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 The Perfect Portion Helen: Food! My favourite subject and today we’re talking about one of the best loved food in this country, chips.Every year, the Potato Council in the UK promotes awareness¹ of British potatoes through the National Chip Week in February.And this year, the Potato council has found a celebrity² to front their campaign to find the perfect portion of chips in the country. Let’s meet Keith. Hello, I’m Keith Chegwin. I’m sometimes called a celebrity. I work in television as a broadcaster and a presenter³. Oh my gosh! I’ve been 42 years in the business now. I’m 52 and I’m mad. If you laid all the chips end to end around the world that we eat in a year, you’d have enough to go around the world 76 times, which is amazing isn’t it? Helen: I think that would millions of pounds of chips. No wonder it’s the nation’s favourite food. Well Keith explains that he prefers his chips to be crisp on the outside and fluffy⁴ on the inside.Salt and vinegar is very traditional, but there’re lots of other sauces you can sprinkle onto your golden chips.Probably because people love the sharp and tangy taste of vinegar. I like ketchup⁵ with my chips and some of my friends prefer mayonnaise. We do think of chips as fattening⁶, because the image of them being fried in oil, and in the old days, most chips were deep fried in lard. That was quite a long time ago, nowadays, most people would have oven chips at home or in chips shops, the chips are fried in vegetable oil.Anything in moderation is fine.we’re not stupid, we know what’s good and bad for us.

1 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

2 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

3 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

4 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。

5 ketchup   

n.蕃茄酱，蕃茄沙司

参考例句：

• There's a spot of ketchup on the tablecloth.桌布上有一点番茄酱的渍斑。
• Could I have some ketchup and napkins,please?请给我一些番茄酱和纸手巾？

6 fattening   

adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》