The Amazing Hot Water - 神奇的热水

Unlike most foreigners like drinking cold water, most Chinese people like drinking hot water. In this essay, we are talking about why Chinese people like drinking hot water. Is hot water really that amazing? Let's find out the secret of hot water from this essay.

单词及短语

Key Words and Phrases

神奇 [shénqí]
 
adj. magical [HSK 6]
热 [rè]
 
adj. hot [HSK 1]
水 [shuǐ]
 
n. water [HSK 1]
如果 [rúguǒ]
 
conj. if [HSK 3]
告诉 [gàosù]
 
v. tell [HSK 2]
感冒 [gǎnmào]
 
v. catch a cold [HSK 3]
建议 [jiànyì]
 
v. propose [HSK 4]
多 [duō]
 
adv. indicating degree or extent [HSK 1]
喝 [hē]
 
v. drink [HSK 1]
疼 [téng]
 
adj. hurt, painful [HSK 3]
饮料 [yǐnliào]
 
n. drink, beverage [HSK 3]
不是……而是…… [bú shì……ér shì……]
 
not……but……
觉得 [jué de]
 
v. feel, think [HSK 2]
为什么 [wèishénme]
 
adv. why [HSK 2]
这么 [zhème]
 
pron. so, like that
干净 [gānjìng]
 
adj. clean [HSK 3]
容易 [róngyì]
 
adj. easy, likely [HSK 3]
生病 [shēng bìng]
 
v. fall ill; get sick [HSK 2]
健康 [jiànkāng]
 
n./adj. health, healthy [HSK 3]
提倡 [tíchàng]
 
v. promote; encourage [HSK 5]
所有 [suǒyǒu]
 
adj. all [HSK 4]
习惯 [xíguàn]
 
n. habit [HSK 3]

短文

Reading Transcripts

Rúguǒ
如果
gàosù
告诉
ge
Zhōngguó
中国
péngyou,
朋友,
If you tell a Chinese friend that
gǎnmào
感冒
le,
了,
you get a cold,
hěn
kěnéng
可能
huì
jiànyì
建议
duō
shuǐ;
水;
he will probably advise you to drink more hot water;
Rúguǒ
如果
gàosù
告诉
ge
Zhōngguó
中国
péngyou,
朋友,
If you tell a Chinese friend that
dùzi
肚子
téng,
疼,
you have a stomach ache,
háishì
还是
huì
jiànyì
建议
duō
shuǐ.
水。
he will still advise you to drink more hot water.
Zhōngguó
中国
rén
zuì
xǐhuan
喜欢
de
yǐnliào
饮料
shì
píjiǔ,
啤酒,
Chinese favorite drink is not beer
shì
kělè,
可乐,
or coke,
ér
shì
shuǐ.
水。
but hot water.
Hěn
duō
wàiguó
外国
rén
juéde
觉得
qíguài,
奇怪,
Many foreigners are wondering,
wèishénme
为什么
Zhōngguó
中国
rén
zhème
这么
xǐhuan
喜欢
shuǐ?
水?
why Chinese like drinking hot water so much?
shuǐ
zhēn
de
zhème
这么
shénqí
神奇
ma?
吗?
Is hot water really that amazing?
Qíshí,
其实,
In fact,
zài
jǐshí
nián
yǐqián,
年前,
decades ago,
Zhōngguó
中国
rén
xǐhuan
喜欢
shuǐ.
水。
Chinese people did not like drinking hot water.
Dànshì,
但是,
However,
shēng
shuǐ
gānjìng,
干净,
raw water is not clean,
le
róngyì
容易
shēng
bìng.
it's easy to get sick after drinking it.
Jiā
kěyǐ
可以
ràng
shuǐ
biàn
gānjìng,
干净,
Heating can make the water clean,
le
róngyì
容易
shēng
bìng.
病。
it's not easy to get sick after drink.
Wèi
le
Zhōngguó
中国
rén
de
jiànkāng,
健康,
For the health of Chinese people,
zhèngfǔ
政府
tíchàng
提倡
suǒyǒu
所有
rén
shuǐ.
水。
the government encourages everyone to drink hot water.
Mànmàn
慢慢
de,
地,
shuǐ
jiù
chéngwéi
成为
le
zhōngguó
中国
rén
de
xíguàn.
习惯。
Gradually, drinking hot water has become a habit for Chinese.