筷子的故事

筷子的故事

The Story of Chopsticks

身體細長，兄弟成雙，光愛吃菜，不愛喝湯。（打一日常用具）

同學們，這個謎語大家有沒有猜過呢？大家知道說的是什么東西嗎？其實，這說的就是我們平時經常會見到，吃飯總會用到的—筷子。筷子很平常，但卻很有用，而且還是中國古代的一項重要發明呢。關于筷子的故事，你們了解多少呢？

by WJ

本篇適合：

朗讀、挑戰

China was the frst country in the world to use chopsticks and has a history（歷史）of more than（超過）3,000 years eating meals with chopsticks. Chinese people usually use bamboo（竹子）or wood（木頭）to make chopsticks. And it was common（普遍的）for rich people to use silver or gold chopsticks in the old days.

There are many different legends（傳說）of the origin（起源）of chopsticks. One is about a great man named Dayu.

There were big floods（洪水）in the times of Yao and Shun. So they sent Dayu to control（治理）the foods. Dayu was a kind and hardworking man. He decided to finish（完成）his work successfully（成功地）. When doing his work, Dayu passed by his own house three times, but each time he did not go back in. He saved（節省）every minute to work on the foods.

One day, Dayu came to an island（島）by boat feeling very hungry. He began to cook meat in a pot（鍋）. When the meat was done, it was too hot to eat with his hands. But it would take him too much time for the meat to cool off. So he used two twigs（小樹枝）to take the meat out and ate it. And from then on（從那時起）, he had his meals in this way to save time. Other people began to eat their meals like Dayu did. So chopsticks came to be.

判斷對錯。正確的填T，錯誤的填F。

( ) China was not the frst country in the world to use chopsticks.

( ) Chinese people usually use silver or gold to make chopsticks.

( ) Dayu was sent to control the foods.

( ) Dayu began to cook rice in a pot.

( ) Dayu had his meals with two twigs to save time.