Yunnan crossing-the-bridge rice noodles

青海西寧市第四高級中學 曹文華

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當年秀才攻讀，其妻每日為其送去米線，其妻為避免丈夫食用時過涼，就將熱油倒入湯內以保溫，其丈夫使用時湯和米線仍然很熱，需用小碗冷食，將砂鍋內的米線用筷子重置于碗中，米線將兩碗架作一橋，有妻子送米線過橋之意，故稱過橋米線。

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Yunnan crossing-the-bridge rice noodles,with an over 100-year history,is one of the bestknown Yunnan snacks,and was listed as an intangible （無形的）cultural heritage of Kunming city in 2008．

It is composed of three parts∶stewed chicken or goose soup,slices of pork,fish and other vegetables,and rice noodles．

People who have never tried these rice noodles sometimes lose face（出丑）as they burn their lips when drinking the boiling soup too quickly．

The soup is boiling but in a misleading,calm way;its floating thick chicken or goose oil prevents steam and makes us try to taste it too soon．It is used to boil the raw meat slices and vegetables before the cooked rice noodles are added．

There are many stories about the invention of the dish．

One story is that during the Qing Dynasty(1644—1912)there was a scholar who studied on an island of Mengzi city,Yunnan Province．His wife made his favorite food,rice noodles,for him every day．

But the noodles always got cold when they were sent to the island．One day,the wife found that the chicken soup she sent to her husband was still hot．She soon figured out that the thick oil on the chicken soup preserved heat．She also found that the rice noodles tasted better if not boiled together with the chicken soup．

The smart wife therefore started bringing separated chicken soup,rice noodles and other ingredients to the island and combined them only after arriving at her husband’s place．

The rice noodles tasted so good that the cooking method soon spread across the city．

Local people named the dish “crossing-the-bridge rice noodles”in memory of the wife as she had needed to cross a bridge to the island every day.

Reading check

Match each word with its correct meaning according to the text.

1.compose A.to cover a larger and larger area

2.boiling B.one of the things from which sth is made,especially one of the foods that are used together to make a particular dish

3.preserve C.to combine together to form a whole

4.ingredient D.to keep a particular quality,feature,etc.

5.spread E.very hot

Language study

I.Words in the context

Ⅱ.Phrases

1.in a...way以一種……的方式

2.be used to do被用來做……

3.in memory of為了紀念……

Ⅲ.Difficult sentences

1.她還發現，米粉如果不和雞湯一起煮味道會更好。

She also found that the rice noodles tasted better if____________ （not boil） together with the chicken soup.

【點石成金】that引導賓語從句，可以省略；if引導條件狀語從句，省略了it was。在時間狀語從句、條件狀語從句和讓步狀語從句中，如果主語和主句主語一致，并且從句中含有be動詞，這時，可以省略從句中的主語和be動詞。

When（he was）asked the reason for his absence from school,he kept silent.當被問及他曠課的原因時，他保持沉默。

If （I am）invited,I will go to their wedding.如果我受到邀請，我就會去參加他們的婚禮。

2.這種米粉味道如此好，以至于這種烹飪法很快就在城里傳開了。

The rice noodles tasted__________good__________the cooking method soon spread across the city.

【點石成金】句型so...that...意為“如此……以至于……”，so后面接形容詞或副詞。當修飾名詞時，要用such...that...。

The programme has been so organized that none of the talks overlap.日程做了精心安排，以使每一講沒有重復內容。