资源简介

【高三双语新闻练习】联合国教科文组织将春节列入非物质文化遗产名录
双语新闻
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday inscribed Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）周三将春节——中国人民庆祝传统新年的社会习俗——列入人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。
The decision was made during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, taking place in Paraguay from Dec 2 to 7. The committee recognized the festival for its wide array of rituals and unique cultural elements that engage all of Chinese society.
该决定是在12月2日至7日于巴拉圭举行的联合国教科文组织保护非物质文化遗产政府间委员会第十九届会议上作出的。因其丰富多样的仪式和独特的文化元素广泛吸引了全中国社会的参与，该节日得到了委员会的认可。
UNESCO highlighted that the Spring Festival, marking the start of the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year, involves various social practices, including prayers for good fortune and family reunions. It also features activities planned by elders and festive public events organized by communities.
联合国教科文组织强调，春节标志着中国传统农历新年的开始，涉及各种社会习俗，包括祈求好运和家庭团聚。它还包括长辈安排的活动和社区组织的节日公共活动。
According to UNESCO’s documentation, the traditional knowledge and customs associated with the Spring Festival are passed down informally within families and communities, as well as formally through the education system. Craftsmanship and artistic skills related to the festival are transmitted through apprenticeships, promoting family values, social cohesion, and peace, while providing a sense of cultural identity.
根据联合国教科文组织的文件记载，与春节相关的传统知识和习俗在家庭和社区内部以非正式方式传承，同时也通过教育体系以正式方式传承。与春节相关的手工艺和艺术技能通过师徒制传授，弘扬了家庭价值观、社会凝聚力和和平理念，同时提供了文化认同感。
The committee also emphasized that the festival embodies the harmony between humans and nature and contributes to sustainable development in areas such as food security and education. It also plays a key role in raising environmental awareness.
委员会还强调，春节体现了人与自然的和谐，并在粮食安全和教育等领域对可持续发展作出了贡献。它还在提高环境意识方面发挥了关键作用。
China’s vice minister of Culture and Tourism, Rao Quan, who led the Chinese delegation at the UNESCO session, expressed gratitude for the recognition. He stressed that the Spring Festival is China’s most important traditional holiday, symbolizing the Chinese people’s hopes for a better life, strong ties to family and country, and the values of harmony between humans and nature.
中国文化和旅游部副部长饶权率领中国代表团出席了联合国教科文组织会议，他对这一认可表示感谢。他强调，春节是中国最重要的传统节日，象征着中国人民对美好生活的向往、对家庭和国家的深厚情感，以及人与自然和谐共处的价值观。
Rao further explained that the festival, passed down through generations, has provided lasting spiritual strength to the Chinese people. It has played a significant role in promoting family and social harmony, driving economic development, protecting the environment, and fostering global cultural exchange.
饶权进一步解释说，世代传承的节日为中国人民提供了持久的精神力量。它在促进家庭和社会和谐、推动经济发展、保护环境和促进全球文化交流方面发挥了重要作用。
He added that the inclusion of the Spring Festival on the UNESCO list will help promote universal values of peace and harmony and highlight the important role of intangible cultural heritage in sustainable development.
他补充说，春节被列入联合国教科文组织名录将有助于推广和平与和谐的普遍价值观，并凸显非物质文化遗产在可持续发展中的重要作用。
With this addition, China now has 44 cultural elements or practices recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
春节被列入后，中国如今已有44项文化元素或习俗被联合国教科文组织认定为人类非物质文化遗产。
词汇积累
1. inscribe v. （在……上）题写，题，刻（词语、名字等）
2. the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity 人类非物质文化遗产
3. intergovernmental adj. 政府间的；两个（或多个）政府的
4. safeguard v. 保护；保障；捍卫
5. highlight v. 强调；突出
6. prayer n. 祈祷，祷告（指内容）
7. feature v. 以……为特色；以……为主体
8. festive adj. 欢乐的；喜庆的
9. craftsmanship n. 手艺；技艺
10. transmit v. （在人们之间）传，传递
11. apprenticeship n. 学徒工作
12. embody v. 具体表现，体现，代表（思想或品质）
13. sustainable development 可持续发展
14. delegation n. 选举团；代表团
15. tie n. 纽带
16. spiritual adj. 精神的；心灵的
17. drive v. 驱动；推动
18. inclusion n. （被）包括，包含
语法填空1
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday inscribed Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in 1 of the traditional new year, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision was made during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, taking place in Paraguay from Dec 2 to 7. The committee recognized the festival for its wide array of rituals and 2 cultural elements that engage all of Chinese society.
UNESCO highlighted that the Spring Festival, marking the start of the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year, involves various social practices, including prayers for good fortune and family reunions. It also 3 activities planned by elders and festive public events organized by communities.
According to UNESCO’s documentation, the traditional knowledge and customs associated with the Spring Festival are passed down 4 within families and communities, as well as formally through the education system. Craftsmanship and artistic skills related to the festival are transmitted through apprenticeships, promoting family values, social cohesion, and peace, while 5 a sense of cultural identity.
