24SolarTerms:6thingsyoumaynotknowaboutAutumnEquinox

24節(jié)氣:關(guān)于秋分你可能不知道的8件事

AutumnEquinoxliesatthemidpointofautumn,dividing

autumnintotwoequalparts.Afterthatday,thelocationof

directsunlightmovestothesouth,makingdaysshorter

andnightslongerinthenorthernhemisphere.

秋分位于秋天的中點，將秋天分成兩個相等的部分。那

天之后，陽光直射的位置向南移動，使得北半球白天變

短，夜晚變長。

ThetraditionalChineselunarcalendardividestheyearNOTES

into24solarterms.AutumnEquinox,（Chinese:秋分），。紅色：詞匯

the16thsolartermoftheyear,beginsthisyearonSept23

因藍色：短語

andendsonOct7.

※黃色：語法總結(jié)，長難句

中國傳統(tǒng)農(nóng)歷將一年分為24個節(jié)氣。秋分，（中文:秋

閱讀綜合練習(xí)在文后

分），今年的第16個節(jié)氣，從9月23日開始，到10月

?equinox/'ekwinDks/n.春分；秋分；晝夜

7日結(jié)束。

平分點

Hereare8thingsyoushouldknowaboutAutumn

AutumnEquinox：秋分

Equinox.

這里有你應(yīng)該知道的關(guān)于秋分的8件事。?midpoint/'midpoInt/n.中點；正中央

Coolautumn涼爽的秋天

Xdividingautumnintotwoequalparts：現(xiàn)在分

Asitissaidintheancientbook,TheDetailedRecordsof

詞dividing短語做謂語動詞lies的伴隨狀語。

theSpringandAutumnPerio|（770-476BC）,"Itison

^makingdaysshorterandnightslongerinthe

AutumnEquinoxdaythattheYinandYangareina

northernhemisphere：現(xiàn)在分詞making短語做

balanceofpower.Thusthedayandnightareofequal

結(jié)果狀語。

length,andsoarethecoldandhotweather."

TheDetailedRecordsoftheSpringand

正如古書《春秋詳解》（公元前770-476年）中所說，“在

AutumnPeriod：春秋詳解

秋分那天，陰陽力量平衡。因此，白天和黑夜一樣長，

※止isonAutumnEquinoxdaythattheYinand

寒冷和炎熱的天氣也一樣。”

Yangareinabalanceofpower：強調(diào)句，去掉

ByAutumnEquinox,mostoftheareasinChinahave

enteredthecoolautumn.WhenthecoldairheadingsouthItis...that,仍然是一個完整的句子（on

meetsthedecliningwarmandwetair,precipitationistheAutumnEquinoxday,theYinandYangareina

result.Thetemperaturealsodropsfrequently.balanceofpower.）

到了秋分，我國大部分地區(qū)已經(jīng)進入涼爽的秋季。當(dāng)南ofequallength:一樣長

下的冷空氣遇到下降的暖濕空氣，就產(chǎn)生了降水。氣溫thecoldairheadingsouth：南下的冷空氣，

也頻頻下降。headingsouth現(xiàn)在分詞做后置定語，修飾air。

Seasonforeatingcrab?precipitationpri,sipi'tel\（s）n/n.降水

Inthisseason,crabisdelicious.Ithelpsnourishthe

（如雨，雪，冰雹）；沉淀，淀析；倉促，

marrowandclearheatinsidethebody.

魯莽，輕率；墜落

吃螃蟹的季節(jié)在這個季節(jié)，螃蟹很好吃。它有助于滋養(yǎng)

?marrow/'maersu/n.骨髓，髓

骨髓和清除體內(nèi)熱量。

nourishthemarrow：滋養(yǎng)骨髓

EatingQiucai吃秋菜

InSouthChina,thereisacustompopularlyknownas?amaranth/'aems,rsenO/n.紫紅色；不凋花；

"havingQiucai(anautumnvegetable)ontheAutumn范屬植物

Equinoxday".Qiucaiisakindofwildamaranth.Every?verdant/'v3：d（9）nt/adj.青翠

AutumnEquinoxday,allthevillagersgotopickQiucaiin

的；翠綠的；沒有經(jīng)驗的；不老練的

thewild.Qiucaiisverdantinthefield,thin,andabout20

inlength：在長度上

cminlength.Qiucaiistakenbackandmadeintosoup

C5verse/v3:s/n.詩，韻文；詩節(jié)

withfish,callednQiutangH(autumnsoup).Thereisaverse

aboutthesoup:"DrinkthesouptocleartheliverandOintestine/ln'testin/n.（脊椎動物的）腸；

intestines,thusthewholefamilywillbesafeandhealthy',.（尤指無脊椎動物的）腸管adj.內(nèi)部的，

在中國南方，有一個俗稱“秋分吃秋菜”的習(xí)俗。秋菜是國內(nèi)的

一種野生范菜。每年秋分那天，所有的村民都去野外采cleartheliverandintestines：清肝潤腸

摘秋菜。秋菜在地里青翠欲滴，細細的，長約20厘米。?olive/'Dliv/n.橄欖；橄欖樹；橄欖色

秋菜被帶回去和魚一起做成湯，叫做“秋湯”(秋湯)。有

番木瓜，木瓜；番木瓜

一句關(guān)于湯的詩句:“喝湯M肝潤腸，全家平安健康”。Opapaya/ps'pals/n.

