People in different regions of China consume different foods on the day according to local customs on Tomb-Sweeping Day. Here are seven traditional foods people eat on the special day.
Green rice ball
Green rice balls, are widely consumed in China’s Jiangnan area-the region south of the Yangtze River. The seasonal delicacies are usually made from glutinous rice mixed with pounded mugwort—an edible wild herb thought to prevent toxic insect bites.
Sanzi
In both northern and southern China, it is an age-old tradition to eat sanzi, or fried dough twists. However, the sanzi in North and South China are different from each other in terms of size and material. Northern people prefer larger ones made from wheat, while people in the south enjoy smaller ones made from rice.
Thin pancake
The thin pancake is a popular food for people in Xiamen in Southeast China’s Fujian province. To make it tastier, they usually add dried seaweed, omelet, veggies and chili sauce to the pancake.
Spring onion and omelet
In Qingdao in East China’s Shandong province people eat spring onion and omelet. They believe the special combination helps improve eyesight and makes eyes brighter. In ancient times, pupils often sent eggs to their teachers to show respect on the day.
Steamed rice with leaf mustard
In many places in Southeast China’s Fujian province, people thought eating steamed rice with leaf mustard could help prevent scabies and other skin diseases for the whole year.
Zitui bun
This steamed bun is named after Jie Zitui, a famous hermit of the Spring and Autumn Period(770-476BC). People in Shanxi province have a tradition of eating the bun. Colorful dough animals and flowers are frequent decorations, while eggs and jujubes are added inside to increase sweetness.
Ai ban
To Hakka people in China, ai ban, or dumplings made from wormwood and rice, are a festival must-eat made by blending wormwood paste and glutinous rice powder together. They also feature peanuts and black-eyed beans for a more diversified flavor. After steaming the dumplings for15-20minutes, the food is ready to serve.
1. What is special about sanzi?| A．People in South China prefer sanzi made from wheat. |
| B．The sanzi varies in different places. |
| C．People in North China prefer smaller size of sanzi. |
| D．It is only accessible on Tom-Sweeping Day. |
| A．Green rice ball and ai ban | B．Sanzi and ai ban |
| C．Thin pancake and Zitui bun | D．Spring onion and omelet and ai ban |
| A．Colorful flowers | B．Dough eggs | C．Dough animals | D．Jujubes |
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【推荐1】For all of human history, eating meat has meant killing animals. But scientists behind lab-grown meat say that's no longer necessary. They produce meat by growing cells obtained from an animal's body.
Lab-grown meat, also called “cell-cultivated” or “cultured” meat, is made by feeding a mix of nutrients (营养物) to animal cells in steel tanks in labs. The idea is to create an alternative to agriculturally raised meat. And unlike other meat substitutes which are made from plant proteins and other ingredients, lab-grown meat is real meat. When ready, the meat is formed into shapes such as sausages or nuggets, and looks, smells and tastes like any other grocery store version.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has given two companies approval to sell lab-grown chicken. The approval launches a new era of meat production aimed at eliminating harm to animals, and reducing the environmental impacts of grazing (放牧) and growing feed for animals. Scientists warn that the typical way meat is produced now, in concentrated animal feeding operations, is a risk factor for the emergence of diseases. Lab-grown meat is more sustainable and can be produced without antibiotics, and without producing greenhouse gas emissions linked to animal agriculture.
“Everything we know about how meat can be made is going to change. But don't expect to see cultivated meat in grocery stores just yet,” said Uma Valeti, CEO of UPSIDE Foods. Lab-grown chicken is much more expensive, because it cannot yet be produced on the scale of traditional meat.
“To make cultivated meat, energy use needs are high,” said Bruce Friedrich, president and founder of the Good Food Institute, a nonprofit group that promotes alternative proteins. However, those high energy needs will be offset by the reduction in land and water use and other benefits. If cultivated meat is produced on a large scale, it could also offer a solution to feeding the world's growing population.
1. What do we know about lab-grown meat?| A．It is abundant in plant proteins. |
| B．It is cultivated from animals' cells. |
| C．It can be purchased in grocery stores. |
| D．It tastes more delicious than traditional meat. |
| A．It is hard to produce lab-grown meat on a large scale. |
| B．The USDA doesn't approve the sale of lab-grown meat. |
| C．Many people raise doubts about the safety of lab-grown meat. |
| D．Lab-grown meat can disrupt competition in the meat industry. |
| A．It will be affordable for the average family. |
| B．It will raise the efficiency of meat production. |
| C．It will promote the rapid growth of green agriculture. |
| D．It will be more friendly to the environment and animals. |
| A．Balanced. | B．Satisfied. | C．Increased. | D．Maintained. |
【推荐2】 Eat up at the 4 best specialty food festivals in the US.
