全國英語等級考試教材第三級Unit05

[00:00.00] CHAPTER 5 FOOD AND DRINK [00:13.09]Unit 5 Food and Drink [00:19.25]Conversations [00:22.80]Mick and his landlady are talking what they like at a meal. [00:30.98]You'll be having meals with us. [00:35.03]Is there any type of food that you don't like or that I can't cook for you? [00:41.51]Erm,not really.The only thing is:I'm not very keen of fish. [00:50.16]Not very keen on fish? No. [00:54.73]Oh,well,that's not too much of a problem.Erm,something else.Oh.I don't like tea,I never drink tea. [00:59.69]Erm,something else.Oh.I don't like tea,I never drink tea. [01:07.45]Oh,you never drink tea? [01:11.71]I usually have coffee. [01:15.65]oh,we usually have tea all the time. [01:21.01]Oh dear! [01:24.06]Erm,I'll mak you some coffee. [01:28.50]Daisy and Lily are going to a snack bar. [01:35.74]We'd better get something to eat,please. [01:40.28]Let's go to snack bar,I hope you'll like it. [01:46.24]Well,I've never been to one before, [01:50.99]so you'll have to show me how to get round there. [01:55.85]Ok,you see,it's a kink of help-yourslef serivce. [02:03.01]You just line up and tell them what you want,and they'll give it to you. [02:09.36]Come along. [02:12.73]I guess we'll ahve to join the line there. [02:17.27]Yes.You go and follow the line and I'm going to pick up the trays, [02:24.35]knives and forks. [02:27.91]Tom and Alice are continuing their conversation while having their meal. [02:36.66]Have some of the sweet and sour fish,please. [02:41.23]It's appetizing and tasty. [02:45.88]Will you have another cup of coke? [02:50.45]No,thank you.I'm afraid it's a bit too much for me. [02:55.80]How about having a glass of white wine to go with the fish? [03:01.86]That's a good idea.This dish is really wonderful. [03:07.51]What about some fruit?Help yourself to an apple,please. [03:13.67]It's very juicy.I must say we've had a splendid meal. [03:19.84]Mary is talking with her neighbour Sue about how to make fruit salad. [03:28.61]Good morning,Mary,could you tell me how to make a fruit salad? [03:34.78]Of course,it's my pleasure. [03:39.22]Well,first of all,you select the fruit that you want, [03:45.10]and then you wash it very carefully. [03:49.36]Erm,then go about peeling it. [03:54.81]Start off with,say,the apples,peeling them, [04:00.88]washing them thoroughly,chopping them up into shapes. [04:06.52]Peeling the ba...bananas,chopping them up, [04:12.68]putting a little bit of lemon juice so that they don't go brown. [04:18.43]Erm,taking the grapes,washing them,cutting them up. [04:25.20]Erm,pears,you could do the same thing for them. [04:31.67]Putting them all together, [04:35.62]sprinking them Liberally with sugar,er,a little bit more lemon juice, [04:43.06]putting them into a bowl,and there you have a fruit salad. [04:49.31]I see.Thank you very much.I'll have a try. [04:55.26]Passage Enjoy Eating at"Melting Pot" [05:02.11]"You are what you eat." [05:05.76]Nutrition experts often use this saying to promote better eating babits. [05:12.63]What we put in our mouth does become a part of us. [05:18.09]But we can look at this statement another way. [05:22.95]What we eat reflects who we are-as people and as a culture. [05:29.61]Do you want to understand another culture? [05:34.16]Then you ought to find out about its food. [05:38.83]As a foreign traveler can prove, [05:43.48]the relation between food and national identity is close and strong. [05:50.15]Not only do citizents of most nations come to perceive [05:55.79]some aspect of their cuisine as distinctive, [06:01.14]but nations themselves are typically associated with particular food. [06:07.60]Countries are what they eat,or at the very least, [06:13.45]people tend to think of nations is culinary terms. [06:18.80]Thus,learning about American food can give us a real taste of American cultrue. [06:26.06]What is "American food?At first you might think the answer is easy as pie. [06:33.61]To many people,American food means hamburgers,hot dogs,fried chicken and pizza. [06:41.76]If you have a "sweet tooth", [06:45.60]you might even think of apple pie or chocolate chip cookies. [06:51.06]It's true that American do eat those things. [06:56.42]But are those the only thing you can find in America? [07:01.77]Except for thanksgiving turkey,it's hard to find typically"American"food. [07:09.53]The United States is a land of immigrants. [07:14.39]So Americans eat food from many different