch n. 补丁，补片; 眼罩; 斑点; 小块 bind v. 捆绑; 约束; 装订; 缠绕; 结合 sag v. 下垂; 消沉; 下跌; 漂向下风向; 使…下垂; prop v. 支撑，支持 subdue v. 制服; 征服; 克制 behead v. 砍头，砍头处决 fisticuff n. 一击，一掌 Melted rocks are super sticky, not to mention hot-volcanoburning-hot! 融化的岩石极其粘，更不用说炙热燃烧火山岩浆。 本句较为口语化，hot-volcano-burning-hot，为女蜗将岩浆的粘 度夸张，自造的表达方式。 以下翻译来自百度翻译： 恭恭真是疯了！他头朝下撞上了不周山。他摧毁了敌人的总部！但他也毁了自己。恭恭死了。山在摇晃。岩石向四面八方飞去。然后山崩塌了！当它崩塌时，山在天空中撕开了一个洞！因为他们没有什么理智，宫公和转旭都没有想到如果他们摧毁了这座山会发生什么。布州山一面高耸着天空。随着山的消失，天空开始下降，怪物从天空的洞里飞了出来。他们是饥饿的怪物，在寻找零食！一条黑龙引发了洪水。大火点燃了生命，烧毁了森林和房屋。太阳、月亮和星星四处飞舞，迷失了方向。那时人们——我的孩子们——把我从午睡中唤醒。我很忙！我得救我的孩子！我收集了各种颜色的石头，在火中融化。融化的岩石非常粘稠，更不用说热了火山炽热！他们真的是一团糟要清理，但完美的修补天空。幸运的是，我是女神，所以我不容易燃烧。我把五颜六色的融化的岩石粘在空中的洞里。我用一点云把岩石和天空绑在一起。你听说过吗，有时候最好的发明都是偶然发生的？阳光照在五颜六色的小片上，形成了世界上第一道彩虹！当我的人民逃离怪物并试图逃离火灾和洪水时，看到它给了他们希望。然而，天空仍然像一个没有帐篷杆的帐篷一样下垂。我必须尽快找到解决办法！我跳进海里，从一只可怕的大海龟那里得到了腿。一个接一个，我用乌龟强壮的腿支撑着天空的四个角落。没有什么能使他们崩溃！我把太阳、月亮和星星指给它们看。我的人民欢呼！我开始累了，所以我只是：制服了转旭，在猛烈的拳打脚踢后斩首了正在制造洪水的黑龙，这是一种老派的说法——你知道，我老了。用火的灰烬建造小山来阻止洪水，并在更多的拳打脚踢后打败了怪物。我的人把火扑灭了！我为他们感到骄傲！我告诉你，我的孩子们有很多希望！当你们一起努力工作时，你们所有人都可以做伟大的事情！
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