1、July12, 2022 24 Solar Terms: 5 things you may not know about Minor Cold24节气:关于小寒你可能不知道的5件事Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. For most areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year. This years Minor Cold starts on Jan 5. Many Chinese sayi
2、ngs use the weather and climate situation during Minor Cold to predict the weather in the following spring.Still, bitter cold cant prevent people from enjoying their lives. 小寒是中国传统二十四节气中的第二十三个节气。对于中国的大部分地区来说，这标志着一年中最冷的日子的开始。今年的小寒从1月5日开始。许多中国谚语利用小寒期间的天气和气候状况来预测第二年春天的天气。尽管如此，严寒并不能阻止人们享受生活。Here are som
3、e things that help us stay warm during Minor Cold.这里有一些帮助我们在小寒时保持温暖的东西。Stocking up for New Year置办年货During Minor Cold, people always start stocking New Year goods, which include Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, paper-cuts for window decoration, fire crackers, incense and lanterns.小寒期间，人们总
4、是开始置办年货，包括春联、年画、窗花、鞭炮、熏香和灯笼。Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potato羊肉火锅，栗子和烤地瓜Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potato are three recommended foods for Minor Cold. According to traditional Chinese medicine theories, people need to eat food that contains moreyangenergy to prevent cold
5、 from harming their organs. Theyangenergy in the three types of food is strengthened through their method of cooking: boiling,stir frying and baking.羊肉火锅，栗子和烤地瓜是小寒三大推荐食物。根据传统中医理论，人们需要吃含有更多阳气的食物，以防止寒冷伤害他们的器官。这三种食物中的阳气通过它们的烹饪方法得到加强:煮、炒和烤。Beef, sesame, walnuts, almonds and raisins are also good choices
6、 for Minor Cold.牛肉、芝麻、核桃、杏仁、葡萄干对于小寒也是不错的选择。Eating Laba porridge吃腊八粥Another important traditional food for Minor Cold is Laba porridge. It is made from more than 20 kinds of nuts, cereals and dried fruits. Local people in Beijing often cook Laba porridge on the night of the seventh day of the twelfth
7、 lunar month. After one nights slow simmering, all the ingredientsmelt into the porridge in the morning of the eighth day, becoming a warm delicacy to enjoy on cold days.另一种小寒的重要传统食物是腊八粥。它由20多种坚果、谷物和干果制成。北京当地人经常在腊月初七晚上煮腊八粥。经过一个晚上的慢炖，第八天早上所有的材料都融化在粥里，成为寒冷日子里享用的温暖美味。Tasting Nanjing vegetable rice品尝南京菜
8、饭People in Nanjing used to take Minor Cold quite seriously, and they still keep a custom of eating vegetable rice to celebrate this solar term. The rice is steamed withaijiaohuang(a kind of green vegetable), sausage and salted duck that are all the specialties in Nanjing.南京人过去对小感冒相当重视，他们仍然保持着吃菜饭来庆祝这
9、个节气的习俗。米饭是用矮脚黄(一种绿色蔬菜)、香肠和盐水鸭蒸的，这些都是南京的特色菜。Making Chinese traditional herbal medicine做中药材Minor Cold is also the busiest time for doctors and pharmacies of traditional Chinese medicine. Many people need them to prepare new medicines, which will be consumed before the Lunar New Year.小寒也是中医医生和药店最忙的时候。很
10、多人需要他们准备新的药物，这些药物将在农历新年之前消耗掉。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minor /man(r)/adj.较小的次要的；轻微的Minor Cold：小寒bitter cold：严寒that help us stay warm during Minor Cold：定语从句，关系词that代替先行词things在从句中做主语。stock/stk/v. 存货；贮备，贮存（食物、书籍等）n.（商店的）现货，存货，库存stocking up:买进储存起来备货囤货囤积couplet/kplt/n. （尤为押韵等长的）对句，对联incense/nse
11、ns/n. 香which include Spring Festival couplets.：定语从句，关系词which代替先行词goods 在从句中做主语。baked sweet potato：烤地瓜that contains more yang energy to prevent cold from harming their organs：定语从句，关系词that指代先行词food在从句中做主语。stir/st(r)/v. 搅拌，搅和（液体等物质）；激发，打动n. 搅动，搅拌；激动（情绪），愤怒（情绪）stir frying：用大火炒；快炒sesame/sesmi/n. 芝麻，胡麻；通行
12、证almond/mnd/n. 杏仁，扁桃仁；杏树，扁桃树raisin/rezn/n. 葡萄干simmer/sm/v. 炖，煨；充满（难以控制的感情，尤指愤怒）；即将爆发，酝酿；息怒，平静n. 小沸，即将沸腾状态ingredient/nridint/n.（食品的）成分，原料；要素，因素adj. 构成组成部分的melt into：溶解成；消散在中；因心软而delicacy/delksi/n. 美味，佳肴；脆弱，娇嫩steam/stim/v. 散发蒸汽，冒热气；蒸（食物）n. 蒸汽，水蒸气；水汽，雾气specialty/spelti/n. 专业，专长；特色食品，特产Wood carving is a
13、 specialty of this village.木器雕刻是这个村子的特产。Chinese traditional herbal medicine：中药材pharmacy/fmsi/n. 药店（医院的）药房，配药室；药剂学，配药学which will be consumed before the Lunar New Year：定语从句，关系词which代替先行词new medicines在从句中做主语。一、阅读理解。1. Among the 24 solar terms, Minor Cold _.A. is the start of the cold daysB.is the last
14、but one solar term of a yearC. will influence peoples feeling in the following springD. is the busiest time for doctors because of too many people catching cold.2. According to the passage, yang energy _.A.in mutton can be strengthened by bakingB.can harm peoples organsC.can cure terribly bad cold D
15、.can be found in all kinds of melons.3.Whats the meaning of the word “simmering” in Chinese?A. 煎 B. 炸 C. 炒 D.炖 4.We can usually see such scenery on the morning of Minor Cold except_.A. a child is enjoying a bowl of Laba porridgeB. an old lady is waiting in front of a pharmacy for medicines C. a man
16、buys a baked sweet potato for breakfastD. a farmer sells watermelons beside the street答案：BADD二 按照单词的适当形式填空或首字母填空。Minor Cold, 23rd solar term of the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Jan 5, 1._(mark) bitter cold stage of winter.During Minor Cold, most areas in China have entered the 2.b_ c
17、old stage of winter. The ground and rivers are 3._(freeze). The cold air from the north moves southward continuously.Although “Minor Cold” means less cold than the 4.f_ solar term, “Major Cold”, there is an old saying in China that goes, “The days of the Sanjiu period are the coldest days.” “Sanjiu
18、period” refers to the 5. t_ nine-day period (the 19th-27th days) after the day of the Winter Solstice, 6.w_ is in Minor Cold. Actually Minor Cold is 7._(normal) the coldest period of winter. It is important to keep warm during this period.During Minor Cold, people start 8.s_ New Year goods, which in
19、clude Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, paper-cuts for window 9._(decorate), fire crackers, incense and lanterns.Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potato are three 10._(recommend) foods for Minor Cold.答案：1. marking2.bitter3.frozen4.following 5.third6.which 7.normally8.stocking9.decoration10.recommended三选词填空。（用单词的适当形式填空）stock simmer delicacy steam special 1.His_isinternational law.2.The pond was well _ with fish.3.Whoinventedthe_engine?4.Smokedsalmonwasconsideredanexpensive_.5.Leave the soup _.答案：1.speciality 2. stocked 3.steam 4. delicacy 5. simmering