把自己泡进“火锅”里 People enjoy "hotpot" hot spring in Hangzhou

Visitors enjoy kebabs(烤串 kǎo chuàn) in the nine-grid hotpot-shaped hot spring pool filled with vegetables and fruits at a hotel in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, January 27, 2019. [Photo: IC]

A nine-grid hotpot-shaped(九宫格 jiǔgōnggé) hot spring(温泉 wēnquán) is set up at a hotel(酒店 jiǔdiàn) in Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang Province.

A visitor poses(摆姿势 bǎi zīshì) amongst chilli peppers in the nine-grid hotpot-shaped hot spring pool filled with vegetables and fruits at a hotel in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, January 27, 2019. [Photo: IC]

The "hotpot" is filled with nine kinds(种 zhǒng) of vegetables(蔬菜 shūcài) and fruits(水果 shuǐguǒ) such as lettuce(生菜 shēngcài), pepper(辣椒 làjiāo), tomato(西红柿 xīhóngshì) and apple(苹果 píngguǒ).

Visitors toast(干杯 gānbēi) in the nine-grid hotpot-shaped hot spring pool filled with vegetables and fruits at a hotel in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, January 27, 2019. [Photo: IC]

Sunday, some people who were born in the year of the pig are invited to take a bath in the "hotpot" springs to welcome the upcoming Year of the Pig.

A man enjoys(享受 xiǎngshòu) drinks and kebabs amongst lettuce in the nine-grid hotpot-shaped hot spring pool filled with vegetables and fruits at a hotel in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, January 27, 2019. [Photo: IC]

重点词汇 Key word：

泡

• <名词 n.> bubble
  E.g. Zhè zhǒng píjiǔ pàomò hěn fēngfù.
  这种啤酒泡沫很丰富。
  This beer is rich in foam.

• <动词 v.> Soak; steep
  E.g. Bǎ chá pào kāi zài hē.
  把茶泡开再喝。
  Give the tea time to infuse.

• <动词 v.> Kill time; hang about
  E.g. Tā zài cháguǎn lǐ pào lǐ liǎng gè zhōngtóu.
  他在茶馆里泡里两个钟头。
  He lingered two hours in the teahouse.