祝英台女扮男装往杭城求学，路遇梁山伯结为兄弟，同窗三载，情谊深厚。祝父催女归家，英台行前向师母吐露真情，托媒许婚山伯，又在送别时，假托为妹作媒，嘱山伯早去迎娶。山伯赶往祝家，不料祝父已将英台许婚马太守之子马文才，两人在楼台相叙，见姻缘无望，不胜悲愤。山伯归家病故，英台闻耗，誓以身殉，马家迎娶之日，英台花轿绕道至山伯坟前祭奠，霎时风雷大作，坟墓爆裂，英台纵身跃入，梁山伯与祝英台化作蝴蝶，双双飞舞。“梁山伯与祝英台”发源于浙江宁波鄞县，是中国四大民间故事之一，是世界文体的瑰宝。

本书为“中国传说故事”系列之一，采用中英文对照的方式，通过草桥结拜、三载同窗、十八相送、楼台相会等情节讲述一段生动曲折的爱情故事，形象地表现了主人公忠贞爱情，反抗封建的思想。本书不仅可以成为青少年读者的休闲读物，还可以成为青少年读者学习英语的绝佳图书。

梁山伯与祝英台的故事，我们这里的人哪个不会讲？不过讲出来又都会有点不一样。老辈传下来，说这件事发生在东晋年间，到今天起码也有一千多年了。一代一代传下来，越讲越热闹。再加上戏文里天天唱，说书先生到处讲，大家都会添一点进去，这则故事就越发好听起来了。

一、乔装求学

1.Going to School in Disguise

二、草亭结拜

2.Swearing to Be Brothers in a Pavilion

三、同窗三载

3.Being Classmates for Three Years

四、十八相送

4.Saying Good-Bye

五、风云突变

5.A Sudden Change of Fortune

六、楼台诀别

6.Farewell in the Tower

七、山伯临终

7.Death of Liang Shanbo

八、殉情化蝶

8.Dying of Love and the Metamorphosis

只听得一声巨雷又在坟墓的上空炸响，刹那间便落下了倾盆大雨。就在这时候，又一个奇迹出现了，梁山伯的坟墓竟齐刷刷地裂了开来。祝英台见状，当即奋不顾身地扑了进去。

The huge crackle of thunder was heard again above the grave，and a rainstorm came．Just at this moment，another miracle appeared--Liang Shanbo’s grave yawned wide．Without any thinking，Zhu Yingtai flung herself into the hole.

边上的银心看得真切，惨叫一声：“小姐，你不能进去！”连忙扑过去拉住祝英台的衣襟。

Yinxin，who had been standing next，cried out，“Miss，no！”Immediately,she tried to grasp at her Miss’S dress to stop her from jumping down．

说来也怪，那衣襟却像一张薄纸那样，脆不堪言，银心的手刚刚去把它抓住，它就已经破碎了。原来，祝英台早就有了要在梁山伯坟前殉情的打算，所以在前几天就一个人悄悄地做准备，把一件届时要穿的素衣反反复复放在車木灰的水里浸泡搓洗，把它弄得又薄又脆。她原来是打算撞死在墓碑前的，怕有人会阻拦，把她拉住，所以做好了这种准备，想不到会出现这样一个奇迹，自然就当机立断，扑进坟墓去了。银心不知底细，要想去拉住祝英台的衣襟，哪里还能拉得住？说时迟，那时快，祝英台刚刚扑进坟墓，坟墓在刹那间便又重新合拢，仿佛它从来就没有裂开来似的。

Strangely,the dress was as crisp as a piece of paper．As soon as Yinxin touched it，it fell into pieces．Zhu Yingtai had planned to die of love on the wedding day,SO several days before，she had immersed the white dress in the water of plant ashes，making it as thin and crisp as possible．She had intended to end her life by bumping into the gravestone，but she was afraid she might be stopped from doing so.As a result，she had also made other preparation，for she thought some miracle might happen．Now that the miracle did happen--the grave yawned，she certainly jumped into the grave without any further thought．Yinxin knew nothing about her Miss’s preparation for death．When she tried to grab at her dress，it just fell into pieces．The moment Zhu Yingtai jumped into the grave，the hole immediately closed over her，as it had never yawned．

银心被刚才所发生的一系列奇迹惊呆了，张开嘴巴，一时说不出话来。再朝那坟墓看去，只见风也停了，雨也止了，坟墓上的青草格外郁郁葱葱，碧绿鲜嫩。雨过天晴，灿烂的阳光照在坟上，显得格外明亮。就在那坟前，不知什么时候又出现了两只色彩斑斓的蝴蝶，一只蝴蝶的颜色以红为主，一只蝴蝶则是黑颜色的，它们在坟前的草地上翩翩起舞，舞姿是那么轻盈动人。

Yinxin was shocked to speechless at a series of miracles that had just happened．By this time，the storm had stopped．The grass on the grave was so green，full of vitality．In the blink of an eye the sky cleared up，and the sun could be seen shining over the grave brilliantly．There suddenly appeared two gorgeously-colored butterflies circling over the gravc-one of them was mainly red，and the other was mainly black．They playfully flew over the grass on the grave，and the fluttering of their wings was so beautiful．

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