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Hold Your “Noes” and Say Yes 捏着鼻子，说好吃

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We are used to thinking of most food in terms of how it tastes. Some delicacies, however, are better known for their ___1___ on our noses. One prime example is Taiwan’s very own stinky tofu, which once made the news when a Taipei restaurant was fined ___2___ neighbors’ complains that its tofu was too stinky!

我们习惯藉由食物尝起来的味道来联想大多数的食物。可是有些美食却是以其闻起来的「味道」而闻名。台湾的名产臭豆腐便是最好的例子，台北某家餐厅还曾因其臭豆腐味道「太」臭，遭邻居投诉后被处以罚锾，上了新闻呢！

Over in Japan, the most famous smelly food is “natto.” ___3___ fermented soybeans, it “enjoys” a love-hate relationship with locals and foreigners alike. While fans of natto ___4___ its nutritious properties, critics are put off by its sticky consistency and pungent odor. Elsewhere, the durian, a spiky-skinned fruit ___5___ to Southeast Asia, is avoided by many because of its powerful stench. Its smelliness has even resulted in it being banned from hotels and public transportation in certain cities, like Singapore.

在日本，最出名的异味食品就是「纳豆」。这种用发酵的黄豆制成的食品，让许多日本人和外国人又爱又恨。虽然纳豆迷指出纳豆含有许多营养成份，但其黏稠的外观和刺鼻的气味还是让讨厌纳豆的人倒尽胃口。另外，原产于东南亚、外表多刺的水果榴莲，其浓烈的气味也让许多人退避三舍。它的味道之重，甚至让如新加坡的某些城市，规定禁止携带榴莲进入饭店或搭乘大众交通运输工具。

It is perhaps Sweden, though, that can lay claim to the smelliest food of all. “Surströmming,” a kind of fermented herring with a smell similar to rotten eggs, is loved by many Swedes but hated by almost everyone else. It is sold ___6___ pressurized cans, which have a habit of exploding when pierced, leading to its banishment from some airline flights. Whatever one thinks of such smelly foods, they ___7___ fail to provoke a strong reaction. As the old saying goes, “One man’s meat is another man’s poison.”

说来说去，最有资格接受拥有天下第一臭食品头衔的，恐怕非瑞典莫属。「腌鲱鱼」是一种发酵的鲱鱼，其气味近似臭鸡蛋，许多瑞典人爱得要命，可是其他人几乎全都讨厌它讨厌得要死。腌鲱鱼是以加压罐头包装出售，一旦被刺破，罐头常会有爆开的情况。因此有几家航空公司明言规定禁止携带此类罐头登机。不管对这些臭臭食物的看法为何，这类食物很少不会引起一番激烈的反应。就如一句古谚所言：「某人的佳肴常为另一人的毒药。」（意即「人各有所好。」）

−by David Vickers

Vocabulary

单词发音

be used to 习惯于 made familiar with; accustomed to

prime [praɪm] adj. 主要的; 最好的

nutritious [njuˋtrɪʃəs] adj. 有营养的，滋养的

odor [ˋodɚ] n. 气味

ban [bæn] v. 禁止，取缔

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单词发音

delicacy [ˋdɛləkəsɪ] n. 美味，佳肴

smelly [ˋsmɛlɪ] adj.【口】有使人难受的气味的；臭的

natto 纳豆

ferment [fɝˋmɛnt] v. 发酵

put off  使反感；使对…失去兴趣 to repel or repulse, as from bad manners

consistency [kənˋsɪstənsɪ] n. 稠度；黏度

pungent [ˋpʌndʒənt] adj.〔味道﹑气味〕强烈的﹐刺激性的﹐刺鼻的

elsewhere [ˋɛls͵hwɛr] adv. 在别处;

durian [ˋdurɪən] n.【植】榴莲（树）

spiky [ˋspaɪkɪ] adj. 带（尖）刺的﹐有刺的

stench [stɛntʃ] n. 恶臭

lay claim to 对...提出权利要求; 称得上… to assert one's right to or ownership of

herring [ˋhɛrɪŋ] n. 鲱，鲱鱼

Swede [swid] n. 瑞典人

pressurized [ˋprɛʃəraɪzd] adj.（容器、机舱等）增压的，加压的

have a habit of 总是; 经常

pierce [pɪrs] v. 刺穿，刺破

banishment [ˋbænɪʃmənt] n. 驱逐

provoke [prəˋvok] v. 煽动；激怒；激起

one man’s meat is another man’s poison（谚）人各有好恶  something that one person likes may be distasteful to someone else

Surstromming - Fermented Herring

Surströmming

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