24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about Grain Buds 24节气:关于小满你可能不知道的6件事 | |
The traditional Chine solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Buds, (Chine: 小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 21 this year, and ends on June 5. It means that the eds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe. 中国传统阳历将一年分为24个节气。小满，(中文:小满)，一年的第八个节气，今年5月21日开始，6月5日结束。这意味着谷物的种子正在变得饱满，但还没有成熟。 In China, the 24 solar terms were created thousands of years ago to guide agricultural production. But the solar term culture is still uful today to guide people's lives through special foods, cultural ceremonies, gardening and even healthy living tips that correspond with each solar term. Let's e what we can do during the "Grain Buds" period. 在中国，二十四节气是几千年前创造的，用来指导农业生产。但是节气文化在今天仍然有用，通过特殊的食物、文化仪式、园艺，甚至与每个节气相对应的健康生活技巧来指导人们的生活。让我们看看在“小满”时期我们能做些什么。 A good ason for eating fish 吃鱼的好季节 1. ______________During the Grain Buds period, summer harvest is about to begin. A saying about rain during this time mentions, "A heavy rainfall makes the river full." Becau of the great increa in rainfall, rivers are full of water, which gives ri to great tasting fish and shrimps. This is a good time to enjoy them. It is also harvest ason for fishermen. 小满是吃鱼的好季节，夏收即将开始。一句关于这段时间下雨的谚语提到，“一场大雨让河水变得满满的。”由于降雨量的大幅度增加，河流充满了水，这产生了美味的鱼和虾。这是享受它们的好时机。这也是渔民的收获季节。 A good ason for eating mulberries 吃桑葚的好季节 年终总结会议通知A Chine farmer proverb says, "Mulberries become black during the Grain Buds period." Thus it is a good ason to eat mulberries. 中国农民谚语说:“桑葚在谷芽期变黑。”因此，这是吃桑葚的好季节。 Eating herb of common sow thistle 吃苦菜 Grain Buds is a ason for eating the herb of the common sow thistle, which is one of the earliest edible potherbs in China. 小满是吃苦菜的季节，苦菜是中国最早的食用野菜之一。 2.________________It tastes a little bitter and tart, but also sweet. It has the function of cooling the blood and detoxifying the body. It can be made into different types of dishes. People in Ningxia Hui autonomous region like to eat it blended with salt, vinegar, peppers or garlic. It tastes savory and helps people feel refreshed. Some people boil the herb with water and then squeeze out the juice, which can be ud to make soup. 它尝起来有点苦和酸，但也很甜。有凉血解毒的作用。它可以做成不同类型的菜肴。宁夏回族自治区的人们喜欢将它与盐、醋、辣椒或大蒜混合食用。它味道鲜美，让人精神焕发。有些人把药草和水一起煮，然后挤出汁液，可以用来做汤。 Tips on health 健康小贴士 3._________________________.The increa in temperature over this ason may also give ri to nettle rash, rheumatism, sweat spots, eczema and other skin dias. It is also important to exerci during the hot summer days. Walking, jogging and practicing tai chi are popular. 高温和潮湿在小满期很常见。这个季节气温的上升也可能引起荨麻疹、风湿病、汗斑、湿疹和其他皮肤病。在炎热的夏天锻炼也很重要。散步、慢跑、练太极都很受欢迎。 Key period for flower management 花卉管理的关键时期 This time is a good period of the quick growth of flowers. 4.__________It is also a ason when plant dias and pests are at an all-time high, which makes caring for your garden even more critical. Flower trimming and clipping is important. And a systematic fertilized water system should be carried out. Flowers need a lot of water and extra care to stay healthy. Weeding should be done as they grow quickly and have to be extirpated in order to keep the soil loo and from competing with the flowers for nutrients. 这个时候正是花卉快速生长的好时期。这也是一个植物病虫害空前猖獗的季节，这使得打理你的花园变得更加重要。花的修剪和修剪很重要。并且应该实施系统的施肥水系统。花需要大量的水和额外的护理来保持健康。应该除草，因为它们长得很快，为了保持土壤疏松，避免与花争夺养分，必须除草。 