英语故事:七夕节是中华民族特色的传统节日(中英对照)

09年8月26日（农历七月初七）是中国的七夕节。民俗专家介绍说，七夕又称乞巧节，是一个极富中华民族特色的传统节日，也是唯一一个以女性为主角的传统节日。

    Raise your head on August 26 and gaze at the stars, you will find something romantic going on in the sky. 8月26日那天，抬起头仰望天空，你会发现天空中浪漫的天文奇观。

　　VALENTINE''S Day in China, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, falls on August 7 this year.

　　That is, on Thursday  evening, Niu Lang and Zhi Nu will meet on a bridge of magpies（鹊桥） across the Milky Way（银河）. Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies on that evening because all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens with their wings.