????In the remoteages , the world was in completeindistinguishablechaoslike a giant egg . Pan Gu,creator of the universe , was born in it. He grew bigger and stronger whensleeping in it for over 18.000 years.

????上古時代，天地不分，混沌一片，整個宇宙就像一只巨大的雞蛋。而開天辟地的祖先盤古就孕育在這只巨蛋里。他在蛋中沉睡了一萬八千多年，身體也漸漸長大、健壯起來。

????One day, Pan Gu suddenlywoke up and saw nothing but darkness around him.Enragedby the narrowness and the darkness , Pan Gu grabbed a bigaxe out of nowhere andslashedaround him vigorously. With adeafeningblare shaking the world ,the giant egg was split up and from it something clearand light ascended while something turbid and heavy descended, turning into theheaven and earth respectively.

????一天，盤古突然醒來了，他睜開研究卻發(fā)現(xiàn)，周圍全是黑漆漆的一片，什么也看不見。面對黑暗和狹小的空間，盤古勃然大怒。他不知從哪里抓起一把大斧子，使勁力氣對著這黑暗一陣亂砍。只聽天崩地裂的一聲巨響，巨蛋被劈開了。一些清和輕的東西慢慢上升，變成天空；另外一些濁而重的東西慢慢下沉，變成大地。

????Being afraid oftheir folding-up again, Pan Gu stood and hung in there with his head up to skyand his feet down to earth. As the world continued to be expanded. Pan Gu grewin height as well. For another 18,000 years in this way, the heaven and earthwere finally fixed when Pan Gu s height stopped increasing at 90,000 li (about45,000 kilometers).

????盤古擔心天地還會合攏，他就站起身來，頭頂藍天，腳踩大地，撐在這天地當中。隨著天地不斷被撐開，盤古的身體也不斷變長。就這樣又過了一萬八千年，盤古也長到了九萬里長，天地終于被固定住，不再增長了。

????However, Pan Guwas exhausted and slammed down after such strenuous work for such a long time .

????With his death,his bodyunderwent marvelouschanges. His breath turned into the wind and the cloud，hisvoice into thunder; his left eye into the sun while his right eye into themoon; his limbs and body into the four poles of the earthy and the Five Mountains(Taishan Mountain in Shandong, Huashan Mountain in Shaanxi, Songshan Mountainin Henan, Hengshan Mountain in Shanxi and Hengshan Mountain in Hunan); hisblood into rivers and lakes, veins into thoroughfares, muscle into fertilesoil, skin into flowers and trees; his teeth and bones into various metals andstones,marrowintopearls and jewelry, sweat into rain and shower. The rudiment of the beautifulworld was formed.

????可是盤古辛辛苦苦撐了這么久，耗盡了力氣，他“轟”的一聲倒下去，再也沒能站起來。

????隨著盤古的死去，他的身體發(fā)生了奇妙的變化。他嘴里呼出的氣變成了風兒和云朵；聲音變成了雷鳴；左眼變成了太陽，右眼幻化成月亮；四肢和身體成了大地的四極和五岳名山（東岳泰山、西岳華山、中岳嵩山、北岳恒山和南岳衡山）；血液成為江河湖海，筋脈變?yōu)橥ㄍ敬蟮溃∪饣癁榉侍镂滞?，皮膚成為花草樹木；牙齒和骨頭也變成了各類金屬和石頭，骨髓成了珍珠寶石，汗水變成了雨露甘霖。美麗世界的雛形形成了。

????This is one ofthe oldest legends of Chinese nation . Later generations commemorate and recallPan Gu in different ways . 30 li(15 kilometers ) south of Biyang Country ,Henan Province lies a Pangu Mountain . The Pangu Mountain Temple Fair is heldevery year on the third day of the third lunar month , and on that day peoplefrom all directions will gather here for worship and blessing activities .

????盤古開天辟地是中華民族最古老的傳說之一，后人也通過多種方式來紀念和緬懷盤古。在河南泌陽縣南三十里（15千米）有一座盤古山，每年農歷三月初三都要舉辦盤古山廟會，人們會從四面八方到這里進行祭拜和祈福活動。

相關詞匯：

????indistinguishable? /??nd??st??ɡw???bl/ adj.不能區(qū)別的，不能辨別的；不易察覺的

????chaos??? /?ke??s/ n. 混沌，混亂

????enraged /?n're?d?d/ adj. 暴怒的；忿怒填胸的????? v.使發(fā)怒；觸怒（enrage的過去分詞）

????deafening? /?defn??/

????????adj. 震耳欲聾的；極喧鬧的

????????v. 使…聾（deafen的ing形式）

????????n. 隔音

????slashed /sl??ed/ v. 削減（slash的過去式及過去分詞）

????marvelous? /?mɑ?v?l?s/???? adj.了不起的；非凡的；令人驚異的；不平常的

????marrow? /?m?r??/ n. 髓，骨髓；精華；活力