1、 Unit9 Chinese food IV. explain in your own words in the following sentences. 1.Food to us Chinese is one of the greatest joys in life: it isthought about before being prepared; it is treated with lotsof love and care while being prepared; and when it is ready,a great deal of time is devoted to enjo
2、ying it. 2.The main reason for the sudden and tremendouspopularity of Chinese food throughout the whole Westernworld lies in tow facts: one is the increased desire forsensual pleasures and freedom from age-old customs in theWest; the other is the notion of physical pleasure providedby Chinese food w
3、hich is always ready to satisfy the tasteof the eater. I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your ownwords. emotional strength to do what one believes to be right; 2.material used to produce power; sth. Used to keep thebody functioning; 3. lower-class type; 4.a number of dishes that are
4、 served one after another in anorderly way; 5.by themselves II Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word takenfrom the box in the proper form. fastidious; ecstasies; lavish; elusive; phenomenal; proceeding; enterprise; contrived III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of thegiven wor
5、ds. disregard; authoritative; ubiquity; desirable; piquancy;ceremonially; gluttonous; derivation IV.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriatephrasal verb or collocation taken from the text. come off; conform to; derived/derives from; attend to;sprung up ; came about; proceed with; lavis
6、hing.on V.1.distantly/indifferently; 2.epicure;3.fundamental/primary/principal; 4.produce/make;5.affirm/state; 6.mix/intermingle/combine;7.change/modify/adjust; 8.provocative/sharp/pungent VI.Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your ownwords. explains; accidentally found; discuss with; start; pl
7、ay a prominent role in; think about it carefully; consumed part of; interrupting I.1.,a great Russian writer,was born in 1828 and died in1910 that we should import more equipment from abroad is tobe discussed at the meeting That she is invited to the party is very encouraging Dr.Norman Bethune, a gr
8、eat international fighter, laiddown his life for the Chinese revolution That they worked day and night on the project,they failedto find out the mechanism of the disease. That all flights were cancelled because of bad weathergreatly distressed the waiting passengers. The best mechanic in the garage,
9、worked on my car. Was constructing a simple model,a small outboard cruiserof conventional design. II.1.our word.tobaco,a word which means. Columbuss crew was .Hispaniola,an island which isnow. The cigars.tobacum, a hybird of two. This tobacco.America.habitual users of tobacco,also. This second.rusti
10、ca,a hybird that. From here .maize,a staple grain crop. Archaeologists.cultivation,a fact which suggests. This .kinnikinnik, a word meaning. Most .cigarettes,shredded tobacco wrapped in. Drinking.1565,the year the leaf. III.CBDABACB IV.1.He was less frightened than hurt. Their room is no bigger than
11、 ours. George did more work than anyone else. Dicks behavior is more courteous than Bobs. I paid three times more for the food than they did. A collection of facts cannot be called science any morethan a pile of bricks can be called a house. A whale is no more a fish than a horse is. He is more of a
12、 sportsman than his brother. V. 1.The noise was more than what I can bear. 2.We are more than happy to help you in any way we can. 3.No less than a thousand people participated in themarathon. 4.He is no more interested in chemistry than his brother. 5.It is more a poem than a picture. 6.He was accu
13、sed of no less a crime than high treason Translation 对于将决定他们的体力,最终还将决定他们精神和道德的构造及健康的东西,人们怎么能采取漠然的态度呢?事实上,人们有理由用坚定的语气说:如今中餐是唯一真正国际化的食物.正是西方这种对感官享受需求的增长和从积习中解放出来的渴望,再加上那个中餐本身注重色、香、味的概念(中餐总是能很快满足味蕾),成为中餐突然迅猛地在偌大西方世界所向披靡的根本原因。他们可能被粉碎,分别贴上诸如“烹调”、“健康”、“性格”之类的标签,但实际上它们密不可分。 1.You should have told me in adv
14、ance that you wouldfurther your studies in America. 2.He lavished too much care on his grandchildren. 3.Various new technology industries have sprung up. 4.Many English words derive from Latin, Greek andFrench words. 5.A philosopher holds that contradictory oppositions areubiquitous. 6.His kindness
15、is part and parcel of his nature. 7.He is possessed of phenomenal memory and intelligence. 8.He is fastidious about food and clothes. 一个典型中国人的观点是:吃是第一乐事。中国人非常重视吃,许多人还把它看成人生至乐之一。这里有一个很有趣的例子,它说明了西方人和中国人对待吃的不同态度。西方人上餐馆时,最关心的往往是找一张好餐桌,更确切的说,找一个可以看见别人,也能让人看见的好位置。然而,中国人上餐馆时则喜欢找一个不为外人所见的小包间。这种差异的原因在于,前者在用餐
16、时由于有社会交流而感到惬意,而后者则主要从品尝食物中得到快乐。许多人认为,一顿精美的传统中国餐制作极其细致。据说,备料和配料大约占实际工作量的90%,烹调本身则仅仅占大约10%。既然烹饪如此精细,那么享用也应该与之匹配。一顿正宗中国餐宴可以长达三个多小时。难怪有人说,它简直像个宗教仪式。 Dictation: In the Chinese culture, / the whole process of preparingfood / from raw ingredients to morsels ready for the mouth/ is highly distinctive when c
17、ompared with other foodtraditions. / At the base of this process/ is the divisionbetween fan, grains and other starch foods, / and tsai, vegetable and meat dishes. / To prepare a balanced meal, /it must have an appropriate amount of both fan and tsai, /and ingredients are readied along both tracks.
18、/ Grains arecooked whole or as flour, / making up the fan half of themeal in various forms. / Vegetables and meats are cut upand mixed / in various ways into individual dishes / toconstitute the tsai half. / Even in meals in which fan andtsai are joined together, / such as in wonton, / they are infact put together but not mixed up, / and each still retainsits due proportion and own distinction. / II.only; by; all; which; history; France; range; very; latter;that; mistake; quality