1、July12, 2022 24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about Grain Buds24节气:关于小满你可能不知道的6件事The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Buds, (Chinese: 小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins on May 21 this year, and ends on June 5. It means that the seeds from
2、 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 useful today to guide peoples lives throug
3、h special foods, cultural ceremonies, gardening and even healthy living tips that correspond with each solar term. Lets see 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 season for eating fish
4、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. Because of the great increase in rainfall, rivers are full of water, which gives rise to great tasting fish and shrimps. This is a good time
5、 to enjoy them. It is also harvest season 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 season for eating mulberries吃桑葚的好季节A Chinese farmer proverb says, Mulberries become black during the Grain Buds period. Thus it is a good
6、 season 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 sowthistle吃苦菜Grain Buds is a season for eating the herb of the common sow thistle, which is one of the earliest ediblepotherbs 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 h
7、as 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 a
8、nd then squeeze out the juice, which can be used 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 increase in temperature over this season may also give rise to nettlerash, rheumatism, sweat spots, eczema
9、 and other skin diseases.It is also important to exercise 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
10、 of flowers. 4._It is also a season when plant diseases 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 systematicfertilized water system should be carried out. Flowers need a lot of water and extra care to sta
11、y healthy. Weeding should be done as they grow quickly and have to be extirpated in order to keep the soil loose 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。Cele
12、brating silkworm 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 season, silkworms have cocooned. People begin to cook cocoons and prepare the spinning wheel for reeling silk.People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provin
13、ces regard this season as the birthday of the silkworm deity. Those 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 season 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
14、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。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 seeds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe：that引导的宾语从句correspond/krspnd/v.相一致；符合correspond with：与.相一致Youraccountofeventsdoes notcorrespondwithhers.你对事情的陈述与她说的不相符。which gives rise to great t
15、asting 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/mlbri/ n. 桑葚proverb/prvb/ n. 谚语；格
16、言herb/hb/n. 药草，香草；草本植物sowthistle苦菜edible /edb()l/adj. 可食用的n. 食物potherb/pthb/n. 野菜；调味香草tart/tt/adj. （味道）酸的；（答复或评论）尖酸的，刻薄的detoxify/ditksfa/vt. 使解毒；给解毒autonomous/tnms/adj.自治的，有自治权的blend/blend/v. （使）混合，调和savory/sevri/adj. 可口的；风味极佳的；味美的n. 开胃菜；香薄荷squeeze/skwiz/v. 挤压，捏；挤出，榨出（液体等）squeeze out挤出which can be u
17、sed 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/hjumdti/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/krtk()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/trm/v. 修剪，修整；削减，减少；修饰，点缀clip/klp/v. 修剪；剪下；减少，缩短systematic/sstmtk/adj.有系统
18、的，有条理的，仔细周到的systemn. 系统；体制，制度fertilized/ftlazd/adj. 已受精的v. 使受精；使授粉；使肥沃weed/wid/n. 野草，杂草v. 除草，为除杂草extirpate/ekstpet/v. 根除；彻底毁坏deity/deti / n. 神；神性rearing/rr/n. 饲养；养育；抚养 v. 抚养；建立byproduct/baprdkt/n. 副产品cocoon/kkun/n. 茧，卵袋v. 庇护，将保护起来；把盖住reel/ril /v.卷，绕n. 卷轴，线轴engage/ned/v. 参加，从事；雇用，聘请；吸引engage in从事于（参加
19、）engage with交战；与接洽boom/bum/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 peoples living habits correspond with solar terms.C. Grains are ripe enough for harvest.D. The great increase in rainfall brings
20、 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. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “blended”?A
21、. 弯腰 B. 混合 C. 和谐 D. 协调4. The sentence 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. 15. We can learn from the passage that _.A.high temperatures and humidity may bring some skin diseasesB.plants are not likely to get ill as a
22、nimalsC.flowers can not compete with weeds for nutrientsD. Silkworms can reel silk themselves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_ ba
23、ck 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
24、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. _(select).Silkworm 5. _(r
25、ear)is an essential means of livelihood for those in regions south of the Yangtze River, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The ancient Chinese believed that xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm deity and would offer sacrifices to pray for a 6.b_ season for cocoons.Silkworms are rich i
26、n symbolism in ancient Chinese literature.People can find out about rural life from poems on silkworm rearing. As its a hard and time-7. _(consume) process for silkworms to spin silk and make cocoons, poets like to use them as a metaphor for enduring romantic love. Silkworms also 8. r_the fleeting o
27、f time, because the cocoon season means the end of spring.Famous Chinese 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, its
28、 popular for Chinese children to raise 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. Its exciting to carefully watch the silkworms grow bigger and bigger after shedding th
29、eir skin several times, and finally become white oval cocoons.答案：1. date 2. sacrificial 3. female 4. selected 5. rearing6. boom 7. consuming 8. represent 9. reeling. 10. observe三选词填空。（用单词的适当形式填空）correspond with blend with squeeze outhumidity fertilize nutrient1. It isalwaysimportanttochooseenjoyable
30、,_foods.2. Sometimesouractionsdont_what wedesire.3. With asmoothstrength,it hasan intensetobaccotaste,_cocoaanddried fruits.4.Theseplantsneed heatand_to growwell.5.Theorangelooksdry,butyoumay beable _a fewdrops.6.Iadvisedmy father_thecrops.答案：1. nutritious 2. correspondwith 3. blended with4. humidit
31、y 5. tosqueeze out 6. to fertilize四 在右栏中找出左栏单词的解释。A. a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequenceB. to seem to be spinning around and aroundC. to have a period of rapid growthD. to cut sth with scissors orshearsE. to care for young children or animals until they are fully grown1. rear 2. byproduct 3. reel 4. boom 5. clip 答案：EABCD
