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In Chinese lunar calendar, people(1) (划分) the year into 24 solar terms(节气).Start of Summer means the coming of a new (2) (季节)﹣ summer, and it begins on May 6 and ends on May 21 this year. The temperature will (3) (上升) quickly during this period.
Here are three things about how Chinese greet the Start of Summer.
Checking one's weight
The (4) (风俗) of weighing people at the Start of Summer started from the Three Kingdoms Period and is (5) (仍然)popular in South China today. It's said that this practice will bring health and good luck to the people weighed.
Eating eggs
In ancient China, people believed a (6) (圆的)egg was a symbol of a happy life and eating eggs on the day of Start of Summer was a good (7) (愿望)for good health. People put left over tea into boiled water together with eggs to create "tea egg". Today it has become a(8) (当地的) snack in many places of China.
Taking care of the heart
According to Chinese traditional medicine, Start of Summer is a key time to moisten the heart.When it grows hot, heat can affect human health. So people (9) (更喜欢)food such as fruit and vegetables rich in vitamins and cool in nature.
The teacher (want to know) how many students would like to go to the zoo.
You look so smart!Your jacket (go well with) the blue jeans.
The task is too difficult.Lucy has no c but to ask others for help.
Does my goldfish know who Ian?
I think this is a great question.I do spend my days(1) (study)how fish go about their lives.First of all,fish are much smarter than people think.People often talk of goldfish having three﹣second memories,but in fact they can learn all kinds of things,and remember them(2) quite a long time.
This shouldn't surprise us too much.Just like other animals,they can find enough to eat.And(3) (know) when it is sale to be out in the open.Being able to learn and remember things helps(4) (they) do this.
Many kinds of fish can tell one from another,according to their group,their relatives
(5) even their own eggs.But fish live in(6) very different world from us,For many kinds of fish,although seeing is important,(7) (sense) such as smell and touch are even more important.
So,does your fish know who you are?I believe your fish will(8) (sure) know when it is feeding time,My own fish become very(9) (excite)when my hand appears near their tank,even before I drop the food in.I'm not sure that your fish will be able to remember what your face(10) (look) like,but I wouldn't be too surprised if it could remember you in other ways,perhaps by the sound of your footsteps as you walk towards the tank.
The Chinese life is colorful with many interesting folk ways.The Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first lunar month,it has a Chinese name Yuanxiao Festival.Yuanxiao comes from the (1)f that people call the first lunar month the Yuan Month and night Xiao.The night of the 15th day of the first lunar month (2)m the beginning of the first full moon.On the Lantern Festival,the Chinese people have the custom of
(3)e lanterns and eating glutinous rice dumplings.There is a common saying that"Playing on the Lantern Festival."
The custom started during the Han Dynasty,and has a (4)h of more than 2000 years.On that night,every place is decorated with lanterns and streamers(饰带) and there is a bustling atmosphere.As night (5)f ,people go in crowds to the sea of colorful lanterns:palace lanterns,wall lamps,figure lanterns,flower lanterns,revolving horse lanterns,animal lanterns,and toy lanterns,of all types and (6)c .Some lanterns have riddles(谜语) on them,which encourage people to try to be the (7)f to find the answer.
It is (8)a a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice dumplings at this time.As early as the Song Dynasty,there was such a kind of food,a round ball (9)m of glutinous rice flour with a filling of sugar and kernels(果仁).Since it is eaten on the Lantern Festival,people call it yuanxiao.The Chinese people hope that (10)e is satisfactory (yuanman in Chinese),and to eat glutinous rice dumplings on the first night with a full moon in a year is to wish that family members will remain united,harmonious,happy and satisfied.