24SolarTerms:6thingsyoumaynotknowaboutEndofHeat

24節氣:關于處暑你可能不知道的6件事

ThetraditionalChinesesolarcalendardividestheyearinto24

solarterms.EndofHeat,（Chinese:處暑），the14thsolar

termoftheyear,beginsthisyearonAug23andendsonSept

6.

中國傳統陽歷將一年分為24個節氣。處暑，（中文:處暑），

今年的第個節氣，從月日開始，到月日結束。

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EndofHeatimpliesthatmostpartsinChinaaregettingridof?紅色：詞匯

thehotsummerandenteringautumn.Butinsomeareas,因藍色：短語

especiallyinSouthChina,autumnislateincomingand※黃色：語法總結，長難句

peoplearestillbotheredbyhotweather.EndofHeatisalso閱讀綜合練習在文后

thebusyharvestseasonforfarmers.Oimply/lm'plal/v.含有…的意思；暗示；

處暑意味著中國大部分地區正在擺脫炎熱的夏天，進入秋

暗指

天。但是在一些地區，尤其是在中國南方，秋天來得很晚，

Thisruledoesnotimply

人們仍然被炎熱的天氣所困擾。處暑也是農民們忙碌的收

thatcost-cuttingshouldnotbetried.

獲季節。

這一規則并不意味著不應該嘗試削減成

ThefollowingaresixthingsyoushouldknowaboutEndof

本。

Heat.

0getridof：擺脫，除去

以下是你應該知道的關于處暑的六件事。

Heattachedhimselftomeatthe

EnjoyingfallcolorsinearlySeptember

partyandIcouldn'tgetridofhim.

九月初享受秋天的顏色

在聚會上他老是纏著我，我簡直無法擺脫

InChina,regionsbeyondtheGreatWallwillenterautumnin

他。

earlySeptember.Peoplecanenjoythesceneryasitchanges

?gradually/'graedjuali/adv.

graduallyfromsummertoautumn.

逐漸地；逐步地；漸進地

在中國，長城以外的地區將在九月初進入秋天。人們可以

Thewaterdeepenedgradually.

欣賞從夏天到秋天逐漸變化的風景。

水漸漸變深了。

Autumnweariness?weariness/'wiorinos/n.疲倦，疲勞；厭

秋乏

倦

Thereisasayingthat,"Peopletendtofeelsleepyinspring,

Hereturnedhomeaswetasarag,andtired

dozeinsummerandfeeltiredinautumn."Astheweather

outfromwearinessandhunger.

becomescoolduringEndofHeat,manypeoplewillfeel

他回到家時像一只落湯雞似的渾身濕透，

languidandweary,whichiscalled"autumnweariness".Itisa

又累又餓。

signthatthehumanbodyneedsrest,sincepeoplehave

?weary/'wisri/adj.疲勞的，疲倦的；使

consumedexcessiveenergyinthesummer.Getenoughsleep,

人疲勞的，令人厭煩的；厭倦的，厭煩的

domoreexercisesandkeepplantsindoortohelp.

V.（使）疲倦，（使）厭煩

秋困有句話是這么說的，“人往往春天犯困，夏天打瞌睡，

秋天就覺得累。”隨著酷暑結束，天氣變得涼爽，許多人Gdoze/douz/v.小睡，打盹；打

會感到倦怠乏力，這就是所謂的“秋乏”。這是人體需要休瞌睡度過n.瞌睡，小睡

息的跡象，因為人們在夏天消耗了過多的能量。保證充足

?languid/'Iseggwid/adj.倦怠的；

的睡眠，多做運動，讓植物留在室內會有所幫助。

呆滯的；無精打采的；（人舉止、姿勢）

Enjoyingclouds

無力的；（因疾病、勞累）虛弱的；（場

賞云

合、時段）閑適安逸的；不活躍的

WhentheEndofHeatcomes,summerheatisgone.Cloudsin

?consume/ksn'sju：m/v.消耗，消費；吃，

theskyscatteraroundformingdifferentshapes.Thereisa

喝

sayingthatgoes,"Enjoyingthecloudsofvariousformsin

Manypeopleareunawareofjusthowmuch

JulyandAugust(lunarmonth)."

foodanddrinkstheyconsume.

