生肖的英語單詞

1、生肖的英語單詞Chinese Zodiac (The 12 Animal Signs) 1魔羯座 (12/22 - 1/19) Capricorn 水瓶座 (1/20 - 2/18) Aquarius 雙魚座 (2/19 - 3/20) Pisces 牡羊座 (3/21 - 4/20) Aries 金牛座 (4/21 - 5/20) Taurus 雙子座 (5/21 - 6/21) Gemini 巨蟹座 (6/22 - 7/22) Cancer 獅子座 (7/23 - 8/22) Leo 處女座 (8/23 - 9/22) Virgo 天秤座 (9/23 - 10/22) Libra 天蝎座

2、(10/23 - 11/21) Scorpio 射手座 (11/22 - 12/21) Sagittarius 2英語中，當(dāng)談個(gè)人出生的屬相時(shí)，表達(dá)為“What animal sign were you born under ?你屬什么？I was born in the year of the Rat. / Mine is the Rat.我屬鼠。” 3鼠 Rat 牛 Ox 虎 Tiger 兔 Rabbit 龍 Dragon 蛇 Snake 馬 Horse 羊 Goat 猴 Monkey 雞 Rooster 狗 Dog 豬 Pig Rat charm, 子鼠 Ox patient, 丑牛 T

3、iger sensitive, 寅虎 Rabbit articulate, rtkjlt 卯兔 Dragon healthy, 辰龍 Snake deep, 巳蛇 Horse popular, 午馬 Goat elegant, 未羊 Monkey clever, 申猴 Rooster deep thinkers, 酉雞 Dog loyalty, 戌狗 Pig chivalrous. ivlrs亥豬 4英語十二生肖填空。Mouse,ox,tiger,hare,dragon,snake,horse,sheep,monkey,cock,dog,pig. 51.To put the cart befo

4、re the _ 2.As poor as a church _ 3.To beat the grass and frighten away the _ 4.To make a _of oneself 5.Like _flying and phoenixes（鳳凰）dancing 6.An old _pulling a broken-down cart(二輪車） 7.to wait the stump(樹林)of a tree for the appearance of_ 8.when the tree falls,the _scatter. 9.to crow(雞啼）like a _and

5、snatch like a dog 10. a wolf in _s clothes. 11.to rain cats and _. 12.to glare like a _eyeing its prey (被捕食的動(dòng)物） 61.horse 本末倒置 2.mouse 一貧如洗 3.snake 打草驚蛇 4.pig 貪得無厭 5.Dragons 龍騰鳳舞 6.ox 老牛拉破車 7.hare 守株待兔 8.monkey 樹倒猢猻散 9.cock 雞鳴狗盜 10.sheep 披著羊皮的狼 11.dogs 傾盆大雨 12.tiger 虎視眈眈 7the chinese animal signs are

6、 a 12-year cycle周期 used for dating the years. they represent a cyclical concept觀念 of time. the chinese lunar calendar陰歷 is based on the cycles of the moon, and is constructed創(chuàng)立 in a different fashion than the western solar calendar陽歷. the repeating cycle of the twelve animal signs is as follows: rat

7、, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. therefore, every twelve years the same animal name would reappear. according to chinese legend, the twelve animals quarreled one day about who was to head the cycle of years. the gods were asked to decide and they held

8、a contest ?whoever was to reach the opposite bank of the river first, would be first on the calendar, and the rest of the animals would receive their positions according to their finishing order. all the twelve animals gathered at the river bank and jumped in. unknown to the ox, the rat had jumped u

9、pon his back. as the ox was about to jump ashore上岸, the rat jumped off the oxs back and won the race. the pig, who was very lazy, ended up last. that is why the rat is the first year of the animal cycle, the ox second, and the pig last. the animal signs also serve a useful social function for findin

10、g out peoples ages. instead of asking directly how old a person is, people often ask what is his or her animal sign. more often though, people ask for animal signs not to compute計(jì)算 a persons exact numerical age, but to simply know who is older among friends and acquaintances熟人. 8More than 30,000 yea

11、rs ago, Chinese ancestors invented the 10 Tian Gan(or heavenly stems)and 12 Di Zhi(or 12 earthly branches for chronological purpose. Later,people used 12 animals to symbolize the 12 earthly branches in order to make things easier to memorize and the animals in order are the mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit,

12、dragon,snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster,dog and pig. You might found out that many Chinese people strongly believe that the time of a persons birth is primary factor in determining that persons characteristics. According to one legend, Buddha invited all the animals to his kingdom, but unfortuna

13、tely, only a total of 12 turned up, the mouse was naturally the first, followed by the ox, then tiger, the rabbit and so on. Out of gratitude, Buddha decided to name the year after each of the animals in their order of arrival. It is essential in China that every person knows which animal sign he is

14、 born under and most of Chinese truly believe that the signs reveal the hidden secrets of a persons character. 93萬多年前，中國的祖先發(fā)明了10天干和12地支（按時(shí)間順序排列）。后來，人們?yōu)榱朔奖阌洃洠?2種動(dòng)物代表12地支，動(dòng)物的排序?yàn)椋鹤邮蟆⒊笈?、寅虎、卯兔、辰龍、巳蛇、午馬、未羊、申猴、酉雞、戌狗、亥豬等。 你可能會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)中國人特別相信出生年月是決定性格特征的主要因素。根據(jù)傳說，佛曾邀請(qǐng)所有動(dòng)物來他的國土上聚會(huì)，但遺憾的是，只有12個(gè)動(dòng)物來了，老鼠自然是第一位，接下來是牛、然后

15、是虎，后來是兔子等等。出于感激，佛決定按動(dòng)物們到的先后次序命名年份。在中國每個(gè)人都知道自己的屬相是最基本的事，而且大多數(shù)的中國人確信屬相可以揭示人的性格秘密。 10常用句子 1.The Chinese animal system is similar to the twelve constellation system in Western countries. 中國的十二生消系統(tǒng)和西方的十二些相似。 2.The coming year will be the Cock year. 來年就是雞年了。 3.Its said that ones time of birth has somethin

16、g to do with ones fortune. 據(jù)說人的出生時(shí)間和命運(yùn)有關(guān)系。 4.Chinese name each year with an animal,which is the animal sigh system. 中國人把每一年都有一種動(dòng)物命名，這就是生肖系統(tǒng)。 5.No one knows when the animal sign system came into being. 沒人知道生肖系統(tǒng)是什么時(shí)候出現(xiàn)的。6.Chinese traditional holiday and lunar calendar go very well. 中國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日和農(nóng)歷搭配得很合適。 1

17、17.Chinese used to track the days with the Heavenly-stem and Earthly-branch system. 中國人過去通過天干地支系統(tǒng)來記錄時(shí)間。 8.The Chinese people seem to value the old lunar calendar a lot and celebrate a lot of traditional holidays by lunar calendar. 中國人好像很看重陰歷，許多節(jié)日都是按照陰歷過的。 9.Some of the Chinese believe that the animal sign i