Cheese Curd (奶酪) Festival—Ellsworth, Wisconsin
They don’t call Wisconsin the Dairy State for nothing. It’s the number one cheese-making state in America. Cheese curds are the stars of the show at the Cheese Curd Festival. Events include a craft beer and curd pairing, live music and a craft market. It’s a celebration of all dairy products, with ice cream tastings being especially popular.
Pizza City Fest—Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California
Warm and cheese, pizza is the most tasty comfort food. Dive deeper and you’ll find that pizza is a catchword for a variety of styles. Today, Pizza City Fest promotes the diversity of pizza styles. Pizza City Fest is held in both Chicago, known for deep-dish pie, and LosAngeles, a hotbed of Neapolitan-style pies.
Vermont Cheesemakers Festival—Greensboro, Vermont
Arguably the country’s top cheese state, Vermont plays host to the Annual Vermont Cheesemakers Festival each summer at Highland Centre for the Arts. This single-day event offers an unparalleled chance to meet the state’s best cheesemakers and taste their world-class products, alongside other local foods, craft beer, wine and spirits.
Italian Market Festival—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Philadelphia’s lively Italian Market has been going strong for over a century. It is one of the city’s cultural treasures, home to Italian restaurants, butcher shops and bakeries. The Italian Market Festival is a giant block party held at this outdoor market each spring, with dozens of vendors (小贩) lining the streets for a tasty, two-day anniversary.
1. Which state is called the Dairy State?| A．Wisconsin. | B．California. | C．Vermont. | D．Pennsylvania. |
| A．Deep-dish pie. | B．Craft beer. | C．Wine. | D．Pizza. |
| A．Pizza City Fest. | B．Cheese Curd Festival. |
| C．Italian Market Festival. | D．Vermont Cheesemakers Festival. |
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The microelement(微量元素) content of honey is similar to that of our blood.
If you feel sick because you have eaten too much one day, or you have stomachache, then their solution is a glass of water with honey and lemon. Moreover, a sore throat is not a problem any more if you have a cup of tea with honey.
Singers use honey when they have problems with their voices or before a concert when they really feel exhausted.
| A．Honey is mostly used as a natural sedative(镇静剂）when you have problems with your sleep. |
| B．Honey is helpful for losing weight. |
| C．That is why it is so well assimilated（吸收）by our bodies. |
| D．For women, beauty products made of honey can be very helpful |
| E．Honey, a wonderful gift of nature to mankind, has been well known since ancient times. |
| F．What determine the quality of honey is the kind of bees and flowers. |
| G．There are kinds of honey, including mono flower honey, meaning the honey is made of only one type of flower, and polo flower honey, which is made in mountainous areas. |
【推荐1】Anyone who is addicted to reading bus tickets or cereal packets will understand the appeal of poems on the underground. Some years ago，a few acquaintances who lived and worked in London，who used the Tube and loved poetry，decided that it would be pleasant to read a few lines by their favorite poets as they traveled around by Tube，instead of just glancing upwards at the tiresome advertisements. The underground had a surplus (剩余的) of advertising space on the trains. They suggested filling the blank space on the trains，for the entertainment of the traveling public.
The poems took on a new life when they were removed from books and placed alongside the adverts. Commuters enjoyed the idea of reading Keats. “Much have I traveled in the realms of gold” on a crowded Central Line train，or trying to learn by heart a sonnet between Hammersmith and Piccadilly. The choice of poems wasn’t arbitrary (随机的) but specially chosen. It catered for (符合) all tastes including living and dead poems from the homeland and from all over the English speaking world，and especially poems which have association with London.
The success of the poems on the underground enterprises confirmed that Britain was a nation of poetry lovers. Hundreds of people corresponded with London Underground suggesting poems，or just to say thank you. In January 1989，on the third anniversary after the first poems on the Underground，London Underground promised to donate all the spaces free，to increase the number available (at least one poem in each train carriage)，and to pay for the production costs as well. They also update the poems every few months. Posters of the poems decorated the British Council libraries throughout the world，but the best way to view the poems is to see them by yourselves，on whichever train you choose，in every zone of the network－for the price of an underground ticket.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?| A．Shelly and Keat’s Poems | B．The Poems on the Underground |
| C．Travelling on the Tube in London | D．The Poems about London |
| A．removed from books and placed in empty advertising spaces |
| B．taken from throughout the English speaking world and chosen to please everyone |
| C．including poems about London by Shelly，Burns，Keats and by the commuters themselves |
| D．meant to be read aloud and learnt by heart |
| A．connection. | B．difference. |
| C．similarity. | D．comparison. |
| A．People who like reading bus tickets advocate poems on the underground. |
| B．Spaces which were used for advertisements are now completely occupied by poems on the tube. |
| C．You can appreciate the poems you like at the cost of only a tube ticket in London. |
| D．The success of the poems on the underground indicates people’s love for the tube of London. |
【推荐2】Acupuncture (针灸) is a traditional Chinese medical practice of treating various physical and mental conditions. It won respect and interest in the United States after New York Times reporter James Reston visited China with President Nixon and needed an operation.
