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詞匯：Food 食物

What did you eat for lunch today? Did you choose this dish because it was healthy, cheap or because it was just very tasty? Are you a?fussy eater?or an adventurous?gourmet?

你今天午飯吃了什么?你選擇這道菜是因?yàn)樗】怠⒈阋诉€是因?yàn)樗浅Ｃ牢?你是一個挑食的人還是一個冒險的美食家?

I love exploring trends in food. 'Fusion cuisine' is not for everybody. My Italian grandmother would turn her nose up in disgust at the thought of tandoori pizza with mango topping but this marriage of tastes is perfectly fine in the 21st century. Chef and food writer Ching-He Huang, who presented a series on Chinese Food for the BBC, is a fan of the movement. She says: "Fusion has been happening for centuries, for as long as people have travelled, but with the internet, and global travel, the exchange of ideas makes the process much faster."

我喜歡探索食物的趨勢?！叭诤狭侠怼辈⒉贿m合所有人。我的意大利祖母一想到有芒果餡兒的土都里披薩就會嗤之以鼻，但這種口味的結(jié)合在21世紀(jì)是完全可以接受的。廚師兼美食作家黃清和(Ching-He Huang)是這一運(yùn)動的粉絲，他曾為英國廣播公司(BBC)主持過一檔中餐系列節(jié)目。她說:“核聚變已經(jīng)發(fā)生了幾個世紀(jì)，只要人們旅行，但隨著互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和全球旅行的發(fā)展，思想的交流使這個過程更快。”

Wolfgang Puck is seen by many as one of the chefs who made 'fusion' elegant. He?cut his teeth?in his native Vienna and?made a name for himself?when he opened his own restaurant in Los Angeles in the 1970s. This European?delved into?Asian cuisine and became one of the first in a long line of celebrity chefs. He said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that initially he got negative responses from traditional American-Chinese restaurant owners but he is not?bitter. "I believe?authenticity?is about evolution, not repeating your grandmother's?recipe," he explains. "Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colours, there are only so many flavours – it's how you combine them that sets you apart."

沃爾夫?qū)づ量?Wolfgang Puck)被許多人視為使“融合”變得優(yōu)雅的廚師之一。他在家鄉(xiāng)維也納初出家門，并于上世紀(jì)70年代在洛杉磯開了自己的餐廳，一舉成名。這位歐洲人鉆研亞洲美食，成為一長串名廚中的第一批。他在接受《華爾街日報》采訪時說，起初他得到了傳統(tǒng)的美國中餐館老板的負(fù)面反應(yīng)，但他并不怨恨。他解釋說:“我相信真實(shí)性是關(guān)于進(jìn)化的，而不是重復(fù)你祖母的食譜?！薄芭腼兙拖癞嫯嫽?qū)懜?。就像只有那么多音符或顏色一樣，也只有那么多味道——如何將它們組合在一起，才能讓你與眾不同?！?/p>

My granny's cup of tea would be the Slow Food Movement. Founded by her countryman Carlo Petrini in the 1980s and still going strong, it seeks to preserve regional cuisine and the use of?ingredients?that are grown locally. Petrini wants to see farmers connected more directly with consumers.

我奶奶喜歡的是慢食運(yùn)動。她的同鄉(xiāng)卡洛?佩特里尼(Carlo Petrini)于上世紀(jì)80年代創(chuàng)立了這家餐廳，目前仍在蓬勃發(fā)展，它力求保留當(dāng)?shù)孛朗常⑹褂卯?dāng)?shù)胤N植的食材。佩特里尼希望看到農(nóng)民與消費(fèi)者更直接地聯(lián)系起來。

All these trends give us?food for thought. We might be wasting an exciting opportunity to wake up our?taste buds?when we?scoff?a sandwich at our desks. Tomorrow, why not find an exotic restaurant and enjoy a?feast? You dress?trendy?so eat trendy!

所有這些趨勢都值得我們深思。當(dāng)我們在辦公桌前嘲笑三明治時，我們可能正在浪費(fèi)一個喚醒味蕾的激動人心的機(jī)會。明天，為什么不找一家異國情調(diào)的餐廳，享受一頓盛宴呢?你穿得時髦，所以吃得時髦!

詞匯表

a fussy eater 吃飯?zhí)籼薜娜?br>a gourmet 美食家
fusion （博取眾長的）融合菜
to turn her nose up 嗤之以鼻
to cut his teeth 開始（練就廚藝）
to make a name for himself 成名
to delve into (something) 深入研究（什么東西）
bitter 充滿怨恨的
the authenticity 真實(shí)性
a recipe 菜譜
the ingredient 食材
food for thought 引人深思
the taste buds 味蕾
to scoff 狼吞虎咽
feast 筵席，大餐
trendy 新潮時髦的、時尚的

測驗(yàn)與練習(xí)

1. 閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. What has made fusion cuisine more popular?

2. True or False??Wolfgang Puck was celebrated by everybody when he started mixing ingredients from different cuisines.

3. According to the chef who made fusion cuisine elegant, what makes for a good chef?

4. Why would the author's grandmother approve of the Slow Food Movement?

5. Which groups does Carlo Petrini want to get closer to each other?

2. 請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. John insists he is a good cook. Nobody ____________ his food.
cut his teeth in ? ? ? makes a name ? ? ? for turns his nose up to ? ? ? bitter

2. The jeweller had to test the ____________ of the shining stone. Was it really a ruby?
authenticity ? ? exotic ? ? ? tradition ? ? ? evolution

3. I love this cake! Could you give me ___________?
the taste ? ? ? food for thought ? ? ? fusion ? ? ? the recipe

4. Don't ____________ your food. We have plenty of time for lunch.
serve ? ? ? eat ? ? ? scoff ? ? ? taste

5. All these dishes! I'm honoured you prepared this ____________ for me.
feast ? ? ? fussy eater ? ? ? slow food ? ? ? gourmet

答案

1. 閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. What has made fusion cuisine more popular?
The internet and global travel increase the exchange of ideas of how to prepare dishes.

2. True or False??Wolfgang Puck was celebrated by everybody when he started mixing ingredients from different cuisines.
False. He was criticised by traditional American-Chinese restaurant owners.

3. According to the chef who made fusion cuisine elegant, what makes for a good chef?
Wolfgang Puck says that the way a chef combines a limited number of flavours is what sets him apart.

4. Why would the author's grandmother approve of the Slow Food Movement?
Because it preserves regional food and she likes to keep local traditions.

5. Which groups does Carlo Petrini want to get closer to each other?
Farmers and consumers.

2. 請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. John insists he is a good cook. Nobody?turns his nose up to?his food.

2. The jeweller had to test the?authenticity?of the shining stone. Was it really a ruby?

3. I love this cake! Could you give me?the recipe?

4. Don't?scoff?your food. We have plenty of time for lunch.

5. All these dishes! I'm honoured you prepared this?feast?for me.

文章來源BBC，侵權(quán)刪，本文僅用于英語學(xué)習(xí)。