1、July12, 2022 24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about Spring Equinox24节气:关于春分你可能不知道的6件事The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox (Chinese: 春分), as the fourth term of the year starts on March 20 and ends on April 5 this year.中国传统阳历将一年分为24个节气。
2、春分(中文:春分)，因为今年第四学期从3月20日开始，到4月5日结束。The Spring Equinox signals the equal length of the day and night time. On the day of the Spring Equinox, sun is directly above the equator. After the equinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in gradually longer day time in the Northern Hemisphere and longer nig
3、ht in the Southern Hemisphere.春分标志着白天和夜晚时间的长度相等。春分那天，太阳在赤道的正上方。春分过后，太阳向北移动，导致北半球白天逐渐变长，南半球夜晚变长。Here are 6 things you may not know about the Spring Equinox.以下是你可能不知道的关于春分的6件事情。Swallows fly north燕子飞回北方The ancient Chinese people divided the fifteen days of the Spring Equinox into three hous, or five-da
4、y parts. As the old saying goes, swallows fly back to the North in the first hou; thunder cracks the sky in the second hou; lightning occurs frequently in the third hou, which vividly reveals the climate feature during the Spring Equinox.古代中国人把春分的十五天分成三个“候”，即五天。俗话说：一候，燕子飞回北方；二候，雷霆裂苍穹；三候，闪电频繁，生动地揭示了春
5、分期间的气候特征。Egg-standing games立蛋游戏Standing an egg upright is a popular game across the country during the Spring Equinox. It is an old custom that dates back to 4,000 years ago. People practice this tradition to celebrate the coming of spring. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he w
6、ill have good luck in the future.将蛋直立是春分时全国流行的游戏。这是一个古老的习俗，可以追溯到4000年前。人们用这个传统来庆祝春天的到来。人们相信，如果有人能让鸡蛋立起来，他将来会有好运。Some believe that the Spring Equinox is the best time to practice this game because on this day the axis of the earth is relatively balanced against theorbital plane of the earths rotation
7、 around the sun, which makes it easier to erect an egg.一些人认为春分是练习这种游戏的最佳时间，因为在这一天，地球的轴相对于地球绕太阳旋转的轨道平面相对平衡，这使得更容易竖立一个鸡蛋。Flying kites放风筝Spring Equinox is a good time to fly kites. In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources. So to pray for health, they wrote their medicalissues on pap
8、er kite. When the kite was in the air, people would cut off the string to let the paper kite float away, symbolizing the flying away of diseases.春分是放风筝的好时候。在古代，人们没有好的医疗资源。所以为了祈祷健康，他们在纸鸢上写下他们的医疗问题。当风筝在空中时，人们会剪断线让纸鸢飞走，象征着疾病的飞走。Later flying kites developed into a popular game of spring. On the Spring E
9、quinox, people write a blessing on the kite, hoping that the gods in the sky would see it.后来，放风筝发展成为春季的一项流行游戏。在春分，人们在风筝上写下祝福，希望天上的神能看到它。Eating spring vegetables吃春菜Eating spring vegetables during the Spring Equinox is a commonly practiced custom in many regions of China. Spring vegetables refers to s
10、easonal vegetables that differ from place to place. The ancient teachings in the Chinese classic,Huangdi Neijing, suggests that people eat seasonal foods to help preserve health and bring good luck.在春分时吃春菜是中国许多地区的普遍习俗。“春菜”指的是各地不同的时令蔬菜。中国经典黄帝内经中的古老教义认为，人们吃季节性食物有助于保持健康并带来好运。Sacrificeto the Sun god祭祀太阳
11、神During the Spring Equinox, an old tradition practiced by Beijing locals is offering sacrifices to the Sun god. This tradition is called Zhonghe Festival. The Sun Cake, a round cake made from wheat and sugar, serves as the mainoffering.在春分期间，北京当地人的一个古老传统是向太阳神献祭。这个传统被称为“中和节”。“太阳饼”，一种由小麦和糖制成的圆形蛋糕，是主要的
