Nüwa is sometimes referred to respectfully as wā huáng which translates literally as "Empress Huang". Nüwa’s mother is the goddess Huaxu 1._________ became suddenly pregnant when she was wandering the universe and stepped in a footprint 2.________(leave) by the god of thunder, Leigong. Fuxi is seen 3._________ the inventor of hunting, cooking, and the Chinese writing system.
One version of the story says that after she was done, she was so tired 4._________ she lay down to rest and died from exhaustion. 5._________ version says that while she was working, she discovered there wasn’t enough stone to fix the sky, so she sacrificed 6._________(she) to use her body to fill the last bits. Either way, order was restored to earth and humanity was able to live 7.________ (peace) once again. Although she did her best, Nüwa couldn’t get the sky and earth to align exactly the way it had before. The earth became permanently tilted and that’s 8.________ it’s said that all of the rivers in China run in a Southeastern direction.
Nüwa is an important figure in popular culture. Though many temples dedicated to Nüwa and her brother Fuxi can 9.________(find) throughout the Chinese-speaking world, her most important temple is located in Hebei Province and is seen as the ancestral shrine of all humans.
March 18th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Nv Wa, so every year from March 1st 10.________ 18th of the lunar calendar; people from Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan Provinces come to She County on a pilgrimage to Nv Wa.
答案
1.who 2.left 3.as 4.that 5.Another
6.herself 7.peacefully 8.why
9.be found 10.to
翻译
女娲也被尊称为娲皇。女娲的母亲是女神华胥，一天她去雷泽游玩忽然看见一个巨大的脚印，她用脚踩了一下，觉得肚子有些不适，于是就有了身孕，生下了女娲的哥哥伏羲，人们认为是伏羲发明了狩猎、烹饪和中国文字。
有一种说法是女娲补天之后，太累了，于是躺下休息，最后疲劳过度死去。另一种说法是，她在补天时发现没有足够的石头，于是牺牲了自己，用自己的身体去补天。无论哪种方式，地球恢复到原来的样子，人类能够再次和平地生活。虽然尽了最大努力，但是女娲还是无法让天和地像以前一样。地变得倾斜，这就是传说中为什么所有的河流都朝着东南方向流淌的原因。
女娲是现代文化中的一个重要人物，在当代被视为一个历史人物。人们能够找到很多供奉女娲和伏羲的寺庙，最重有影响的寺庙位于河北省，被视为人类的拜谒祖先的地方。
农历3月18日是女娲的生日，所以每年从农历3月1日到18日来自山西、河北、山东和河南的人们来到涉县朝拜女娲。
词汇解析
literally / ˈlɪtərəli / adv.按照字面意义地
exhaustion / ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən /n.筋疲力尽；耗尽，枯竭
align / əˈlaɪn / v.（使）排成一条直线，使平行
shrine / ʃraɪn /n. 圣地；神殿
