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1、TalesAncient and Modern,UNIT 10,Tales in ancient China goes in a series.,Butoneyear,Warhappenedingodoffirezhurongandgodofweatergonggong.theskyspillarwasknockeddownbygonggong.Theskyhasfalldownahalf.,TheheavensNvwa,sheusesthesoiltomakeupintoa claychildandgivesthemlife.Peoplehashappinesslife.,Mercifuln
2、uwaisforcedtosacrificeselflife,secevaltimestryhardNvwahasfinallyfinishedrepairing.Theskyandearthrecoverquiet.,To savethehumanbeings,Nvwadecidestousefivecolorstonetobesupplementalsky,thanusesfourfoottortoise.,Discoverfivecolorstone.Butbeingnotenoughtouse,Thebigholeshavenotfinishedrepairingyet.How tom
3、endit?,The bird lived on a mountain near the sea.Every day,it flew to and from between the mountain and the sea,carrying in a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea,hoping to fill it up,even if itll take her thousands of years.,Once upon a time,the youngest daughter of Emper
4、or Yan,went boating on the Eastern Sea.,While she was enjoying herself,a strong wind rose on the sea and her boat capsized.Just before she was buried by the surging waves,her spirit turned into a beautiful bird.As it flew over the roaring sea,it cried sadly in the sound jinwei,jingwei.,In view of th
5、is,King Yao presented Houyi a strong bow and sharp arrows with orders to shoot down the suns and kill the beasts to rescue the people from their misery.,In the remote past,it is said,there were ten suns in the sky,veritable burning fires which scorched the plants,the grass and the woods.Nothing coul
6、d grow.,Houyi defied all difficulties to carry out this order,and succeeded in shooting down all the surplus suns and finishing off the ferocious animals.,There are many other tales in the ancient times.,Now lets turn to tales in ancient western world.,Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of the Ol
7、ympian gods.,He is represented as the god of justice and mercy,the protector of the weak,and the punisher of the wicked.,Zeus overthew his Father Cronus.He then drew lots with his brothers and won the draw and became the sume ruler of the gods,Most stories concerning Hera have to do with her jealous
8、 revenge for Zeuss infidelities.Her sacred animals are the cow and the peacock.,Hera is Zeus wife and sister.She was raised by the Titans Ocean and Tethys.,One of Apollos more importaint daily tasks is to harness his chariot with four horses an drive the Sun across the sky.,Apollo is the son of Zeus
9、 and Leto.He is the god of music,playing a golden lyre.,He is famous for his oracle at Delphi.People travled to it from all over the greek world to devine the future.,Now lets talk about tales in modern times,Old tales are always full of religious themes.,Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy no
10、vels written by the British author J.K.Rowling.,The main story concerns Harrys quest to overcome the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort,whose aim is to subjugate non-magical people,conquer the wizarding world,and destroy all those who stand in his way,especially Harry Potter,The film is set in 2154,whe
11、n humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora,a lush moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system.,The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Navia humanoid species indigenous to Pandora.,The films title refers to the genet
12、ically engineered Navi-human hybrid bodies used by a team of researchers to interact with the natives of Pandora.,Huge advancements in scientific technology have been able to create an island full of living dinosaurs.John Hammond have invited four individuals,plus his two grandchildren to join him a
13、t Jurassic Park.But will everything go to plan?,Especially when one of the parks own workers attempt to steal the dinosaurs embryos,and have to shut down all the electricity in the process.Its now a race for survival with everyone located all over the island.,But actually we all know its just because the story tellers tell the tales in a more convincing way.,It seems that we are more tend to believe modern tales.For instance,many people now are afraid of the coming of year 2012.,THE END,
