Unit 3 Food and Culture 食物与文化 话题阅读精练 单元引言解读 Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love. —Giada De Laurentiis 释义：食物在许多不同的层面上把人们聚集在一起。它是心灵和身体的养料，是真正的爱。 ———吉娅达·德·劳伦蒂斯 启示：此引言充分说明了食物对人类的意义：它不仅为人们的身心健康提供养料，还在维系社会文化关系方面发挥着重要作用。 主题词汇积累 一、食物种类： junk food 垃圾食品 lamb kebab 烤羊肉串 red braised pork 红烧肉 bean curd（tofu） 豆腐 dim sum 点心（中国食品） 二、烹饪相关： consist of 由…… 组成（或构成） slice...off 切下 pepper sth. with sth. 大量加入 recipe for …… 的烹饪法；…… 的秘诀 chef de cuisine 主厨 三、饮食健康： balanced diet 均衡饮食 consume energy 消耗能量 in moderation 适度地，适量地 a fundamental key to healthy eating 健康饮食的基本要诀 be sensitive to dairy products 对乳制品敏感 四、文化关联： Chinese cuisine 中国菜肴 bring home the bacon 挣到钱养家糊口 hot potato 棘手的问题，烫手山芋 stable social order 稳定的社会秩序 cultural association 文化关联 时文拓展阅读 （2024·吉林省长春市朝阳区长春市第二中学高二上期末）Britons are well known for the amount of tea that they drink. The average person in the UK consumes around 1.9 kg of tea yearly. That's around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all sections of society. But tea is not native to Britain. Most tea is grown in India and China. So， how did it become an important part of British culture？ Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time， British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea was available to buy. However， this was only available to the richer sections of society. At the beginning of the 1700s， the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased gradually. Black tea arrived at this time. At first people drank this tea exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar， giving the drink a special British characteristic. In the 1800s tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. This involves drinking tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition that is still going today but has become less popular in recent times. In the late 1800s， the price of tea decreased sharply as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms—shops where you could buy and drink tea—started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and socialising in these places. At the start of the 20th century， Britons began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it. Kettles became necessary in every kitchen. 【译文欣赏】 英国人对茶的消费量闻名遐迩。英国普通人年均消耗约1.9公斤茶叶，相当于约876杯茶。社会各阶层都饮茶，但茶并非英国本土产物，多数茶叶产自印度和中国。那么，茶是如何成为英国文化重要组成部分的 ... ...