The committee also emphasized that the festival embodies the harmony between humans and nature and contributes to sustainable development in areas such as food security and education. It also plays a key role in raising 6 awareness.
China’s vice minister of Culture and Tourism, Rao Quan, who led the Chinese delegation at the UNESCO session, expressed 7 for the recognition. He stressed that the Spring Festival is China’s most important traditional holiday, symbolizing the Chinese people’s hopes for a better life, strong 8 to family and country, and the values of harmony between humans and nature.
Rao further 9 that the festival, passed down through generations, has provided lasting spiritual strength to the Chinese people. It has played a significant role in promoting family and social harmony, driving economic development, protecting the environment, and fostering global cultural exchange.
He added that the inclusion of the Spring Festival on the UNESCO list will help promote universal values of peace and harmony and highlight the important role of intangible cultural heritage in sustainable development.
With this 10 , China now has 44 cultural elements or practices recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
参考答案
1. celebration
2. unique
3. features
4. informally
5. providing
6. environmental
7. gratitude
8. ties
9. explained
10. addition
语法填空2
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday inscribed Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year, on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision 1 (make) during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, taking place in Paraguay from Dec 2 to 7. The committee recognized the festival for its wide array of rituals and unique cultural elements 2 engage all of Chinese society.
UNESCO highlighted that the Spring Festival, marking the start of the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year, 3 (involve) various social practices, including prayers for good fortune and family 4 (reunion). It also features activities planned by elders and festive public events organized by communities.
According to UNESCO’s documentation, the traditional knowledge and customs associated with the Spring Festival are passed down informally within families and communities, as well as 5 (formal) through the education system. Craftsmanship and artistic skills related to the festival are transmitted through apprenticeships, promoting family values, social cohesion, and peace, while providing 6 sense of cultural identity.
The committee also emphasized that the festival embodies the harmony between humans and nature and contributes to sustainable development in areas such as food 7 (secure) and education. It also plays a key role in raising environmental awareness.
China’s vice minister of Culture and Tourism, Rao Quan, who led the Chinese delegation at the UNESCO session, 8 (express) gratitude for the recognition. He stressed that the Spring Festival is China’s most important traditional holiday, symbolizing the Chinese people’s hopes for a better life, strong ties to family and country, and the values of harmony between humans and nature.
Rao further explained that the festival, passed down through generations, has provided lasting spiritual strength to the Chinese people. It has played a significant role in promoting family and social harmony, 9 (drive) economic development, protecting the environment, and fostering global cultural exchange.
He added that the inclusion of the Spring Festival on the UNESCO list will help promote universal values of peace and harmony and highlight the important role of intangible cultural heritage in sustainable development.
With this addition, China now has 44 cultural elements or practices recognized by UNESCO 10 Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
参考答案
1. was made
2. that
3. involves
4. reunions
5. formally
6. a
7. security
8. expressed
9. driving
10. as
【高三双语新闻练习】诱饵效应：奶茶爆米花，你会买中杯还是大杯？
双语新闻
Picture this: You’re at a movie theater food stand loading up on snacks. You have a choice of a small, medium or large soda. The small is $3.50 and the large is $5.50. It’s a tough decision: The small size may not last you through the whole movie but $5.50 for some sugary drink seems ridiculous. But there’s a third option, a medium soda for $5.25.
想象一下：你在电影院的食品台前，正在买零食。你可以选择小杯、中杯或大杯的汽水。小杯的3.5美元，大杯的5.5美元。这是一个艰难的决定：小杯的汽水可能不能撑到你看完整部电影，但5.5美元的含糖饮料似乎很离谱。但你还有第三种选择，一杯5.25美元的中杯汽水。
Medium may be the perfect amount of soda for you, but the large is only a quarter more. If you’re like most people, you end up buying the large (and taking a bathroom break midshow).
中杯的汽水对你来说可能是最合适的，但是大杯的只贵了0.25美元。如果你和大多数人一样，你最终会买大杯的（并在电影中间去趟厕所）。
If you’re wondering who would buy the medium soda, the answer is almost no one. In fact, there’s a good chance the marketing department purposely priced the medium soda as a decoy, making you more likely to buy the large soda rather than the small.
如果你想知道谁会买中杯汽水，答案是几乎没有人。事实上，市场营销部很有可能故意以中杯汽水作为诱饵，让你更有可能购买大杯汽水而不是小杯。
I have written about this peculiarity in human nature before with my friend Dan Ariely, who studied this phenomenon extensively after noticing pricing for subscriptions to The Economist.
我曾和我的朋友丹·艾瑞里写过关于这一人性独特性的文章，他在注意到订阅《经济学人》的价格后，对这一现象进行了广泛的研究。
The digital subscription was $59, the print subscription was $125, and the print plus digital subscription was also $125. No one in their right mind would buy the print subscription when you could get digital as well for the same price, so why was it even an option
数字版订阅费是59美元，印刷版订阅费是125美元，印刷版加数字版订阅费也是125美元。在可以用同样的价格买到印刷版加数字版的情况下，没有一个头脑正常的人会购买印刷版，那么为什么它还会成为一个选项呢？
Ariely ran an experiment and found that when only the two “real” choices were offered, more people chose the less-expensive digital subscription. But the addition of the bad option made people much more likely to choose the more expensive print plus digital option.
