Unit 9 Chinese Food
Key to the Exercises Text comprehension
I.Decide which of the following best states the main idea of the passage.
B
(This es ay is by and large an illustration of a proposition raised by K enneth Lo
that food will determine one's physical strength and ultimately one's spiritual and moral fiber and well-being. Its aim and conclusion rest with the philosophy expressed in Chinese food.)
II.
or false.
Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true
imported food1.T (Refer to Paragraph 1.)
2.T (Refer to Paragraph 2.)
3.T (Refer to Paragraph 6.)
4.F (Refer to Paragraph 7. According to Helen Burke, the cooking itself takes
only 10% of the actual preparation but it is not a simple mat er as indicated by the percentage of time it consumes.)
5.T (Refer to Paragraph 9.)
III.Answer the following questions.
1.Food and eating, according to Kenneth Lo, determines not only one's physical health but also one's spiritual and moral soundness and his ultimate well-being.
2.Refer to Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. According to the author, many people in the
West are gourmets and gluttons, while a large number of others are pret y indifferent to food. On the contrary, Fu Tong, a L ondon restaurateur, maintains that to Chinese people food is of primary importance and is one of the ecstasies of life.
Also, when they go to a restaurant, Westerners care more about the table than the
food, while the Chinese aim to eat with a capital E, or take the food with the utmost earnest.
3.Refer to Paragraph 5. Literally, Chinese food is ubiquitous. Chinese restaurants have sprung up almost everywhere in the world. At the root of the phenomenal rise of Chinese food in the world is a strong interest in Chinese food in the West. There is an increase in sensuality in the Western world and coincide
ntally Chinese food is very sensual in its combination of color, texture and
taste.
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