The Secret of Chopsticks - 筷子的秘密

China is the first country to invent and use chopsticks. For Chinese people, chopsticks are not only a kind of tableware, but also a kind of culture. Today, let's reveal the secret of Chinese Chopsticks.

单词及短语

Key Words and Phrases

筷子 [kuài zi]
 
n. chopsticks [HSK 3]
发明 [fā míng]
 
v. invent [HSK 5]
据说 [jù shuō]
 
v. be said [HSK 5]
使用 [shǐ yòng]
 
v. use [HSK 4]
特别 [tè bié]
 
adj. special [HSK 3]
地方 [dì fang]
 
n. part [HSK 3]
注意 [zhù yì]
 
v. notice [HSK 3]
头 [tóu]
 
n. end, tip [HSK 3]
圆 [yuán]
 
adj. round [HSK 5]
方 [fāng]
 
n. square [HSK 5]
代表 [dài biǎo]
 
v. represent [HSK 5]
古代 [gǔ dài]
 
n. ancient times [HSK 5]
天 [tiān]
 
n. sky [HSK 1]
地 [dì]
 
n. the Earth [HSK 3]
双数 [shuāng shù]
 
n. even numbers[HSK 3]
双 [shuāng]
 
m. pair [HSK 3]
有的……有的……还有的…… [yǒu de……yǒu de……hái yǒu de]
 
some…some…some… [HSK 1]
木头 [mù tou]
 
n. wood [HSK 5]
竹子 [zhú zi]
 
n. bamboo [HSK 5]
银子 [yín zi]
 
n. silver [HSK 5]
普通 [pǔ tōng]
 
adj. ordinary [HSK 4]
大多数 [dà duō shù]
 
adj. most [HSK 3]
大脑 [dà nǎo]
 
n. brain
灵活 [líng huó]
 
adj. agile [HSK 5]

短文

Reading Transcripts

jiā
dōu
zhī
dào,
道,
As we all know,
Zhōng
guó
rén
chī
fàn
yòng
kuài
zi.
子。
Chinese eat with chopsticks.
Zhōng
guó
shì
zuì
zǎo
míng
kuài
zi
de
guó
jiā.
家。
China is the first country to invent chopsticks.
shuō,
说,
It is said that
sān
qiān
duō
nián
qián,
前,
more than three thousand years ago,
Zhōng
guó
rén
jiù
kāi
shǐ
shǐ
使
yòng
kuài
zi
le.
了。
Chinese people began to use chopsticks.
Zhōng
guó
de
kuài
zi
yǒu
hěn
duō
bié
de
fang.
方。
Chinese chopsticks have many special features.
zhī
dào
zhù
dào
méi
yǒu,
有,
I don't know if you've noticed,
kuài
zi
de
tóu
shì
yuán
de,
的,
one end of chopsticks is round
lìng
tóu
shì
fāng
de.
的。
and the other end is square.
yuán
de
zhè
yi
tóu
dài
biǎo
tiān,
天,
The round represents the sky
fāng
de
zhè
yi
tóu
dài
biǎo
dì.
地。
and the square represents the earth.
Zài
dài,
代,
In ancient,
Zhōng
guó
rén
rèn
wéi
tiān
shì
yuán
de,
的,
Chinese people think that the sky is round
shì
fāng
de,
的,
and the ground is square,
suǒ
kuài
zi
shì
tóu
yuán,
圆,
tóu
fāng.
方。
so chopsticks are also round at one end and square at the other end.
Ér
qiě
Zhōng
guó
rén
hěn
huan
shuāng
shù,
数,
And Chinese people like even numbers very much,
suǒ
shuāng
kuài
zi
yǒu
liǎng
gēn.
根。
so a pair of chopsticks have two.
kuài
zi
yǒu
hěn
duō
zhǒng,
种,
There are many kinds of chopsticks,
yǒu
de
shì
tou
zuò
de;
的;
some are made of wood;
yǒu
de
shì
zhú
zi
zuò
de;
的;
some are made of bamboo;
hái
yǒu
de
shì
yín
zi
zuò
de.
的。
and some are made of silver.
tōng
rén
jiā
li
shǐ
使
yòng
de
kuài
zi
duō
shù
shì
tóu
zuò
de
zhú
zi
zuò
de.
的。
Most of the chopsticks used in ordinary families are made of wood and bamboo.
shuō,
说,
It is said that
jīng
cháng
shǐ
使
yòng
kuài
zi
néng
ràng
nǎo
gèng
jiā
líng
huó.
活。
using chopsticks frequently can make the brain more flexible.