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A writer of good taste
这位英国美食作家，
为什么沉迷于中国美食？
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文章导读
欣赏异域美食不需要懂语言、懂文化，只需要有一张勇于尝试的嘴巴和
一颗开放的心。文化的碰撞与融和最早往往发生在餐桌上。鱼翅，是西方人
眼中极其神秘的食材，而花椒则极具中国特色。而这两种神秘而有趣的食材
也是《鱼翅与花椒》这本书的主角，翻开这本书，英国美食作家扶霞·邓洛普
在中国的二十年起起伏伏跃然纸上，代表着她眼中复杂而又微妙的中华美食。
中国菜好可怕，嗯？真香！今天，我们就一起跟着China Daily走进她的故事。
课前讨论
① 怎样用英语表达“美食家”和“吃货”？
② “fertile”是什么意思？“转瞬即逝”用英文怎么说？
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文章讲解
British gour met Fuchsia Dunlop's posts on social media networ ks, WeChat or
Instagram, are fun to read. You could say they serve up a diet of humor. Most of
the posts are about her experience with food from around the world. But since
the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in London last February, she has posted more
about her cooking, especially Chinese dishes she made in her kitchen.
重 点 单 词 gourmet [ ɡ me ] n. 美 重 点 单 词 network [ n t w k]
食家；讲究饮食的人；老饕；【例】 n. (广播或电视) 网；【例】a trade
The seafood here is a gourmet's work/the railway network.
重 点 词 组 serve up （=serve）（给……）提供，端上（食物）；上
（菜）；开（饭）。【例】Prepare the garnishes shortly before you are ready
to serve the soup.
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英国美食家扶霞·邓洛普在微信或Instagram上发的帖子读起来很有趣，可以说是一场幽默
盛宴。大多数帖子都是她在全球各地的美食经历，但自从去年2月新冠疫情在伦敦暴发以
来，她发布的关于做饭的内容就更多了，尤其是她在自家厨房做的中国菜。
Growing up in a household in Oxford always filled with exotic flavors from
Japan, Turkey, Spain, India and Austria, Dunlop dreamed of becoming a cook
when she was little. However, her dream did not start to mater ialize until she
came to Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, as a university student in 1994.
That was when she began learning local cooking skills at the Sichuan Higher
Institute of Cuisine, while looking for delicious food in the city and nearby areas.
重 点 单 词 exot ic [ ɡ z t k] adj. 重 点 单 词 mater ialize [m t ri la z]
具有异国情调的；外来的；奇异的； v. 实现，成为现实；【例】She was
【例】exotic flowers/food/designs 奇 promised a promotion but i t never
花异草/外国风味的食物/奇异的设 materialized. 他们承诺过会擢升她，
计 但却从未兑现。
重 点 单 词 local [ l k( )l] adj. 当地的，本地的；【例】 It was difficult
to understand the local dialect. 当地方言很难懂。
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邓洛普在牛津长大，家里充满了日本、土耳其、西班牙、印度和奥地利等国的异域风味。
从小她就梦想着成为一名厨师。然而，直到1994年，她来到四川省会成都上大学，她的这
个梦想才开始逐渐实现。当时她开始一边在四川烹饪高等专科学校学习当地的烹饪技能，
一边在成都和附近地区探寻美食。
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Since then, she has published four books about Sichuan cuisine. She has also
written one on recipes from Hunan province, and Land of Fish and Rice in 2016
about recipes from Jiangnan, which includes Shanghai, and provinces of
Zhejiang, Jiangsu and southern Anhui - the region that is "blessed with a warm
and nurturing climate, fer tile land, and lakes, rivers and coastal waters that teem
with fish and seafood".
重 点 单 词 b lessed [ bles d] adj. 重 点 单 词 teem v. 充满，充斥（人
拥有……的；享有……的；【例】 或 动 物 ） ； 【 例 】 T h e m a l l w a s
She is blessed with both beauty and teeming with shoppers that Saturday. 那
brains. 她既漂亮又聪慧。 个周六，购物中心挤满了顾客。
重 点 单 词 fertile [ f ta l] adj. 1) （动物或植物）可繁殖的，能生育的，
能结果的；受粉的；受精的，受孕的； 2) 肥沃的；富饶的； 3) 想象力丰富
的；点子多的 ；【例】fertile soil 肥沃的土壤
长 难 句 分 析 She (主语) has also written (谓语) one on recipes from Hunan
province (宾语1), and Land of F ish and Rice in 2016 about recipes from
Jiangnan (宾语2), which includes Shanghai, and provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu
and southern Anhui (非限定性定语从句，修饰Jiangnan) - the region (Jiangnan
的同位语) that is "blessed with a warm and nurturing climate, fertile land, and
lakes, rivers and coastal waters (嵌套定语从句，修饰the region) that teem with
fish and seafood" (嵌套定语从句，修饰lakes, rivers and coastal waters).
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那时起，她已经出版了四本关于四川美食的书。除此之外，她还写了一本湘菜食谱，
2016年又写了介绍江南地区的食谱《鱼米之乡》。江南包括上海、浙江、江苏和安徽南
部，那儿气候温暖宜人，土地肥沃，江河湖泊和沿海水域盛产鱼类和海鲜。
Having studied Chinese food culture for nearly two decades, she regards the
Jiangnan region as the hear tland of the nation's gastronomy.
