1、July12, 2022 24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Start of Spring24节气:关于立春你可能不知道的9件事The traditional Chinese solar calendardivides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.中国传统阳历将一年分为24个节气。立春
2、(中文:立春)，今年的第一个节气，从2月4日开始，到2月18日结束。Start of Spring lifts the curtain of spring. After that everything turns green and full of vigor; people clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer.立春拉开了春天的帷幕。此后，一切都变绿了，充满了活力；人们清楚地看到白天变长了，天气变暖了。Here are nine things you should
3、know about Start of Spring.以下是你应该知道的关于立春的九件事。Start of Spring and Spring Festival立春和春节As a solar term, Start of Spring had already entered peoples lives in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used fo
4、r the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), when the Start of Spring was set as the Spring Festival. In 1913, the first day of the first month of the lunar year was mandated as the Spring Festival.作为一个节气，立春在春秋时期(公元前770-476年)就已经进入了人们的生活。当时有八个节气。根据一些专家的说法，24个节气在西汉时期(公元前206
5、年-公元24年)首次用于书籍中，当时立春被定为春节。1913年，农历正月初一被定为春节。Flying a kite放风筝Spring is the best season for kite-flying. A traditional folk activity, it has a history of more than 2,000 years. It can help build ones health and prevent diseases. It also has the effect of promoting blood circulation and speeding up met
6、abolism. A breath of fresh air outside can discharge the foul smell accumulated in winter.春天是放风筝的最佳季节。这是一项传统的民间活动，已有2000多年的历史。它可以帮助建立一个人的健康和预防疾病。还有促进血液循环，加快新陈代谢的作用。在外面呼吸一口新鲜空气可以排出冬天积累的恶臭。Erecting the egg竖起鸡蛋In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of the Start of Spring,
7、 Spring Equinox day and Autumn Equinox day. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand on the first day of Start of Spring, he will have good luck in the future.在中国，据说在立春的第一天，春分日和秋分日可以将鸡蛋立起来。人们相信，如果有人能在春天开始的第一天把鸡蛋立起来，他将来会有好运。According to astronomers and physicists, setting the egg upright
8、 has nothing to do with time, but with mechanics. The most important thing is to shift the eggs center of gravity to the lowest part of the egg. In this way, the trick is holding the egg until the yolk sinks as much as possible. For this, people should choose an egg about 4 or 5 days old, whose yolk
9、 isinclined to sink down.根据天文学家和物理学家的说法，将鸡蛋竖直放置与时间无关，而是与力学有关。最重要的是把鸡蛋的重心转移到鸡蛋的最低处。这样，诀窍就是拿着鸡蛋，直到蛋黄尽可能下沉。为此，人们应该选择一个大约4或5天大的鸡蛋，其蛋黄倾向于下沉。Wearing fabric swallows穿布艺燕子Wearing fabric swallows is a custom in some regions in Shaanxi. Every Start of Spring, people like to wear a swallow made of colorful sil
10、k on their chests. The custom originated during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The swallow is a harbinger of spring and a symbol of prosperity and happiness.穿布艺燕子是陕西一些地区的习俗。每年春天开始，人们都喜欢在胸前佩戴一只由彩色丝绸制成的燕子。这个习俗起源于唐朝(618-907)。燕子是春天的预兆，是繁荣和幸福的象征。Biting the spring咬春In many parts of China, people observe the
11、custom of biting the springon the first day of Start of Spring. They eat spring pancakes, spring rolls, or a few mouthfuls of carrots.在中国的许多地方，人们在开春的第一天遵守“咬春”的习俗。他们吃春饼，春卷，或者几口胡萝卜。Making a Spring Ox做一只春天的牛This custom in Shaanxi is practiced right before the Start of Spring. The local government hires
12、 some skilled artisans and gathers them to build the frame of an ox out of bamboo strips and the legs with wood. Then they paste some paper and paint onto itand, voila! The image of an ox is complete. It is said that if more red and yellow paper is used, then there will be a good harvest that year;
