中国故事英文版钻木取火英语二篇.pptx

Drill Wood to Make Fire;Long time ago,people hadn't learned how to make fire,let alone cook food.People ate raw food and drank cold water.;Everything they ate was raw, so people used to get sick and even die easily, and their life span was not long.;One day, the forest caught fire. After the fire was put out,people found beasts that were burnt by the fire.;People found that the smell was good.They took a bite,and it was delicious, too.Hence,people learned that meat tastes better when cooked with fire.;They also discovered that fire can bring light and drive away wild animals. With fire, the beasts wouldn't dare to get near people.;They also discovered that fire can bring light and drive away wild animals. With fire, the beasts wouldn't dare to get near people.;On a mountain, there grew a kind of tree called Suimu.In the Suimu woods,there lived a kind of bird with a long and hard beak.;This kind of bird liked to peck the wood with its beak.It pecked and pecked,and sometimes it could peck out sparks.;One day a man walked through the woods and saw the sparks. He thought:"If birds can make sparks, can I do the same?";He found a piece of Suimu wood and a hard branch,and struck the wood with the branch just like the bird did. However, he couldn't make any sparks no matter how hard he tried.;But he didn't give up. He found a piece of dry Suimu wood and put some hay on it.;He kept drilling and diling on the wood with a branch. Finally, the wood sparked and lit some hay and the wood.;He kept drilling and diling on the wood with a branch. Finally, the wood sparked and lit some hay and the wood.;Word spread quickly, and people gradually learned to make fire on their own and cook food with torches.;The days of eating raw meat had finally ended. When the night comes, people all gather around the fire,and the wild animals dare not approach them easily.;The man who invented"dilling wood to make fire"was named Sul Ren Shi. People were very gratefull to him and elected him as the ,