1、July12, 2022 24 Solar Terms: 7 things you may not know aboutMinor Snow24节气:关于小雪你可能不知道的7件事The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Snow, (Chinese: 小雪), the 20th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 22 and ends on Dec 6.中国传统农历将一年分为24个节气。小雪，(中文:小雪)，今
2、年的第20个节气，从11月22日开始，到12月6日结束。Minor Snow refers to the time when it starts to snow, mostly in Chinas northern areas, and the temperature continues to drop.小雪是指开始下雪的时间，多在我国北方地区，气温持续下降。Here are seven things you should know about Minor Snow.以下是你应该知道的关于小雪的七件事。Light snow小雪An ancient Chinese book about plan
3、ts explains that in Minor Snow, the weather is cold and it is going to snow, while the earth is not frozen enough and the snow is light. The temperature in most areas in the north drops to zero degrees and below. Meanwhile, in the lower and middle reaches of the Yellow River, the average time of the
4、 first snow falls during the Minor Snow solar term. The snow is light and frozen at night, but melts quickly during the day.中国一本关于植物的古书解释说:“小雪时，天气寒冷，将要下雪，而地球不够冰冻，雪很轻。”北方大部分地区气温降至零度及以下。同时，在黄河中下游地区，初雪的平均时间在小雪节气。雪很轻，晚上会结冰，但是白天会很快融化。Wearing hats and scarves戴帽子和围巾In China, starting in Minor Snow, the win
5、d blows from the northeast a lot. Because its still notbitterly cold, many people do not wear hats or scarves yet. In fact, according to an old Chinese saying, the head is the place where all passages of the body gather. Its sensible to keep ones head warm.在中国，从小雪开始，风从东北方向吹过来。因为天气还不太冷，许多人还没有戴帽子或围巾。其
6、实按照中国的一句古话来说，“头是身体所有通道聚集的地方”。保持头温暖是明智的。Drinking soup喝汤During Minor Snow, indoor heating begins to work, which means the air indoors is dry and most people might find their nose and mouth feels a bit dry. According to practices in traditional Chinese medicine, this accumulation of inner heat in ones
7、body can cause problems, including oral ulcers. The solution is to drink more hot soup, such as cabbage and bean curd soup, spinach and bean curd soup, and mutton and radish soup.小雪期间，室内暖气开始工作，这意味着室内空气干燥，大多数人可能会觉得鼻子和嘴巴有点干。根据传统中医的实践，这种体内“内热”的积累会导致问题，包括口腔溃疡。解决办法是多喝热汤，比如白菜豆腐汤，菠菜豆腐汤，羊肉萝卜汤。Eating glutino
8、us rice cake吃糯米糕In some areas of South China, people have glutinous rice cakes around Minor Snow. In ancient times, glutinous rice cakes were a traditional festival offering to the bull god.在中国南方的一些地区，人们在小雪前后吃糯米糕。在古代，糯米糕是献给牛神的传统节日供品。Makingpreserved pork制作腊肉After Minor Snow, the temperature declines
9、sharply and the air becomes dry. It is the best time to start making preserved pork, which by the Chinese Spring Festival would be ready to enjoy. In the past, when storage conditions were poor, people developed many ways to store food and preserved pork is one such example. So even in the bitter wi
10、nter, the whole family could enjoy meat. Some even say preserved pork tastes more delicious than fresh meat.小雪过后，气温骤降，空气变得干燥。这是开始制作腊肉的最佳时间，到中国春节时，腊肉就可以被享用了。在过去，当储藏条件差的时候，人们发明了许多储藏食物的方法，腊肉就是一个这样的例子。因此，即使在严寒的冬天，全家人都可以吃到肉。有些人甚至说腊肉比鲜肉更美味。Making pickled vegetables制作泡菜For thousands of years, the people of
11、 Nanjing, Jiangsu province, have welcomed Minor Snow with pickled vegetables made in different ways.Nanjing is known for its pickled vegetables. In the past, due toinconvenient transportation, vegetables sold in Nanjing were few and expensive. Thus people there made pickled vegetables for the winter