樹

Seasonforeatingvariousplants

ByAutumnEquinox,olives,pears,papayas,chestnuts,?chestnut/'tfesnAt/n.栗子；栗色；［園藝］

beans,andotherplantsentertheirphaseofmaturation.It栗樹；栗色馬

istimetopickandeatthem.adj.栗色的

秋分是食用各種植物的季節(jié)，橄欖、梨、木瓜、栗子、

Ophase/feiz/n.（發(fā)展或變化的）階段，時

豆類和其他植物進入成熟期。是時候摘下來吃了。

期

Seasonforenjoyingosmanthus

?maturation/,maetfu'reifn/n.成

賞桂花的季節(jié)

TheAutumnEquinoxisthetimetosmellthefragranceof熟；化膿；生殖細胞之形成

osmanthus.Atthistime,itishotinthedayandcoolatmature/matfu9（r）/adj.明白事理的；成熟

nightinSouthChina,sopeoplehavetowearasinglelayer的；像成人似的

whenitishot,andlinedclothingitiscool.Thisv.成熟；長成

periodisnamed"Guihuazheng"inChinese,whichmeansOosmanthus/Dz'm&nOos/n.桂花

“osmanthusmugginessn.

?fragrance/'freigrans/n.芳香，香氣；香水

秋分是聞到桂花香味的時候。這個時候華南白天熱，晚

上涼，所以天熱的時候人們要穿單衣，天涼的時候要穿?layer/'leis（r）/n.層；表層；層次；階層v.

有內(nèi)襯的衣服。這個時期被稱為“桂花蒸”，意思是“桂把…分層堆放

花時節(jié)悶熱”。singlelayer:單衣，單層

SeasonforenjoyingchrysanthemumsOlined/laind/adj.有內(nèi)襯的；具線紋的

欣賞菊花的季節(jié)

linedclothing：有內(nèi)襯的衣月艮

AutumnEquinoxalsoisagoodtimetoenjoy

chrysanthemums|nfullbloom.Omugginessn.悶熱

秋分也是欣賞菊花盛開的好時候。muggy/'mAgi/adj.悶熱潮濕的

Standingeggsonend豎雞蛋Ochrysanthemum/kri's史nO。

OnAutumnEquinoxday,thousandsofpeoplearoundthe

msm/n.菊花

worldtrytomakeeggsstandonend.ThisChinesecustom

infullbloom：盛開

hasbecometheworld'sgame.

standonend：豎著放；立置

在秋分那天，世界上成千上萬的人試圖讓雞蛋豎立起

?axis/'aeksls/n.軸（旋轉(zhuǎn)物體假想的中心

來。這種中國習(xí)俗已經(jīng)成為世界的游戲。

線）

Accordingtoexperts,ontheSpringEquinoxandAutumn

earth'saxis：地軸

Equinox,thedayandnightareofequaltimebothinthe

southernandnorthernhemispheres.Theearth'saxis,onitsOtilt/tiIt/n.傾斜，傾側(cè)，傾斜度；（對某

66.5degreetilt,isinarelativebalanceofpowerwiththe人、某信仰或某行為的）傾向，偏向

earth'sorbitaroundthesun.Thusitisaveryconducivev.（使）傾斜，（使）傾側(cè)；（使）傾向于，

timeforstandingeggsonend.（使）偏向于

據(jù)專家介紹，在春分和秋分這兩個季節(jié)，南半球和北半Heansweredwithatiltofhishead.他歪著頭

球的晝夜時間相等。地軸傾斜66.5度，與地球圍繞太回答。

陽的軌道處于相對的力量平彳.。因此，這是一個非常有

arelativebalanceofpower：相對的力量平衡

利于雞蛋直立的時間。Oconducive/kon'dju：siv/adj.有助的，有益

Butsomealsosaythatstandingtheegghasnothingtodo

的

withthetime.Themostimportantthingistoshifttheegg's

Oyolk/jauk/n.蛋黃；［胚］卵黃

centerofgravitytothelowestpartoftheegg.Inthisway,

thetrickisholdingtheegguntiltheyolksinksasmuchasOinclined/in'klaind/adj.有...意向，傾向

possible.Forthis,you'rebetteroffchoosinganeggthat's于……；對……有興趣的，有天賦的；傾斜

about4or5daysold,whoseyolkisinclinedtosinkdown.的，有坡度的

但也有人說，立蛋與時間無關(guān)。最重要的是把雞蛋的重incline/in'klain/v.點頭；（使）傾向于；

心轉(zhuǎn)移到雞蛋的最低處。這樣，訣竅就是拿著雞蛋，直（使）傾斜

到蛋黃盡可能下沉。為此，你最好選擇一個大約4或5beinclinedto：傾向于...；有意

天大的雞蛋，它的蛋黃傾向于下，

Thepartlydeafmaninclinedforwardtohear

Sacrificingtothemoontheconversationmoreclearly.

