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日习一题 Grain Buds (小满) The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Buds, (小满), the 8th solar term of a year, begins 1 May 21 this year 2 (mean) that the seeds from the grain are becoming full 3 are not ripe . During the Grain Buds period, the summer harvest is 4 to begin. There goes a saying about rain during this time ___5___ , "A heavy rainfall makes the river full." Because of the great increase in rainfall, rivers are full of water, ___6___(make) fish and shrimp big and fat. This is a good time ___7___(eat) fish and shrimp. It is also harvest season for fishermen.A Chinese farmer proverb says, "Mulberries become black during the Grain Buds period." Thus it is a good season to eat mulberries. People in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces regard this season ___8___ the birthday of the silkworm deity.Those ___9___engage in the silk industry thank the deity by offering sacrifices with performances___10____(stage). They pray to the deity for blessings and a booming season for the silk business. 【答案解析】 1. on 2. meaning【提示】meaning现在分词作非限制性定语修饰Grain Buds，begins 是谓语动词； 3. but【提示】full 与not ripe 形成反向对比，“满而未熟”； 4. about【提示】be about to do 即将/马上做... 5. that【提示】句型There goes a saying that.../There is a saying that goes... “有谚语说...” 6. making【提示】making现在分词做伴随状语，表示full of water 同时的结果； 7. to eat【提示】从句型It is time (for sb.) to do sth. “是做...的时候”变化而来； 8. as【提示】regard as /think of as / look on as /count as / consider as 把 ... 看/视作 ... 9. who【提示】engage in从事；参加be engaged in 忙于 ...； 致力于 ... 10. staged【提示】with 复合结构形式之一(with + n. +done)作方式状语，stage 用作动词； 【全文翻译】 中国传统的阴历将一年分为24个节气。小满是一年的第八个节气。今年5月21日开始，6月6日结束。这意味着谷物的种子正在变得饱满，但还没有成熟。 小满时节，夏收即将开始。一句讲小满夏雨的古话说道“小满大满江河满”。 由于降雨量激增，河流都被灌满了水，使得鱼虾又大又肥。小满是吃鱼虾的好时节，也是渔民们丰收的季节。中国农民们有句谚语“小满桑葚红人手”。因此小满也是吃桑葚的好时候。 江苏、浙江两地人们认为小满是蚕神的诞辰。丝绸产业的人们为感谢蚕神，会为其提供祭品、组织祭祀表演。人们会祈求蚕神保佑丝绸生意繁荣发展。 【补充词汇】 1.grain [greɪn] n. 谷物，粮食；谷粒，籽粒；v. 把…作成细粒；染透 2.solar term [ˈsəulə tə:m] 节气 3.bud [bʌd] n. 花蕾；花芽v. 发芽 in bud：发芽；在萌芽状态nip in the bud：防患于未然；消灭于萌芽状态 4.ripe[raɪp] adj. 成熟的；熟的ripen [ˈraɪpən]v. （使）成熟 5.mulberry ['mʌlbəri] n. 桑树；桑葚；深紫红色 6.seed [si:d] n.种子；萌芽；起源；种子选手v. 结籽；播种；繁殖 seedy（adj.）多种子的；结籽的seeded（adj.）已播种的；去籽的 seeder（n.）播种机；播种者seedsman（n.）播种者；种子商人 7.sacrifice ['sækrɪfaɪs] n. 牺牲；祭品；供奉vt. 牺牲；亏本出售；供奉vi. 献祭； 8.stage [steɪdʒ] n. 舞台；戏剧；阶段；步骤；行程v. 上演；举行；组织；筹划；使出现 9.blessing ['blesɪŋ]n. 祝福；祷告；幸事 10.deity['deɪəti]n. 神；神性 11.booming['bu:mɪŋ]adj. 兴旺的；繁荣的；轰隆作响的 |
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