本期主題【屈原】
As a great poet in ancient China,Qu Yuan wasextremely knowledgeable. After the capital of Chuwas seized by the Qin army,angry and desperate,QuYuan drowned himself in Miluo River. Legend has itthat the day Qu Yuan drowned himself was on May5th on China's lunar calendar. To commemorate Qu Yuan,on that day each year,people holddragon-boat racing and eat rice dumplings. Holding dragon boat racing is to scare fish away;feeding fish with rice dumplings is to stop them from eating Qu Yuan's body. Adopting the formof folk ballad,Qu Yuan created a new poetic form called “the songs of Chu”in Chu dialect. QuYuan wrote many wonderful poems,among which Li Sao is the most famous. His works arecharacterized by beautiful language and fancy imagination.
參考翻譯：
屈原是中國(guó)古代偉大的詩人，非常有學(xué)問。楚國(guó)都城被秦軍攻破后，他悲憤絕望，跳進(jìn)汨羅江自殺。傳說屈原投江的日子是中國(guó)的農(nóng)歷五月初五，人們?yōu)榱思o(jì)念他，每年的這一天都要賽龍舟、吃粽子(rice dumpling)。賽龍舟是為了把魚嚇走;包粽子喂魚是為了讓魚不要去吃屈原的尸體。屈原采用楚國(guó)方言，利用民間歌謠的形式，創(chuàng)造出一種新的詩歌形式，叫做“楚辭”(the songs of Chu)。他寫了許多優(yōu)秀的詩篇，以《離騷》(Li Sao)最為。他的作品語言優(yōu)美，想象奇特。
As a great poet in ancient China,Qu Yuan wasextremely knowledgeable. After the capital of Chuwas seized by the Qin army,angry and desperate,QuYuan drowned himself in Miluo River. Legend has itthat the day Qu Yuan drowned himself was on May5th on China's lunar calendar. To commemorate Qu Yuan,on that day each year,people holddragon-boat racing and eat rice dumplings. Holding dragon boat racing is to scare fish away;feeding fish with rice dumplings is to stop them from eating Qu Yuan's body. Adopting the formof folk ballad,Qu Yuan created a new poetic form called “the songs of Chu”in Chu dialect. QuYuan wrote many wonderful poems,among which Li Sao is the most famous. His works arecharacterized by beautiful language and fancy imagination.
參考翻譯：
屈原是中國(guó)古代偉大的詩人，非常有學(xué)問。楚國(guó)都城被秦軍攻破后，他悲憤絕望，跳進(jìn)汨羅江自殺。傳說屈原投江的日子是中國(guó)的農(nóng)歷五月初五，人們?yōu)榱思o(jì)念他，每年的這一天都要賽龍舟、吃粽子(rice dumpling)。賽龍舟是為了把魚嚇走;包粽子喂魚是為了讓魚不要去吃屈原的尸體。屈原采用楚國(guó)方言，利用民間歌謠的形式，創(chuàng)造出一種新的詩歌形式，叫做“楚辭”(the songs of Chu)。他寫了許多優(yōu)秀的詩篇，以《離騷》(Li Sao)最為。他的作品語言優(yōu)美，想象奇特。