白娘子的故事是流通很广的一个民间故事，几乎家喻户晓。而通过上世纪90年代赵雅芝精湛的演出，人们更是对西湖边的这个爱情故事津津乐道。

本书为“中国传说故事”系列之一，采用中英文对照的方式，通过思凡下山、游湖借伞、端午惊变、嵩山盗草、水漫金山、断桥相会、雷峰塔倒等情节讲述一段生动曲折的爱情故事，文字简洁，译文生动。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。

《白蛇传》这个故事，大概已经讲了八百多年啦。老人们都说，这事是发生在南宋年间的。那时候，从峨眉山过来了一条白蛇，变成一个漂漂亮亮的女子，叫作白娘子。她爱上了西湖边上的一个药店伙计许仙。本来他们是蛮好的一对恩爱夫妻，偏偏金山寺有个和尚法海出来作梗，硬要拆散他们，中间弄出许多事情，枝枝蔓蔓，很是曲折。西湖边上不是有座雷峰塔么？据说后来白娘子就被压在雷峰塔下面，真叫作孽！不过，俗话说“善有善报，恶有恶报”，后来他们这对患难夫妻终于还是团圆了。倒是那个可恶的法海，走投无路，躲进蟹壳不敢出来，成了可怜的“蟹和尚”。

今天我们就来听听这个动人的故事吧。

一、白蛇出世

Chapter 1 The Birth of White Snake

二、思凡下山

Chapter 2 The Journey Down the Emei Mountain onto the Land of Mortals

三、游湖借伞

Chapter 3 The Trip to the west Lake

四、许婚惹祸

Chapter 4 The Marriage and the Calamity

五、端午惊变

Chapter 5 Frightening Transformation on the Dragon Boat Festival

六、嵩山盗草

Chapter 6 Stealing the Magic Herbs in the Song Mountain

七、水漫金山

Chapter 7 Flooding the Golden Mountain

八、断桥相会

Chapter 8 Meeting on the Broken Bridge

九、合钵沉冤

Chapter 9 Trapped in the Golden Bowl

十、雷峰塔倒

Chapter 10 The Falling of the Thunder Peak Pagoda

这话还要从白蛇出世说起。

The story should begin from the birth of White Snake。

白娘子怎么会是条白蛇的呢？说来话长。当初有个张天师，他的法术高强，很有些本领，方圆百里的人遇上了妖魔鬼怪，都要请他去帮助降伏。人们说张天师捉鬼，那是十拿九稳的，小菜一碟。所以他一直很忙，长年累月总是在外面捉鬼。

Why was Madam white a white snake？The story goes like this．There was once a man named Zhang Tianshi，who had great supernatural powers．In his neighborhood，when people came across any demons or monsters，they would ask him for help．Zhang Tianshi was so famous for his art to subdue ghosts that he was busy hunting ghosts outside all the year round．

有一次，他抽空回家休息，他娘就眼他唠叨起来了：

One day,when he was home，his mother talked to him．

“儿啊，你总是在外面替别人帮忙，脚不踮地的，怎么就不顾顾家里的事呢？”

“Son，you are always busy outside helping others．You Should spend some time taking care of our family,shouldn’t you？”

“娘，家里有什么事？您老人家尽管说，我一定去做。”

“Mum．what do you want me to do for our family？Say it and I’ll do it．”

“喏，你妹妹也老大不小的了。前几天有人来提亲，这人家是好是坏，合适不合适，总得你这个当哥哥的来操心了不是？”

“Your younger sister is old enough to get married．The other day,someone came to propose a marriage alliance．It should be your duty to spend some time checking it out whether that young man is suitable for your sister．”

“那当然，那当然。”张天师连忙一口答应。原来张天师的父亲去世得早，家中只一个老娘，还有一个妹子，相依为命。如今要给妹子找个婆家，这事自然得由他这个当哥哥的来操心了。再一细问，原来就在离他们家不远的山腳下，住着个小伙子，家里三间瓦房，独身一人，日子过得蛮舒服的，要啥有啥，人家看上了张天师的妹子，托人来做媒。这里女家是答应还是不答应，总也得有个回复吧。

“Sure！Sure！”Zhang Tianshi promised immediately．Their father had died long before，leaving two children and their mother．Now that Zhang Tianshi’S sister had reached the age of marriage，he，as her elder brother，should show concern about it．Then he asked his mother about the groom-to-be in detail．The young man lived at the foot of the mountain not far frOm their house．He had a three—room tile house and lived a auite well．off life on his own．He wanted to marry Zhang Tianshi’s sister,SO he asked someone to propose a marriage alliance for him．Now he was waiting for their reply,whether they agreed or not．

张天师想，这事好办。第二天起了个大早，就去相亲。到那里一看，果然是三间瓦房，清清爽爽的，房后还养着一头牛，蛮像个殷实的庄稼汉。那小伙子眉清目秀的，长得也挺结实。张天师和他攀谈了几句，就觉得这个小伙子蛮老实，很是中意，也不多说，就回来了。

The next morning，Zhang Tianshi got up very early and went to check the young man out in person．He did have the three-room tile house．What’S more，he raised an ox behind the house．He seemed to be a well-off farmer。Besides，the V0ung man looked handsome and strong．Zhang Tianshi talked to him for a few words and found the young man quite upright and just to his liking．But he decided not to say much in detail snd went back home.

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