Transcript Document

Unit 11
All About Food
• Text A
Conversation: What are you going to get?
• Text B:
Chinese cuisine: Hot pot
• Exercises
Language Learning
• Three friends, Ann, Rita and Peter, are
having dinner together at a restaurant.
They are looking
at the menu and
trying to decide
what to order.
• Rita: So many things look good.. What are
you going to get, Ann?
• Ann: I don’t know yet. I’m trying to get back in
shape, so I should stay away from the
carbohydrates, especially in the evenings.
• Rita: So, no bread or pasta for you tonight!
• Peter: I’m strictly a meat-and-potatoes
person. I’ll probably get the steak sandwich.
What about you, Rita?
• Rita: Actually I don’t eat meat. I’m a
vegetarian. And I probably can’t have
the soup because they usually make
soup with chicken or beef.
• Peter: Oh, you don’t eat meat. But you
can’t even eat something with chicken
broth? That must be hard for you!
• Rita: Not really. You get used to it.
• Peter: But how do you manage to get
protein and vitamins and minerals?
• Rita: There’s actually plenty of protein in
vegetable sources, especially things like
beans and tofu. And plants are full of
vitamins and minerals.
• Peter: But don’t you miss the flavor and variety
of meat and fish?
• Ann: Flavor and variety? Ha! I bet you’ve never
been to one of Rita’s dinner parties! Trust me, if
you could cook like she can, you wouldn’t miss
meat at all.
• Rita: That’s sweet of you to say, Ann.
• Peter: Really? So, next time when we get
together, why don’t you cook for us? I’ll bring
a dessert.
• Ann: And I’ll bring the wine.
• Rita: Well, sure. I love cooking for people. What
should we have?
• Ann: Something vegetarian of course, but really
interesting and flavorful.
• Peter: And low-fat and low-carbohydrate.
• Rita: Hmmm, maybe some kind of Thai curry,
and we can go easy on the coconut milk and the
rice.
• Peter: Oh, wow, that’s great. I can’t wait.
• Waiter: So, have you decided?
• Ann: We’ve decided about dinner sometime
in the next few weeks, but not about dinner
today.
• Peter: Could you give us a few more
minutes?
• Waiter: Sure. I’ll be back in a few minutes.
• Rita: So, about dessert…
• Peter: Wait, we haven’t figured out
appetizers yet!
Language Learning
• Three friends, Ann, Rita and Peter, are
having dinner together at a restaurant.
They are looking
at the menu and
trying to decide
what to order.
• They are looking at the menu and trying
to decide what to order.
– menu: n. a list of the food that you can eat in a
restaurant 菜单 e.g.
The waiter brought the menu and the wine
list.
– order: v. to ask for something to be made, supplied
or delivered , especially in a restaurant or shop 点
菜 e.g.
I ordered some pasta and a mixed salad.
There are no shirts left in this size but we could
order one for you.
翻译
• Three friends, Ann, Rita and Peter, are
having dinner together at a restaurant.
They are looking at the menu and trying to
decide what to order.
• 安，丽塔和皮特这三个朋友一起在饭馆里
吃饭。他们看着菜单，想决定吃什么。
• Rita: So many things look good.. What are
you going to get, Ann?
• Ann: I don’t know yet. I’m trying to get back in
shape, so I should stay away from the
carbohydrates, especially in the evenings.
• Rita: So, no bread or pasta for you tonight!
• Peter: I’m strictly a meat-and-potatoes
person. I’ll probably get the steak sandwich.
What about you, Rita?
• So many things look good.
– so many things: many修饰可数名词
– look good 看上去不错 （look+adj.系表结构）
• Conversation:
-- What are you going to get?
-- I don’t know yet.
• I’m trying to get back in shape, so I should stay
away from the carbohydrates, especially in the
evenings.
–
–
–
–
get back in shape
stay away from
carbohydrate
especially
• in shape: fit 保持身材；处于良好状态
• get back in shape 恢复身材
e.g. You’ll never be in shape until you eat
less and take more exercise.
She runs six miles every day to help
keep herself in shape.
• stay away from 避开 e.g.
• They told him to stay away from these
people.
• “Stay back,” demanded my wife. “Stay
away from us.
• especially: adv. very much; particularly; for
a particular reason尤其地 e.g.
• She's not especially interested in sport.
• I chose this especially for your new house.
• no bread or pasta for you tonight
– or:在否定句中，连接并列成分，意为“与、和"。
如： At that time I had no food or money. 在那
个时候，我无食无钱。 The baby can't cry or
smile. 那个婴儿不会哭也不会笑。
– pasta noun [ U ] ,a food made from flour, water
and sometimes egg which is cooked and
usually served with a sauce. It is made in
various shapes which have different names 意
大利面条；意大利面食
• I’m strictly a meat-and-potatoes person. I’ll
probably get the steak sandwich.
– strictly: adj. 严格地
– a meat-and-potatoes person: a person who like to eat
meat and potatoes e.g.
a coffee-and-cream person/ a tea person
– steak sandwich 牛排三明治
• Rita: So many things look good. What are you
going to get, Ann?
• 丽塔：这么多东西看上去都不错。你要吃什么，
安？
• Ann: I don’t know yet. I’m trying to get back in
shape, so I should stay away from the
carbohydrates, especially in the evenings.
• 安：我还不知道呢。我想恢复身材，所以不能吃
碳水化合物，尤其是在晚上。
• Rita: So, no bread or pasta for you tonight!
• 丽塔：那么，今晚你就不能吃面包或意大利面了。
• Peter: I’m strictly a meat-and-potatoes person.
I’ll probably get the steak sandwich. What about
you, Rita?
• 彼得：我是一定要吃肉和土豆的那种人。我很可
能会要份牛排三明治。你呢，丽塔？
• Rita: Actually I don’t eat meat. I’m a
vegetarian. And I probably can’t have
the soup because they usually make
soup with chicken or beef.
• Peter: Oh, you don’t eat meat. But you
can’t even eat something with chicken
broth? That must be hard for you!
• Rita: Not really. You get used to it.
• Actually I don’t eat meat. I’m a vegetarian.
– actually adv. used in speaking to emphasize a fact or
a comment, or that something is really true的确，真实
地，事实上
– vegetarian n. a person who does not eat meat for
health or religious reasons or because they want to
avoid being cruel to animals ("veggie" for short)
Of the four million people who have become
vegetarians in Britain, nearly two-thirds are women.
• And I can’t have the soup because
they usually make soup with chicken
or beef.
– because引导原因状语从句
• But you can’t even eat something with chicken
broth?
