2019年考研英语翻译每日一句：七夕节 本期主题【七夕节】 The Qixi Festival, observed on the seventh day of theseventh lunar month, is also called "Begging farSkills Festival". There are many folk legends as to theorigin of the Qixi Festival in China, but the story ofCowherd and Weaver Girl is the most widelycirculated one. It is said that they meet each other on that day annually on the magpie bridge.Therefore, it is the most romantic festival among all Chinese traditional festivals and oftenregarded as Chinese Valentine's Day. The main folk custom for the Qixi Festival is that girls takepart in a variety of activities to beg for skills. Weaver Girl was said to be pretty, intelligentand ingenious, so on the eve of the festival, girls would get together to pray to Weaver Girl foringenious skills, which is called "skills-begging". 参考翻译： 七夕节是在农历七月初七庆祝的，也被称作“乞巧节”(Begging for Skills Festival)。在中国有很多关于七夕节起源的民间传说，其中最广为流传的是牛郎和织女(Cowherd and Weaver Girl)的故事。传说每年的这个天他们会走上鹊桥(the magpie bridge)相会。所以，七夕节是中国传统节日中浪漫色彩的节日，常被称作中国的情人节。七夕节主要的民俗，就是女孩子们参加各种乞巧活动。据说织女是一个美丽聪明、心灵手巧的人，所以女孩子们在这天夜里会聚在—起，向织女乞求让自己心灵手巧，俗称“乞巧”。 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/b922e1270d22590102020740be1e650e53eacf57.html