重 点 单 词 hear tland [ hɑ tl nd] 重 点 词 组 gastronomy [ɡ str n mi]
n.（国家或地区的）腹地，中心 n. 烹饪法；美食学；
区域；【例】the great Russian 拓展延伸： gastro- prefix 胃
heartlands 广袤的俄罗斯中心地带 【例】gastroenteritis 肠胃炎
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在研究了中国饮食文化近二十年后，她认为江南地区是中国美食文化的中心。
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"Although you have really interesting and delicious food all over China, in this
r egion, particularly, people wrote about it and discussed it. Many of the old
classic food books came from this region. So if you talk about gastronomy, and
not just about good food, then Jiangnan is a really impor tant region," she says.
重 点 单 词 r egion [ ri d n] n. 地 重 点 单 词 impor tant [ m p t( )nt]
区，区域，地方；【例】the adj. 重要的；【例】Listening is an
Arctic/tropical/desert, etc. region 北 important part of this job. 倾听是这项工
极、热带、沙漠等地区 作的一个重要部分。
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她说：“尽管全中国各地都有很有趣又美味的食物，但在（江南）这个地区，人们尤其
会去写美食、讨论美食。很多古老的美食典籍都来自这个地区。所以真的要谈美食文化，
而不仅仅是好吃的食物的话，江南真的是一个非常重要的地区。”
The decisive moment was in 2008 when she went to Longjing Caotang, or the
Dragon Well Manor, a restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, where the
whole approach to ingredients, seasoning, cooking and tradition was so moving
and impr essive that, at that moment, she decided to write a book about the
region, she says.
重 点 单 词 decisive [d sa s v] adj. 重 点 单 词 impressive [ m pres v]
决定性的，关键的；【例】a adj. 令人赞叹的，给人印象深刻的；
decisive factor/victory/battle 决定 【例】an impressive performance 令人
性的因素/胜利/战役 难忘的演出
长 难 句 分 析 The decisive moment was in 2008 (宾语从句中的主句) when
she went to Longjing Caotang, or the Dragon Well Manor (关系副词when引导
的定语从句), a restaurant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province (同位语), where the
whole approach to ingredients, seasoning, cooking and tradition was so moving
and impressive (嵌套定语从句，修饰Longjing Caotang, or the Dragon Well
Manor) that, at that moment, she decided to write a book about the region (嵌套
定语从句中的结果状语从句), she says (主句).、
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2008年迎来了一个关键时刻。当时她来到了浙江杭州的一家饭店龙井草堂 ，那里对食材、
调味、烹饪和传统完整的处理方式让她深受感动和震撼，因此当时她决定写一本有关这
个地区的书，她说。
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To better understand the context of the food in Jiangnan, Dunlop started reading
Chinese classics like The Dream of the Red Chamber which contained detailed
descriptions of dishes eaten by literati and ar istocratic families in ancient China.
Her love for food also drove her to museums to see ar t ifacts related to the
history of food, and also mansions and gardens in Jiangsu's Suzhou and
Yangzhou.
重 点 单 词 literati [ l t rɑ ti] n. 重 点 单 词 ar istocratic [ r st kr t k]
文人学士（复数） adj. 贵族的
重 点 单 词 ar tifact [ ɑ t f kt] n. 人工制品，手工艺品（尤指有历史或
文化价值的）【例】They also repair broken religious artefacts. 他们也修补破
损的宗教手工艺品。
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为了更好地了解江南美食的背景，邓洛普开始阅读《红楼梦》等中国经典书籍。《红楼
梦》中就详细描述了中国古代文人和贵族家庭所吃的菜肴。她对食物的热爱也驱使她去
博物馆参观与食物历史有关的文物，以及江苏苏州和扬州的宅邸和园林。
"Jiangnan food is connected with Chinese literature. Lots of dishes have quite
literary names or stories behind them," she says.
重 点 单 词 connected [k nekt d] 重 点 单 词 liter atur e [ l tr t (r)] n.
adj. 有关联的；【例】The two 文学，文学作品；【例】great works
events are closely connected. 这两 of literature 文学巨著
起事件之间有密切的联系。
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“江南美食和中国的文学息息相关。很多菜肴背后都有相当有文学性的名字或是故事。”
As a result, when intr oducing food in the book, besides tracing the history of
the dishes, she also tells stories like how Su Dongpo, a great poet during the
Song Dynasty (960-1279), invented Dongpo Pork in the 11th century, or quotes
his poem that praises delicious sea bass.
重 点 单 词 introduce [ ntr dju s] 重 点 单 词 poet [ p t] n. 诗人；
v. 把…介绍（给）；【例】It 's 【例】A poet writes poems. 诗人写诗。
my pleasure to introduce our guest 拓展延伸： poetry 诗歌
speaker. 我很荣幸向大家介绍我 poetic 诗歌的，富有诗意的
们的演讲嘉宾。
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因此，在书中介绍食物时，除了追溯菜肴的历史，她还讲述了宋代（960-1279）大诗人
苏东坡在11世纪发明东坡肉的故事，或者引用他的诗赞美美味的海鲈鱼。
"When I write a cookbook, I don't want to just rush in, collect material and
write a cookbook. I want to feel a sense of connection with the place and make
friends there to have a real affection for it."
重 点 单 词 collect [k lekt] n. 收 重 点 单 词 affect ion [ fek n] n. 喜
集；采集 【例】to collect 爱，爱慕之情 【例】She still speaks
data/evidence/information 收集资料 about him with great affection. 说起他
/证据/信息 来她依旧一往情深。
重 点 词 组 a sense of... 一种……感觉 【例】a sense of responsibility/
nobility/happiness 责任感/高贵感/幸福感
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“我写食谱的时候，我不想只是匆匆忙忙地收集素材，写一本食谱。我想感受与这个地
方的联系，在那里交朋友，对它有真正的感情。”
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