英语导读1000句[37]:Cooking

Section 37
Cooking

Once we discovered fire, we learned how to cook.
Since then, the methods of cooking vary tremendously.
Culinary tastes have delivered boiling, baking, broiling¹, frying, grilling², roasting and many other ways of cooking.
Around the world, so many different ways of presenting food have evolved.
Almost every country has its own cooking characteristics.
In China, most hot food is quick fired, whereas in the west, grilling is preferred.
In Chinese homes, it is not common to see an oven.
In the west, everyone has an oven for baking and roasting.
Meat, in China, is usually cut up into small portions.
In the west, large pieces of meat are often served at meal times.
Today, some people do not eat meat.
They are called vegetarians³.
Those who eat nothing associated with animals or fish are called vegans.
Even without meat or fish, there is still a great variety of choice of foods.
If we look in modern bookshops, we can see hundreds of books to teach us how to cook.
For many, cooking and eating is one of the greatest pleasures in life.

1 broiling   

adj.酷热的，炽热的，似烧的v.（用火）烤（焙、炙等）( broil的现在分词 )；使卷入争吵；使混乱；被烤（或炙）

参考例句：

• They lay broiling in the sun. 他们躺在太阳底下几乎要晒熟了。
• I'm broiling in this hot sun. 在太阳底下，我感到热极了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 grilling   

v.烧烤( grill的现在分词 )；拷问，盘问

参考例句：

• The minister faced a tough grilling at today's press conference. 部长在今天的记者招待会上受到了严厉的盘问。
• He's grilling out there in the midday sun. 他在外面让中午火辣辣的太阳炙烤着。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 vegetarians   

n.吃素的人( vegetarian的名词复数 )；素食者；素食主义者；食草动物

参考例句：

• Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. 素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
• Vegetarians believe that eating meat is bad karma. 素食者认为吃肉食是造恶业。