《你好,中国》( Hello, China ):67 -Ethnic Groups(民族）

Hello China 英文版《你好，中国》是由中国国家广电总局主办、中国国际广播电台、高等教育出版社联合策划实施的大型多媒体系列文化项目。本分享视频来自腾讯视频，版权归原作者所有，本分享旨在学生英语学习。

Hello China 英文版《你好，中国》选取了100个代表中国传统文化精髓的汉语词汇，从不同侧面反映中国文化的博大精深。

It is said that the Chinese nation was created by a female god. She made clay figures and gave lives to them.

There are two heroes in Chinese history, the Yellow Emperor and Yan Emperor. Legends say that all the Chinese are their descendants. The Chinese nation is composed of 56 ethnic groups (minzu) with distinct features. These minzu are distributed all over China with their own traditions. Cultural characteristics of songs and dances of the Uyghur, Water-Splashing Festival of the Dai, silver ornaments of the Miao and the Naadam fair of the Mongolian people.

People use 'brothers' to describe their relationship among different minzu. Brotherhood means that different minzu live harmoniously as a huge family.

单词速记：

1.descendant [dɪˈsendənt]  n.后裔;后代;子孙;(由过去类似物发展来的)派生物

descend 下降 + ant 名词后缀，表人 → 往下传的人 → 后代

descend [dɪˈsend]  v.下来;下去;下降;下斜;下倾;降临;来临

de 向下 + scend 爬，攀 → 向下爬 → 下降

Many of them are descendants of the original settlers.

他们中许多人都是早期移民的后裔。

2.distinct [dɪˈstɪŋkt]  adj.清晰的;清楚的;明白的;明显的;截然不同的;有区别的;不同种类的;确定无疑的;确实的;确切的

dis 分开 + tinct〔= stinct〕刺；刺激 → 把刺分开后显得清楚的；明显的 → 清楚的；明显的

His voice was quiet but every word was distinct.

他说话声音不大，但字字清晰。

3.distribute [dɪˈstrɪbjuːt] v.分发;分配;分销;使散开;使分布;分散

dis 分散 + tribut 给予 + e → 分开来给 → 分配；区分

The organization distributed food to the earthquake victims.

这个机构向地震灾民分发了食品。

4.Uyghur [ˈwiːɡə] n. 维吾尔;维吾尔族;回纥;回鹘;维吾尔语

Mongolian [mɑːŋˈɡoʊliən]  adj.蒙古的;蒙古族(语)的

Naadam 那达慕

5.ornament [ˈɔːrnəmənt , ˈɔːrnəment] n.装饰品;首饰;饰物;装饰;摆设;点缀  v.装饰;点缀;美化

orna〔= orn〕装饰；配备 + ment 表名词 → 装饰品

a china/glass ornament

瓷器 / 玻璃装饰品

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