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高职英语口语大赛辅导及教学创新

Zhu Rong, the god of fire.“I am the most important god!” Gong Gong roared.“Silly
fool, I am much more important than you!” Zhu Rong raged.“You are the fool!”“I
will burn you to a mist!”“I will drown you and put you out forever!”The two

gods yelled louder and louder. Their angry words turned into a real fight. Both gods
were strong and powerful. The Earth felt every punch and every kick. Earthquakes
shook the ground. Tidal waves flooded the beaches. Lava burst from volcanoes.Zhu
Rong proved to be the stronger god. Gong Gong was crushed when he lost the battle.
He smashed his head against Mount Buzhou in anger. He hit the mountain over and

over again. The Heavens began to fall to the Earth. The land was flooded. People
everywhere were suffering because of Gong Gong and Zhu Rong’s fight.Nuwa felt
sorry for the people of Earth. She had created all of them!“How can this happen to

my people? They did nothing wrong!” Nuwa cried. “I must find a way to fix this
mess.” Nuwa had an idea. She searched the Earth for five colored stones. The stones
had special powers.“Blue for water.” Nuwa grabbed the blue stone.“White for
metal. Red for fire.” Nuwa picked up two more stones.“Black for wood,” Nuwa
continued. “And finally, yellow for the earth.”She melted the stones together to

form a paste. Then she spent nine days patching up the skies. And that is why the sky
has always been full of color.Qin Shi Huang listened closely to the story of Nuwa’s
stones.“It is believed one of those stones fell down to Earth,” the storyteller said.

“Some say it is on Rong Cheng Mountain.”“If that is true, then I will be the one to
find it!” Qin Shi Huang promised.Qin Shi Huang was determined to find the stone.
He believed it would help him build a strong empire. And so, his search began.Qin Shi
Huang demanded that a road to the mountain be built. (The emperor was famous for
his building projects. One of them was the Great Wall of China.)Qin Shi Huang took an

army of thousands to Rong Cheng Mountain.After a long search, Qin Shi Huang found
the stone on the mountain! He held a sacred ceremony to worship it.Soon after, the
empire did become stronger and more peaceful! Qin Shi Huang believed that the sacred

stone had worked!He ordered poems and songs to be written about his journey. One
poet wrote, “Thousands of horses on the royal road; victory was attained when Shi
Huang worshipped the stone.”Everyone wanted the poem to be remembered. It was

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