《看新闻，速激记单词》第四节The Song-Dynasty Lotus Seeds宋代莲子 Ancient things have been appealing to modern people, such as the vase with dragon design, the artist’s castle paintings, the Qing-Dynasty wooden beds with fancy style decoration, and so on.古代的东西一直吸引着现代的人们，例如，有龙图案的花瓶、艺术家的城堡画、带有奇特风格装饰的清代木床等等。 You would be amazed at the explosive news in Hunan province. A troop of local villagers took part in an informal compete of digging seeds one after another in Xingkou township of Qixian county. The competitors were in search of mystic seeds.你会惊讶于湖南省的一个爆炸性新闻。在杞县邢口镇一群村民陆续参与一个非正式的挖种子的比赛。竞争者在寻找一种神秘的种子。 You maybe doubt that. Who would think highly of seeds? However, Zhou Qinghuai, deputy head of the Bur eau of Culture in Qixian county, said the lotus seeds were quite probably grown in Song Dynasty. The rare seeds can survive for no less than one thousand years. 你可能对此有点怀疑。谁会看重种子？但是，杞县文化局副局长周清怀说，这种莲子很有可能是生长在宋代时期的，极佳的种子能保存不少于一千年。 The eyewitness received the villagers’ reception. The host showed the evidence which is a beautiful wreath. They selected ivory white seeds, olive seeds, and amber seeds to make it which looks like a magical mascot. Some villagers volunteered to eat seeds on trial as well. They took apart the seeds and chewed them. They said, “Honey smell entered their nose and burnt sweet struck their tong ue.” There is no physical and chemical change in spite of the fact that the seeds were sunk to the bottom of the Yellow River which stands for homeland’s culture. Basing on the former village’s history, the Yellow River once was removed to the south w...
