July 12, 2022 24 Solar Terms: 9 things you may not know about Start of Autumn
24节气：关于立秋你可能不知道的9件事
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24
solar terms. Start of Autumn, (Chinese: 立秋), the 13th solar
term of the year, begins this year on Aug 7 and ends on Aug 21.
中国传统阳历将一年分为24个节气。立秋，(中文：立秋)，
今年的第13个节气，从8月7日开始，到8月21日结束。
Start of Autumn reflects the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. The fruitful season is approaching.
立秋反映了夏末秋初。硕果累累的季节即将来临。
In China, the 24 solar terms were created thousands of years ago to guide agricultural production. But solar term culture is still useful today to guide people's lives through special foods, cultural ceremonies a
nd even healthy living tips that correspond with each term.
在中国，二十四节气是几千年前创造的，用来指导农业生产。但是节气文化在今天仍然有用，通过特殊的食物、文化仪式甚至与每个节气对应的健康生活小贴士来指导人们的生活。The following are 9 things you should know about Start of Autumn.
以下是你应该知道的关于立秋的9件事。
'Autumn Tiger'
秋老虎
Although Start of Autumn indicates the beginning of autumn, hot weather will not come to an end. The period of hot days after Start of Autumn, usually lasting for 30 days, is called "Autumn Tiger" or "Indian Summer." Because of decreasing NOTES
✪红：词汇
蓝：短语
※黄：语法总结，长难句
阅读综合练习在文后
✪reflect /rɪˈflekt/v. 反射（光、热或声音）；反映，照出（影像）；显示，表明
His face was reflected in the mirror. 他的脸映照在镜子里。
✪approach/əˈprəʊtʃ/v. 靠近，临
近；接洽，交谈；对付，处理
n.方法，态度；靠近，接近
We heard the sound of an approaching car. 我们听见一辆汽车驶近的声音。
✪precipitation/prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn/n.
降水，降水量（包括雨、雪、冰等）Precipitation in the mountain
precipitation, it is even more sweltering during this period than during Major Heat.
虽然立秋标志着秋天的开始，但炎热的天气不会结束。秋季开始后的炎热时期，通常持续30天，被称为“秋老虎”或“印度夏天”由于降水减少，这一时期比大热时期更闷热。Fleshing out in autumn
贴秋膘
On the first day of the Start of Autumn, usually people will weigh themselves and compare their weight to what it was at the Start of Summer. If one has lost weight during the summer, then at the beginning of autumn, he or she needs to flesh out by eating many different kinds of delicious food, especially meat. 在立秋的第一天，人们通常会称体重，并将体重与初夏时进行比较。如果一个人在夏季减肥，那么在秋季开始时，他或她需要通过吃许多不同种类的美味食物，尤其是肉来增肥。Gathering crops
收割庄稼
Start of Autumn is a big solar term for farmers. It is time to gather crops. There is a saying: "If it rains on the day of the Start of Autumn, a good harvest is expected."
对农民来说，秋天开始收割庄稼是一个重要的节气。是收割庄稼的时候了。有一句谚语说:“如果在秋天开始的那天下雨，就有望获得好收成。”
Eating peaches
吃桃子
In Hangzhou, people eat peaches on the Start of Autumn day. The peach stones are kept until New Year's Eve and thrown into the stove, burned into ash. People believed that in this way, plagues could be prevented for the whole year. area is higher than in the plains.
山地的降水量要比平原高。
✪swelter/ˈsweltə(r)/v. 被暑气所苦，热得难受；使闷热；使中暑n. 闷热的天气；热得难受
Give me some ice water, I'm going to swelter.
给我点冰水，我都热晕过去了。
✪sweltering adj. 闷热的；热得难受的We were sweltering at the beach.
我们在沙滩上热得难受。
✪flesh/fleʃ/ n. （人或动物的）肉；（人体的）皮肤；果肉；肉体
v. <；文>激起……的杀性，使投入血战；刮掉（皮上的）肉
Tigers are flesh-eating animals.
虎是食肉动物。
☑flesh out 充实/使之更充实
并具体化/ 长胖
He lost weight after his illness
but is beginning to flesh out
again.
他病后体重减轻了，但现在又开始胖起来。
※what it was：宾语从句，跟在介词to 之后。
☑peach stones：桃核
✪plague /pleɪɡ/n. 死亡率高的传染病
在杭州，人们在秋天的第一天吃桃子。桃核一直保存到除夕，扔进炉子里，烧成灰烬。人们相信这样一来，一整年都可以避免瘟疫。
Eating longans
吃龙眼
The Start of Autumn period is harvest time for Taiwan longan. People believe that eating longan will help their descendants become senior officials.
秋天的开始是台湾龙眼的收获季节。人们相信吃龙眼会帮助他们的后代成为高级官员。
Eating dumplings
吃饺子
In Shandong province, people make dumplings during the Start of Autumn, and they call it "Eating the Autumn". On the day of Start of Autumn, senior members of the family will stand in the middle of the hall, worshiping a bowl of cereal, and praying for the harvest in autumn. Most of the families will eat dumplings together after Start of Autumn day.