– 副词even放在它所强调的词、短语或从句前，用来加
强语气，表示“即使，甚至连……都”之意；even在
句中的位置不同，全句的意思或重点也有所不同。一
般来说，even的位置应靠近它所强调的词语和短语。
例如：
Even John doesn’t go out in the summer(so certainly
nobody else does).即使约翰夏天也不外出(所以别人也
不一定外出。)
John doesn’t even go out in the summer
( so he certainly does nothing else). 约翰夏天甚至连
家门都不出(所以他一定不做别的什么事情。)
– chicken broth 鸡汤
broth n. a thin soup,
often with vegetables
or rice in it 肉汤
• Conversation
--That must be hard for you.
--Not really. You get used to it.
must表示猜测
you在此并非指说话的对方，而是一种泛指。
• Rita: Actually I don’t eat meat. I’m a vegetarian. And I
probably can’t have the soup because they usually make
soup with chicken or beef.
• Peter: Oh, you don’t eat meat. But you can’t even eat
something with chicken broth? That must be hard for you!
• Rita: Not really. You get used to it.
• 丽塔：实际上我不吃肉，我是素食主义者。而且我可能也
不能喝汤，因为汤里总是有鸡肉或牛肉。
• 彼得：哦，你不吃肉，可你连有鸡汤的东西都不吃吗？那
一定很难吧。
• 丽塔：不怎么难啊，反正都习惯了。
• Peter: But how do you manage to get
protein and vitamins and minerals?
• Rita: There’s actually plenty of protein in
vegetable sources, especially things like
beans and tofu. And plants are full of
vitamins and minerals.
• But how do you manage to get protein and
vitamins and minerals?
– manage: v. to succeed in doing something, especially
something difficult e.g.
Did you manage to get any bread?
I only just managed to finish on time.
– protein 蛋白质
– vitamins 各种维生素
– minerals 各种矿物质
e.g. A healthy diet should supply all necessary
vitamins and minerals.
• There’s actually plenty of protein in vegetable
sources, especially things like beans and tofu.
– plenty of 充分的
– Plenty:(the state of having) enough or more
than enough, or a large amount
"Would you like some more wine?" "No
thanks, I've had plenty."
Don't grab at the balloons, children - there are
plenty for everyone.
We've got plenty of time before we need to
leave for the airport.
They've always had plenty of money.
• vegetable sources 蔬菜
• things like... 中like是介词，表示“好像”
• beans 豆类
e.g green beans 青豆
• tofu 豆腐
• Peter: But how do you manage to get protein
and vitamins and minerals?
• Rita: There’s actually plenty of protein in
vegetable sources, especially things like
beans and tofu. And plants are full of vitamins
and minerals.
• 彼得：那你怎么吸收蛋白质、维生素和矿物质
啊？
• 丽塔：蔬菜里也有很多蛋白质啊，尤其是豆类
和豆腐。植物中富含维他命和矿物质。
• Peter: But don’t you miss the flavor and variety
of meat and fish?
• Ann: Flavor and variety? Ha! I bet you’ve never
been to one of Rita’s dinner parties! Trust me, if
you could cook like she can, you wouldn’t miss
meat at all.
• Rita: That’s sweet of you to say, Ann.
• Peter: Really? So, next time when we get
together, why don’t you cook for us? I’ll bring
a dessert.
• But don’t you miss the flavor and variety of meat
and fish?
– don‘t you miss...难道你不想念……？
– flavor n. 滋味，香料 e.g.
lack of flavor 乏味，无味的
– variety n. the characteristic of often changing and
being different
When preparing meals, you need to think about
variety and taste as well as nutritional value.
Work on the production line is monotonous and lacks
variety.
• I bet you’ve never been to one of Rita’s dinner
parties!
– I bet…(informal) If you say you bet
(someone) that something is true or will
happen, you mean you are certain that it is
true or will happen
– I bet you (that) she's missed the bus.
– I bet (that) he won't come.
• Trust me, if you could cook like she can, you
wouldn’t miss meat at all.
– trust v.信任 e.g.
My husband trusts me and I don't intend to
break that trust. 我的丈夫信任我，所以我不
想失去这种信任。
– 与现在情况相反的虚拟语气 could/ wouldn't
– not…at all表示强调，“一点也不”
• That’s sweet of you to say so, Ann.
• It/ That be + adj + of sb to do sth
– It’s nice of you to help.
– It’s generous of you to offer so much
financial support.
• So, next time when we get together, why don’t
you cook for us? I’ll bring a dessert.
– get together 聚会
– why don‘t you...表示建议
– dessert n. sweet food eaten at the end of a
meal 甜点 e.g. a dessert fork/spoon
For dessert there's apple pie, cheesecake or
fruit.
• Peter: But don’t you miss the flavor and
variety of meat and fish?
• Ann: Flavor and variety? Ha! I bet you’ve
never been to one of Rita’s dinner parties!
Trust me, if you could cook like she can, you
wouldn’t miss meat at all.
• 彼得：可你不会想念各种肉和鱼的味道及其
变化吗？
• 安：味道和变化？哈！我肯定你从来没有去
过丽塔的晚餐聚会。相信我，如果你像她一
样善于烹饪，你根本不会想吃肉的。
• Rita: That’s sweet of you to say, Ann.
• Peter: Really? So, next time when we get
together, why don’t you cook for us? I’ll bring
a dessert.
• 丽塔：谢谢你这么说，安。
• 彼得：真的吗？那下次我们聚在一起时，你做饭
给我们吃吧？我会带份甜点。
• Ann: And I’ll bring the wine.
• Rita: Well, sure. I love cooking for people. What
should we have?
• Ann: Something vegetarian of course, but really
interesting and flavorful.
• Peter: And low-fat and low-carbohydrate.
• Rita: Hmmm, maybe some kind of Thai curry,
and we can go easy on the coconut milk and the
rice.
• Peter: Oh, wow, that’s great. I can’t wait.
• Well, sure. I love cooking for people.
– sure：用作副词，意为“当然；的确；一定”。
常用来回答一般疑问句，意为“当然；的确”，
相当于yes或certainly。例如：
Are you going with us? 你和我们一起去吗？
Sure. 当然啦。
– love cooking:
e.g. [ + -ing verb ] I love skiing .
• Conversation:
– What should we have?
– Something vegetarian of course, but really
interesting and flavorful.
– flavorful: adj. 有滋味的
• And low-fat and low-carbohydrate.
– low-fat adj. containing only a small amount of
fat 低脂 e.g.
a low-fat diet 低脂饮食
low-fat yoghurt/cheese
– low-carbohydrate: Low-carbohydrate diets
or low-carb diets are dietary programs that
restrict carbohydrate consumption usually for
weight control or for the treatment of obesity
（肥胖）.