Celebrating silkworm助听器品牌 deity birthday 庆祝蚕神生日 Silkworm rearing is a traditional byproduct for people in regions south of the Yangtze River. During the Grain Buds ason, silkworms have cocooned. People begin to cook cocoons and prepare the spinning wheel for reeling silk. People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces regard this ason as the birthday of the silkworm deity. Tho who engage in the silk industry thank the deity by offering sacrifices and staging performances. They pray to the deity for blessings and a boom ason for the silk business. 养蚕是长江以南地区人民的传统副产品。在小满季节，蚕结茧了。人们开始煮茧，准备纺车缫丝。江浙一带的人们视这个季节为蚕神的生日。从事丝绸行业的人通过献祭和表演来感谢神灵。他们祈求神灵保佑，祈求丝绸业迎来繁荣期。 今年是几几年 | NOTES ✪红色：词汇 ☑蓝色：短语 ※黄色：语法总结，长难句 阅读综合练习在文后 ※It means that the eds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe：that引导的宾语从句 ✪correspond/ˌkɒrəˈspɒnd/v. 相一致；符合 ☑correspond with：与......相一致 Your account of events does not correspond with hers. 你对事情的陈述与她说的不相符。 ※which gives ri to great tasting fish and shrimps：非限制性定语从句，which指代前面整个句子。 关系词判断做题技巧： 一找，二放，三判断。 例题： The factory, ______they visited last year was destroyed. 解析： 1.一找先行词the factory, 二放从句中they visited the factory,三判断先行词the factory 在从句中做宾语，关系词既可以用which,也可以用that，但关系词前面有逗号，所以此句为非限制性定语从句，关系词只能用which. ✪mulberry/ˈmʌlbəri/ n. 桑葚 磅的英文✪proverb/ˈprɒvɜːb/ n. 谚语；格言 ✪herb/hɜːb/n. 药草，香草；草本植物 sow thistle苦菜 ✪edible /ˈedəb(ə)l/adj. 可食用的 n. 食物 ✪potherb/ˈpɒtˌhɜːb/n. 野菜；调味香草 ✪tart/tɑːt/adj. （味道）酸的；（答复或评论）尖酸的，刻薄的 ✪detoxify/diːˈtɒksɪfaɪ/vt. 使解毒；给……解毒 ✪autonomous/ɔːˈtɒnəməs/adj. 自治的，有自治权的 ✪blend/blend/v. （使）混合，调和 ✪savory/ˈɪvəri/adj. 可口 的；风味极佳的；味美的 n. 开胃菜；香薄荷 ✪squeeze/skwiːz/v. 挤压，捏；挤出，榨出（液体等） squeeze out 挤出 ※which can be ud to make soup：非限制性定语从句，which指代先行词the juice在从句中做主语。 ✪humidity /hjuːˈmɪdəti/n. 潮湿，湿气；湿度 humid adj. 温暖潮湿的；湿热的 ✪sweat /swet/v. 流汗，出汗，冒汗n. 汗水，汗液；一身汗，满身大汗 sweat spots 汗斑 ✪critical/ˈkrɪtɪk(ə)l/adj. 批判的，爱挑剔的；极其重要的，关键的；严重的，危急的 critic n. 批评家，评论员；批评者 ✪trim/trɪm/v. 修剪，修整；削减，减少；修饰，点缀 ✪clip/klɪp/v. 修剪；剪下；减少，缩短 ✪systematic/ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk/adj. 有系统的，有条理的，仔细周到的 system n. 系统；体制，制度 ✪fertilized/ˈfɜːtəlaɪzd/adj. 已受精的 v. 使受精；使授粉；使肥沃 ✪weed/wiːd/n. 野草，杂草 v. 除草，为……除杂草 ✪extirpate/ˈekstəpeɪt/v. 根除；彻底毁坏 ✪deity/ˈdeɪəti / n. 神；神性 ✪rearing/ˈrɪərɪŋ/n. 饲养；养育；抚养 v. 抚养；建立连接电脑 ✪byproduct/ˈbaɪˌprɒdʌkt/n. 副产品 ✪cocoon/kəˈkuːn/n. 茧，卵袋 v. 庇护，将……保护起来；把……盖住 ✪reel/ˈriːl /v.卷，绕n. 卷轴，线轴 ✪engage/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/v. 参加，从事；雇用，聘请；吸引 engage in 从事于（参加） engage with 交战；与…接洽 ✪boom/buːm/n. 繁荣；流行，风靡v. 迅速发展，繁荣 |
一．阅读理解。 1. which of the following is not true about Grain Rain? A. Solar terms still guide farming activities today. B. Some of people’s living habits correspond with solar terms. C. Grains are ripe enough for harvest. D. The great increa in rainfall brings tasting fish. 2. What do you think is the right order of making silk? a. silkworm get cocooned b. people are busy reeling silk c. farmers rear silkworm d. the spinning wheels are prepared e. farmers cook cocoons A. acbed B.cadeb C. acbed D.caedb 3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “blended”? A. 弯腰 B. 混合 C. 和谐 D. 协调 成语取名4. The ntence of “ High temperatures and humidity are common during the Grain Buds period.” can be put in the blank _______. A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1 5. We can learn from the passage that __________. A.high temperatures and humidity may bring some skin dias B.plants are not likely to get ill as animals C.flowers can not compete with weeds for nutrients D. Silkworms can reel silk themlves 答案：CDBBA 二．