2. Listen again and fill in the blanks to complete

问答题

2. Listen again and fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences.
1) Chopsticks only became two sticks of _____________________ in _______________________Dynasty.
2) The Grand Canal served as the main ____________________ between northern and southern China and was essential for the transport of _________________________ and other produce to Beijing.
3) “筷” is a ____________________ compound with a phonetic _____________________ meaning “________________________”and a semantic part meaning “ _________________________________”.
4) The English word "chopstick" may have derived from Chinese ______________________, a pidgin in which “ ______________________” meant “_________________________”. So “fast” became chop and “_________________________” became _________________________________ .
5) The birth of chopsticks ________________________________ those days when our Chinese ancestors had to use ___________________________ to eat, so they mark _______________________ in food culture.

【参考答案】

(1)
the same length (2)
Shang (3)
artery (4)
grain (5)
semantic-phonetic (6)
radical (7)
quick (8)
bamboo (9)
pidgin English (10)
chop chop (11)
quickly (12)
bamboo (13)
stick (14)
said goodbye to (15)
their hands (16)
the beginning of civilization