countries. [07:19.54]When people move to America,they bring their cooking styles with them. [07:25.91]That's why you can find almost every kink of ethnic food in America. [07:32.47]In some cases,Americans have adopted foods from other countries as favorites. [07:39.52]Americans love Italian pizze,Mexican tacos and Chinese egg rolls. [07:47.38]But the American version doesn't taste quite like the original. [07:52.97]As with any large country,the US has several distinct regions. [07:59.63]Each region boasts its own special style of food. [08:05.49]Visit the South and enjoy country-style cooking. [08:11.05]Journey through Louisiana for some spicy Cajun cuisine. [08:17.50]Take a trip to New England and sample savory seafood dishes. [08:23.88]Travel through the Midwest,"the bread-basket of the nation", [08:29.52]for delicious baked foods. [08:33.78]Cruise over tot he Southwest and try some tasty TexMex treats. [08:40.62]Finish your food four in the Pacific Northwest with some gourmet coffee. [08:47.28]Americans living at a fast pace often just"grab a quick bite". [08:53.84]Fast food restaurants offer people on the run [08:58.41]everything from fried chicken to fried rice. [09:03.37]Microwave dinners and instant foods make cooking a home a snap. [09:09.93]Of course,one of the most common quick American meals is a sandwich. [09:16.46]If it can fit between two slices of breadm, [09:21.50]Americans probably make a sandwich out of it. [09:25.94]Peanut butter and jelly are all-time American favorites. [09:31.12]Aericans on the go also tend to eat a lot of "junk food". [09:37.36]Potao chips,candy bar,soft drinks and other goodies are popular treats. [09:44.52]Many people eat too many of these unhealthy snacks. [09:50.76]But others opt for more healthy eating habits. [09:55.93]Some even go"all natural". [10:00.69]They refuse to eat any food prepared with chemicals or additives. [10:06.75]American culturre is a good illustration of the saying"You are what you eat." [10:13.69]Americans represent a wide range of backgrounds and ways of thinking. [10:20.07]The variety of foods enjoyed in the US reflects the diversity of personal tastes. [10:27.62]The food may be international or regional. [10:32.48]Sometimes it's fast,and sometimes it's not so fast. [10:38.64]It might be junk food,or maybe it's natural food. [10:43.92]In any case,the style is all-American. [10:48.88]Words and Expressions [10:53.04]nutrition expert promote statement [10:56.81]營養(yǎng);營養(yǎng)品 專家，行家 促進;發(fā)揚 聲明;陳述 [11:00.58]identity perceive aspect cuisine [11:04.41]物性 感到，認識到 方面 烹飪，烹調(diào)風(fēng)格 [11:08.24]distinctive typically tend culinary [11:12.07]與從不同的，有物色的 代表性地，作為物色的 趨向，往往是 廚房的，烹調(diào)用的 [11:15.89]hamburger pizza thanksgiving turkey [11:19.77]牛肉餅;漢堡包 比薩餅 感恩節(jié) 火雞 [11:23.65]immigrant cooking style ethnic [11:27.28]移民，僑民 烹飪 風(fēng)格，時尚 民族的 [11:30.91]adopt version distinct sample [11:34.69]采用 譯文，譯本 截然不同的，獨特的 嘗試 [11:38.46]savory seafood gourmet grab [11:42.39]風(fēng)味極佳的，可口的 海產(chǎn)食品，海味 美食家，美酒 抓住 [11:46.32]on the run microwave snap slice [11:50.20]匆匆忙忙 微波 容易方便的事 薄片，切片 [11:54.08]peanut jelly all-time treat [11:57.81]花生 果子凍，一和果凍甜品 空前的，創(chuàng)紀錄的 使人愉快的事 [12:01.53]unhealthy snack additive illustration [12:05.55]不健康的 小吃，快餐 添加劑 說明;例證 [12:09.57]saying represent range background [12:13.60]諺語 表現(xiàn);描繪 范圍 背景 [12:17.62]reflect diversity [12:20.05]反射，反映 差異，多樣性 [12:22.48]Exercises Section I Listening Comprehension [12:29.32]Listen to the record. [12:33.27]Answer each question by choosing A,B,C or D from the four possible choices. [12:42.23]A [12:45.57]1.Good evening,what would you like,coffee,tea or the mineral water? [12:53.04]The last one. [12:56.49]2.This is 2.5 yuan,your change. [13:02.86]I like to give it to you as a tip. [13:07.72]3.I suggest we go to have kentucky fried chicken. [13:13.97]It's your favorite.I'd rather have Beijing roasted duck,anyway. [13:21.12]4.OK,6 yuan for 2 bottles of soda water. [13:28.07]3 yuan for a cup of coke.4.5 yuan for your coffee. [13:35.02]OK,here is a bill of 50 yuan. [13:40.38]5.I can't bear the smell in the kitchen,is the meat rotten? [13:48.53]No,you are wrong.It must be some eggs you bought last month. [13:55.40]B [13:58.24]Xiao Li and Jiang Li are ready to have lunch in a restaurant. [14:04.59]What would you like to have? [14:08.25]Er...It's hot today,I'd like to start with coke. [14:14.60]Ok,I'll have beer or wine?Er,beer,Ok,two bottles of beer. [14:24.13]Order