2023-2024学年高中英语社团第八讲谷雨 讲义

英语社团第七讲---谷雨Grain Rain 简介Brief Introduction Grain Rain originates from the old, "Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains". As recorded in A Collective Interpretation of the Seventy-two Phenological terms: "The soil has fortified with nutrients and started to become loosen since Grain Rain, and now it is raining again to support the growth of grain. It is the very period that sow the grain by scattering them on the field." Also, it links grain and rain with the meaning of "Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains", has great significance of agricultural climate. Spring is about to end and summer is coming. As the last solar term in spring, this period sees the temperature rise and rainfall increase.   谷雨，源自古人“雨生百谷”之说。《月令七十二候集解》中记载：“三月中，自雨水后，土膏脉动，今又雨其谷于水也……盖谷以此时播种，自上而下也。”谷雨将“谷”和“雨”联系起来，蕴涵着“雨生百谷”之意，反映了谷雨的农业气候意义。 The Three periods of Grain Rain 谷雨三侯 We divided the fifteen days in Grain Rain solar term into three periods: On the first five days, duckweed starts to grow; after five days, cuckoos flutter their wings; another five days later, hoopoes can be spotted on mulberry trees. "As willow-down's all gone and cuckoos out with disturbing cries", Willow catkins is falling down, the cuckoo moaning at night, Peony blooming with pistil out，cherry becoming red and ripe…… The natural phenomena tells people that spring is coming to an end. 我国古人将谷雨时节的十五天分为三候：一候萍始生；二候鸣鸠拂其羽；三候戴胜降于桑。“杨花落尽子规啼”，柳絮飞落，杜鹃夜啼，牡丹吐蕊，樱桃红熟……自然景物告示人们，时至暮春了。 The representative flowers of Grain Rain are: peony for the first period, blackberry rose for the second period and neem flower for the third flower. Peony flower, also known as Grain Rain flower, is a flower named after the solar term. 谷雨花信为：一候牡丹、二候荼蘼、三候楝花。牡丹花也叫谷雨花，它是一种以节气命名的花。 Climate Change 气候变化 From the perspective of climate background, in the Grain Rain period, the high westerly wind rapids in East Asia are significantly weakened and moved north, the warm and wet air mass in South China is more active, the westerly wind belt circulat