1. How canone remain indifferent to something which will determine one’s physicalstrength and ultimately one’s spiritual and moral fibre and well-being? (Paragraph 1)
Paraphrase:
No onecan afford to ignore the importance of food which will give us physicalstrength and even emotional strength to do what one believes to be right aswell as our sense of happiness.
2. How, they might ask, could eatinga hamburger or drinking Coca Cola contribute anything to making you a saint ora sinner? For them, food is quite simply a fuel. (Paragraph 2)
Paraphrase:
Theydidn’t see how eating different food would make you a moral person or animmoral one. For them food is justsomething to keep the body functioning, like a fuel for an automobile.
3. Food to my countrymen is one ofthe ecstasies of life, to be thought about in advance; to be smothered withloving care throughout its preparation; and to have time lavished on it in thefinal pleasure of eating. (Paragraph 3)
Paraphrase:
Food to us Chinese is one of the greatest joys inlife: it is thought about before being prepared; it is treated with lots oflove and care while being prepared; and when it is ready, it is enjoyed withexcessive amount of time.
4. The Chinese intentions are both honourable and whole-hearted: to eatwith a capital E. (Paragraph4)
Paraphrase:
Chinese people eat for food’s own sake.
5. They settled on or near the west coast,where the famous — or infamous — “chop suey joints” grew up,with their rather inferior brand of Chinese cooking. (Paragraph 6)
Paraphrase:
Earlier Chinese settlers cooked food like “chop sueyjoints”, which labeled Chinese cooking as lower-class type.
5. It is this increased sensualityand the desire for great freedom from age-bound habits in the West, combinedwith the inherent sensual concept of Chinese food, always quick to satisfy thetaste buds, that is at the root of the sudden and phenomenal spread of Chinesefood throughout the length and breadth of the Western World. (Paragraph 6)
Paraphrase:
The main reason for the sudden and tremendouspopularity of Chinese food throughout the whole Western world lies in twofacts: one is the increased desire for sensual pleasures and freedom fromage-old customs in the West; the other is the notion of physical pleasureprovided by Chinese food which is always ready to satisfy the taste of theeater.
Section Four Consolidation Activities
1. Word Derivation
regardv.→ regardless ad. → regarding prep.
Ant. disregard v.
她的父母一直将她视为子女中最聪明的一个。
Her parents always regarded her as thecleverest of their children.
这份工作对以往的经验没有要求，任何人都可以申请。
This job is open to all, regardless ofprevious experience.
这家公司就招聘政策问题接受了问询。
The company is being questioned regarding its employment policy.
我们没有理会“请勿践踏草坪”的告示。
We disregarded the notice about not walking on the grass.
2) authority n. → authorize v. → authorization n. → authoritative a.
各方敦促联合国动用其权力帮助该地区恢复和平的局面。
The United Nations has been urged to exercise its authority torestore peace in the area.
我已授权银行向她支付了3000英镑。
I authorizedmy bank to pay her £3000.
没有部长的授意，这则消息不得公开。
This information cannot be disclosed without authorization from a minister.
这本书对二战进行了权威的描述。
The book is an authoritativeaccount of World War Two.
3) ubiquitousa. → ubiquitously ad. → ubiquity n.
随着英语在全球范围内普及，瑞典语并不是唯一受到其威胁的语言。
The Swedes are not alone in finding their languageunder pressure from the ubiquitous spread of English.
手机十年前就普及了。
Cellphones have existed ubiquitouslysince last decade.
苹果公司的I-Pad 广告铺天盖地，给我留下了深刻的印象。
I am so impressed by the ubiquityof advertisements for Apple’s I-Pad.
4) piquant a. → piquancy n.→ piquantly ad.
有关他们私生活的有趣细节进一步曝光。
More piquantdetails of their private life were revealed.
我很喜欢调料里胡椒的辛辣味。
I appreciated the piquancy of the peppers in the sauce.
