适合初一的英文食物阅读

适合初一的英文食物阅读

French fries

Do you think that French fries are really French? French

fries are called pommes frites in France and they are not from

France. French fries are Belgian in origin. French fries are

made of potatoes, and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes

are called French fries because they were first seen by

Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way.

The French way is to fry potatoes twice with a small pause in

the middle.

During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American

soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They ate French fries

in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers went back home

to America. However, they missed French fries so much, they made

French fries at home. That's how French fries were first

introduced to America.

French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name

was eventually changed to French fries. Sometimes French fries

are just called fries. French fries are one of the most popular

potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such

as McDonald's and Burger King have French fries on their menus.

French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with

hamburgers.

If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order

a hamburger, you will probably hear “You want fries with that?”.

Why don't you think about the history of French fries a little

while, and say ”Yes, please. Thank you.”

一、Paraphrase

1. origin A. a list of dishes available at a

restaurant

2. pause B. the action of changing something

3. change C. a degree in a continuum of size or

quantity

4. menu D. a time interval during which there is a

temporary cessation of something

5. order E. the place where something begins

Keys: 1.E 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C

二、翻译下列句子

1. 虽然他已不在人世，但他的精神还继续存在。

2. 他关心别人胜过关心自己。

3. 他们努力地干，以便尽快完成这项工作。

Keys：1. Even though he is no longer alive, his spirit lives

on．

2. He thinks more of others than himself．

3. They worked hard so that they could finish the work soon．

三、 英汉互译

2.命令

3. manu

4. 暂停

Keys：1. 改变 2. order 3.

菜单 4. Pause