[简答题]广寒宫(the Moon Palace)指的是月球上的宫殿。传说里面居住着月亮女神嫦娥、玉兔(the Jade Rabbit)和樵夫吴刚(woodcutter Wu Gang)。嫦娥原本是一个凡间女子。她偷吃了丈夫后羿的长生不老的神药(pill of immortality)飞到了月宫，然后她成了中国的月亮女神。关于嫦娥最好的朋友玉兔有许多种传说。人们普遍认为，它被送到月宫以缓解嫦娥的孤独。它整天都忙于捣药(pestling medicinal materials)以研制可以帮助嫦娥返回地球的药丸。但是，它从未成功过。

参考答案: The Moon Palace refers to the palace on the moon. Legend goes that it is inhabited by the goddess of the moon—Chang E, the Jade Rabbit and the woodcutter Wu Gang. Chang E was a human in the mortal world. Chang E stole his husband’s pill of immortality, ate it and flew to the moon and then she became the Chinese goddess of the moon. There were many versions about the background of the goddess’ best friend—the Jade Rabbit. It was widely believed that it was sent to the palace to alleviate Change E’s sorrowful solitude. It was busy all day long, pestling medicinal materials in efforts to make a pill that could help the goddess return to the earth. However, it never succeeded.