12、.几千年来，江苏省南京市的人们用不同的方法制作泡菜来迎接小雪。南京以泡菜闻名。以前由于交通不便，南京卖的蔬菜少且贵。因此，那里的人们为冬天腌制蔬菜。Avoiding spicy food避免辛辣食物On cold days, people may crave some hot and spicy food to keep warm. Experts say its wise not to eat overlyspicy food, since that will increase your inner heat.在寒冷的日子里，人们可能会渴望一些辛辣的食物来保暖。专家说不要吃太辣的食物是明智的
13、，因为那会增加你内心的热量。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 Snow：小雪refer to：指的是；适用于；参考；涉及；when it starts to snow：定语从句，关系词when代替先行词the time在从句中做主语。in the lower and middle reaches of the Yellow River：在黄河中下游地区average time：平均时间starting in Minor Snow：现在分词做伴随状语。bitterly/btli/adv. 极其
14、；非常；伤心地；愤怒地bitter adj. 严寒的，刺骨的;味苦的；痛苦的，辛酸的；激烈的，充满敌意的；愤愤不平的；Theleavestasteratherbitter.这些叶子尝起来相当苦。Ifeltquitebitterabout itat the time.当时我对此感到相当痛苦。The two sidesarelocked intoabitterdispute.双方陷入了激烈的争论。bitterly cold：严寒，刺骨的冷where all passages of the body gather：定语从句，关系词where代替先行词the place在从句中做地点状语。sensib
15、le/sensbl/adj. 明智的；理智的；合理的；切合实际的which means the air indoors is dry and most people might find their nose and mouth feels a bit dry：非限制性定语从句，which指代前面整个句子。accumulation/kjumjlen/n. 积累，堆积；堆积物，堆积量accumulate/kjumjlet/v. 积累，积攒ulcer/ls/ n. 溃疡；腐烂物oral ulcer口腔或咽喉溃疡bean curd/bin kd/ n.豆腐 spinach/spnt/n. 菠菜rad
16、ish/rd/n. 小萝卜 mutton and radish soup：羊肉萝卜汤glutinous/lutns/adj.黏的，胶质的glutinous rice cake：糯米糕offering to the bull god：现在分词做后置定语，修饰glutinous rice cakes。preserved/przvd/adj. 保藏的；腌制的；喝醉的preserve/przv/ v. 保护，维护；保持，维持；腌制，保存preserved pork：腊肉，腌肉decline sharply：骤降；急剧下降which by the Chinese Spring Festival woul
17、d be ready to enjoy：定语从句，关系代词which指代先行词preserved pork在从句中做enjoy的宾语。storage conditions：储存条件in the bitter winter：在严寒的冬天pickled/pkld/adj. 腌制的；盐渍的pickle/pkl/ v 腌渍n. 泡菜；腌菜made in different ways：过去分词做后置定语due to：因为，由于inconvenient/nknvinint/adj. 不便的；打扰的convenient/knvinint/adj.方便的，便利的convenience/knvinins/n.方
18、便便利；便利的事物，便利设施inconvenient transportation：交通不便Thisis inconvenient but effective. 这很麻烦但是很有效。crave/krev/v. 渴望There may be certain times of a day when smokers crave their cigarette. 一天中可能有那么几次吸烟者特别想叼上烟。overly/vli/adv. 过度地；极度地spicy/spasi/adj. 加有香料的，辛辣的；刺激的，粗俗的since that will increase your inner heat：sin
19、ce引导的原因状语从句。一、阅读理解。1.During Minor Snow, people could enjoy the following scenery except _A. Snow falls at night and melts when the sun rises the next morning.B. It snows so light that children can not make snowmen.C. The temperature stays below zero for more than 10 days.D. It snows so heavily that
20、cars can not move.2. “ The head is the place where all passages of the body gather” indicates that _.A. keeping ones head warm is important for the whole body.B. Only if the head is warm, the whole body is warm.C.People only need to keep the head warm in bitter winter.D. It is necessary to wear hats
21、 or scarves all year round.3.The underlined word “crave” in the passage means _.A. dream B. long for C. desperate D. despair 4. We can learn from the passage that _.A.Glutinous rice cakes were offered to the god on Minor Snow Day.B. People make preserved pork because the storage conditions are poor.
