课文内容

词汇：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?

你今天午饭吃了什么?你选择这道菜是因为它健康、便宜还是因为它非常美味?你是一个挑食的人还是一个冒险的美食家?

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."

我喜欢探索食物的趋势。“融合料理”并不适合所有人。我的意大利祖母一想到有芒果馅儿的土都里披萨就会嗤之以鼻，但这种口味的结合在21世纪是完全可以接受的。厨师兼美食作家黄清和(Ching-He Huang)是这一运动的粉丝，他曾为英国广播公司(BBC)主持过一档中餐系列节目。她说:“核聚变已经发生了几个世纪，只要人们旅行，但随着互联网和全球旅行的发展，思想的交流使这个过程更快。”

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."

沃尔夫冈·帕克(Wolfgang Puck)被许多人视为使“融合”变得优雅的厨师之一。他在家乡维也纳初出家门，并于上世纪70年代在洛杉矶开了自己的餐厅，一举成名。这位欧洲人钻研亚洲美食，成为一长串名厨中的第一批。他在接受《华尔街日报》采访时说，起初他得到了传统的美国中餐馆老板的负面反应，但他并不怨恨。他解释说:“我相信真实性是关于进化的，而不是重复你祖母的食谱。”“烹饪就像画画或写歌。就像只有那么多音符或颜色一样，也只有那么多味道——如何将它们组合在一起，才能让你与众不同。”

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.

我奶奶喜欢的是慢食运动。她的同乡卡洛•佩特里尼(Carlo Petrini)于上世纪80年代创立了这家餐厅，目前仍在蓬勃发展，它力求保留当地美食，并使用当地种植的食材。佩特里尼希望看到农民与消费者更直接地联系起来。

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!

所有这些趋势都值得我们深思。当我们在办公桌前嘲笑三明治时，我们可能正在浪费一个唤醒味蕾的激动人心的机会。明天，为什么不找一家异国情调的餐厅，享受一顿盛宴呢?你穿得时髦，所以吃得时髦!

词汇表

a fussy eater 吃饭挑剔的人
a gourmet 美食家
fusion （博取众长的）融合菜
to turn her nose up 嗤之以鼻
to cut his teeth 开始（练就厨艺）
to make a name for himself 成名
to delve into (something) 深入研究（什么东西）
bitter 充满怨恨的
the authenticity 真实性
a recipe 菜谱
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 新潮时髦的、时尚的

测验与练习

1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

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. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

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. 阅读课文并回答问题。

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. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

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.

文章来源BBC，侵权删，本文仅用于英语学习。