• … maybe some kind of Thai curry, and we
can go easy on the coconut milk and the
rice.
– Thai curry 泰式咖喱 (Thailand 泰国）
– Go easy on : to not take or use too much of
something e.g.
Go easy on/with the cream - I haven't had
any yet.
– coconut milk 椰奶
• Ann: And I’ll bring the wine.
• Rita: Well, sure. I love cooking for people.
What should we have?
• Ann: Something vegetarian of course, but
really interesting and flavorful.
• 安：那我带红酒。
• 丽塔：好，没问题。我喜欢给别人做饭。
那我们吃什么？
• 安：当然吃素啦，不过要有意思又好味道。
• Peter: And low-fat and low-carbohydrate.
• Rita: Hmmm, maybe some kind of Thai
curry, and we can go easy on the coconut
milk and the rice.
• Peter: Oh, wow, that’s great. I can’t wait.
• 彼得：而且要低脂肪、低碳水化合物。
• 丽塔：嗯，那来点泰式咖喱吧，我们可以
喝椰奶、吃米饭。
• 彼得：哦，哇，很不错啊，我都等不及了。
• Waiter: So, have you decided?
• Ann: We’ve decided about dinner sometime
in the next few weeks, but not about dinner
today.
• Peter: Could you give us a few more
minutes?
• Waiter: Sure. I’ll be back in a few minutes.
• Rita: So, about dessert…
• Peter: Wait, we haven’t figured out
appetizers yet!
• conversation:
– Could you give us a few more minutes?
– Sure. I’ll be back in a few minutes.
• could you give us…提出要求，sure表示同
意。
• a few more minutes中，a few修饰形容词
比较级more
• Wait, we haven’t figured out appetizers yet!
– figure out: to finally understand something or
someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot
of thought
I can't figure out why he did it.
I find him really odd - I can't figure him out at all.
Can you figure out the answer to question 5?
– appetizer n. a small amount of food eaten before a
meal 开胃菜 e.g.
At 6:30, everyone gathered for drinks and appetizers
in the lounge.
• Waiter: So, have you decided?
• Ann: We’ve decided about dinner sometime
in the next few weeks, but not about dinner
today.
• Peter: Could you give us a few more
minutes?
• 侍者：那么你们已经决定点什么了吗？
• 安：我们决定了几周后某天的晚饭，可不是今
天的这顿饭。
• 彼得：再给我们几分钟时间好吗？
• Waiter: Sure. I’ll be back in a few minutes.
• Rita: So, about dessert…
• Peter: Wait, we haven’t figured out appetizers
yet!
• 侍者：当然可以，我过几分钟再来。
• 丽塔：那么关于甜点……
• 彼得：等等，我们还未决定要点的开胃菜呢！
Idiomatic Study: at the
restaurant
• Eating out is fun and exciting. It allows one
to experience new taste sensations. There
are any number of expression you are
likely to encounter at a restaurant. Below
are just a few of them.
• Ordering food:
• A: Would you like to order now? (Are you ready to
order?)
• B: Yes. I’ll have the shrimp cocktail to start.
• A: What would you like for your main course?
• B: I’ll have a sirloin steak, medium rare.
•
•
•
•
A: May I take your order?
B: Yes. I’d like a cup of onion soup.
A: Have you decided what you'd like?
B: Yes. I’ll have tomato juice and the lamb chops,
well-done, please.
• Offering food:
• A: Please have another sandwich.
• B: Thank you, but I really can’t eat any more.
• A: You’re going to have dessert, aren’t you?
• B: Well, I’ll join you if you’re having something.
• A: You’ll finish the chicken, won’t you?
• B: No, thank you. I’m trying to cut down.
• A: Would you like some more soup?
• B: No, thank you. It’s delicious, but I’ve had
enough.
• A: Help yourself to some fish.
• B: Thank you.
• Complaining about food:
• A: This steak is still bloody. Could you have
the chef cook it a little more?
• B: Right away, ma’am.
• A: This isn’t what I ordered. I wanted a
sandwich and you gave me meat loaf?
• B: I’m so sorry, sir. It’s my first day and I’m
still a little confused.
• Thank you!
Text B
Chinese Cuisine:
Hot Pot
Getting started
• cuisine： the practice or manner of
preparing food or the food so prepared 烹
饪
• Chinese cuisine（中国菜）
– Traditionally there are eight main regional
cuisines, or Eight Great Traditions (八大菜系):
Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu,
Shandong, Sichuan and Zhejiang.
Main idea
• Passage 1:the popularity and process of
hot pot
• Passage 2: history of hot pot
• Passage 3: the material and fuel of hot pot
• Passage 4-5: the ingredients of hot pot
Detailed-reading: Para. 1
• In winter, people like to eat food that instantly
warms their bodies and lifts their spirits. For that,
the hot pot is a delicious and hearty choice.
Families or groups of friends sit around a table
and eat from a steaming pot in the middle,
cooking and drinking and chatting. Eating hot
pot is not a passive activity: diners must select
prepared raw food from plates scattered around
the table, place them in the pot, wait for them to
cook, fish them out of the soup, dip them in the
preferred sauce, and then eat them hot, fresh,
and tender.
• In winter, people like to eat food
that instantly warms their
bodies and lifts their spirits.
– instantly adv. immediately
E.g. Both drivers were killed
instantly.
– warm their bodies
– lift their spirits: to make them
happier
e.g. Nothing - not even the
prospect of dinner - could lift his
spirits.
• For that, the hot pot is a delicious and
hearty choice.
– for that 出于这一原因
– delicious adj. 美味的
– hearty adj. enthusiastic,
energetic, and often loudly
expressed E.g.
a hearty welcome / a hearty laugh
• Families or groups of friends sit around a
table and eat from a steaming pot in the
middle, cooking and drinking and chatting.
– a steaming pot: steaming现在分词做定语
– cooking and drinking and chatting 现在分词做
伴随状语，与主语families or groups of friends
是主动关系
• Eating hot pot is not a passive activity: diners
must select prepared raw food from plates
scattered around the table… fish them out of the
soup, dip them in the preferred sauce, and then
eat them hot, fresh, and tender.
– passive: adj. not acting to influence or change a
situation; allowing other people to be in control 被动的
E.g.
He‘s very passive in the relationship.
In spite of my efforts the boy remained passive.
• diners must select prepared raw food from
plates scattered around the table
– prepared 过去分词做定语，修饰food，表示被动
– raw: adj. 生的
She makes use of people she meets as raw material
for her fiction. 她把她所遇见的人们作为她创作小说的
素材。
Do you want your vegetables cooked or raw? 你要把
蔬菜煮熟还是生吃？
– scattered around the table过去分词做定语修饰plates
表示被动
• fish them out of the soup: fish做动词
• dip then in the preferred sauce
– dip v. to put something into a liquid for a short
time e.g.
