定格那些最美的“豐”景

河北 胡金瑩

主題語境：農業 篇幅：355詞 建議用時：7分鐘

1Yong Donglin,a farmer in Muchuan County,Sichuan Province,woke up earlier than usual since he was to prepare for a special straw dragon dance（舞草龍）.The 58-year-old had practiced the traditional dance for two years.But he felt very excited this time because he and about 20 fellow farmers in the county took part in a performance,at a major event of the fifth Chinese Farmers'Harvest Festival held in Xinjin District of the provincial capital Chengdu.

2In 2018,China designated the autumnal equinox(秋分)as the Chinese Farmers'Harvest Festival,in order to further strengthen the role of agriculture and rural areas and improve the sense of gain and happiness among farmers.

3Despite the rain,performers from different parts of Sichuan presented songs and dances featuring their farming culture at the opening ceremony of the festival.One of the performance's most impressive highlights came with the debut(首次登臺)of an actor playing Li Bing,a governor of Sichuan more than 2,000 years ago.Some people watching the performance applauded Li's words,“My dream of turning the land of abundance into the land of a granary more than 2,000 years ago has now come true.”

4The phrase“land of abundance”is a reminder in Sichuan of how major farming achievements were made—they were the result of the Dujiangyan irrigation project.The Chengdu Plain has almost been spared from flooding and drought for more than two millennia thanks to the project,making Sichuan the“land of abundance”since ancient times.

5At the festival's opening ceremony,award winners of the country's Top 10 Farmers were also announced.Gai Yongfeng,a farmer from Heihe,Heilongjiang Province,made the list.The 45-year-old started farming in 1996 and works on about 1,700 hectares of soybeans.Farmers in11townships in the city who also plant soybeans have benefited from his state-of-the-art farming techniques.

6According to Tang Ke,head of the office of the festival's organizing committee,the festival this year highlights the promotion of new varieties of seeds and new farming technologies,in line with an ancient Chinese saying about how“a full warehouse starts with a good seed”.

Reading Check

Inference1.Why is Yong Donglin mentioned in the text?

A.To tell us he is a professional farmer.

B.To explain the straw dragon dance.

C.To introduce the topic of the text.

D.To show us he lives a happy life.

Detail2.What's the influence of the Chinese Farmers'Harvest Festival?

A.It strengthens the role of modern life.

B.It increases farmers'sense of happiness.

C.It encourages farmers to become creative.

D.It changes the present situation of rural areas.

Vocabulary3.What does the underlined phrase“been spared from”in paragraph 4 mean?

A.Avoided. B.Affected.

C.Suffered. D.Recognized.

Inference 4.Where is the text probably taken from?

A.A personal diary. B.A research paper.

C.An advertisement. D.A popular magazine.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Difficult sentences in the text

1.Despite the rain,performers from different parts of Sichuan presented songs and dances featuring their farming culture at the opening ceremony of the festival.盡管下著雨，但來自四川各地的表演者在節日開幕式上表演了展現他們農耕文化的歌舞。

【點石成金】本句中，Despite the rain為介詞短語作狀語，featuring their farming culture at the opening ceremony of the festival為現在分詞作后置定語。

2.Farmers in 11 townships in the city who also plant soybeans have benefited from his state-of-the-art farming techniques.該市11個鄉鎮的農民也種植大豆，他們從他最先進的農業技術中受益。

【點石成金】本句是一個復合句，句中的who引導的是定語從句，在從句中作主語，先行詞是Farmers。

Ⅱ.Text-centered chunks

wake up醒來

take part in參加

come true實現

thanks to多虧

benefit from從……中受益

in line with與……一致；符合