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Comfortfood (选择性必修1) 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 mymouth and enjoying the perfect marriage of rice and milk. Before I know it, I’mhappy again. My experience withrice pudding illustrates the unique power of “comfort food”. In its broadest sense, comfort food refers to any food that makes us feel better. In thisarticle, 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. 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 inour family, then those foods tend to be linked with positive emotions. Forexample, we often connect chicken soup with a happy childhood and its flavourbecomes 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 thischeers us up. 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 hardestto 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. That’s certainly truefor 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. 自我检测 一、读后续写句子积累和语法填空： Examples: 1. Whenever I feel lonely, I havea secret recipe that never fails: rice, milk and sugar, __________(cook) low and slow. No matter _____ bad my mood is, that perfect ____________(combine) isalways enough to lift my spirits. 仿写1：Whenever I feel bored with mystudies, I have a secret recipe that never fails to lift my spirits: doing somejogging on the playground. 仿写2： _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Sometimes the smell alone cando the trick, not ________(mention) the lovely creamy flavour, __________ workslike a time machine immediately __________(transport) me back to my sunny childhood. 仿写1：Sometimes looking out of the window can do the trick, not to mention reading a funny book immediately transporting me to a different world. 仿写2： _____________________________________________________________________ 3. In its broadest sense, comfortfood refers to any food that makes us feel better. 仿写1：Education, in its broadest sense, is the means of this social continuity of life. 仿写2： _____________________________________________________________________ 4. Our comfort foods are ______(high)individual. They vary from person to person, _________(depend) on our ownunique experiences that _________( shape) our lives. 仿写1：The quality of students’ work varies considerably from student to student. 仿写2： _____________________________________________________________________ 5. One mouthful of comfort food takes us back to our ______(culture) roots, giving us the “taste of home” thatwe cry _____ for and ________(relieve) feelings of homesickness. 仿写1：One mouthful of the meat ball gives us the 'taste of home’ that we cry out for. 仿写2： _____________________________________________________________________ 二、语法填空： 1. In this article, we will talk about a particular type of comfort food _____ power mainly lies in the __________(associate)it calls to mind. It often makes up ______ bad feelings by helping us recall happy memories of the people, things or places we love. 2. For example, we often connect chickensoup _____ a happy childhood and ____(it) flavour becomes ______(tie) up with the feeling of ______(take) care of. When we eat it again, we _______(lock)memories of a time _____ we were loved and looked after, and this ________(cheer)us up. 学生自我命题: 3. _____________________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________________ |
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