She dipped her toe into the pool to see how
cold it was.
Dip the fish in the batter(奶油面糊), then drop
it into the hot oil.
– preferred: 过去分词做定语，表示被动
– sauce: n. 酱料，蘸料
• and then eat them hot, fresh, and tender
– hot, fresh, tender三个形容词在此补充说明
them的状态
– tender：adj. easy to cut or chew 嫩的 e.g.
My steak was
beautifully tender.
• In winter, people like to eat food that
instantly warms their bodies and lifts their
spirits. For that, the hot pot is a delicious
and hearty choice. Families or groups of
friends sit around a table and eat from a
steaming pot in the middle, cooking and
drinking and chatting.
• 冬天，人们喜欢吃能够即刻暖身、振奋精
神的食物。对此，火锅是丰盛的美味佳肴。
家人或朋友围桌而坐，吃着桌子中间热气腾
腾的锅内食品，一边煮食物，一边喝酒聊天。
• Eating hot pot is not a passive activity:
diners must select prepared raw food from
plates scattered around the table, place
them in the pot, wait for them to cook, fish
them out of the soup, dip them in the
preferred sauce, and then eat them hot,
fresh, and tender.
• 吃火锅不是一个被动的活动：就餐者必须从
桌上的盘子中选择备好的生食，把它们放入
锅中，等食物煮熟，从汤里捞出来，在自己
喜欢的酱料中蘸一下，然后吃下热腾腾、新
鲜滑嫩的食物。
Para. 2
• The hot pot has a long history in China. It
originated in the north, where people have
to fend off the chill. It spread to the south
during the Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-906).
Later, northern nomads who settled in
China enhanced the pot with beef and
mutton, and southerners did the same with
seafood. In the Qing dynasty, the hot pot
became popular throughout the whole
area of China.
• It originated in the north, where people
have to fend off the chill.
– where引导非限定性定语从句
– originate
– fend off
– chill
• originate: v. to come from a particular
place, time, situation, etc e.g.
– Although the technology originated in the UK,
it has been developed in the US.
– The quarrel originates in misunderstanding.
• fend sb off: to push or send away an attacker or
other unwanted person e.g.
– He managed to fend off his attackers with a stick.
– She spent the entire evening fending off unwanted
admirers.
• chill: n. 寒冷,寒意,失意
– The sight sent a chill to her heart. 这情景使她心寒。
– There was a chill in the air this morning. 今天早上有
点冷冰冰的。
• Later, northern nomads who settled in
China enhanced the pot with beef and
mutton, and southerners did the same with
seafood.
– who settled in China定语从句修饰nomads
（游牧民族）
– settle
– enhance
• Settle: v. to go and live somewhere,
especially permanently
– E.g. After they got married, they settled in
Brighton.
• Enhance: v. to improve the quality, amount
or strength of something
– E.g. These scandals will not enhance the
organization's reputation.
– Health enhances beauty.
• southerners did the same with seafood.
– southerner n. 南方人
– did the same代替上文出现的enhanced the pot
– Seafood: 海鲜
• In the Qing dynasty, the hot pot became
popular throughout the whole area of
China.
– dynasty n. 朝代
– Throughout: prep. in every part, or during the
whole period of time E.g.
People throughout the country are out of work.
He yawned throughout the performance.
The school has been repainted throughout.
• 翻译
• 火锅在中国历史悠久，它起源于亟需御寒的北方，
在唐朝（公元618-906）时流传至南方。后来，
在中国定居的北方游牧民族改进了火锅，加入牛
肉和羊肉，而南方人则加入海鲜。清朝时火锅在
中国各地流行开来。
Para. 3
• The pot itself is usually ceramic or metal. In the
past, charcoal was the fuel of choice. Nowadays
people use mostly gas or electricity for this
purpose; only the most nostalgic use charcoal.
The soup stock is prepared well beforehand and
is made by boiling beef, pork, or chicken bones.
The sauces are also pre-prepared, with most
consisting of soy sauce, vinegar, and hot pepper.
Some people like to beat a fresh egg, or just the
white of it, into the sauce.
• The pot itself is usually ceramic or metal.
– ceramic adj.陶器的, 陶瓷[质]的
e.g. the ceramic industry 陶瓷业, 窑业
– metal n. 金属,质料
e.g. Copper and gold are both metals. 铜和金
都是金属。
• In the past, charcoal was the fuel of choice.
– in the past 过去
– Charcoal: n. 木炭
– fuel n. 燃料
– of choice adj. 精选的，特别的
• Nowadays people use mostly gas or
electricity for this purpose; only the most
nostalgic use charcoal.
– gas 天然气
– electricity 电
– for this purpose 为此目的
– nostalgic
– the use of a semicolon 分号
• Nostalgic: adj.乡愁的, 怀旧的 e.g.
– I get very nostalgic when I watch these old
musical on TV.
– The English are a deeply nostalgic people
and value customs and traditions above
almost everything.
– nostalgia n.
• the use of a semicolon 分号的使用
– To Connect Two Independent Clauses：e.g.
Twelve workers started the project; only five
remain.
– You don't use a semicolon to connect two
complete sentences if there's a conjunction
between the clauses (and, but, etc.). In that
case, use a comma. Example: Twelve
workers started the project, and only five
remain.
• The soup stock is prepared well
beforehand and is made by boiling beef,
pork, or chicken bones.
– soup stock 汤料
– beforehand adv. 提前，预先
He arrived at the meeting place
beforehand. 他提前到达会面地点。
– boiling 现在分词修饰beef, pork or chicken
bones
• The sauces are also pre-prepared, with
most consisting of soy sauce, vinegar, and
hot pepper. Some people like to beat a
fresh egg, or just the white of it, into the
sauce.
– pre-prepared: 预先准备好的，前缀“pre-”表示
“在……之前”，如pre-war, pre-1919.
– consist of 由……组成
– soy sauce 酱油
– vinegar 醋
– hot pepper 辣椒
– beat a fresh egg into the sauce 在调料中打一
个鲜鸡蛋
– just the white of it (the egg) 蛋白
– with most consisting of… 这是with+pron.+现
在分词构成的with结构
– “with 结构”，是指“with+宾语+ 宾语补足
语”。其中，宾语一般由名词或代词充当，而
宾语补足语则具体的需要由形容词、副词、介
词短语、分词短语（现在分词和过去分词）及
不及物动词短语等充当。
– with结构在句中可以做状语或定语。
• The pot itself is usually ceramic or metal.
