王宏園

食物是一種獨(dú)特的東西，它不僅可以讓你放松心情，享受美好生活，還可以幫助你打開(kāi)文化探索的大門(mén)。

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1 Food is the key that opens the door to exploringa culture. Food is one of the fundamentalthings that involve excitement in you of experiencingdifferent cultures.

2 You are introduced to many new ingredientsthat you can incorporate into your diet.Once you explore so massive different ingredientsused in various kinds of dishes， your choicesincrease and foods that you prepare on your own certainly are enriched. You become a fanof one or two ingredients present in a meal you had in some country. You try to incorporatethe same in your diet.

3 You need adventure. You cannot always be satisfied with routine meals. It is ournatural instinct that we are attracted by excitement. The element of“excitement”followsanything that gives you a surprise. You always need to take on adventures because it isonly in this way that you are learning about life. You frequently require beating the normal and routine in order to enjoy life. Theresa pleasure in adventure and much of food ofdifferent cultures allows you to experience it.

4 Food is the best way to learn aboutvarious cultures and traditions. Probably thebest way culture is portrayed and traditionsare presented is hospitality. The primarybase of hospitality is food. People are fond of uncovering their culture and traditionsthrough food. It is a whole strategy that restaurants incorporate in their business. People arealways attracted by food and the excitement of experiencing the rich culture of countriesaround the world. It offers networking opportunities. How easy is it to strike up a pleasantconversation with a stranger on the subject of food？ Of course， most of your conversations inthe hotel， flights， events and meetings involve food. You are eager to share your review andpeople tend to listen. It may be the only time when someone greedily listens to you.Sharing your experience of different kinds of foods you had is another way. You can boastof what kind of foods you can prepare all the time when the other person remains interested.It stirs up a conversation and then you can easily take it anywhere from there.

Reading Check

Detail

1. What will happen if you explore many different ingredients？

A. You will lead a healthy and busy life.

B. You will make your dishes much richer.

C. You will love taking on adventures more often.

D. You will become more confident of your culture.

Detail

2. Whats the driving force for you to beat the normal and routine？

A. You want to enjoy life.

B. You want to be excited.

C. You want more surprises.

D. You want to be adventurous.

Vocabulary

3. What does the underlined word“portrayed”mean in paragraph 4？

A. Described. B. Observed.

C. Packed. D. Reacted.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Discover the useful structure in the text

It is/was+被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分，強(qiáng)調(diào)句

You always need to take on adventures because it is only in this way that you are learning about life. 你總是需要冒險(xiǎn)，因?yàn)橹挥羞@樣你才是在了解生活。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

various kinds of 各種類(lèi)型的；各種各樣的

be satisfied with 對(duì)……感到滿(mǎn)意

take on 決定做；承擔(dān)（責(zé)任）

in order to 為了；以便

be fond of 喜歡；喜愛(ài)

strike up sth （with sb）（和某人）建立友誼；交談起來(lái)

boast of 吹噓