高等学校研究生英语系列教材-综合教程(上)熊海虹-B篇课文翻译第二单元.doc
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Light, refined, learned and noble, harmonious and orderly, clear and logical, the cooking
of France is, in some strange manner, intimately linked to the genius of her greatest men.
--Marcel Rouff, French journalist and writer
A CUISINE CRISIS
1 What could be more French than an outdoor market on a sunny Sunday morning? The
air is filled with vital scents n.气味;踪迹from the herbs and fruits and vegetables piledv.堆积;积累 high in the
n.气味;踪迹
v.堆积;积累
greengrocern.蔬菜水果商;菜贩s creative geometricsn. 几何学图形. A whiffn. 一点点;单人小划艇;琴鲆属鱼;吸气或吹气 of the Atlantic blows off吹掉;埋怨;炸掉;放气 the oysters on the
n.蔬菜水果商;菜贩
n. 几何学图形
n. 一点点;单人小划艇;琴鲆属鱼;吸气或吹气
吹掉;埋怨;炸掉;放气
fishmongern. 鱼贩;鱼商s bed of ice. Wild game--hare, venisonn.鹿肉, boarn.野猪--hangs from the butchers
n. 鱼贩;鱼商
n.鹿肉
n.野猪
racks, sausages and cheeses are laid out摆开; 安排;采取措施;
摆开; 安排;采取措施; 准备;陈列
有什么比晴朗的星期日早晨的一个户外市场更具法国特色?空气中弥漫着香草和
水果散发出的气味,而且这些水果被水果商摆成各种有创意的图形。鱼贩的冰床上的
牡蛎透露着一点点大西洋的痕迹。在肉贩的货架上挂出了一些野味:野兔、鹿肉和野
猪,而一些香肠和奶酪的摆出使这个小摊更具一番风味。
2 This, you think, is the very essencen. 本质;实质;精华;香精 of France, until you read those little signs that tell
n. 本质;实质;精华;香精
you the tomatoes (which are really pretty tasteless) come from Moroccan hothouses,
the grapes from South Africa, kiwis from Chile and the haricotn.扁豆 from Kenya. You cant
n.扁豆
be sure where that boar bit the dust.
直到你读到那些小标识,即西红柿(相当无味的)产自摩洛哥的温室,葡萄酒产
自南非,猕猴桃产自智利,扁豆产自肯尼亚。你认为这才是法国的精髓所在。
3 The congenialadj. 意气相投的;性格相似的;适意的;一致的 quaintnessadj. 意气相投的;性格相似的;适意的;一致的 of the street market, in fact, draws directly on globalization.
adj. 意气相投的;性格相似的;适意的;一致的
adj. 意气相投的;性格相似的;适意的;一致的
Emile Zola once called the belly of Paris, the rich, ripe, smelly center of the wholesale
food business, long since moved out of downtown to a cargo hubn. 中心;毂;木片 near Qrly airport.
n. 中心;毂;木片
Quite literally毫不夸张地说, that is now where a lot of French cooking begins--
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