In the past, charcoal was the fuel of choice.
Nowadays people use mostly gas or
electricity for this purpose; only the most
nostalgic use charcoal.
• 通常来说，锅本身是陶瓷或金属所制。过
去，人们选用木炭作燃料；现在，人们多
数利用煤气或电达此目的，只有最怀旧的
人才会用木炭。
• The soup stock is prepared well beforehand and
is made by boiling beef, pork, or chicken bones.
The sauces are also pre-prepared, with most
consisting of soy sauce, vinegar, and hot pepper,
some people like to beat a fresh egg, or just the
white of it, into the sauce.
• 汤底提前预准，有牛骨、猪骨或鸡骨高汤。调味
的佐料也提前备好，主要包括酱油、醋和辣椒，
还有人喜欢在调味的佐料中打入一个新鲜的鸡蛋
或者只留下蛋白。
Para. 4
• Meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu, and bean
noodles are the most popular ingredients.
Pork, beef, and chicken are often
presented side by side; mutton is less
frequently used. Meat should not be
cooked too long; otherwise it will lose its
tenderness.
• Meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu, and bean
noodles are the most popular ingredients.
– the most popular 形容词最高级
– Ingredient 成分, 要素 e.g.
Salt is a crucial ingredient in cooking.
Flour and fat are the most important
ingredient.
• Pork, beef, and chicken are often
presented side by side; mutton is less
frequently used.
– present v. 呈现
– side by side 并排, 并肩 E.g.
They walked side by side.
They lined up side by side for the photograph.
– less frequetly 副词的比较级
• Meat should not be cooked too long;
otherwise it will lose its tenderness.
– should 情态动词表示“应该”
– otherwise: adv. 要不然, 否则 e.g. Silently,
otherwise go away.
– otherwise用法归纳
• otherwise 用作连词，意思为“否则；要不然”，
相当于 or，or else 或 if not .例如：
• We’ll go early，otherwise we may not get a seat.
我们得早点去，要不然就没有座位了。
• Seize the chance，otherwise you will regret it.
抓住机会，要不然你会后悔的。
• We didn’t know you were in trouble at that time，
otherwise we would have given you a hand.
我们当时不知道你遇到了困难，要不然我们会帮
助你的。（虚拟语气）
• otherwise 用作副词，具有下列意义：
• 意为“另外；别样”。相当于 differently 或 in
another way .例如：
– He evidently thinks otherwise.他显然有不同的想法。
– She is otherwise engaged.她另外有事。
• 意为“在其他方面”。相当于 in other or
different ways. 例如：
– The rent is high，but otherwise the house is
satisfactory.房租是贵，可这房子在别的方面倒令人满
意。
– He is noisy，but otherwise a nice boy.他爱吵闹，但在
其他方面倒是个好孩子。
• 意为“相反地；要不然；否则”。相当于 in the
other way 或 on the contrary .例如：
– He is guilty until proved otherwise.在证明他无罪之前
他是有罪的。
– He reminded me of what I should otherwise have
forgotten.幸亏他提醒了我，要不然我就忘了。
• otherwise 用作形容词，具有以下意义：
– 意为“另外的；不那样的；不同的”。相当于 not as
supposed 或 in a different state .例如：
– The truth is quite otherwise.事实真相与此大相径庭。
– Our struggle can not be otherwise than victorious.我
们的斗争一定会胜利的。
• Meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu, and bean
noodles are the most popular ingredients. Pork,
beef, and chicken are often presented side by
side; mutton is less frequently used. Meat should
not be cooked too long; otherwise it will lose its
tenderness.
• 肉类、海鲜、蔬菜、豆腐和豆面是最为常见的配
料。猪肉、牛肉和鸡肉总是一并摆在桌上，羊肉
较少食用。肉类不可以煮得太久，不然就不够嫩
滑。
• It's best for the meat to be cut as thin as
paper, and that's why a sizable piece of
meat often shrinks to a small bite after
being boiled. Seafood usually includes
shrimp, crab, oysters, clams, squid,
cuttlefish, and fish fillet. To make sure the
morsels do not drift away or sink to the
bottom or hide somewhere, a strainer in
which each diner can hold onto his or her
delicacies is recommended.
• It's best for the meat to be cut as thin as paper,
and that's why a sizable piece of meat often
shrinks to a small bite after being boiled.
– for the meat to be cut 不定式复合结构，meat和cut之
间是被动关系.
– after being boiled：being boiled是现在分词被动式
– as thin as paper
– sizable:
– shrink:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
as thin as paper形容非常薄
其他as…as的成语
as brave as a lion 像狮子一样勇敢
as fat as a pig 胖的像猪
as busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一样忙碌
as timid as a hare 像野兔一样胆怯
as fierce as a tiger 凶猛得像老虎
as stupid as a donkey 像驴一样笨
as gentle as a lamb 温顺得像只羔羊
as steady as a rock 稳如岩石
as sweet as honey
像蜜一样甜
– sizable adj. 相当大的, 大的 e.g.
– A sizable sum of money.
– But if the order is a sizable one, we'll consider
it.
– Shrink: v.收缩, 退缩, 萎缩 e.g.
All wood tends to shrink.
The market have shrink by 20%.
• Seafood usually includes shrimp, crab, oysters,
clams, squid, cuttlefish, and fish fillet.
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
seafood: 海鲜
shrimp 虾
crab 螃蟹
oyster 牡蛎，生蚝
clam 蛤
squid 鱿鱼
cuttlefish 墨鱼
fish fillet 鱼排
• To make sure the morsels do not drift
away or sink to the bottom or hide
somewhere, a strainer in which each diner
can hold onto his or her delicacies is
recommended.
– 长句子中，to make sure…是目的状语，a
strainer… is recommended是主谓结构，in
which each diner can …是定语从句修饰
strainer
– drift away: 滑走 E.g. The sailors cast the boat off and
allowed it to drift away on the tide.
– sink to the bottom 沉到锅底
sink: v. 下沉，陷落
My feet sank into the mud. 我的双脚陷到泥里去了。
– somewhere 某地 例题：
A: Wouldn‘t you like to go to Disneyland or______?
B:I’d rather stay at home if that‘s all right with you.
A somewhere B nowherer
C anywhere D everywhere
A
– Strainer:筛
– hold on to 紧握，抓牢，坚持 e.g.
I'd hold on to that house for the time being; house
prices are rising sharply at the moment. 目前我不能
出让那所房子, 此刻房价正在急剧上涨.
– delicacy n. 美味佳肴 e.g. He provided local
delicacies for his guests' meal. 他用当地的美味佳肴
来招待客人。
– recommend v.推荐, 介绍 E.g.