your favorite dishes,please. [14:28.28]Ok,let me see.I like to shredded park and fried kidneys,what about you? [14:36.54]Braised beef and stewed eggplant. [14:41.89]I prefer the stewed eggplant too. [14:46.33]Any more? [14:49.39]Yeah,last time,we had strawberries here,today I want to have apricots. [14:57.15]Oh,a changable lady.I know that you prefer strawberries to apricots.Why... [15:05.69]I am watering at the sight of them. [15:10.13]OK,good.Rice? [15:15.41]Of course. [15:18.57]I have no idea why you like rice so much, [15:24.13]frankly speaking,I like noodles.I'll have a bowl of noodles. [15:30.80]A typical man from the North.Ok,I'll have the rice,you,the "delicious"noodles. [15:39.86]Supplementary Reading The Incredible Potato [15:46.94]This is the vegetable that conquered the world: [15:52.40]the peasant's life support,the food lover's delight, [15:58.46]nutritious,loved adn hated-the incredible potato,the amazing spud. [16:06.64]Among the first Europeans to see the plant the Indians called"papa" [16:13.58]were Francisco Pizarro and his soldiers. [16:18.63]When they invaded Peru in the 1530s, [16:23.95]they were unaware of the buried treasure beneath their feet. [16:29.91]They rode roughly over the papa in hot pursuit of the Inca Emperor, [16:36.28]Atahualpa,and his gold. [16:40.93]Introduced into Eurpo over the next years, [16:46.29]the potato began four centuries of world conquest. [16:52.35]The Inca Empire has vanished.Spain's glory is only a memory. [16:59.72]The potato still survives. [17:04.39]Compared to the vast benefits this unusual plant has given to man, [17:11.24]all the gold of Peru becomes worthless. [17:17.01]Today,the potato is produced in 130 of the world's 167 independent countries. [17:27.04]One year's crop,at consumer prices,is worth 106 billion dollars, [17:36.99]more than the value of all the gold and silver [17:42.03]the Spanish ever took out of the New World. [17:47.02]The average annual crop(29 million tons) [17:53.27]could cover a four-lane superhighway circling the world six times. [18:00.82]The potato si so nutritious that a man in Scandinavia [18:07.27]lived healthly for 300 days on only spuds covered with a bit of margarine. [18:14.71]It takes seven pounds of potatoes to tatal 2500 calories, [18:22.37]the approximate adult daily requirement; [18:27.72]so eating a spud without cream or butter [18:32.40]is no more fattening than eating a pear [18:37.05]-the potato itself is 99.9 percent fat free. [18:43.53]An acre of potatoes yields almost as much food as two acres of grain, [18:50.68]and when the water that composes about 80 percent of potatoes is squeezed out, [18:58.44]they provide annually more dry food [19:02.88]than the combined world wide consumption of fish and meat. [19:08.53]without potatoes,meat production would fall and meat prices rise; [19:15.79]nearly half the world's crop is fed to animals. [19:21.56]What has made the potato a king among vegetables? [19:27.20]Fruitfulness,strength,nutritiousness and,above all,its many uses, [19:35.98]which is why in India a man who can do anything is called"alu"-potato. [19:44.13]Nutritionists rate the quality of potato protein higher than of the soybean, [19:52.31]and a single spud can supply half the daily Vitamin C requirement of an adult, [19:59.46]a fact sea captains early guessed [20:04.32]at when they carried potatoes to prevent disease among their crews. [20:10.57]If captain and crew had been cast away on an island with a sack of potatoes, [20:17.93]they could have grown a ton of food within a year and survived. [20:23.58]With milk they could have held out indefinitely. [20:28.72]A potato crop is as well suited to home gardening [20:34.89]as it is large-scale commercial production. [20:39.93]It may also become a useful source of energy in the decades to come, [20:46.56]we may be burning potato gasohol in our cars. [20:52.31]When Henry Ford first got into the automobile business, [20:58.27]he predicted the world would soon run out of cheap petroleum. [21:03.73]To make alochol,he ordered potatoes from Europe [21:09.47]that were grown for industrial purposes, [21:14.04]but the project was apparently disastrous. [21:18.90]The way things are going,it looks like Ford did have a better idea. [21:25.56]Researchers have shown that one acre of potatoes can yied [21:32.04]1 200 gallons of pure alochol in a year.

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