22、C.Indoor heating may accumulate the “inner heat” in ones body.D. It is sensible not to eat any spicy food.答案：DABC二 阅读七选五（有两项多余）Minor Snow, or Xiaoxue in Chinese, is the 20th of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, and will last from November 22 to December 6 this year.It is the second solar term
23、of winter, and indicates that snow is about to arrive.From this solar term onwards, people in South China will begin to feel the coming of winter. 1. _.Pickling vegetablesIn Nanjing, its customary to make pickle during the Minor Snow period, and then salted meat during Major Snow. During Minor Snow,
24、 2. _. In Hangzhou, people will start to make sauced duck and Chinese bacon.Eating glutinous rice cakesIn many areas of Southern China, people eat glutinous rice cakes during Minor Snow. In these places, theres a saying:十月朝，糍粑碌碌烧. In this saying, 碌（lu） means that people use their chopsticks to pick
25、up a glutinous rice cake and roll it like a wheel in a bowl full of sesame and peanut sugar, and 烧（shao） indicates that the glutinous rice cakes are steaming hot.Cooking meat dishesDuring Minor Snow, people in many regions of China will kill pigs, while during Major Snow, they will kill sheep. No ma
26、tter which household kills the animal, neighbors and friends will all come to help. After the animal has been slaughtered, 3. _.Eating more porridge and soupEating more porridge and soup in winter is good for your health. For instance, wheat porridge can nourish the heart, while radish porridge can
27、improve digestion and reduce phlegm that often arrives with the changing weather. Soups also help keep people healthy and can improve the immune system. 4. _.Drinking more waterWe already know that drinking more water is beneficial for metabolism. During the winter months,5. _. In this way, blood vi
28、scosity can be reduced, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases can be prevented. During Minor Snow, honey water, white radish water and pear water are excellent choices, as honey water can moisten dryness and helpdetoxify, white radish water can clear heat, while pear can moisten the lungs
29、and relieve stubborn coughs.Stay warmThe weather is cold, but not yet too cold. Therefore, many people forget to put on their hats and scarves, which leaves them more likely to catch a cold. If one wants to keep healthy, they should change their clothes in accordance with the weather. A.We suggest y
30、ou prepare several sets of winter clothes.B. it is highly recommended to drink a cup of warm water on an empty stomach in the early morning.C. For instance, fish soup is said to invigorate the spleen, stimulate appetite, and relieve coughs and colds.D. every household will begin to make pickled and
31、dried vegetables.E. From this solar term onwards, the northeast wind will blow more frequently.F. the host will prepare dishes and hold a party, which symbolizes unity, harmony, peace and prosperity.G. With the weather becoming increasingly cold, people wait expectantly for the first snow.答案：GDFCB三选
32、词填空。（用单词的适当形式填空）refer to preserve due to convenient crave sharply1. The accidentwas_excessivespeed.2. Peoplestillfoundcoins_tocarry,whentheywanted tobuy somethingexpensive.3. He_the teachers pardon last Sunday.4. House pricesare expected torise_.5. You may_your notesifyou want.6. Ishereally60? Hesre
33、markably well _.答案：1. dueto 2. inconvenient 3. craved4.sharply 5.refer to 6. preserved四 在右栏中找出左栏单词的解释。A.the collecting together of things over a period of time.B.stickyC. a continuous decrease in the numberD.practicalE. too, very F. extremely1.bitterly2.accumulation 3.sensible4.decline5.glutinous6.overly 答案：FADCBE
