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第四章 高职英语口语技能大赛题型概述

（三）中国故事·神话故事
01. Pangu Separates the Sky and the Earth 盘古开天
It was the beginning. There was no sky. There was no Earth.The universe was a

big black egg.Inside the egg it was dark. It was still. Something grew inside the black
egg. It was not a baby bird. It was not a baby snake. What was it?Something grew for
18,000 years. Something slept. Something dreamed. It was the dream of the universe.
Finally, something stopped dreaming inside the black egg. Something woke up. It was
Pangu! In the darkness, his eyes shone like the sun and moon. He stretched. Bump! He

hit his head on the egg. Pangu yawned.Good morning, Pangu!Pangu moved around in
the darkness. He was too big for the egg. He felt trapped inside. He tried to break free.
He reached out his hand and touched something sharp. Ouch!It was an axe! Great! It

was just what he needed!Swing! Pangu hit the egg with his axe. The egg got a crack.
Swing! Pangu hit it again. Pangu broke the egg!He took a deep breath. He pushed up.
Above him it became light and airy. He pushed higher and higher. It became the sky.
Pangu pushed down. Below him it was dark and heavy. He pushed lower and lower.
It became the Earth.Pangu did not let the egg close. He pushed apart the sky and the

earth.He kept pushing for 18,000 years. The sky became thicker.It spread out. The
Earth became thicker. It got bigger.The more Pangu grew, the farther apart he pushed
the Earth and the sky. The sky grew very high. The Earth grew very big. In between the

Earth and the sky, Pangu grew very tall. He spread the Earth and sky apart once more.
Finally, Pangu got tired. He died. Then . . . His head and body became the Five Sacred
Mountains. They are ‘Mount Tai, Mount Heng in Hunan, Mount Hua, Mount Heng
in Shanxi, and Mount Song. Pangu’s eyes turned into the sun and moon. His blood
changed into water. It filled the river and sea. His hair turned into stars.The universe

and Pangu became one.
这是一个开始。没有天空。没有地球。宇宙是一个巨大的黑蛋。鸡蛋里面是
黑的。一直如此。后来黑鸡蛋里长出了东西。那不是一只小鸟。那不是一条小蛇。

那是什么？东西生长了 18000 年。东西睡着了，东西做梦了。这是宇宙的梦想。
最后，黑鸡蛋里的东西停止了梦想。有东西醒了。是盘古！在黑暗中，他的眼睛
像太阳和月亮一样闪闪发光。他伸懒腰。他的头撞到了鸡蛋上。盘古打了个哈欠。

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