12、祭品。In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (16361912), the imperial family held this ritual in Ritan park every Spring Equinox. The Ritan park gradually became a common place for public recreation. However, the practice still exists among the public.在明朝(1368-1644)和清朝(1636-1912)，皇室每年春分都会在日坛公
13、园举行这项仪式。日坛公园逐渐成为一个公共娱乐场所。然而，这种做法在公众中仍然存在。Reward farm cattle奖励耕牛This practice is popular in the southern area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. As the Spring Equinox comes, farm work starts and both the farmers and the cattle start to become busy. Farmers will reward cattle with sticky rice
14、balls to express their gratefulness. Meanwhile, people will also make sacrifice to birds, to thank them for bringing signals for farm work and to ask them not to eat grains later in the year.这种做法在长江下游的南方地区很流行。随着春分的到来，农活开始了，农民和牛都开始忙碌起来。农民会奖励牛糯米球以表达他们的感激之情。与此同时，人们还会祭祀鸟类，感谢它们为农活带来信号，并要求它们在今年晚些时候不要吃谷物。N
15、OTES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equinox/ekwnks/n. 春分；秋分；昼夜平分点The Spring Equinox：春分signal/snl/ v.标志；表明；预示 n. 信号；暗号 adj. 重大的；显要的equator/kwet(r)/n. 赤道Hemisphere/hemsf(r)/n. （地球的）半球resulting in.：现在分词做结果状语。As the old saying goes：俗话说crack/krk/v. & n. 破裂；裂开；断裂砸开；破开；砸碎；打碎发出爆裂声，噼啪作响vividly/vvdli/adv.生动地；强烈
16、地reveal/rvil/v. 揭示，透露；表明，证明which vividly reveals the climate feature during the Spring Equinox：定语从句，关系代词which指代前面整个主句，在从句中做主语。that dates back to 4,000 years ago：定语从句，关系代词that指代先行词an old custom在从句中做主语。It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have good luck in the future：主语从句，it做
17、形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句。axis/kss/ n. 轴（旋转物体假想的中心线）orbital/bt()l/adj. （行星或空间物体）轨道的rotation/rten/ n. 旋转；转动erect/rekt/v. 搭建，建造；使竖立，竖起；创立，which makes it easier to erect an egg：定语从句，which 指代because之后的整个句子。medical resources：医疗资源pray for：祈祷issue/u/n. （有关某事的）问题，担忧cut off ：剪断string/str/n.细绳；线；带子float/flt/v. （使）
18、漂浮，（使）浮动float away：飞走symbolize/smblaz/v.象征，用符号代表hoping that the gods in the sky would see it：现在分词做伴随状语。refers to：指的是that differ from place to place：定语从句，that指代先行词seasonal vegetables，在从句中做主语。.suggests that people eat seasonal foods to help preserve health and bring good luck：that引导的宾语从句。preserve/przv
19、/ v. 保护，维护；保持，维持；腌制，保存（食物）sacrifice/skrfas/v.牺牲，献出；献祭，以为祭品n.牺牲，献出；献祭，供奉；祭牲，供品practiced by Beijing locals：过去分词短语做后置定语，修饰an old tradition.made from wheat and sugar：过去分词短语做后置定语，修饰a round cake。offering/fr/n.（供娱乐或出售的）产品；新近完成的艺术作品；礼品，礼物；供品，祭品；供奉，奉献imperial/mpril/adj.帝国的；皇帝的ritual/rtul/n. （宗教等的）仪式，典礼recrea
20、tion/rikrien/n. 娱乐；消遣the lower reaches of the Yangtze River：长江下游sticky/stki/adj. 黏性的，涂有黏性物质的；（皮肤因热而）黏湿的；（天气）湿热的，闷热的gratefulnessn.感激，感恩一阅读理解。1. Which of the following is true about the Spring Equinox?A. It falls on March 20 every year.B. The day time is longer than night time.C. After the Spring Equi
21、nox, day time is longer in the Northern Hemisphere. D. Before the Spring Equinox, night time is longer in the Southern Hemisphere.2. People cut off the string of the kite in the hope that _.A. they could have great funB. the kite will fly freely in the sky C. they could get good medical resources.D.
