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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 Guilin is unparalleled in the world( or topped all under heaven)