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When making a promise, why do Chinese people like to hook pinkies (勾小指)?

In China, children like to make promises and show their t【1】 in each other by hooking pinkies with each other. They then say, “A pinkie promise must be k【2】 for 100 years.” Maybe you used to hook pinkies with your buddies, didn’t you?

No one is sure how long this h【3】has remained and where it comes from. It’s said that it has something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese c【4】. As we all know, the Chinese character for “finger” has the s【5】 pronunciation as a character that means “aim” or “purpose” . The latter can sometimes refer to someone’s thoughts. So hooking fingers can be seen a【6】the exchanging of thoughts. And it shows that the two believe in each other.

That might be why the fingers play an important part in making promises. Chinese people not only use them to complete a promise, it is also common for some ancient people to cut fingers w【7】 making a blood oath (歃血盟). When someone swears (發(fā)誓), they use their finger to p【8】 to the sky.

Generally speaking, people hook fingers when they are making a serious promise. In some gangster (黑幫) movies, if a person breaks a promise, p【9】 he or she will have their little finger cut off!

Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in r【10】 life. But we can still see how important “pinkie promises” can be.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 trust

【2】 kept

【3】 habit

【4】 culture

【5】 same

【6】 as

【7】 when/while

【8】 point

【9】 perhaps

【10】 real

【解析】

本文介紹了人們?cè)S諾時(shí)，喜歡勾小手指，并分析了其中的原因。

【1】trust

句意：在中國，孩子們喜歡許諾，通過互相勾小指來展示他們對(duì)彼此的信任。根據(jù)children like to make promises可知此處表示許諾，因此要表示互相信任，故為trust。

【2】kept

句意：勾小指的諾言一定遵守100年。根據(jù)keep a promise遵守諾言，主語a pinkie promise與謂語keep之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故為kept。

【3】habit

句意：沒有人確定這個(gè)習(xí)慣已經(jīng)保持多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，它來自哪里。根據(jù)When making a promise, why do Chinese people like to hook pinkies (勾小指)?可知此處表示中國人許諾時(shí)，勾小指，這是一種習(xí)慣，有this修飾，故用單數(shù)名詞，故為habit。

【4】culture

句意：據(jù)說這和中國文化中手指的作用有關(guān)。根據(jù)后文的As we all know, the Chinese character for “finger” has the s___5___ pronunciation as a character that means “aim” or “purpose” .可知此處表示中國文化，故為culture。

【5】same

句意：我們都知道，中國漢字“手指”和意為“目的”的漢字有同樣的發(fā)音。the same同樣的，故為same。

【6】as

句意：所以勾小指能被看作是交換想法。be seen as被看作是，故為as。

【7】when/while

句意：中國人不僅用它來完成一個(gè)承諾，當(dāng)一些古人歃血盟時(shí)，割手指也是很常見的。根據(jù)現(xiàn)在分詞making a blood oath，表示當(dāng)……時(shí)候，故用連詞when或while。

【8】point

句意：當(dāng)有人發(fā)誓時(shí)，他們用手指指向天空。point to指向，use sth to do sth使用某物做某事，故用動(dòng)詞原形point。

【9】perhaps

句意：在一些黑幫電影里，如果一個(gè)人違背了諾言，可能他或她將會(huì)割掉他們的小手指。此處表示可能，故用perhaps。

【10】real

句意：當(dāng)然，這種事情在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中是不可能發(fā)生的。in real life在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，故為real。