22、 the diseases will fly away with the kites.3. which word can replace the underlined word “issues”?A. treatments B. problems C. questions D. instruments 4.People do all the things to wish for good luck except _.A.playing egg-standing games B.flying away kitesC.eating spring vegetablesD.rewarding farm
23、 cattles5.We can learn from the article that _.A. solar terms are divided according to the position of the sun.B.every solar term lasts for about a month every yearC.solar terms are divided according to the agricultural activitiesD.solar terms are divided according to the old tradition答案：CDBDA二按照单词的
24、适当形式填空或首字母填空。An international team of researchers from Japan and China has found that geese may have been domesticated as early as 7,000 years ago, suggesting that they were the first poultry species to be domesticated.Scientists have long held different opinions on the history of the 1. _(domestica
25、te)of birds. Some suggest chickens were the first to be domesticated.In 2014, Chinese researchers reported ancient DNA sequences taken from the earliest archaeological chicken bone discovery in China, 2._(suggest)chickens were domesticated in northern China as early as 10,000 years ago.The researche
26、rs behind the goose study said that the 2014 study lacks firm 3. e.In the new study, the team excavated the archaeological site of Tianluoshan, a 7,000-year-old rice cultivation village in the lower Yangtze River valley in 4. wis today known as East Chinas Zhejiang province. They found a total of 23
27、2 goose bones at the site. The inhabitants of the village were hunter-gatherers.The researchers used multiple approaches to study the bones, and found lines of evidence of domestication.Four bones were from goslings 5. _ (range) from eight to sixteen weeks old, suggesting they hatched near the site.
28、 Geese were domesticated from wild geese. These migratory birds fly to northern Siberia 6. _(breed) after the spring equinox and then fly south for the winter, according to researchers from the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.They said the goslings were too young to
29、have flown in from elsewhere. At the time, Tianluoshan did not have the conditions to be a 7. n_breeding place for wild geese, so it follows that the goslings were born after domestication.The researchers also analyzed the chemical makeup of adult goose bones, which contained evidence of the water t
30、hey drank. Their analysis indicated 8. t_ the adult geese also seemed to have 9.b_ locally bred. The locally bred geese were roughly the same size, suggesting captive breeding. Carbon dating also showed that the bones belonged to geese that lived about 7,000 years ago.The findings have been publishe
31、d in the U.S. journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).The researchers said that ancient DNA analysis is 10. _(require) in further studies to investigate which species were bred to become local geese populations.答案：1. domestication 2.suggesting 3. evidence 4.what5. ranging
32、6. to breed 7. natural 8. that9.been 10. required三选词填空。（用单词的适当形式填空）result in date back medical resources pray forcut off float away symbolize recreation1. Ourcityneedsmorefacilitiesforrecreation.2. Nevertheless, it can hardly bedeniedthatChinasmedicalresourcesare stillinsufficient.3. Speedingis aser
33、iousoffence resultingin highfines.4. Ifyoushouldbefired,yourhealthandpension benefitswill not beautomaticallycut off.5. There aremanyexplanationsforintolerantattitudes,somedating back tochildhood.6. Ithad torn itself outofhishandandfloatedaway.7. Thisgivesyoutheopportunitytoprayforandblessthe other,
34、therebyblessingyourself.8. Inventingsymbolizingsignsmakeshuman beingsunique.答案：1. recreation 2. medicalresources 3. resultingin 4. cut off5.dating back 6. floatedaway 7. toprayfor 8. symbolizingA. made of or covered in a substance that sticks to things that touch it.B. a movement or sound that you m
35、ake to give sb information, instructions, a warning, etc.C. slowly, over a long period of timeD. producing pictures in your mind clearlyE. to make sth known to sb四 在右栏中找出左栏单词的解释。第一组：1. signal2. gradually3. vividly4. reveal5. sticky答案：BCDEA第二组：A.something that is given to a god as part of religious worshipB.warm friendly feelings of gratitudeC.material made of several threads twisted togetherD.the fact of giving up sth important or valuable to youE.to break without dividing into separate parts6. gratefulness7. offering8. sacrifice9. string10. crack答案：BADCE