Please explain story.Question regarding PCR+similar.(Urgent)

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發 鳩 山 ，其 上 多 柘 木 ，有 鳥 焉 。其 狀 如 烏 ，文 首 ，白 喙 ，赤 足 ，名 曰 “精 衛 ”，其 鳴 自 詨 。是 炎 帝 之 女 ，名 曰 “女 娃 ”。女 娃 游 於 東 海 ，溺 而 不 返 ，故 為 精 衛 。常 銜 西 山 之 木 石 ，以 堙 於 東 海 。

Fā jiū zhī shān, qí shàng duō zhè mù, yǒu niǎo yān. Qí zhuàng rú wū, wén shǒu, bái huì, chì zú, míng yuē "jīng wèi", qí míng zì jiào. Shì yán dì zhī shào nǚ, míng yuē "nǚ wá". Nǚ wá yóu yú dōng hǎi, nì ér bù fǎn, gù wéi jīng wèi. Cháng xián xī shān zhī mù shí, yǐ yīn yú dōng hǎi.

Can someone explain the following:

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what is their relevance ?

Could someone also help with the story i am unsure about what is going on, a cultural difference may be getting in the way maybe ?

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/360/Etext/ i found this online book however I am unsure about the sections that each chapter is divided up into

could somebody please explain the following section:

Translation

Homework.

One final thing I would like to ask is that can anyone send me a few pages of any beginners text books that cover all aspects of the language ( I would especially like to see some PCR) raea01@hotmail.com

Thank you so much, it would be a great help

:-)