展翅的中國雞

重慶 袁 泉

主題語境：飲食文化 篇幅：338詞 建議用時：7分鐘

1Wenchang, a city in Hainan, is the birthplace of Hainanese chicken rice.On the island,Wenchang chicken is the basic ingredient for chicken rice.Song Shenmei, 69, is the fourthgeneration owner of a chicken restaurant in Wenchang,which he has been running for more than four decades.

2“People in Wenchang eat Wenchang chicken during all the festivals,”Song says,adding that during the Qingming Festival,or Tomb Sweeping Day,many overseas Chinese returning home from Southeast Asian countries eat Wenchang chicken at his restaurant.“Some overseas Chinese also like to watch me cooking, and when they learn how to make the dish, they cook it at home,”Song adds.Hainanese chicken rice not only satisfies the diners, but also embodies the taste of home for overseas Chinese from Hainan.It is a vivid reflection of the cultural exchange between people in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative(“一帶一路”倡議),from history to reality.

3Michael Heng Yee Boon,president of Kota Kinabalu Hainan Association,is a secondgeneration Malaysian.Heng says chicken rice is always served during the Spring Festival,and his mother would make it into rice balls,which symbolize“reunion”in Chinese.

4Having tasted Hainanese chicken rice in both Hainan and Malaysia, Heng says the dish is different in the two places because of both the sauce and the way the dish is cooked.“Our ancestors came to Malaysia to do business not just with Hainanese.There are different races and different cultures here,so we have combined the cultures to develop Malaysia's Hainanese chicken rice,”he says.

5“The Hainanese chicken rice in Malaysia is very international, and it is enjoyed by the Malays and foreigners alike,”he says,noting that the dish embodies the wisdom of their ancestors.He believes that although culture is constantly evolving, the spirit of the Hainanese, especially their hard-working attitude, is still passed on from generation to generation in Malaysia.“It's a touching moment whenever we have Hainanese chicken rice.For us,it's not only a delicacy,but indeed a part of our cultural roots,and we will continue to pass it on,”Heng says.

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“People in Wenchang eat Wenchang chicken during all the festivals,”Song says,adding that during the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, many overseas Chinese returning home from Southeast Asian countries eat Wenchang chicken at his restaurant.“文昌人在所有的節日里都吃文昌雞。”宋說，并補充說，在清明節期間，許多從東南亞國家回國的華僑在他的餐廳吃文昌雞。

【點石成金】本句中，adding 作伴隨狀語，表示主動，該動作與謂語動詞says 幾乎同時進行；that 引導賓語從句，其中eat 為謂語動詞，returning home from Southeast Asian countries 充當many overseas Chinese 的后置定語，相當于定語從句who are returning home from Southeast Asian countries。

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the ingredient for……的成分；（尤指烹飪）原料

make...into 把……做成……

be involved in 參與；作為一部分；有關聯

pass on 傳遞