按照单词的适当形式填空或首字母填空。 At the typical "men farming and women weaving" society in China, the raw material for weaving in the north is cotton and in the south is silk. In the national ceremonies that 1.d______ back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (C.11th century-771 BC), the emperor performs a 2.______( sacrifice) rite and symbolically pushes a plow in the field three times, to pray for a good harvest. The empress performs a sacrificial ceremony to the silkworm deity, picks up mulberry leaves and feeds silkworms, as a role model for all 3. f______ weavers in the country. Xiaoman is the best time to cultivate silkworms, cook cocoons and prepare the spinning wheels for reeling silk. Silkworms are delicate and need to be taken good care of, and the mulberry leaves should be fresh and strictly 4. ______(lect). Silkworm 5. ______(rear) is an esntial means of livelihood for tho in regions south of the Yangtze River, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The ancient Chine believed that xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm deity and would offer sacrifices to pray for a 休斯敦6.b_______ ason for cocoons. Silkworms are rich in symbolism in ancient Chine literature. People can find out about rural life from poems on silkworm rearing. As it's a hard and time-7. ________(consume) process for silkworms to spin silk and make cocoons, poets like to u them as a metaphor for enduring romantic love. Silkworms also 8. r_______ the fleeting of time, becau the cocoon ason means the end of spring. Famous Chine poets such as Li Bai and Du Fu from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and Su Shi from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) all wrote poems that vividly described the silkworm rearing activities at that time, such as silk 9. _______(reel). Today, it's popular for Chine children to rai white and plum silkworms in a paper box, covered with green fresh mulberry leaves. For them, rearing silkworms is not a way to make a living, but to 10. o_____ the magic of nature. It's exciting to carefully watch the silkworms grow bigger and bigger after shedding their skin veral times, and finally become white oval cocoons. 答案： 1. date 2. sacrificial 3. female 4. lected 5. rearing 6. boom 7. consuming 8. reprent 9. reeling. 10. obrve 三．选词填空。（用单词的适当形式填空） correspond with blend with squeeze out humidity fertilize nutrient 1. It is always important to choo enjoyable, ________ foods. 2. Sometimes our actions don't ________ what we desire. 3. With a smooth strength, it has an inten tobacco taste, ________cocoa and dried fruits. 4.The plants need heat and________ to grow well. 5.The orange looks dry, but you may be able ________a few drops. 6.I advid my father ________ the crops. 答案： 1. nutritious 2. correspond with 3. blended with 4. humidity 5. to squeeze out 6. to fertilize 四．在右栏中找出左栏单词的解释。 A. a condary and sometimes unexpected conquence B. to em to be spinning around and around C. to have a period of rapid growth D. to cut sth with scissors or shears E. to care for young children or animals until they are fully grown 1. rear 2. byproduct 3. reel 4. boom 5. clip 答案：EABCD | |
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