外刊精读The history of instant noodles 方便面的前世今生学案-2024届高三英语一轮复习

2024届高考备考 外刊精读 Day 33 The history of instant noodles 方便面的前世今生 学案 文本导读： 方便面是世界上最成功的工业化食品之一。这种食品为什么如此受人欢迎？它是如何被发明的？又是什么让它火遍全球，成为了既省时又省钱的首选方便食品？本文讨论方便面的前世今生。 Step 1:词汇温习 serving （供一人食用的）一份 consume （大量地）吃，吃掉 industrial foods 工业化食品，经大规模生产和加工制成的食品 creator 发明者 wheat flour 小麦粉 food aid 食品援助 creation 创造物 economic rise 经济增长 invention 发明 devotion to 对…的热爱、热衷 adapt 改变以适应 taste 口味 consumer 消费者 innovation 创新 launch 推出 come at a cost 有代价的 nutritional value 营养价值 lifesaver 救星，能救急的事物 default 首选，默认的选择 Step 2: 原文精听+精读 What do a student in China, an office worker in the UK and an astronaut in space all have in common? They all eat instant noodles. And they're not alone – over 100 billion servings of instant noodles are consumed globally each year, making them one of the world's most successful industrial foods. But how did this happen? Put simply, they're cheap to produce and cheap to buy, which was exactly what their creator intended. Momofuku Ando, a Japanese entrepreneur, spent a year perfecting the recipe just after the Second World War. He wanted to make something similar to traditional Japanese ramen noodles, while using the wheat flour given to Japan as food aid by the US government. His creation was instantly popular, playing a part in Japan's post-war economic rise. Even in the year 2000 – according to a poll by the Fuji Research Institute – instant noodles were voted Japan's most successful invention, ahead of high-speed trains, laptops and karaoke. But Japanese people are not alone in their devotion to instant noodles. According to the World's Instant Noodles Association, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India – in that order – all consumed more instant noodles than Japan in 2021. Instant noodles' popularity abroad is in part due to how easy they are to adapt to local tastes. In Thailand, for example, you can get green curry flavour, while in Mexico the noodles are garnished with lime and salsa. And it seems that consumers have grown to expect innovation. Nissin, the food co