I recommend seafood salad.
Which do you recommend?
Translation
• It's best for the meat to be cut as thin as
paper, and that's why a sizable piece of
meat often shrinks to a small bite after
being boiled. Seafood usually includes
shrimp, crab, oysters, clams, squid,
cuttlefish, and fish fillet.
• 肉最好切得薄如纸张，因此一大片肉煮了
以后往往会缩小到一小口。海鲜有虾、螃
蟹、生蚝、蛤蜊、鱿鱼、墨鱼和鱼柳。
• To make sure the morsels do not drift
away or sink to the bottom or hide
somewhere, a strainer in which each diner
can hold onto his or her delicacies is
recommended.为确保食物不会飘走或沉入
锅底或难以找到，建议每位就餐者用一个
滤勺盛放自己的食物。
Para. 5
• Popularly used vegetables are cabbage,
spinach, turnip, green onions, celery, and
lettuce. Lettuce is a special favorite among
diners for its tender, crispy, and sweet
nature. Fresh vegetables should be boiled
only lightly. Mushrooms of various kinds,
dried or fresh, are widely used, as are
dried lily flowers. Bean curd and bean
noodles serve as more than just fillers.
• Popularly used vegetables are cabbage, spinach,
turnip, green onions, celery, and lettuce.
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
倒装句
cabbage 大白菜
spinach 菠菜
turnip 萝卜，大头菜
green onion 葱
celery 芹菜
lettuce 生菜
• Lettuce is a special favorite among diners
for its tender, crispy, and sweet nature.
– favorite n. a thing that someone likes best or
enjoys most e.g. Apples are my favorites.
– for 表示原因
– crispy adj. describes food that is hard enough
to be broken easily 脆的 e.g. crispy fried
duck.
– nature n. 特性
• Popularly used vegetables are cabbage, spinach,
turnip, green onions, celery, and lettuce. Lettuce
is a special favorite among diners for its tender,
crispy, and sweet nature. Fresh vegetables
should be boiled only lightly. Mushrooms of
various kinds, dried or fresh, are widely used, as
are dried lily flowers. Bean curd and bean
noodles serve as more than just fillers.
• 常吃的蔬菜有大白菜、菠菜、芜菁、大葱、芹菜
和生菜。生菜因其嫩、脆、甜而特别受到就餐者
喜爱。新鲜蔬菜应该轻微地煮一下。各种蘑菇—
—无论干蘑菇还是新鲜蘑菇，以及干百合花，都
被用于火锅。豆腐和豆面不只是一种填料.
• They do not have much taste themselves,
but they absorb the richness of the other
ingredients. Bean noodles are usually
cooked later to help finish up the soup.
Some people put plain rice into the last of
the soup to make porridge. Consistent with
Chinese culinary thrift, nothing is wasted.
• They do not have much taste themselves,
but they absorb the richness of the other
ingredients.
– have taste 有味道
– absorb v. to take something in, especially
gradually e.g. The drug is quickly absorbed
into the bloodstream. / Our countryside is
increasingly being absorbed by/into the large
cities.
• Bean noodles are usually cooked later to
help finish up the soup.
– noodle 面条
– help finish up… (help do sth. 帮忙做某事)
– finish (sth) up: to eat or drink all of what you
are eating or drinking
E.g. Finish up your dinner and you can have
dessert.
• Some people put plain rice into the last of
the soup to make porridge.
– plain adj. 纯的 not mixed with extraneous
elements e.g.
plain color 素色
He only eat plain rice. 他只吃白饭
He’s satisfied with only one bowl of plain
noodle to eat.
– porridge n. 粥
• Consistent with Chinese culinary thrift,
nothing is wasted.
– Consistent: adj. in agreement with other facts,
or having the same principles as something
else e.g.
He is not consistent in his action.
What you say is not consistent with what you
do.
– culinary adj. 厨房的，烹饪的
– thrift n. 节俭，节约 thrifty adj.
• They do not have much taste themselves, but
they absorb the richness of the other ingredients.
Bean noodles are usually cooked later to help
finish up the soup. Some people put plain rice
into the last of the soup to make porridge.
Consistent with Chinese culinary thrift, nothing is
wasted.
• 它们自身没什么味道，但是能够充分吸收其他配
料的各种滋味。豆筋往往要迟些煮食，以便把汤
水吸干。也有人在最后的汤中放入白饭变成粥。
秉承中国烹饪的节俭风格，任何食材都无一浪费。
• Unit 11
• Text B
• Comprehension Questions
1. Which of the following is true about hot pot?
A. Only in winter do people have hot pot.
B. Eating hot pot involves a series of action.
C. Hot pot is a good choice for warm weather.
D. Food in the hot pot is eaten cool and fresh.
P1: In winter, people like to eat food that instantly
warms their bodies and lifts their spirits. Eating hot
pot is not a passive activity: diners must select
prepared raw food …, and then eat them hot, fresh,
and tender.
2. We learn from paragraph 2 that ___________.
A. it was people in South China that started eating
hot pot
B. hot pot hasn’t become popular nationwide until
Qing dynasty
C. people began to put various types of meat at
very beginning
D. P2:
hot It
potoriginated
is only eaten
people
who
move
from
in theby
north,
where
people
have
to
fend off
the chill. It spread to the south during the
place
to place
Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-906). Later, northern nomads
who settled in China enhanced the pot with beef and
mutton, and southerners did the same with seafood.
In the Qing dynasty, the hot pot became popular
throughout the whole area of China.
3. __________ is not the fuel of choice to
make hot pot.
A. gas
B. electricity
C. charcoal
D. ceramic
P3: In the past, charcoal was the fuel of choice.
Nowadays people use mostly gas or electricity for
this purpose; only the most nostalgic use charcoal.
4. The writer suggests using a strainer to eat
hot pot __________________.
A. so that the food doesn’t lose its tenderness
B. so that the meat isn’t cooked too long
C. so that the meat doesn’t become a small
bite
D. so that people can hold onto the food easily
P4: To make sure the morsels do not drift away or
sink to the bottom or hide somewhere, a strainer in
which each diner can hold onto his or her delicacies
is recommended.
5. Which is the right way to treat the different
types of food in hot pot?
A. Fresh vegetables should be boiled for a
relatively long time.
B. Only fresh mushrooms are used in hot pot.
C. Plain rice can be put into the last of the soup
to make porridge.
D. Fresh
Bean vegetables
curd and bean
areonly
no lightly.
more
P5:
shouldnoodle
be boiled
Mushrooms
of various
or fresh, are widely
than tasteful
fillerskinds,
in thedried
hot pot.
used, as are dried lily flowers. Bean curd and bean
noodles serve as more than just fillers.