13、if black paper is pasted, then the year will be poor. When the paper ox is ready, there is a ritual to paint the eyes. After that, people will set up an altar for it and worship it.陕西的这一习俗是在春天来临之前实行的。当地政府雇佣了一些熟练的工匠，把他们聚集在一起，用竹条做牛的骨架，用木头做牛的腿。然后他们在上面糊上一些纸和颜料瞧！牛的形象是完整的。据说，如果多使用红色和黄色的纸，那么那一年就会有好收成；如果贴黑纸
14、，那么这一年就会很穷。纸牛做好了，就有画眼睛的仪式。之后，人们会为它设坛，供奉它。Posting spring calligraphy and paintings张贴春季字画The custom of posting calligraphy and paintings on ones door in the spring first appeared during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). People would do so to welcome spring and pray for good luck on the first day of Start of
15、 Spring.春天在门上贴字画的习俗最早出现在唐朝(618-907)。人们这样做是为了迎接春天，并在立春第一天祈求好运。Appreciating plum blossoms赏梅Plums blossom from the 12th lunar month to the second month of the next year. The plum blossom, as it fights against the cold, is the most highly regarded. In China, the plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysant
16、hemum are praised as the four gentlemen of Chinese flowers.李子从农历十二月到第二年的第二个月开花。梅花是最受推崇的，因为它能抵御寒冷。在中国，梅花、兰花、竹子和菊花被誉为中国花中的四君子Welcoming spring迎春People in China began holding a special ceremony on the first day of Start of Spring about 3,000 years ago. They made sacrifices to Gou Mang, the god of Spring
17、, who is in charge of agriculture.By the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), greeting spring had become an important folk activity. In Beijing, government officials welcomed spring in the wild field near Dongzhimen (the east gate of Beijing).大约3000年前，中国人开始在春天开始的第一天举行一个特殊的仪式。他们向掌管农业的春之神苟莽献祭。到了清朝(1644-1911)，迎春已
18、经成为一项重要的民间活动。在北京，政府官员在东直门(北京的东大门)附近的野外迎接春天。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vigor/v/n.活力，精力lifts the curtain of spring拉开了春天的帷幕people clearly seethat the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. 此句是由that引导的宾语从句，从句本身是由and连接的两个并列的句子。the Spring and Autumn Period 春秋时期According to：
19、根据be set as被定为mandate/mndet/v. 强制执行；委托办理；授权bemandated as：被定为folk/fk/ adj. 传统民间的；民俗的prevent diseases预防疾病promote blood circulation促进血液循环speed up metabolism加快新陈代谢metabolism/mtblzm/ n. 新陈代谢discharge/dstd/v. 释放;排出；放出；流出foul/fal/adj. 肮脏恶臭的；难闻的accumulated in winter：过去分词短语做后置定语，修饰smell。erect/rekt/v. 搭建，建造；使
20、竖立，竖起；创立，it is said that.:据听说It is believed that ：人们相信以上两个句子都是it做形式主语的主语从句。equinox/ekwnks/n. 春分；秋分；昼夜平分点physicist/fzsst/ n. 物理学家setting the egg upright has nothing to do with time, but with mechanics.：固定句型not .but不是.而是，动名词setting做主语，谓语动词用单数。yolk/jk/n. 蛋黄whose yolk is inclined to sink down：定语从句，关系代词w
21、hose指代eggs在从句中做定语。incline/nklan/v. （使）倾向于；点头；（使）倾斜be inclined to：倾向于fabric/fbrk/n. 布料，织物；构造，结构harbinger/hbnd/ n. 先驱，前兆；预告者vt. 预告；充做的前驱prosperity/prsperti/n.繁荣，成功symbol of prosperity and happiness：繁荣和幸福的象征。observe the custom of biting the spring：遵守“咬春”的习俗spring pancakes春饼spring rolls春卷mouthful/mafl/n
22、. 一口，一满口（的量）artisan/tzn/n. 工匠，技工frame/frem/n. 框架，边框build.out of : 用.建造voila/vwl/int. 瞧；可不是paste/pest/v. （尤指用浆糊）黏，贴；n. 面糊，糊状物；糨糊ritual/rtul/n. （宗教等的）仪式，典礼altar/lt(r)/n. 祭坛，圣坛worship/wp/v. 敬奉（神）；爱慕，崇拜calligraphy/klrfi/n. 书法，书法艺术blossom/blsm/n. 花朵，花簇 V.开花orchid/kd/n. 兰花chrysanthemum/krznmm/ n. 菊；菊花，who
23、 is in charge of agriculture：定语从句，关系代词who指代the god of Spring，在从句中做主语。By the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), greeting spring had become an important folk activity：By表示到.为止，后面接表示过去的时间，句子谓语动词用过去完成时had +done。一 阅读理解。1. Which of the following is not true about the start of Spring?A. It is one of the eight solar