Chinese doctors used acupuncture on James after surgery (外科手术) to reduce his pain, and his recovery was quick. Curious about this, James was allowed to watch surgery on patients who received acupuncture for anesthesia (麻醉). Patients talked with their doctors during the operation and then walked back to their rooms on their own.
Acupuncture left James such a deep impression that he wrote a front-page article in New York Times about his operation upon returning to the United States. “A leading medical expert sent by Premier Zhou Enlai removed my appendix (阑尾). I was awake in the whole process.”
The National Institutes of Health began to organize some of their top doctors to visit China to investigate acupuncture and its possible functions in western medicine. With years going by, acupuncture has become popular across the world with magical effect.
1. What did James Reston do?| A．A reporter. | B．A doctor. | C．A translator. | D．A scientist. |
| A．It is a traditional Chinese medical practice. |
| B．It treats physical and mental conditions. |
| C．It is a kind of surgery to reduce pain. |
| D．It is popular for its magical effect. |
| A．Receive. | B．Study. | C．Create. | D．Develop. |
| A．The Features of Acupuncture | B．The Development of Acupuncture |
| C．The History of Acupuncture | D．The Spreading of Acupuncture |
【推荐3】Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 29
A Chinese New Year gala, co-organized by the China Cultural Centre and the Huaxing Arts Troupe, was unveiled by Maori Haka. Contemporary dances, cross-talk, Peking opera, Qipao display and violin solo have featured the event, which won thundering applause from local audiences. “Tonight brings back familiar memories from my hometown,” said Sun, a Chinese born in Hubei.
Jersey, Britain, Jan 22
A traditional Chinese dragon dance was performed through St Helier street, which announced the start of Chinese New Year celebration. The event will last from Jan 22 to Feb 5, including tai chi performances, Chinese cuisine stalls and a photo exhibition. The local post office also issued a special stamp, featuring a rabbit holding a cabbage, illustrated by Chinese artist Wang Huming.
Paris, France, Jan 16
After a three-year interval due to the COVID-19, people gathered again to celebrate Chinese New Year. The French capital’s Chinatown has organized a series of celebrations that last from Jan 16 through Saturday including exhibitions of hanfu, music concerts and shows with Franco-Chinese comedians. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, was present for a parade which attracted over 20, 000 people.
Suva, Republic of Fiji, Feb 5
A Lantern Festival gala was hosted in the Republic of Fiji on Feb 5, joined by about 300 government officials and representatives from Fiji’s Chinese communities. President Maivalili Katonivere, along with first lady, attended the event and gave a speech, in which he said the Lantern Festival is important as the lanterns play a vital role in lighting the path ahead, signifying hope and good fortune.
1. What gala performances could locals enjoy in Auckland?| A．Contemporary dances and music concerts. |
| B．Qipao display and comedy shows. |
| C．Cross-talk and tai chi. |
| D．Peking opera and violin solo. |
| A．On Jan 16. | B．On Jan 29. | C．On Feb 6. | D．On Feb 9. |
| A．Travel. | B．Regional. | C．Culture. | D．Forum. |
| Almond (杏仁) Fried Rice What you need ●4 cups of cooked rice, cold ●1 teaspoon of salt ●half a cup of almonds ●3 slices of cooked ham ●1 cup of vegetable oil ●chopped onions ●4 eggs ●1 tablespoon of soy sauce | Fresh Crab (螃蟹) with Ginger Sauce What you need ●1 large crab ●1 tablespoon of water ●1 large piece of fresh ginger ●3 or 4 tablespoons of chopped green onions ●1 clove of garlic |
| What you do 1. First, use a wet of fork to stir (搅拌) the rice and separate the grains. Next, cut the almonds and the ham into long, thin pieces. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the almonds in it until they turn light brown. Then drain the oil from the almonds. 2. Now break the eggs into a small bowl and beat them. 3. Heat the oil again and pour in the eggs, stirring all the time. Add the rice and salt. Fry the rice and stir so that the eggs coat the rice grains. Continue frying for five minutes before adding the ham, onions and soy sauce. Mix and stir all the time. 4. Sprinkle (撒) the almonds over the rice and serve. | What you do 1. Wash and scrub the crab thoroughly. Then put the whole crab into a big pot ready for steaming (蒸). 2. Get the ginger ready next. Wash it, peel it, and shred it. Sprinkle it on top of the crab. Crush the garlic and put that on the crab, too. Pour the water over the crab. 3. Steam everything in the pot for about 20 minutes. Just before you take it off the heat, sprinkle the green onions on top. Steam it for another 3 minutes. 4. Now you can serve it. You will probably need a finger bowl to wash your fingers while you eat. Enjoy! |
| A．Stir them with eggs. | B．Stir them with ham. | C．Sprinkle them over the rice directly. | D．Fry them first. |
| A．cover it | B．cook it | C．keep it warm | D．make it attractive |
| A．Garlic. | B．Ginger. | C．Green onion. | D．Vegetable oil. |
| A．Cook it. | B．Cut it up. | C．Clean it. | D．Serve it. |
【推荐2】Christmas vacations: 3 of the best places to go
From Canada to the Philippines, these 3 places around the world offer some of the best holiday atmosphere for a Christmas-drenched vacation.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem offers a smaller-city Christmas escape. Bethlehem is proud of its Live Advent Calendar, which can be enjoyed starting at 5:30 p.m. from December 1 to 23.