Some people put plain rice into the last of the soup to
make porridge.
I. Conversation
1. — Please help yourself to some seafood.
• — _______________.
A. No, I can’t.
B. Sorry, I can’t help.
C. Well, seafood don’t suit.
D. Thanks, but I don’t like seafood.
2. — Shall we have roast chicken or ham
sandwich?
• — _____________________.
A. I’d rather have beef stew.
B. Sorry, I don’t like neither.
C. Certainly. Why not?
D. Yes, I like these two.
3.
•
— Would you like another slice of
Christmas cake?
— ___________. I’m full.
A. Yes, please. B. No more, thanks.
C. Why not?
D. Nothing more.
4.
•
— Are you ready to order, sir?
— _____________________.
A. I’m not sure.
B. Sorry, not yet.
C. I’d rather order it now.
D. No, I can’t.
5.
•
—Would you like the baked potato with
butter or sour cream or both?
— _______________, so only butter.
A. That sounds good
B. I like sour cream
C. Sorry, I’m on diet
D. I don’t care
• II. Reading Comprehension
• When having a meal, a European
usually holds the knife in the right hand,
and the fork in the left. He uses the
knife and fork with his both hands. He
keeps his knife and fork in his hands
until he finishes eating.
• But an American, on the opposite, may use
just one hand whenever possible and keep
the other hand on his lap. He uses the fork in
his right hand to pickup fried potatoes. When
he has to cut his meat, he changes his fork to
the left hand and cuts it. Then he puts down
the knife and changes his fork to his right
hand to pick up the sliced meat.
• Then, perhaps, he will suddenly think of his
coffee or orange. So he has to put down his
fork in order to drink his coffee or orange.
Now you can see, an American is busy all the
time at the dinner table. By the way,
Europeans usually have their coffee after
meals, but many Americans prefer to have
coffee during the meal.
• If you are present at a formal dinner, you
might be confused to find so many forks,
knives and spoons put before you. You might
be at a loss to know what to do with them.
Don’t worry. The rule is simple. You just use
them in the order in which they lie, beginning
from outside towards the plate. The small
fork on the outside on the left is for salad.
• The spoon on the outside on the right is for soup.
There is another little knife, called a butter
spreader, on a bread-and-butter plate on the left.
As the bread is passed, each guest helps
himself and puts his pieces on the small plate.
Next to the soup there will probably be the blunt
knife for fish, which is smaller and blunter than
other knives.
1. When do Europeans usually drink their
coffee?
A. Before meals.
B. After meals.
C. While they are having their meals.
D. They never drink coffee when they eat.
P2: By the way, Europeans usually have their coffee
after meals, but many Americans prefer to have
coffee during the meal.
2. The right way to use the forks, knives
and spoons is to use
__________________.
A. whichever you like when necessary
B. them from the outside to the inside
C. them from the inside to the outside
D. them from the middle to both sides
P3: You just use them in the order in which they lie,
beginning from outside towards the plate.
3.The butter spreader is _____________.
A. a fork
B. a spoon
C. a knife
D. a plate
P3: There is another little knife, called a butter
spreader, on a bread-and-butter plate on the left.
• 4. The spoon on the outside on the right is
for _______________.
A. soup
B. salad
C. butter
D. chicken
P3: The spoon on the outside on the right is for
soup.
5. The best title for this passage is
___________________.
A. Eating Habits in America.
B. Eating Habits in Europe
C. How to Use Forks, Knives and Spoons
D. Dinning Customs of the West
Additional Information:
British table manners
• The fork is held in your left hand and the knife is
held in your right when used at the same time.
• You should hold your knife with the handle in
your palm and your fork in the other hand.
• Food should be cut "one piece at a time" directly
prior to eating, and then consumed. You may not
"carve up" multiple pieces and then proceed to
eat them.
• If you’re eating a dessert, your fork (if you have
one) should be held in the left hand and the
spoon in the right.
• When eating soup, you should hold your spoon
in your right hand and tip the bowl away from
you, scooping the soup in movements away
from yourself. The soup spoon should never be
put into the mouth, and soup should be sipped
from the side of the spoon, not the end.
• It is not acceptable to use your fingers to push
food onto your fork, nor to handle most food
items. Some foods such as fruit, bread,
sandwiches or burgers may be eaten using
fingers, and fingers are mandatory for eating
some items, such as asparagus spears, which
are traditionally served with sauce on the side
for dipping.
• If there are a number of knives or forks, start
from the outside set working your way in as each
course is served.
• Drinks should always be to the right of the plate
with the bread plate to the left.
• When eating bread rolls, break off a piece before
buttering. Use your knife only to butter the bread,
not to cut it.
• When finished, place the knife and fork together
at six o’clock with your fork on the left (tines
facing up) and knife on the right, with the knife
blade facing in. This signals that one has
finished.
III. Vocabulary and Structure
•
•
•
1. My fish was delicious but Charles' beef
had almost no ___________.
A. sauce B. smell
C. flavor
D. appetite
•
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2. Contrary to expectations, the film was
successful _________ when it was
released.
A. currently
B. fast
C. readily
D. instantly
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3. Oil is an important __________
material which can be processed into
many different products, including
plastics.
A. uncovered
B. raw
C. fresh
D. crude
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4. I knew she was coming that afternoon
because she had phoned ___________
to say so.
A. early
B. beforehand
C. afterward
D. particularly
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5. You’d better phone home right now,
___________ your parents will start to
worry.
A. otherwise
B. however
C. despite
D. therefore
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6. No matter _____________, the little
boy managed to round the sheep up and
drive them back home safely.
A. it was snowing hard
B. hard it was snowing
C. how it was snowing hard
D. how hard it was snowing
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7. The girl is __________ of a film star.
A. somebody
B. something
C. anybody
D. anything
• 8. I was satisfied with her explanation,
______________.
• A. so my classmates were
• B. so were my classmates
• C. so my classmates did
• D. so did my classmates
• 9. The dean of English Department requested
that the visiting scholar ________ a lecture on
Shakespeare.
• A. gave
B. give
• C. would give
D. had give
虚拟语气:在动词wish/suggest/ demand/ insist
/request/ order等后面的宾语从句中，一般用
should+动词原形或省略should直接用动词原形的
虚拟语气，适用于所有的人称。
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10. I had my meals _________ when I
was ill in bed with a bad cold.
A. to bring B. bring
C. brought D. bringing
• IV. Cloze
• Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of
food people __1__. They say that there are
several kinds of food that people should eat
__2__, they are: (1) green and yellow
vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus (柑桔) fruits and
tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and
vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs;
(5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or
cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7)
butter, or something __3__ butter.
