Passage 55 Whipping the ox on Start of Spring
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古人在立春这天会将牛“暴打”一顿,这种习俗你听过没有? 阅读文章,完成任务。
In ancient China, people would whip an ox on Start of Spring! This might sound strange, but it was important at that time.

At the beginning
◎ One day before the festival, officials(官员) would take a bath and wear clean clothes.
◎ On the day, they walked to the ceremony(仪式) to show respect.
◎ A person would wear the Spring God's dress and whip an ox made of clay(泥土). People called the clay ox chunniu. They woke it up to wish for a good harvest.
By the Song Dynasty
◎ This ceremony became more lively. People broke the clay ox and ran to grab the pieces of the ox. They put those pieces into their fields.
◎ It showed their good wishes for the start of farming.
Later
◎ A paper ox appeared. People made the paper ox full of grains.
◎ People broke the paper ox and collected the falling grains.
◎ People believed that these grains could help old people live longer and make children smarter.
思维新题
任务一:根据文章内容,用数字1~4给下面的事件排序。
()People used a paper ox with grains inside.
()A person wore the Spring God's clothes and whipped a clay ox.
()People collected grains from the broken paper ox.
()People put pieces of the clay ox into their fields.
任务二:根据文章内容,选择正确答案。
()5. The underlined word "it" refers to .
A. the paper ox
B. the Spring God
C. the clay ox
()6. People whipped the ox on Start of Spring to .
A. celebrate the end of winter
B. wake up the ox and wish for a good harvest
C. show respect to the Spring God
()7. Which of the following is true about the ceremony?
A. Officials rode horses to the ceremony.
B. People believed the grains in the paper ox could make the old smarter.
C. Later, people put grains inside the paper ox and whipped it.
任务三:立春时候,你通常做些什么? 请你结合自身实际,分享一下吧。
8. On Start of Spring, I usually .
日积月累
respect /rɪˈspekt/ 敬意
harvest /ˈhɑːrvɪst/ 收获
appear /əˈpɪər/ 出现

任务一:
3 1 4 2 【细节理解】通读全文可知,最初是一个人穿着春神衣服鞭打泥牛;到了宋朝,人们将泥牛碎片放入田地;后来,人们使用装满谷物的纸牛;人们收集破碎的纸牛掉落下来的谷物。
任务二:
5. C 【词义猜测】由上文的"People called the clay ox chunniu."可推知,此处"it"指代的是前面提到的泥牛。
6. B 【细节理解】由文章中的"...whip an ox made of clay...They woke it up to wish for a good harvest."可知,鞭打春牛是为了叫醒它并祈求丰收。
7. C 【细节理解】由文章中的Later部分的"People made the paper ox full of grains.""People broke the paper ox..."可知,后来,人们把谷物放进纸牛里,然后鞭打它。
任务三:
8. eat spring pancakes with my family(答案合理即可)