Originally,thefestivalofsacrificingtothemoonwasset那個耳背的人向前傾斜著身子，以便聽清談

onAutumnalEquinoxday.Accordingtohistorical話。

records,asearlyastheZhouDynasty(c.11thsinkdown下沉

century-256BC),theancientkingsbycustomsacrificedtoLovemakesyougrowuporsinkdown.

thesunontheSpringEquinox,andtothemoononthe愛情，要么讓人成熟，要么讓人墮落。

AutumnEquinox.Ooriginally/s'ridjonoli/adv.起

最初，祭月節(jié)是在秋分那天。根據(jù)歷史記載，早在周朝

初，原來；獨創(chuàng)地，新穎地

(約11世紀-公元前256年)，古代國王按照習(xí)俗在春分

Thevotedatewasoriginallysetfortomorrow.

時祭祀太陽，在秋分時祭祀月亮。投票日期原本定在明天。

Butthemoonwon'tbefullduringAutumnEquinox.Iforiginal/s'ridj9n（9）l/adj.起初的，原先的；

therewasnomoontomakesacrificesto,itwouldspoilthe原作的，真跡的

fun.Thus,thedaywaschangedtotheMid-AutumnDay.Iwillsendtheoriginaltoyoubypost.

我將把原件郵寄給你。

但是秋分的時候月亮不會圓。如果沒有月亮作為祭品，originate/s'ridjIneit/v.起源，產(chǎn)生；

那就沒意思了。因此，這一天被改為中秋節(jié)。創(chuàng)始，開創(chuàng)

Currentservicesoriginateintwokeymeasures.

當(dāng)前的服務(wù)起源于兩個關(guān)鍵措施。

beset:設(shè)置，決心要

一、閱讀理解。

1.AutumnEquinoxisthe16thsolartermwhich.

A.dividesayearintotwoequalparts

B.makesthedayshorter

C.makesthenightlonger

D.makesYinandYangareofequalpower

2.Qiucaiisakindofvegetablewhich

A.isgrownbyfarmersinthefield

B.isonlyavailableontheAutumnEquinoxDay

C.mustbemadeintosoupwithfish

D.cancleartheliverandintestines

3.What'sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“mugginess”?

A.涼爽B.悶熱C.寒冷D.炎熱

4.Wecanlearnfromthearticlethat.

A.solartermsaredividedaccordingtothepositionofthesun.

B.everysolartermlastsforaboutamontheveryyear

C.solartermsaredividedaccordingtotheagriculturalactivities

D.solartermsaredividedaccordingtotheoldtradition

答案：DCBA

二.七選五（有兩項多余）。

TheChinesefarmers'harvestfestivalisthefirstnationalfestivalheldspecificallyforthecountry'sfarmers.

Startingin2018,1.,whichisoneofthe24solartermsoftheChineselunisolarcalendar

andusuallyfallsbetweenSept.22and24duringthecountry'sagriculturalharvestseason.

Withthecomingoftheharvestfestival,manycounty-levelofficialsstartedsettinguplive-streaming

broadcaststohelpvillagerspromotetheiragriculturalproducts.2..

Togetherwith1,000agrarianareasand832national-levelpoverty-strickencounties,Alibabawilllauncha

50-daycampaigntosendredenvelopesworthatotalof1billionyuan(about141millionU.S.dollars)to

consumers,tohelpsell1billionindividualfarmproducts.

In2018,Alibabapromotedthesaleofmorethan300millionagriculturalproductsonthefirstharvestfestival,

andtheonlinesalesexceeded20billionyuan.

Asof2018,China'sruralpopulationstoodatabout560million.Duringthefestival,farmersacrossthe

countrycelebratethebountifulharvestthathasbroughtthemincreasingincomes.

Thenationalcelebrationfeaturesavarietyofculturalevents,includingperformances,harvestcultural

exhibitionsandfarmingexperiences.

Inafarmland-themedscenicspotofShanganVillageinnorthChina'sShanxiProvince,ledbyteachersand

parents,childrenfrommorethan100kindergartensdugsweetpotatoesandpickeddates.3.

,whichincreasestheincomeofpoorhouseholdsbyabout1,000yuanper

month.

"FarmingcultureistheoriginofChinesecivilization,"saidZangYusheng,founderoftheproject,"Involving

childreninfarmingactivitiescanhelpthembetterunderstandthecountryside."

Withapopulationof158,Shanganusedtobeapoverty-strickenvillage.4..

Whenthelocalgovernmentfirstlaunchedpovertyalleviationworkinthevillagein1987,theaverageannual

incomeofShanganwasonly500yuan.However,by2018,thefigurehadreached10,