當酷暑來臨，暑氣盡去。天空中的云散開形成不同的形狀。

許多人不知道自己到底消耗掉多少食物和

有句話說得好，“七八月(農歷月)賞形形色色的云。”

飲料。

Timefornight-bloomingcereus

夜來香的時間Oexcessive/ik'sesiv/adj.過度的，過多

Thenight-bloomingcereusisaflowerfullofmystery,which的

oftenbloomsduringtheperiodofEndofHeat.ThisisItmayleadtoexcessivespending.

becausetheclimateduringEndofHeat,characterizedby它可能會導致過度消費。

warmdaysandcoldnights,issimilartotropicaldeserts.?scatter/'skaeto（r）/v.撒，播撒；（使）散

Night-bloomingcereusoriginatesinthetropicaldesertsfrom

開，（使）散布在各處

MexicotoBrazilinSouthAmerica.TheyblossomatnighttoFocusononetaskatatime,

avoidtheblazingdaytimesun.Don'tscatteryourattention.

夜來香是一種充滿神秘色彩的花，通常在處暑時開放。這一次關注一個任務，不要分散你的注意力。

是因為熱末期的氣候，以溫暖的白天和寒冷的夜晚為特

Ocereus/'sisrios/n.仙人山屬；月光掌屬

征，類似于熱帶沙漠。夜來香起源于南美洲從墨西哥到巴

Hnight-bloomingcereus曇花；夜花仙人掌

西的熱帶沙漠。它們在晚上開花，以避開白天熾熱的陽光。

?characterize/'kaersktoraiz/v.描

EatingDuck吃鴨

述，刻畫；成為……的特征，是……的典

DuckhasasweetflavorandaccordingtoChinesetraditional

型

medicineithasa"cool"nature.Afolktraditionistoeatduck

Textanalysiscanextractasetof

duringtheEndofHeatperiod.Therearemanyrecipesfor

keywordsthatcharacterizethedocument.

cookingducksuchasroastduck,cookedduckwithlemon,

文本分析可以抽取出一組代表文檔特征的

smokedduckwithwalnutdressingandsauteedduckwith

關鍵詞。

gingershoots.ThetraditionofeatingduckduringtheEndof

Hcharacterizedby：以...為特征

HeatperiodisstillpopularinChina.

鴨有一種甜味，根據中國傳統醫學，它有一種“涼”的性質。?blazing/'bleizi°/adj,燃燒的;耀眼的，

民間傳統是在發情期結束時吃鴨子。燒鴨的菜譜有很多，熾熱的；（力量、速度等）強烈的

比如烤鴨、檸檬燒鴨、核桃醬熏鴨、姜筍炒鴨。在處暑時

?blazev.燃燒；閃耀；怒視；

吃鴨子的傳統仍然在中國流行。

Hereyeswereblazingwithfury.

TheFishingSeasonFestival

她的雙眼燃燒著怒火。

捕魚季節的節日

?recipe/'resopi/n.烹飪法，食譜；訣竅，

Forfishermen,theEndofHeatisaseasonofharvest.During

秘訣

thisperiod,theFishingSeasonFestivalisheldinregions

alongthecoastlineoftheEastChinaSeainZhejiang?walnut/'wo：InAt/n.胡桃，核桃；胡桃

province.Thefestivalisheldonthedaywhenthefishingban樹，核桃樹

endsandfishermencanstartfishingagain.DuetohighOsautev.油煎；腌制

temperaturesinthesea,stocksoffishremainandbecome

?ginger/'djindj9（r）/n.生姜；姜；姜黃

mature.Peoplecanenjoymanykindsofseafoodduringthis

色；長著姜黃色頭發的人；精神，活力

period.

v.用姜給……調味；激勵，使有生氣

對于漁民來說，結束炎熱是一個收獲的季節。在此期間，

浙江省東海沿岸地區會舉行漁季節。這個節日在禁漁期結

C^tOCk/stDk/（商店的）現貨，存貨，庫存

束，漁民可以重新開始捕魚的那一天舉行。由于海洋中的

Wehaveboughtinlargestocks

高溫，魚兒成群并變得成熟。在此期間，人們可以享受各

ofthismaterial.

種海鮮。

我們購進了一大批這種材料。

一、閱讀理解。

1.Duringtheendofheat,.

A.heatendsonthedayinmostpartsofChina.

