世界各地受歡迎的美食節

山東 李全忠

世界各地舉辦的盛大的美食節都具備一些特殊的元素和場景，只有參與其中，你才會發現自己不只是一個食客，而是一個可以吃出品位、吃出文化的“美食家”。

主題語境：飲食文化 篇幅：318詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1One of the major things to explore in every destination is its food!With these perfect food festivals around the world, you can have a big chance to taste delicious food and enjoy a range of entertaining activities and events.

Pizzafest

2Join a number of people on this fine night of September when the village of Naples gears up to make and consume more than 100,000 pizzas of every kind, including 50-odd historic versions, such as classics Napoletana, Margherita, and Marinara! No wonder it's among the best food festivals in the world for pizza lovers!

Where:Naples,Italy

Herring Festival

3The Herring Festival is one of the unique cultural food festivals around the world.Each April,schools of herring swim into the Ringk?bing Fjord in Denmark to spawn(產卵)in its sheltered waters.And when they do,it's party time for fishermen, and for scores of people coming into the town to enjoy platters of pickled, filleted, fried, caked, and baked herring! There aren't many food festivals around the world serving this delicious fish.So,make sure you don't miss this one!

Where:Hvide Sande,Denmark

Salon du Chocolat

4Are you a fan of chocolates and fashions alike? Then you must head to taste some high-quality chocolates produced in Ecuador and attend the Salon du Chocolat festival in Quito.The festival lets you relish the taste of the finest of chocolates, and watch a fashion show with models wearing dresses made of...Can you guess?

Where:Quito,Ecuador

Dumpling Festival

5Does your mouth start to water when you think of steamy and juicy dumplings? If yes, then this festival is just for you.Savour (品嘗) the taste ofzongzidumplings—glutinous rice with different fillings wrapped in bamboo, lotus or banana leaves—on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month.Engulf (包圍) yourself in a sea of dumplings and the friendly hospitality of the Chinese people.

Where:Hong Kong,China.

Reading Check

Inference 1.What's the function of the first paragraph?

A.To give a definition.

B.To lead in the topic.

C.To give the background.

D.To explain the importance of food.

Vocabulary 2.What does the underlined word“relish”mean in paragraph 4?

A.Abandon.B.Compare.

C.Improve.D.Enjoy.

Detail 3.What do we know about the Dumpling Festival?

A.We can feel Chinese people's enthusiasm.

B.We can have delicious roasted meats.

C.We can dress up on a beautiful night.

D.We can taste the finest of chocolates.

Language Study

I.Discover the useful structure in the text

“with+名詞+介詞短語”作狀語的復合結構

With these perfect food festivals around the world, you can have a big chance to taste delicious food and enjoy a range of entertaining activities and events.通過這些世界各地的完美的美食節，您將有很大機會品嘗美味佳肴并享受一系列娛樂活動和盛事。

Ⅱ.Text-centered chunks

a range of 一系列

a number of 一些；許多

a sea of 大量的……