The bite of Hubei.pptVIP

Hubei Cate--lotus roots 10月，长江中游的两湖平原进入秋季，湖北省内临近长江的湖泊水位，开始逐渐下降。这个自然的规律，使得人们有机会接近湖底的世界。 In October ,autumn falls on the plain areas in Hubei and Hunan. In hubei ,the water level of the lakes close to Yangtze begin to drop. The laws of nature provide people with the opportunity to reach the bottom of the lakes. 圣武和茂荣是兄弟俩，每年湖水下降的时候，他们都会来到湖北的嘉鱼，开始迎接一项艰苦的工作。对于兄弟俩来说，新的机遇和挑战就在眼前。 Every year, brothers Shengwu and Maorong come to Jiayu in Hubei for a hard job when the water level drops. New opportunities and challenges are waiting for them. Digging lotus root It needs patience and skills to dig up a complete lotus root . Located first, figure out the length, then clean away the sludge around it bit by bit. If it is broke and contained sludge, the value will be ruined. So workers are very careful to dig the root out without breaking it. 挖藕的人喜欢天气寒冷，这不是因为天冷好挖藕，而是天气冷买藕吃藕汤的人就多一些，藕的价格就会涨。在湖北，藕最常见的做法就是煮汤。这是武汉及鄂中一带的家常菜--莲藕炖排骨。 　　The digging men like cold weather. Not because cold days can make their work any easier, but because on the cold days , more people cook lotus root soup that create a price raise. Hubei people usually use lotus root to cook soup. In Wuhan and other part in center of Hubei, stew rip in lotus root is a common dish. 在湖北，几乎所有人家在每月都要煨一两次排骨藕汤。选肉厚的猪胸骨切块儿放入砂锅，烧开后小火煨一小时。将新鲜的藕刮皮洗净，切块儿入烫。先猛火滚开后，小火煨半小时即成。 Merely all the house cook the soup once or twice every month. Choose thick pork rips and put them into marmite, after it boiled, stew it for an hour. Paring the fresh lotus root’s peel, cut it into pieces and put it into the soup. Then, after boiled it with big fire,stew it with small fire for half an hour. * * 圣武和茂荣要来采挖一种自然的美味。这种植物生长在湖水 下面的深深的淤泥之中，要想挖到并不是容易的事。 Shengwu and Maorong are going to dig up a delicious vegetable , it grow deep in the sludge and it’s difficult to dig out. 茂荣挖到的植物根茎就是莲藕，一种湖泊中高产的蔬菜。 The plant’s root Maorong has dug out is lotus root --a high-yield vegetable that grow in lakes. “我家里盖房子的钱，孩子的读书钱，全是我挖藕挣的。” I built my ho