吃饺子在山东省，人们在立秋时包饺子，他们称之为“咬秋”。在立秋的那一天，家里的年长者会站在大厅中央，敬一碗麦片，祈求秋天的丰收。立秋后，大多数家庭会一起吃饺子。Eating red beans
吃红豆
Starting from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Song Dynasty (960-1279), people in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, have eaten red beans on Start of Autumn day. They take 7 to 14 little beans, swallowing them with well water. When taking the beans, one must face west, it is said, so as not to get dysentery during the autumn. v.给…造成长时间的痛苦（或麻烦）；困扰；折磨；使受煎熬
✪longan/ˈlɒŋɡən/n. 龙眼
✪descendant /dɪˈsendənt/ n. 后裔，子孙；派生物，衍生物
adj. 下降的；祖传的
He was a descendant of Spanish soldier.
他是一名西班牙士兵的子孙。
✪worship/ˈwɜːʃɪp/v. 敬奉；爱
慕，崇拜n. 敬神，拜神；崇
拜，爱慕
He prefers to worship in his own home.
他更喜欢在自己的家里敬奉神明。
✪cereal/ˈsɪəriəl/n. 谷类食物；
谷类植物，谷物
adj. 谷类的；谷类制成的
I have a bowl of cereal every morning.
我每天早上吃一碗麦片粥。
※worshiping    a bowl of cereal, and praying for the harvest in autumn：现在分词worshiping和praying 做谓语动词stand的伴随状语。
✪swallow/ˈswɒləʊ/v.吞下；咽下n. 燕子; 咽；吞；一次吞咽的量；一口
You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
你年龄太大，不能给你工作了。那样的事情是吞苦果。
吃红豆从唐朝(618-907)和宋朝(960-1279)开始，浙江义乌人就在立秋时吃红豆。他们拿了7到14颗小豆，用井水吞下。据说，吃豆子时，人必须面朝西，以免在秋天得痢疾。Eating gourds
吃西葫芦
During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), people would put gourds outside for a day before the Start of Autumn, and eat them on Start of Autumn day to drive off the summer heat. Today people in Tianjin still keep this custom, believing that eating melons such as towel gourd, white gourd and bitter gourd can prevent diarrhea in autumn and the coming winter and spring.
在清朝(1644-1911年)，人们会在立秋前一天把瓜放在外面，并在立秋时吃它们，以驱除夏季的炎热。今天天津人仍然保持这一习俗，认为吃诸如丝瓜、冬瓜和苦瓜等瓜类可以防止秋季和即将到来的冬季和春季腹泻。
'Touching Autumn'
‘摸秋’
There is the custom of "Touching Autumn" in the northern part of Yancheng, Jiangsu province. On the eve of Start of Autumn, people can touch and take for free all kinds of fruits as they like in private or public gardens, and the owners will not be angry, no matter how much they lose. Many gardeners even leave some mellow fruits in the field on purpose for the guests during the night.
江苏盐城北部有‘摸秋’的习俗。在立秋前夕，人们可以在私人或公共花园里随意触摸和拿取各种水果，无论损失多少，主人都不会生气。许多园丁甚至在晚上故意在地里留下一些醇香的水果给客人。✪dysentery/ˈdɪsəntri/n. 痢疾
✪gourd/ɡʊəd/n. 葫芦，葫芦科植物；（用作盛水容器的）瓢；脑瓜
☑towel/ˈtaʊəl/ gourd：丝瓜
☑white gourd：冬瓜
☑bitter gourd：苦瓜
✪diarrhea/ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/n. 腹泻
believing that eating melons such as towel gourd, white gourd and bitter gourd can prevent diarrhea in
autumn and the coming winter and spring：现在分词believing做伴随状语，that 之后引导宾语从句，动名词eating做从句的主语。
✪mellow/ˈmeləʊ/adj. （水果）成熟香甜的；
v.（使）变成熟老练，（使）变平易近人His voice was deep and mellow.
他的声音低沉而柔和。
A period spent working abroad had
done nothing to mellow him.
他在海外工作了一段时间，却没有变得老练。
一、阅读理解。
1.During the start of Autumn, which of the following is not right ?
A.The hot summer ends and the cool autumn begins.
B. It is hotter than that during Major Heat.
C.Hot days still last for 30days.
D.Rainfall decreases during this period.
2.Which of the following can replace the phrase “flesh out” in the passage?
A.lose weight
B.put of shape
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C.in shape
D.put on weight
3.The saying “If it rains on the day of the Start of Autumn, a good harvest is expected”indicates that __________.
A.there is frequent rainfall during the Start of Autumn .
B.it is not common to rain during the Start of Autumn
C. rain is good for crops to grow in that period.
D. crops are lack of rain
4.We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. gardeners usually leave fruits in the field to be taken for free
B. peach stones can prevent plagues
C.swallowing red beans will not get dysentery
D.eating longans will become senor officials.
答案：BDCA
二．按照单词的适当形式填空或首字母填空。
If it rains heavily on this Wednesday night, some elderly Chinese will say it is because Zhinu, or the Weaving Maid, is crying on the day she met her husband Niulang, or the Cowherd, on the Milky Way.
Most Chinese remember being told this romantic tragedy 1.______they were children on Qixi, or the Seventh Night Festival, which 2. ______ on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. This year it fal
ls on Wednesday, August 7.