•Unit9 Chinese food•IV. explain in your own words in the following sentences. • 1.Food to us Chinese is one of the greatest joys in life: it is thought about before being prepared; it is treated with lots of love and care while being prepared; and when it is ready,a great deal of time is devoted to enjoying it.• 2.The main reason for the sudden and tremendous popularity of Chinese food throughout the whole Western world lies in tow facts: one is the increased desire forsensual pleasures and freedom from age-old customs in the West; the other is the notion of physical pleasure provided by Chinese food which is always ready to satisfy the taste of the eater.••I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.•emotional strength to do what one believes to be right;• 2.material used to produce power; sth. Used to keep the body functioning;• 3. lower-class type;• 4.a number of dishes that are served one after another in an orderly way;• 5.by themselves••II Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.•fastidious;•ecstasies;•lavish;•elusive;•phenomenal;•proceeding;•enterprise;•contrived••III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.•disregard; authoritative; ubiquity; desirable; piquancy;ceremonially; gluttonous; derivation••IV.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.•come off; conform to; derived/derives … from; attend to;sprung up ; came about; proceed with; lavishing...on••V.1.distantly/indifferently; 2.epicure;3.fundamental/primary/principal;4.produce/make;5.affirm/state;6.mix/intermingle/combine;7.change/modify/adjust; 8.provocative/sharp/pungent•••VI.Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.•explains;•accidentally found;•discuss with;•start;•play a prominent role in;•think about it carefully;•consumed part of;•interrupting••I.1.,a great Russian writer,was born in 1828 and died in 1910•that we should import more equipment from abroad is to be discussed at the meeting•That she is invited to the party is very encouraging •Dr.Norman Bethune, a great international fighter, laid down his life for the Chinese revolution•That they worked day and night on the project,they failed to find out the mechanism of the disease.•That all flights were cancelled because of bad weather greatly distressed the waiting passengers.•The best mechanic in the garage,worked on my car. •Was constructing a simple model,a small outboard cruiser of conventional design.••II.1.our word....tobaco,a word which means.... •Columbus's crew was ......Hispaniola,an island which is now.....•The cigars...tobacum, a hybird of two...•This tobacco...America...habitual users of tobacco,also. •This second......rustica,a hybird that....•From here ......maize,a staple grain crop. •Archaeologists...cultivation,a fact which suggests.. •This ...kinnikinnik, a word meaning...•Most ...cigarettes,shredded tobacco wrapped in... •"Drinking...1565,the year the leaf...••III.CBDABACB••IV.1.He was less frightened than hurt.•Their room is no bigger than ours.•George did more work than anyone else.•Dick's behavior is more courteous than Bob's.•I paid three times more for the food than they did.• A collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house.• A whale is no more a fish than a horse is.•He is more of a sportsman than his brother.••V. 1.The noise was more than what I can bear.• 2.We are more than happy to help you in any way we can. • 3.No less than a thousand people participated in the marathon.• 4.He is no more interested in chemistry than his brother. • 5.It is more a poem than a picture.• 6.He was accused of no less a crime than high treason••Translation•对于将决定他们的体力,最终还将决定他们精神和道德的构造及健康的东西,人们怎么能采取漠然的态度呢? •事实上,人们有理由用坚定的语气说:如今中餐是唯一真正国际化的食物.•正是西方这种对感官享受需求的增长和从积习中解放出来的渴望,再加上那个中餐本身注重色、香、味的概念(中餐总是能很快满足味蕾),成为中餐突然迅猛地在偌大西方世界所向披靡的根本原因。
•他们可能被粉碎,分别贴上诸如“烹调”、“健康”、“性格”之类的标签,但实际上它们密不可分。
•• 1.You should have told me in advance that you would further your studies in America.• 2.He lavished too much care on his grandchildren.• 3.Various new technology industries have sprung up.• 4.Many English words derive from Latin, Greek and French words.• 5.A philosopher holds that contradictory oppositions are ubiquitous.• 6.His kindness is part and parcel of his nature.•7.He is possessed of phenomenal memory and intelligence. •8.He is fastidious about food and clothes.••一个典型中国人的观点是:吃是第一乐事。