Slow Down: Good Food Ahead 美味方舟
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- 创建于 2006年4月11日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2011年10月15日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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課文中英文講解
Your breakfast consists of a quick something from a food stand. Your lunch ___1___ fares better, with a hit-and-run at the burger joint. When evening comes, you forego a home-cooked dinner and raid the night market stalls ___2___. In this breakneck modern world of ours, we are in serious ___3___ not only of growing overweight, but also of losing touch with the culinary traditions that have enriched our societies for generations.
你的早餐是食物摊上买来的某种快餐；午餐则是到汉堡店外带，那也没好到哪里去。夜晚来临时，你不想在家吃晚餐，而光临夜市摊贩。在这个快步调的现代社会里，我们处于极度危险当中，除了逐渐过重的体重，也跟长久丰富社会的烹饪传统渐行渐远。
But a movement is endeavoring to rectify this unsavory trend. ___4___ Slow Food, it stands for everything that the fast-food industry does not: organic, unprocessed, and traditional. It was launched in Italy in 1986, when Carlo Petrini was protesting ___5___ the opening of a McDonald’s franchise in Rome. In so doing, Petrini was also calling for the preservation of Italy’s ancient culinary traditions – for Italy’s very culture.
然而，有项运动正努力改正这种乏味的趋势。它叫做「慢食主义」，所代表的是所有快餐业不具备的东西：有机的、未经加工的、传统的。这项运动1986年在意大利发起，始于卡洛．彼得里尼抗议麦当劳在罗马成立第一间店。彼得里尼也呼吁保存意大利古老的烹饪传统──为意大利正统文化着想。
The Slow Food movement is similar to other conservation efforts: it aims to preserve ___6___ cuisine and natural products. This “ark of taste”, as experts have named it, could, for example, try to preserve traditional hand-made tofu or the production of bona fide Canadian maple syrup.
慢食主义运动跟其他的保护行动类似：旨在保护本土美食和天然产品。比方说，这个由专家所命名的「美味方舟」，可试着保存传统的手工豆腐，或地道加拿大枫糖浆的生产。
With help from local groups and governments, the movement has now spread all over the world, Taiwan ___7___. Perhaps it’s about time we reserved the precious little time we have at mealtime to truly enjoy food that’s made with a mind to taste, nutrition, and tradition.
藉由当地团体及政府的帮助，目前这项运动已散播到世界各地，包括台湾。或许此时此刻，我们应该利用短暂的宝贵用餐时间来真正享受讲究美味、营养及传统的食物。
−By Michael Cole
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(A) nearly |
(B) likely |
(C) hardly |
(D) certainly |
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2. |
(A) instead |
(B) at least |
(C) indeed |
(D) at all |
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(A) risk |
(B) threat |
(C) danger |
(D) menace |
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(A) To call |
(B) Call |
(C) Calling |
(D) Called |
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(A) for |
(B) against |
(C) from |
(D) about |
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(A) indigenous |
(B) exotic |
(C) foreign |
(D) alien |
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(A) include |
(B) including |
(C) inclusive |
(D) included |
Vocabulary
forego [forˋgo] v. 放弃
raid [red] v. 袭击
culinary [ˋkjulɪ͵nɛrɪ] adj. 烹饪的
endeavor [ɪnˋdɛvɚ] v. 努力，力图
rectify [ˋrɛktə͵faɪ] v. 矫正；改正
conservation [͵kɑnsɚˋveʃən] n. 保存; 保护
More Information
fare [fɛr] v. 吃，进食
burger joint [dʒɔɪnt] 汉堡店
stall [stɔl] n. 摊位
breakneck [ˋbrek͵nɛk] adj. 非常危险的；极快的
unsavory [ʌnˋsevərɪ] adj. 没有味道的；难闻的，难吃的
stand for: 代表 to represent
franchise [ˋfræn͵tʃaɪz] n. 特许加盟; 连锁店
very [ˋvɛrɪ] adj. 真正的,真实的
ark [ɑrk] n.（圣经的）方舟
bona fide【拉】真实的；有诚意的
indigenous [ɪnˋdɪdʒɪnəs] adj. 土著的；本地的
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2. ( A ) |
3. ( C ) |
4. ( D ) |
5. ( B ) |
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6. ( A ) |
7. ( D ) |
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