• People in different countries and different
areas of the world eat different kinds of
things. Foods are prepared, cooked and
eaten in many different ways. In some
places people eat once or twice a day; in
other countries people eat three or four
times a day. Scientists say that __4__ of
these differences is really important.
• It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten
__5__ or cooked, canned or frozen. It
doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4
o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven
o'clock at night. The important thing is
__6__ every day a person should eat
something from each of the seven kinds of
food.
• There are two problems, then, in feeding
__7__ of people on earth. The first is to
find some way to feed the world population
__8__ no one is hungry. The second is to
__9__ that people everywhere have the
right kinds of food to make them __10__ to
be strong and healthy.
• Scientists have learned a lot about the
kinds of food people __1__. They say that
there are several kinds of food that people
should eat __2__,
• 1. A. need B. want C. must
• 2. A. everyday B. every day
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C. someday
D. some day
D. wish
• they are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all
kinds; (2) citrus (柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3)
potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4)
meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and
foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷类),
rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or
something __3__ butter.
• 3. A. alike
B. like C. likely D. likewise
•
People in different countries and
different areas of the world eat different
kinds of things. Foods are prepared,
cooked and eaten in many different ways.
In some places people eat once or twice a
day; in other countries people eat three or
four times a day. Scientists say that __4__
of these differences is really important.
• 4. A. some B. any
C. none D. a few
• It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten __5__
or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if
a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the
afternoon or at eleven o'clock at night. The
important thing is __6__ every day a person
should eat something from each of the seven
kinds of food.
• 5. A. natural B. rough C. made D. raw
• 6. A. it B. that
C. what
D. if
• There are two problems, then, in feeding __7__ of
people on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the
world population __8__ no one is hungry. The second is
to __9__ that people everywhere have the right kinds of
food to make them __10__ to be strong and healthy.
• 7. A. a large number B. a large amount C. the large
number D. the large amount
• 8. A. so much B. so as to C. so that
D. so far as
• 9. A. make for B. make out C. make with D. make
sure
• 10. A. to grow
B. grow
C. growing D. grown
V. Translation: Put the following
sentences into Chinese.
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1. Families or groups of friends sit
around a table and eat from a steaming
pot in the middle, cooking and drinking
and chatting.
家庭或朋友围桌而坐，吃着桌子中间热气腾腾的锅里的东
西，一边煮食物，一边喝酒聊天。
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2. In the Qing dynasty, the hot pot
became popular throughout the whole
area of China.
清朝时火锅在中国各地流行开来。
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3. Nowadays people use mostly gas or
electricity for this purpose; only the most
nostalgic use charcoal.
现在，人们多数利用煤气或电达此目的，只有最怀旧的人
会用木炭。
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4. It's best for the meat to be cut as thin
as paper, and that's why a sizable piece
of meat often shrinks to a small bite after
being boiled.
肉最好切得薄如纸张，因此一大片肉煮了以后往往
会缩小到一小口。
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5. They do not have much taste
themselves, but they absorb the richness
of the other ingredients.
它们自身没有什么味道，但是能够吸收其他配料的
丰富滋味。
VI. Writing
• You are required to write a letter on the
topic Food Safety with no less than 80
words based on the outline given below.
• 几天前你的邻居从某超市买回食品吃，吃
后食物中毒，肚子痛，被送往医院治疗后
脱险。请给报社写一封信描述他们食物中
毒及脱险的经过,呼吁社会重视食品安全问
题。
• Tips on writing a letter
– Address
– 1st paragraph: why you write the letter
– 2nd paragraph (body): details of what
happened
– 3rd paragraph: your attitude about it
– signature
Sample
Dear editor,
• I'm writing to tell you something about the
problem of food safety.
• A couple of days ago, one of my neighbors
bought a bag of food from a supermarket
and enjoyed it with his family. Unfortunately,
after finishing it, they all got poisoned and
had stomachaches. They were quickly sent
to a nearby hospital where a doctor
examined them and gave them some
medicine. They are out of danger now.
• It made me realize the seriousness of the
food safety problem. I sincerely hope that the
whole society will pay more attention to it.
• Sincerely Yours,
• Linda
Additional Information
• western cuisine (from Wikipedia)
– european cuisine
• French cuisine
– cuisine of USA
• European cuisine, or alternatively
Western cuisine is a generalized
term collectively referring to the
cuisines of Europe and other
Western countries.
• The cuisines of Western countries
are diverse by themselves, although
there are common characteristics
that distinguishes Western cooking
from cuisines of Asian countries and
others.
• Compared with traditional cooking of Asian
countries, for example, meat is more prominent
and substantial in serving-size.
• Steak in particular is a common dish across the
West.
• Similarly to some Asian cuisines, Western
cuisines also put substantial emphasis on
sauces as condiments, seasonings, or
accompaniments (in part due to the difficulty of
seasonings penetrating the often larger pieces
of meat used in Western cooking).
• Many dairy products are utilized in the cooking
process, except in nouvelle cuisine.
• Wheat-flour bread has long been the most
common sources of starch in this cuisine, along
with pasta, dumplings and pastries, although the
potato has become a major starch plant in the
diet of Europeans and their diaspora since the
European colonization of the Americas.
French cuisine: Dinner
• Le dîner (dinner) often consists of three courses,
hors d'oeuvre or entrée (introductory course
often soup), plat principal (main course), and a
cheese course or dessert, sometimes with a
salad offered before the cheese or dessert.
• Yoghurt may replace the cheese course, while a
normal everyday dessert would be fresh fruit.
• The meal is often accompanied by bread, wine
and mineral water.
• Wine consumption has been dropping recently
amongst young people.
• Fruit juice consumption has risen from 25.6% in
1996 to 31.6% in 2002.
• Main meat courses are often served with
vegetables along with rice or pasta.
• Restaurants often open at 7:30pm for dinner and
stop taking orders between the hours of
10:00pm and 11:00 pm. Many restaurants close
for dinner on Sundays.
Cuisine of USA
• The cuisine has a history dating back before the colonial
period when the Native Americans had a rich and
diverse cooking style for an equally diverse amount of
ingredients.
• With European colonization, the style of cookery
changed vastly, with numerous ingredients introduced
from Europe, as well as cooking styles and modern
cookbooks.
• The style of cookery continued to expand into
the 19th and 20th centuries with the influx of
immigrants from various nations across the
world. This influx has created a rich diversity and
a unique regional character throughout the
country.
• One characteristic of American cooking now is
the fusion of multiple ethnic or regional
approaches into completely new cooking styles.
Asian cooking has played a particularly large
role in American fusion cuisine.