The Moon Festival Legend

One story behind the Moon Festival

Once upon a time, 10 suns appeared in the sky, threatening to burn up Earth. The brave warrior Hou Yi shot nine of the 10 suns with arrows and became a hero. Because of his great success, the queen of heaven gave Hou Yi an elixir of life. Whoever drank this potion would receive eternal life. However, instead of drinking it right away, Hou Yi gave the potion to his wife Chang E to keep for him.

One day, when Hou Yi was out hunting, a wicked man named Feng Meng approached Chang E. He demanded the elixir. But Chang E quickly drank the elixir rather than give it to him. Immediately, she flew up to the moon.

When Hou Yi discovered that his wife had drunk the elixir, he was extremely sad. He frantically shouted Chang E's name. When he looked toward the sky, he saw a figure that looked like his wife on the moon.

Since then, on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, people look at the big, bright moon and think of Chang E.

Info Cloud
Teaching Topic: Sound Symbolism (語音表義)
如果可以從一個單字的發音推測字的意義, 那我們是不是就不用背單字了?
fly/flicker/flail 這三個字都跟快速的動作有關
spray/splash/sprinkle 都跟水有關
glimmer/glisten/glare 輕巧, 平滑有關
dash/crash/smash 跟突然的動作有關

Grammar Gym
One day, when Hou Yi was out hunting, a wicked man named Feng Meng approached Chang E.
was out hunting: to go outside and go hunting
[be] out [verb-ing]
- He is out looking for his dog.
- She is out getting lunch.
When [subject 1] was out [verb 1-ing], [subject 2] [verb 2-ed]
- When Mrs. Lee was out shopping, Mr. Lee took a nap.
- When Richard was out walking through the neighborhood, a policeman showed up at his house.

Language Lab
eternal adj.
having no beginning and no end in time: lasting forever
- The Egyptians built the pyramids because they believed in eternal life.
eternity n.
/ɪˈtɚnəti/
time without an end;
a state that comes after death and never ends
- He promised his bride that he would love her for all eternity.

wicked adj.
morally bad: evil
- The wicked queen gave the princess a poisoned apple.
- It was wicked of you to lie to your own mother.
behaving badly in a way that is amusing:
- The host's wicked sense of humor always makes me laugh.

elixir n.
/ɪˈlɪksɚ/
a magical liquid that can cure illness or extend life

frantically adv.
feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry
- The patient's husband paced frantically outside the operating room.
frantic adj.
- The missing girl's parents are frantic with worry.

lunar adj.
relating to the moon or to travel to the moon:
- Chinese families celebrate Lunar New Year by eating a New Year's Eve dinner together.
- The satellite transmitted photos of the lunar landscape back to the earth.

solar adj.
relating to the sun
- solar power
- solar system

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