雅思口语 | Part2难题：特殊场合的吃食

1 drown oneself 跳河自尽

Dragon boat festival has long been associated with a famous poet in history, who was so worried about his country that he drowned himself. 端午节是和一位忧国忧民的诗人有关系的，他当时跳河自尽了。

2 pay tribute to 向...表示敬意

During the festival, people all across China eat rice puddings to pay tribute to this poet. 在端午节，全国各个地方的人都会吃粽子来像屈原这位诗人表达敬意。

3 stuffing/filling 馅儿

The fillings used vary from region to region, but the rice used is always sticky. 粽子的馅料虽因地而异，但粽子都需糯米这一主料。

4 bean paste 豆沙

The rice pudding can be stuffed with bean paste or chopped meat. 粽子里面可以是豆沙馅儿的， 肉馅的。

5  rice dumpling 粽子

After knowing the incident, the villagers gathered in dragon boats and threw rice dumplingsto avoid fishes to eat up his body. 在知道此事后，村民聚集，用龙舟载运用米制成的粽子，抛入河中，以免河中鱼类吃掉屈原的躯体。

Zongzi, a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, will have pride of place on our dining tables in the days to come. 粽子是由竹叶或芦苇叶包裹糯米而成，呈金字塔形，在未来的几天里它将在我们的餐桌上享有“尊贵”的一席。