艾瑞里做了一个实验，发现当只提供两个“真实的”选项时，更多的人选择了价格较低的数字版订阅。但是不良选项的增加使人们更有可能选择更昂贵的印刷版加数字版这一选项。
Brain scientists call this effect “asymmetric dominance” and it means that people gravitate toward the choice nearest clearly inferior option. Marketing professors call it the decoy effect which is certainly easier to remember. Lucky for consumers, almost no one in the business community understands it.
脑科学家称这种效应为“不对称优势”，这意味着人们会被吸引到最接近明显次等选项的选项。市场学教授称之为诱饵效应，这样当然更容易记住。对于消费者来说，幸运的是，商界几乎没有人理解这一点。
The decoy effect works because of the way our brains assign value when making choices. Value is almost never absolute; rather, we decide an object’s value relative to our other choices. If more options are introduced, the value equation changes.
诱饵效应之所以起作用，是因为我们的大脑在做出选择时确定价值的方式。价值几乎从来不是绝对的；相反，我们是相对于其他选择来确定某一物品的价值。如果引入更多选项，则价值等式将发生变化。
词汇积累
1. decoy n. 诱饵
2. peculiarity n. 独特性
3. asymmetric adj. 不对称的
4. gravitate v. 被吸引到
5. equation n. 等式
语法填空1
Picture this: You’re at a movie theater food stand loading up on 1 . You have a choice of a small, medium or large soda. The small is $3.50 and the large is $5.50. It’s a tough decision: The small size may not last you through the whole movie but $5.50 for some sugary drink seems 2 . But there’s a third option, a medium soda for $5.25.
Medium may be the perfect 3 of soda for you, but the large is only a quarter more. If you’re like most people, you end up buying the large (and taking a bathroom break midshow).
If you’re wondering who would buy the medium soda, the answer is almost no one. In fact, there’s a good chance the marketing department purposely 4 the medium soda as a decoy, making you more likely to buy the large soda rather than the small.
I have 5 about this peculiarity in human nature before with my friend Dan Ariely, who 6 this phenomenon extensively after noticing pricing for subscriptions to The Economist.
The digital subscription was $59, the print subscription was $125, and the print plus digital subscription was also $125. No one in their right mind would buy the print subscription when you could get digital as well for the same price, so why was it even an option
Ariely ran an 7 and found that when only the two “real” choices were offered, more people chose the less-expensive digital subscription. But the 8 of the bad option made people much more likely to choose the more expensive print plus digital option.
Brain scientists call this effect “asymmetric dominance” and it means that people gravitate toward the choice nearest clearly inferior option. Marketing professors call it the decoy effect which is certainly easier to 9 . Lucky for consumers, almost no one in the business community understands it.
The decoy effect works because of the way our brains assign value when making choices. Value is almost never absolute; rather, we decide an object’s value 10 to our other choices. If more options are introduced, the value equation changes.
参考答案
1. snacks
2. ridiculous
3. amount
4. priced
5. written
6. studied
7. experiment
8. addition
9. remember
10. relative
语法填空2
Picture this: You’re at a movie theater food stand loading up on snacks. You have a choice of a small, medium or large soda. The small is $3.50 and the large is $5.50. It’s a tough 1 (decide): The small size may not last you through the whole movie but $5.50 for some sugary drink seems ridiculous. But there’s a third option, a medium soda for $5.25.
Medium may be the perfect amount of soda for you, but the large is only a quarter more. If you’re like most people, you end up 2 (buy) the large (and taking a bathroom break midshow).
If you’re wondering who would buy the medium soda, the answer is almost no one. In fact, there’s a good chance the marketing department purposely priced the medium soda as a decoy, 3 (make) you more likely to buy the large soda rather than the small.
I have written about this peculiarity in human nature before with my friend Dan Ariely, 4 studied this phenomenon extensively after noticing pricing for subscriptions to The Economist.
The digital subscription was $59, the print subscription was $125, 5 the print plus digital subscription was also $125. No one in their right mind would buy the print subscription when you could get digital as well for the same price, so why was it even an option
Ariely ran 6 experiment and found that when only the two “real” choices were offered, more people chose the less-expensive digital subscription. But the addition of the bad option made people much more likely 7 (choose) the more expensive print plus digital option.
Brain scientists call this effect “asymmetric dominance” and it means that people gravitate toward the choice nearest clearly inferior option. Marketing professors call it the decoy effect which is 8 (certain) easier to remember. Lucky for 9 (consume), almost no one in the business community understands it.
The decoy effect works because of the way our brains assign value when making choices. Value is almost never absolute; rather, we decide an object’s value relative to our other choices. If more options 10 (introduce), the value equation changes.
参考答案
1. decision
2. buying
3. making
4. who
5. and
6. an
7. to choose
8. certainly
9. consumers
10. are introduced

展开更多......

收起↑