泛读BookI第二版Unit4AfoodtouroftheUnitedStates绪论.docx

第二版Unit 4 A Food Tour of the United StatesOne of the most intriguing?features?of American cooking is its variety. The traveler who crosses the U.S. by bus or by car will find the food as worthy of attention as the scenery -- and full of unexpected surprises, too. For American cooking at its best is regional in character.?????Except for turkey at Thanksgiving,?no single dish has gained wide enough popularity in the U. S. to become a symbol for the country as a whole. Each region sets its table with a different specialty. These regional specialties?capture?the flavor and aroma and express the character of a particular locality（同一句中的横线表示连起来看）. For instance, Cape Cod, a summer resort on the Atlantic Ocean, is famous for its clambakes, a seafood feast pulled ocean-fresh from the Atlantic and cooked over an outdoor fire on the beach. New Orleans is known for its jambalaya, a spicy dish of rice, ham, shrimp, and tomatoes. And Boston, where the winters are long and cold, is called bean town because of its baked beans, a mixture of dried beans, salt pork, brown sugar, and molasses. Mixed in an iron pot and baked for hours in a slow oven, this dish is hearty and?nutritious. Americans say, It sticks to your ribs.?????Being regional, these dishes feature the vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry, and seafoodthatare locally available. And since local conditions-- the soil, climate, and topography -- vary a great deal in the U.S., as might be expected in the worlds fourth largest country, the result is a national food menu on which most of the worlds favorite foods are listed.?????? Seafood of all kinds is abundant in the states that border the oceans or?possess?lake and river systems. Shrimp, crab, and lobster, as well as fresh fish are all mealtime favorites. Citrus fruit -- oranges, grapefruit, lemons and limes -- are produced in Florida and California. The fruit groves in these states supply most of the frozen juice and sun-ripened fruit that gracethe breakfast tables of the nat