It is a free, family-friendly event in which a town crier rings a bell up and down Main Street to call visitors to the Goundie House (the oldest house on Main Street). A child from the crowd is invited to come knock three times, and then a local business comes out with a surprise for everyone.
Quebec City, Canada
A perfect place for environmentally friendly, outdoor enthusiasts, Quebec is full of winter activities, offering holiday programs for different tastes.
Old Quebec is turned into a beautiful Christmas village. Sausage and roast chestnut lovers can browse the goods at the German Christmas market. Can’t make it for Christmas? There’s still the Quebec Winter Carnival from January 25 to February 11, 2024.
San Fernando, Philippines
If Asia were to have a Christmas capital, San Fernando in the heavily Roman Catholic Philippines would be a top nomination.
The city, is famous for its Giant Lantern Festival, which starts on December 12 and ends January 1. San Fernando’s lantern-making tradition dates back to the late 18th century.
The highlight of a visit here is a colorful, electric Christmas lantern that symbolizes the Star of San Fernando.
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1. For Christmas celebration, what do Bethlehem and San Fernando have in common?| A．They offer Christmas markets. |
| B．They attract outdoor enthusiasts. |
| C．They are famous for the Lantern Festival. |
| D．They celebrate Christmas over half a month. |
| A．It is family friendly. |
| B．It has the longest history. |
| C．It offers the Winter Carnival. |
| D．It suits different businessmen. |
| A．A website. | B．A magazine. | C．A news report. | D．A travel brochure. |
【推荐3】Are you planning a trip to Britain?If so, this list is perfect for you. Join us in taking a look at some of the most interesting attractions the UK offers.
Tower of London
The Tower of London is one of the oldest palace buildings in British history. In different historical periods, it has functioned as a military fortress (要塞), a palace, a prison and many other uses. There visitors can appreciate many precious remains about British history, such as Queen Elizabeth’s crown jewels. Additionally, visitors can explore the beautiful Kew Gardens for various plants.
Titanic Belfast
Another fascinating destination on the recommendation list is Titanic Belfast, located at the very spot where the world’s most famous ship, the Titanic, was built. This tourist attraction includes nine galleries (展览馆), which present the historical story of the Titanic in a hi-tech way, from its design, to its eventual going down into the sea. The Titanic
Experience is well-known worldwide and draws lots of tourists each year.
St. Andrews
For golf lovers, St. Andrews is a must-visit destination. Known as the birthplace of golf, this Scottish seaside town is also famous for its breathtaking beauty. St. Andrews is also home to Scotland’s oldest university, St. Andrews University, adding to its attraction. While exploring this town, you can’t miss St. Andrew’s Cathedral (教堂), either, though it has been deserted.
Snowdonia National Park
Snowdonia National Park, located in northwest Wales, is a mountainous region that offers wonderful scenery. Every year, lots of visitors come to get up close to Mount Snowdon, including coming to climb the mountain, hike the mountain, or ride the Mount Snowdon train. Mount Hsuehdun has a number of trails that allow climbers of all levels to choose from!
1. What is special about Tower of London?| A．It is themed technology. | B．It is the birthplace of golf. |
| C．It played more than one role. | D．It lies in the mountainous area. |
| A．Admire plants from all around the world. |
| B．Watch the remains of a well-known church. |
| C．Pay a visit to the world’s oldest university. |
| D．Travel by riding the Mount Snowdon train. |
| A．Tower of London. | B．Titanic Belfast. |
| C．St. Andrews. | D．Snowdonia National Park. |