B.hotweatherisstilloninsouthChina.

C.thebusyharvestseasonendsforfarmers

D.peoplealloverChinacanenjoythesceneryoffall

2.1fyoufeelweary,youshouldnot.

A.getenoughsleep

B.domoreexercise

C.keepsomeplantsindoor

D.consumeexcessiveenergy

3.Thesaying"EnjoyingthecloudsofvariousformsinJulyandAugust(lunarmonth).9,indicatesthat

A.studentscanenjoythemostbeautifulcloudsduringsummerholiday

B.RainydaysarethemostduringJulyandAugust

C.JulyandAugustarethebestmonthstoenjoyclouds

D.summerheatisgonebecausevariouscloudsgetridofhotsunshine

4.Night-bloomingcereusoftenbloomatnightonthefollowingconditionexceptthat.

A.itoriginatesinthetropicaldeserts

B.theweatherissimilartotropicaldeserts

C.thereisblazingsunshineduringdaytime

D.thetemperaturevariesgreatlybetweendayandnight

答案：BDDC

二.按照單詞的適當形式填空或首字母填空。

TheYuanDynasty(1271-1368)scholarWuChengcompiledTheSeventy-twoMicroSeasonsoftheMoon

Order,inwhichhesuccinctlyandclearlydefinedthelawsofthe24solartermsandtheirseasonal

characteristics,witheachterm1.(divide)intothreemicroseasons.Thearrivalofchushu,orEndof

Heat,signals2.tthesultryandscorchingheatwillgraduallydissipate,andtheweatherwill

becomecoolerbytheday.

GuoWenbin,ascholarofthesolarterms,saysbyexaminingtheevolutionoftheoracleboneinscriptionsand

bronzeinscriptionsoftheChinesecharacterchu,peoplecanseethatthe3.omeaningofthewordis

ntakingabreak",thatis,apersonsittingnexttoasmalltablehavingarest,andlateritevolvedinto4.

(suggest)aplacetolive,toperch.

Itisthe14thsolartermand,thisyear,itfallsontodaywhenthesunreachestheeclipticlongitudeof150

degrees.SinceitisclosetothetimeoftheMid-AutumnFestival,thefolkcustomsbeforeandafterthissolar

termaremostlyrelatedto5.(worship)ancestorsorwelcomingautumn.

Duringthisperiodoftime,observersoftheBigDipperinthenightskywillfindthatitscurved"handle"still

pointstothesouthwest.Althoughthetemperaturedropsinthemorningandevening,andthereisalreadya

strongsenseofautumn,itisstillinevitablethattherewillbe6.(occasion)highertemperatures

duringtheday,somethingpeopleoftencall"autumntigers',.

Asthesayinggoes,noneautumnrainleadstoonecolderday",everytimearainfalls,thetemperaturewill

mostlikelydrop;inaddition,withthepassageoftheseasons,thetimethenorthernhemisphereis7.

(expose)tothesungraduallydecreases,thedaysgetshorter,andthenightsgetdarkerandlonger.Compared

withliqiu,orStartofAutumn,chushuisaminortermthattakesontheseasonalchangefromamoresubtle

perspective.

Thefirstmicroseasonofchushuis"thebirdssacrificetotheeagle".Inancienttimes,somehadtheromantic

misunderstandingthateagles,duringtheseason,capturetheirpreyandlinethemupontheground,asif

payingtributetothosewhosacrificedtheirlivesforthemtosurvive.Inthefoodchain,eagleshuntbirdsto

survive,butthe"sacrifice"providedpersonificationfortheancientsofanimalsseeminglyinaweofnature's

gift.

Theworldbeginningtobecomesolemnistheindicatorofthesecondmicroseason.Itisagradual,chilling

experienceduring8.weverythingstartstowither.Italsomeansthatthevibrantandlushsummeris

abouttoleave.Itmightsignaltheendformanycreatures,buttheperiodalsosuggeststhegrainsofmillet,

riceandsorghumareripeforharvest-thethirdseasonindicatorofthisparticularterm.

Farmersholdvariousceremoniestothanktheland.Someplantflagsinthemiddleofthefieldtoexpresstheir

9.g,andsomedonotwashtheirfeetwhentheycomehomefromworkinthefieldsonthisday,for

fearofwashingawaytheharvesttheyhavereceived.

Many