You may have already forgotten the days when you had to learn how to use chopsticks. Every Chinese kid struggles with them for some time. But chopsticks are not just simple tools to pick up food. They come with their own special rules and traditions.
Generally, people should not make noise with chopsticks. Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners, just as playing with forks and knives in a Western country would be rude.
There are also some superstitions（迷信）related to chopsticks. For example, some people believe that chopsticks should not be left standing upright in a bowl. It looks like the incense（香）that Chinese use to honor（祭奠）the dead. Doing it at the dinner table is believed to bring bad luck.
You should not tap chopsticks on the edge of the bowl either, as beggars do this to ask for food. Parents might get angry if children do this as they don’t want their children to be as poor as beggars in the future.
Apart from（除了）being tableware（餐具）, chopsticks can also be a great gift. In Chinese, “chopsticks” are known as “kuaizi”, which means to have babies soon. Newlyweds（新婚夫妇）sometimes receive chopsticks as a wedding gift. Skilled craftsmen（手艺人）paint beautiful images on chopsticks to make them look like fine artwork.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
【小题1】What might people think if you play with your chopsticks?
【小题2】Why shouldn’t we leave chopsticks standing upright in a bowl?
【小题3】Why shouldn’t you tap your chopsticks on the edge of your bowl?
【小题4】What else are chopsticks used for, according to the last paragraph?
【小题5】What is the story mainly about?
In the past, man did not think about the protection of the environment. Today, the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources (资源) too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals (化学制品). Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful (强大的) machines to cut down more and more trees. We know that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate (速度), in a few years, there will not be enough food. What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops (作物) can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control. Finally, if we educate (教育) people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.
The Importance of | |
Problems people are making | Catching more |
Ways to | Eating more vegetables and less meat, using modern methods of birth control and |
Aim | Having a better and cleaner place to |
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