Unit 3 Section I Reading and Thinking(Word教参)-【状元桥·优质课堂】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版2019）

UNIT 3　FOOD AND CULTURE

Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking

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<1>cuisine/kwIˈziːn/n．菜肴；风味；烹饪

<2>put more simply简单地说，简而言之类似的表达还有to put it simply。

<3>relate…to涉及，有关

<4>refer to指；涉及；提及

<5>certainly(＝surely)副词作状语，修饰后面句子的内容

<6>in many ways在许多方面

<7>in point相关的；恰当的；中肯的

<8>prior/ˈpraIə(r)/adj．先前的；优先的

prior to在……之前的(to是介词)

<9>consist/kənˈsIst/of 由……组成(或构成)

<10>pepper/ˈpepə(r)/n．甜椒；灯笼椒；胡椒粉

<11>recipe/ˈresəpi/n．烹饪法；食谱

<12>on the other hand另一方面

on the one hand…on the other(hand)一方面……另一方面

<13>bold/bəʊld/adj．大胆自信的；敢于冒险的

<14>be afraid to do sth 害怕做某事

<15>have a chance to do sth有机会做某事(不定式作定语)

<16>recommend sb/sth to sb向某人推荐……

<17>chef/ʃef/n．厨师；主厨

<18>fill…with…用……装满……

<19>peppercorn/ˈpepəkɔːn/n．胡椒粒

<20>vinegar/ˈvInIgə(r)/n．醋

<21>observe v．看到；注意到；观察到

<22>traditional adj．传统的；习俗的；惯例的

<23>make dumplings包饺子

<24>stuff/stʌf/vt．填满；把……塞进 n．东西；物品

stuff…with…用……填满……

<25>slice/slaIs/n．(切下的食物)薄片

vt．把……切成薄片

slice…off切下

<26>onion/ˈʌnjən/n．洋葱；葱头

CULTURE AND CUISINE<1>

The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once wrote, ①“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are．” Put more simply<2>， this means ②“You are what you eat．”Most people today relate this saying to<3> healthy eating．However, Brillat-Savarin was actually referring to<4> our personality, character, and culture．

①本句是“祈使句＋and/or＋简单句(常用一般将来时)”结构，and表示“顺承的结果”，or表示“否则”。

②You are what you eat．人如其食。what引导表语从句，并在从句中作eat的宾语。

Certainly<5>， in many ways<6> this seems to be true．Chinese cuisine is a case in point<7>．Prior<8> to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, ③with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American tastes．For example, America's most popular Chinese dish is General Tso's chicken, ④which consists of<9> fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red peppers<10>．This is probably not an authentic Chinese recipe<11>， however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese．On the other hand<12>， it does tell us a lot about Americans．It tells us, for example, that Americans love bold<13>， simple flavours．And, ⑤since the dish was also invented recently, it tells us that Americans are not afraid to try<14> new foods．

③本句作状语。that引导定语从句，修饰Chinese food，定语从句用了过去完成时的被动语态，表示过去某一时刻或某一动作之前已完成的被动动作。