这位脱口秀主持人因善于抛出辛辣的问题而著名。
This talk show host was famous for his questions piquantlyasked
5) ceremonyn. → ceremonial n. → ceremonially adv.
下星期将会举办一个为镇上的老兵授勋的典礼。
There will be a ceremonyhonoring the town's veterans next week.
去年举行的世界博览会为我们提供了一次欣赏来自异域文化的礼庆舞蹈的绝佳机会。
Last year’s World Expooffered us a great chance to see spectacular ceremonial dances from different cultures.
新娘先蒙上面纱，然后再按照礼俗领去同众人见面。
The bride is veiled at first and then ceremonially shown to the crowd.
6) gluttonn. → gluttony n. →gluttonous a.
他是个老饕，还是个酒鬼。
He is a glutton and a drinker.
许多人的肥胖都是由于贪食导致的。
Gluttony contributes to obesity in many cases.
在城市的这个区域我们见到许多能吃的女人还有他们贪嘴的丈夫。
In this part of the city, we see many over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands.
8) derivationn. → derive v. → derivative a.
我对于自己的姓氏起源十分感兴趣。
I am rather curious about thederivation of my family name.
有些人认为财富源于政治权力。
Some people believe wealth derives from political power.
他的画作严重缺乏创意。
His painting is terribly derivative.
2. Phrase Practice
1) Sorry to say that your hair is beginning to_________. come off
comeoff: becomedetached or be detached from sth.
e.g. 全部墙纸都在脱落下来。
All thewall paper is coming off.
2) The building dose not _________ safetyregulations. conform to
conform to: comply with rules,standards or laws
e.g.这间餐馆不符合卫生条例的要求。
The restaurant does not conformtohygiene regulations.
这样一种改变并不符合大多数人目前的愿望。
Such achange would not conform to the present wishes of the greatmajority of people.
3) Would you please _________ what I amsaying? attend to
attendto: payattention to
e.g. 他的说教爱丽丝一个字也没听进去。
Alice hadn’t attended toa word of his sermon.
4) Hundreds of new restaurants have _________in the city over the past few years. sprung up
spring up: suddenly develop or appear
e.g. 这地方新开了许多家经营计算机的商店。
Computer stores are springingupall over the place.
5) You must explain how this dangeroussituation __________. came about
come about: happen, take place
e.g. 这次邀请是怎么回事？
How did the invitation comeabout?
6) Shall we _________ our seminar after thecoffee break? proceed with
proceedwith: if sb. proceeds with sth.,they continue to follow a course of action that they have already started
e.g.我们现在可以开始做练习五了吗？
Can we proceednow withexercise five?
3.Synonym / Antonym
1. Few things in life are as positive as food, orare taken as intimately andcompletely by the individual.
Antonyms: distantly; indifferently
2. Many people in the West are gourmets andothers are gluttons, but scattered among them also is a large number of peoplewho are apparently pretty indifferent to what goes into their stomachs, and sodo not regard food as having any ultimate moral effect on them.
Synonym:epicure
3 The London restaurateur FuTong, for example, quotes no less an authority than Confucius (the ancient sageknown in Chinese as K’ung-Fu-Tzu) with regard to the primal importance of food.
Synonyms: fundamental; primary;principal
4. Despite such a marked difference in attitudestowards what one consumes, there is no doubt that people in the West have come toregard the cuisine of
Antonyms:produce; make
5. Infact, one can assert with some justice that Chinese food is,nowadays, the only truly international food.
Synonyms: affirm; state
1. It isa shared experience for the participants, not a lonely chore, with itsprocession of planned and carefully contrived dishes, some elements designed toblend, others to contrast.
Synonyms: mix; intermingle; combine
2. In aChinese meal that has not been altered to conform to Western ideas of eating,everything is presented as a kind of buffet, the guest eating a little of this,a little of that.
Synonyms: change; modify; adjust
3. Thesmooth harmonies and piquant contrasts in Chinese food are more thanjust the products of recipes and personal enterprise.
Synonyms:provocative; sharp; pungent
