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高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜小小一粒，大有可为：印度政府大力推广吃小米 2023年被联合国定为“国际小米年”，以促进小米的可持续种植和消费。作为提议国，印度今年大力推广小米这种谷物，总理莫迪不仅亲自参与《小米之丰》宣传曲的创作，还将“小米料理”端上了G20峰会的晚宴餐桌。小米种植主要分布于亚洲和非洲，中国栽培小米的历史达八千年之久，在小麦和水稻被培育之前，小米一直肩负着养活中国人的重要使命。小米这种谷物有什么优点和不足？为何在当下要提高人们对小米价值的认识？ It's the World's Hot New Superfood. The Snag: It 'Has No Taste.' By Shan Li and Rajesh Roy Narendra Modi's government declared 2023 the Year of Millets, saying the grain could help alleviate world hunger, boost health and help small farmers. Restaurants are serving up creative recipes, and Bollywood starlets and celebrity chefs are popping up on social media to talk about the health benefits of eating millet. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates even tried his hand at making a millet porridge during a visit in March. Government schools added millet dishes to free lunches served to students, and the grain is featured in the cafeterias at the Parliament of India. There's just one problem: "It still has no taste." B. Rajesh Kumar Singh, executive sous chef at the swanky Taj Mahal hotel in New Delhi, said reactions from diners who order from the hotel's millet-only menus break down along generational lines. People over 40 enjoy millet because it reminds them of eating in villages with their grandparents, Singh said. Twenty- and 30-somethings, he said, are bewildered and put off. Interest in millet has come back as climate change and political conflicts stress global food systems. Millet is a hardy crop that can survive even in areas blighted by drought and poor soil. Millet evangelists such as Dr. Tara Satyavathi, director of the Indian Institute of Millets Research, said that people just need to be educated on the value of millet—and how to cook the varieties properly. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.snag英 [snæɡ] 美 [snæɡ] n. _____________________________ 2.grain英 [ɡreɪn] 美 [ɡreɪn] n. _____________________________ 3.grainy adj. _____________________________ 4.alleviate英 [əˈliːvieɪt] 美 [əˈliːvieɪt] v.