24、 terms in the Spring and Autumn PeriodB. It was once on the same day of the Spring Festival.C. People like to wear fabric swallows which are the symbols of prosperity and happiness. D. Eggs can only be erected on this day.2. People do all the things to welcome the start of spring except _.A. erectin
25、g the eggs B. wearing fabric swallows C. raising an OxD. posting spring calligraphy 3. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “inclined”in the passage?A. Want to do B. tend to do C. agree to do D.prefer to do 4. According to the passage, eggs may be erected _.A. on the first day of the start of Sp
26、ring.B. On Spring Equinox day and Autumn Equinox day.C. when the eggs yolk sinks down as much as possibleD. when the egg is 4 or 5 days old. 5. The solar terms are divided according to _.A. agricultural activities B. traditional activities C. folk activities D. the governments activities 答案：DCBCA二按照
27、单词的适当形式填空或首字母填空。People, in general, regard spring as the beginning of a year when everything is fresh and full of vitality. Life displays its energy again, emerging from the icy clutches of winter. 6. A the first month of the lunar calendar is traditionally 7. _(consider) to be the first month of sp
28、ring, real spring comes 8. _ (late).More 9._( precise), the Lichun (Beginning of Spring) solar term is regarded as the 10. _( office) start of spring. Although Lunar New Year is called Spring Festival, it is at the Beginning of Spring when people can 11. (true) welcome and feel the spring. The real
29、early spring is called mengchun, 12. w is counted from the beginning of the Lichun solar term to the time before the start of Jingzhe (Awakening of Insects).The grand historian Sima Qian stressed the importance of the beginning of spring in the book Historical Records of Heaven Officials, and people
30、 at the time attached great 13._( important ) to it. The emperors of the Zhou Dynasty went to the suburbs14._( greet)the Spring God, and the ritual they inherited must have originated from the previous dynasty. People wait outside reverently to welcome spring, a custom15. t has survived to this day.
31、答案：6.Although 7. considered 8. later 9.precisely 10. official 11.truly 12.which 13.importance 14.to greet 15. that三选词填空。（用单词的适当形式填空）precisely discharge erect vitalityreverently originate clutch worship mouthful emerge16. The factory was fined for _chemicals into the river.17. Stand with your arms by
32、 your side and your head _.18.Hewas amusedby thewayyoungeractorsstarted tohero-_andcopyhim.19. Alltheories_frompractice.20. Agoodwayto breakthe habitofeatingtoo quicklyistoputyour knife and fork downaftereach_.21. Its not clear_ how the accident happened.22.Onlyby doingso canwemaintainthevigorand_of
33、ournation.23.Thousandsofyearsago,anamelesspeople_buriedtheirlovedones.24. Hes won a whole _ of awards.25. She finally _ from her room at noon.答案： 16. discharging 排放 17.erect 竖起 18.worship 崇拜 19.originate 起源 20. mouthful 一口 21. precisely 确切地 22.vitality 活力 23. reverently 虔诚地 24.clutch一堆25. emerged 出现四在右栏中找出左栏单词的解释。A. to stick sth to sth else using glue orpasteB. dirty and smelling badC. a scientist who studies physicsD. a person who does skilled workE. active strength of body or mind26. vigor 27. paste28. foul29. physicist30. artisan 答案：EABCD
