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Unit 1 焚书坑儒　　burn books and bury Confucian scholars alive 牛郎织女　　the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver or the Cow Herder and the Weaver Maid 封建礼教　　feudal ethical codes 善有善报，恶有恶报 Good will be rewarded with good and evil repaid with evil 《山海经》　　Classics of Mountians and seas 精卫填海　　Jingwei Determines to fill up the sea Unit 2 饮食疗法　　dietotherapy or food therapy 色香味　　color, aroma and taste 美食家　　gourmet 南甜北咸东辣西酸 Sweet in the south, salty in the north, sour in the west and spicy in the east. 中国四大菜系　　Grand Four Categories of Chinese Cuisine 八大菜系　　eight main schools of Chineses Cuisine 点心　　Dim Sum 鉴别诊断　　differential diagnosis 礼仪之邦　　land of ceremony and propriety 良药苦口　　Good medicine tastes bitter. 控制阴阳失调　　to conterbalance the Yin-yang disequilibrium Unit 3 衣食住行　　clothing, food, shelter and transportation 曲裾　　curving-front robe 直裾　　straight-front robe 战国时期　　Warring States Period 男女授受不亲　　to avoid close contact of the male and the female 唐装　　Tang Costume 盘扣　　buttonhole loop 玉珮　　jade ornament Unit 4 道家四象　　the four Taoist quadrants 风水先生　　a geomancer 皇陵　　the imperial mausoleum 宗庙或祠堂　　the ancestral temple 天坛　　the Temple of Heaven 塔　　pagoda 莫高窟　　the Mogao Grottoes 天人合一　　unity of Heaven and man 拙政园　　Humble Administrattors Garden 卢沟桥的狮子数不清　　The lions on the Lugouqiao are uncountable Unit 5 世界遗产名录　　List of World Heritage 金丝猴　　golden snub-nosed monkey 人间仙境　　Fairy Land on Earth 五岳　　Five Sacred Mountains 有眼不识泰山 One who fails to recognize a somebody has been compared to a person unable to see Mt.Tai. 稳如泰山　　as stable as Mt. Tai 会当凌绝顶，一览众山小 Only by ascending Mt. Tai will you find how dwarfish all mountains under heaven are. 五岳归来不看山，黄山归来不看岳 I find it no longer worth my while to look at a mountain after visiting the five sacred mountains. No longer do I find it worth my while to look at the sacred five after returning from Huangshan. 四川大熊猫自然保护区　　Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 云南三江并流　　Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas 国家风景区　　National seenic area 桂林山水甲天下　　The scenery in