My experience of Chinese food我的中國菜體驗(yàn)

王遲

即使忘記了如何說中文，“我”也會記得中國食物的美好。

主題語境：飲食與生活 篇幅：337詞 建議用時(shí)：６分鐘

1 I love Chinese food. I actually spent the summerin China two years ago teaching English. So Iknow a thing or two about China. And by a thing ortwo， I mean everything.

2 No， Im kidding. Living in China for twomonths in no way means I know everything aboutChinese culture—as you can tell from my attempt to fit in by wearing workout clothes andtrying to fight a statue. But I did learn a lot about Chinese food， specifically food from theJiangsu region where I lived. Even though I ve already forgotten a majority of what Iknew 2 years ago， I still remember the goodness of Chinese food.

3 So Im going to walk you through a typical meal at a sitdownrestaurant in China.Imagine that youre in China and you are about to head into a sitdownrestaurant with agroup of friends. As I said， its an experience.

4 Unless you read Chinese， you might not be able to read the menu. So you get a littleanxious when the Chinese or the American （who thinks he/she can） reads Chinese menus?for you. And the waiter brings a pot of hot water （or tea， either way its going to be hot）， andit gets passed around while the waiter passes around little plates and chopsticks. And thenthe food comes. And your mouth starts to water.

5 Dont wait！ The food is served on a spinning （旋轉(zhuǎn)） clear table in the center of theroom， and as it spins around， everyone pulls out their chopsticks and spoons while thetray （托盤） spins. Do you know how to do when you order a meal in America and yourbrother gets something that looks even better， and now all you want is his meal？ This isnt aproblem in China. You are welcome to eat whatever is on the table， and just know thatthe best foods usually go first. So just go to China and eat some good food on a spinningtable.

Reading Check

Detail

1. What did the author do in China two years ago？

A. She was a teacher.

B. She was a journalist.

C. She was a visiting farmer.

D. She was a business woman.

Detail

2. How will you feel when someone reads Chinese menus for you according to the author？

A. Excited. B. Awkward.

C. Worried. D. Hopeless.

Gist

3. What does the fifth paragraph mainly talk about？

A. American eating custom.

B. Chinese eating custom.

C. The spinning clear table.

D. The best foods on the table.

Inference

4. In which part of a magazine can we read the text？

A. Geography. B. Shopping.

C. Fashion. D. Lifestyle.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentences in the text

1. Even though Ive already forgotten a majority of what I knew 2 years ago， I still remember the goodness of Chinese food. 盡管我已經(jīng)忘記了兩年前我所知道的大部分東西，但我仍然記得中國食物的美好。

【點(diǎn)石成金】Even though引導(dǎo)的是讓步狀語從句，從句中，what引導(dǎo)賓語從句，在從句中作賓語。

2. You are welcome to eat whatever is on the table， and just know that the best foods usually go first. 歡迎你吃桌上的任何東西，只要知道最好的食物通常是先上的。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個(gè)and連接的并列句。whatever引導(dǎo)賓語從句，在從句中作主語；that引導(dǎo)賓語從句，在從句中不充當(dāng)任何成分。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

in no way 決不

tell from 辨別

fit in 適應(yīng)

even though 即使；盡管；雖然

pass around 傳遞；傳閱

pull out 拿出