-
2013
年
12
月（第
一套）
许多人喜欢中餐。在中国，
烹饪不仅被视为一种技能，而且也被视为一种艺术。精心准备的
中餐既可口又好看。
烹饪技巧和配料在中国各地差别很大。
但好的烹饪都有一个共同点，
总
是要考虑到颜色，味道，口感和营养（
nutrition
）
。由于食物对健康至关重要，好的厨师
总
是努力在谷物，肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所有中餐既美味又健康。
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Many people are fond of
Chinese cuisine. In China, cooking is regard not
only as a craftsmanship,
but also as an
art. A well-prepared Chinese cuisine is both tasty
and good-looking. Cooking skills
and
dish
ingredients
vary
a
lot
in
different
regions
of
China.
However,
good
Chinese
cuisines
always share something in common, that
is, the color, aroma, taste and nutrition. As food
is vital
for
one
’
s
health,
a
good
chef
is
always
trying
to
strike
a
balance
among
grains,
meat
and
vegetables.
That
’
s why Chinese cuisine
is tasty and healthy.
2013<
/p>
年
12
月（第二套）
中国结（
the
Chinese knot
）最初是由手工艺人发明的，经过数百年不断的改进，已经成
为一
种优雅多彩的艺术和工艺。
在古代，
人们用它来记录事件，
但现在主要用于装饰的目的。
“结”<
/p>
在中文意味着爱情，
婚姻和团聚。
中国结
常常作为礼物交换或用作饰品祈求好运和辟邪。
这
种形式的手工
艺（
handicraft)
代代相传，现在已经在中国和世界
各地越来越受欢迎。
The
Chinese knot, originally invented by the
craftsmen, has become an elegant and colorful art
and craft over hundreds of
year
’
s improvement. In
ancient times, it was used to record events,
but nowadays it is mainly functioning
as decoration.
“
Knot
< br>”
signifies love, marriage and
reunion
in Chinese. Often used as gift
exchange and decoration, Chinese knot is believed
to bring good
luck as well as ward off
evil spirits. The handicraft has been passed down
from one generation to
another and now
enjoys more and more popularity both at home and
abroad.
2013
年
12
月（第三套）
“你要茶还是要咖啡
?
是用餐人常被问
到的问题。
许多西方人会选咖啡，
而中国人则会选茶。
相传，中国的一位帝王于五千多年前发现了茶，并用来治病。在明清（
t
he
Ming
and
Qing
Dynasties)
期间，茶馆遍布全国。饮茶在
6
世纪传到日本，但直到
17,18
世纪才传到欧美。如
今，
茶是世界上最流行的饮料<
/p>
（
beverage)
之一。
茶是中国的民族饮品，也是中国传统和文化
的重要组成部分。
This
is
what
dinners
often have
been
asked,
“
Would
you
like
tea
or
coffee?
”
Many
westerners
favour
coffee
while
the
Chinese
tend
to
choose
tea.
Tradition
has
it
that
an
ancient
Chinese
emperor
discovered
the
tea
five
thousand
years
ago
and
used
it
to
treat
illnesses.
During
the
Ming
and Qing Dynasties, teahouses spread all over
China. Tea drinking was introduced to Japan
in the 6
th
century while it had not been introduced into
Europe or America until the
17
th
and
18
th
centuries.
Nowadays, tea is one of the most popular beverages
in the world .It is not only a kind
of
Chinese national drink, but also an important part
of Chinese tradition and culture.
2013
年
6
月（第一
套）
春节贴年画（
pasting New Year Print
s
）的风俗源自于往房子外面的门上贴门神（
Door God
s
）
的传统。随着木质雕刻品（
boa
rd carvings
）的出现，年画包含了更广泛的主题，最出名的就
是门神，三大神
--
福神，薪神和寿神（
Three Gods of Blessing, Salary and Longevity
）
，寓意着
庄稼丰收，
家畜兴旺和庆祝春节。年画的四大产地分别是苏州桃花坞，
天津杨柳青，河北武
强和山东潍坊。现在中国农村仍然保持着贴年画的传统，而在城市里很少有人贴年画。<
/p>
The custom of pasting New
Year Prints in Spring Festival originated from the
tradition of pasting
Door Gods on the
external doors of the houses. With the creation of
board carvings, New Year
paintings
cover a wide range of subjects. The most famous
ones are Door Gods and Three Gods
of
Blessing,
Salary
and
Longevity,
signifying
the
abundant
harvest
of
crops,
the
prosperity
of
domestic animals and the celebration of
Spring Festival. Four producing areas of New Year
Prints
are
Taohuawu
of
Suzhou,
Yangliuqing
of
Tianjin,
Wuqiang
of
Hebei
and
Weifang
of
Shandong.
Now
the
tradition
of
pasting
New
Year
paintings
is
still
kept
in
rural
China,
while
it
is
seldom
followed in cities.
2013
年
6
月（第二套）
“春联（
The Spring couplet
）
”也被称为“对联（
couplet
）
”
，在中国是一种特殊的文学形式。
春联是由帖在门口两侧两组对立的句子（
antithetical
sentences
）组成。在门上的横批
（
horizontal scroll bearing an inscriptio
n
）通常是一个吉祥的短语。贴在门右侧的句子被称作
对联的上
联（
the first line of the couplet
< br>）
，左侧的为下联。除夕那天，每家都会在门上贴上
红纸
写的春联，传递出节日喜庆和热闹的（
hilarious
）气
氛。在过去，中国人通常用毛笔自
己写春联或者请别人写春联，而现在，人们普遍在市场
上买印刷好的春联。
“
The
Spring couplet
”
, also called
“
couplet
”
, is a special form
of literature in China. The Spring
Couplet
is
composed
of
two
antithetical
sentences
on
both
of
the
door.
Above
the
gate
is
a
horizontal scroll bearing
an inscription, usually an auspicious phrase. The
sentence pasting on the
right side of
the door is called the first line of the couplet,
and the left one is the second line. On
the eve of the Spring Festival, every
household will paste on doors a spring couplet
written on red
paper to give a happy
and hilarious atmosphere of the Festival. In the
past, the Chinese usually
wrote their
own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to
do it for them, while nowadays, it
is
common for people to buy the printed spring
couplet in the market.
2013
年
6
月（第三套）