2020新译林版高中英语选择性必修一Unit1课文原文及翻
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2020
牛津译林版高中英语选择性必修一
Unit 1 food matters
课文及译文
Food keeps us healthy and energetic. It can also do more than that. The article below, from a food
magazine, discusses the idea of comfort food. Before you read the article, think about the following
questions:
①
What do you think the article will talk about according to the title?
②
What foods can have an impact on your feelings?
食物使我们健康和精力旺盛。它也远不与此。下面来自一本食物杂志的文章讨论治愈系食物
理念。在阅读文章之前,思考以下的问题:
①根据标题,你认为文章将谈论什么?
②什么食物对你的情感有影响?
comfort food
(治愈系食物)
Whenever I feel lonely, I have a secret recipe that never fails: rice, milk and sugar, cooked low
and slow. No matter how bad my mood is, that perfect combination is always enough to lift my
spirits. Sometimes the smell alone can do the trick, not to mention the lovely creamy flavour,
which works like a time machine immediately transporting me back to my sunny childhood. With
pleasure,
I
remember
the
lazy
Sunday
afternoons
I
used
to
spend
in
the
warmth
of
my
grandma
’
s flat, listening to her wonderful stories and greedily eating bowl after bowl of her
delicious rice pudding. I take my time over every spoonful, gently rolling the silky dessert around
my mouth and enjoying the perfect marriage of rice and milk. Before I know it, I
’
m happy again.
每当感到孤独,我都有一个屡试不爽的秘方:大米,牛奶和糖,小火慢炖。不论我情绪有
多差,这种绝妙的组合都足以令我振作。有时候仅仅闻一闻味儿就能奏效,更不要说那美妙
,
滑腻的口感了。它像一台时光机器,立即将我带回欢乐的童年,欣欣然,我回忆起那些精彩
的周末午后,那时我常常是在外婆温暖的公寓里,一边听她讲那些精彩的故事,一边一碗接
一碗贪婪地吃着她做的美味的大米布丁。我细细品尝每一勺,让滑腻的甜点在我口中轻轻翻
转,享受米糊和牛奶的完美融合。不知不觉中,我便又开心起来了。
My experience with rice pudding illustrates the unique power of
“
comfort food
”
. In its
broadest sense, comfort food refers to any food that makes us feel better. In this article, we will
talk about a particular type of comfort food whose power mainly lies in the associations it calls to
mind. It often makes up for bad feelings by helping us recall happy memories of the people,
things or places we love.
我关于大米布丁的经历说明了“治愈系食物”
的独特力量。从广义上说,治愈系食物
指的是任何能改善我们心情的食物。在本文里,我们要特别讲一类治愈系食物,它的力量主
要在于它所唤起的联想。它常常通过帮助我们回忆起所爱之人、所爱之物、所爱之地的快乐
往事,来消解不良情绪。
Our comfort foods are highly individual. They vary from person to person, depending on our
own unique experiences that have shaped our lives. If we grow up eating certain foods in ourfamily, then those foods tend to be linked with positive emotions. For example, we often connect
chicken soup with a happy childhood and its flavour becomes tied up with the feeling of being
taken care of. When we eat it again, we unlock memories of a time when we were loved and
looked after, and this cheers us up.
治愈系食物相当个性化。它们由塑造我们人生的独特经历决定,因人而
异
。
如果
我们从小
在
家
就吃
某
些特定的食物,这些食物就
很容易
与
积极
的情绪
产
生关联。
比如
,我们经常
把鸡
汤
与快乐的童年联系在一起,它的味
道
与
被
关爱的感觉相关。当
再次喝鸡汤
时,我们解
锁记
忆,回想起受到
疼
爱与关
怀
的时光,这就
会
让我们的情绪
变好
。
The feeling of happiness and sense of belonging can become particularly important for people
who move away from their home country. According to some food experts, there are some
aspects of culture that people will lose right away, but with food, there are more opportunities to
connect to memory, family and place. It is hardest to give up the food that you grow up with. Of
course, each person
’
s comfort food largely depends on where they come from
—
for a Chinese it
might be a plate of dumplings with a saucer of vinegar, and for a native of the UK it might be the
classic fish and chips, served hot, salty and sour. One mouthful of comfort food takes us back to
our cultural roots, giving us the
“
taste of home
”
that we cry out for and relieving feelings of
homesickness.
这种
幸福
感与
归属
感对于
离
开故
国
的人而
言会变得尤
为
重
要。据一些食物
专家
所
言
,文化
中的
某
些方面人们
很
快
会失去
,
但
对于食物,
则
有更多机
会
与回忆、与
家
、与
处
所关联。从
小到大的食物
最难割舍
。当然,每个人的治愈系食物(是什么)
很
大
程度
上
取
决于
他
们来自
何方
-----
对一个中
国
人来说,
可
能是一
盘饺子配
上一
碟醋;
而对于一个
土
生
土长
的英
国
人来说,
则可
能是经
典
的
炸鱼薯条
,
热腾腾
地
端
上来,
咸
中带
酸
。一口治愈系食物带我们回到自
己
文
化的根,带来我们
渴望
的“
家
的味
道
”,让我们一解
怀乡
之情。
That
’
s certainly true for me. Comfort food tastes good and by building an emotional bond
with our happy memories, always makes us feel good. It isn
’
t just a bowl of noodles or chicken
soup. It
’
s food for the soul.
对我而
言
,的
确如
此。治愈系食物味
道可
口,通过与我们快乐的回忆之
间建
立情感联系,
它让我们心情不
错
。它不仅仅是一碗面
条或鸡汤
,它是心
灵
的食量。
P5 When we are in low spirits, we may cry out for things that give us comfort and a sense of
security. Since it brings back happy memories of the past or offers an opportunity to connect with
our home culture, comfort food can often do the trick . However, there is another type of comfort
food, which generates positive emotions in a different way. Food high in calories may also make
us feel better. As desserts like cakes are digested, blood sugar levels can go up quickly. As a result,
we will be in a better mood after eating the comfort food. However, the sharp increase in blood
sugar will cause the body to produce a special chemical to remove it. When the chemical lowers
blood sugar levers, we are likely to feel sad again and will greedily eat more comfort food. There