2019考研英语拓展阅读：24节气被列入世界非物质文化遗产

2019考研英语拓展阅读：24节气被列入世界非物质
文化遗产

China’s ’24 solar terms’ was added to the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO)
world intangible cultural heritage list on Wednesday.

本周三，中国“二十四节气”被列入联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)
世界非物质文化遗产名录。

The announcement was made during the 11th session of
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of
Intangible Cultural Heritages in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s
capital. The five-day session will last until Dec 2.

埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴举行了联合国教科文组织“保护非
物质文化遗产政府间委员会”第11次会议(这场为期5天的会议将持
续到12月2日)，会上发表了批准二十四节气入遗的公告。

China’s ’24 solar terms’ is a knowledge system and
social practice formed through observations of the sun’s
annual motion, and cognition of the year’s changes in season,
climate and phenology.

中国的二十四节气是一种知识体系和社会实践习惯，通过观察太
阳的周年运动，以及理解一年在季节、气候和物候方面的变化而形成。

The 24 terms include Start of Spring, Rain Water,
Awakening of Insects, Spring Equinox, Clear and Bright, Grain
Rain, Start of Summer, Grain Buds, Grain in Ear, Summer
Solstice, Minor Heat, Major Heat, Start of Autumn, End of
Heat, White Dew, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Frost’s Descent,
Start of Winter, Minor Snow, Major Snow, Winter Solstice,
Minor Cold and Major Cold.

二十四节气包括立春、雨水、惊蛰、春分、清明、谷雨、立夏、
小满、芒种、夏至、小暑、大暑、立秋、处暑、白露、秋分、寒露、
霜降、立冬、小雪、大雪、冬至、小寒、大寒。

The collective terms are among the 37 requests for
inscription on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Humanity. Another five nominations were also
proposed for the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need
of Urgent Safeguarding.

二十四节气是此次要求申请人类非物质文化遗产代表名录的37项
提案之一。还有其他五项提案被推荐申请列入急需保护的非物质文化
遗产名录。

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of
Intangible Cultural Heritage, in its 10 years of service, has
inscribed 336 elements onto the Representative List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

10年来，已经有336项提案被保护非物质文化遗产政府间委员会
列入了人类非物质文化遗产代表名录。