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1、现代大学英语听力1课堂听力unitUnit 10 Task 1 million, 170,000, three, exercise, unhealthy, salt, sugar, vegetables, habits Heart disease kills more than a million people in the world every year. In Britain alone 170,000 die from the disease annually. There are three main reasons for this: smoking, a bad diet, an

2、d not taking enough exercise. Many people travel to work by car, bus or train and then sit down at work all day! The food they eat is unhealthy and they eat too much. In a typical British dish of sausages, chips and beans there is too much salt and too much sugar an important ingredient in tinned fo

3、od and there are not enough vegetables. And there is not enough fiber in most meals. There are too many deaths from heart disease. We can reduce that number, but we have to change our habits. Task 2 A. 1) 60, 400, 25, 100, sugar, flour, powdered 2) 45-55, 180, with Pear and Ginger Upside-down Puddin

4、g Ingredients 60ml golden syrup 400g canned pears (drain and retain juice) 25 g glace cherries 100g margarine 100g sugar 2 eggs 150g flour l 0ml powdered ginger a little milk Method Cooking time: 45-55 minutes Oven: 180 This is a popular favourite with the family. Grease a 20 cm round cake tin. Heat

5、 the syrup and pour into the tin and cover the base. Arrange the pears and glace cherries in the syrup. Cream the margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and finally stir in the flour and ginger. If the mixture is stiff add a little milk. Pour the mixture over the fruit

6、 and cook until golden brown and firm to the touch. Turn the pudding out onto a serving dish. Task 3 A. 1) F, 2) T B. 1) Their idea of a good meal is a hamburger, served with ketchup and French fries. 2) Because they often have little space for tables and chairs. Many people buy their hamburgers and

7、 take them home to eat, or eat them in their cars. The younger members of most American families dont like foreign food. They like hamburgers. Their idea of a good meal is a hamburger, served with ketchup and French fried potatoes, which are called French fries. French fries are not considered forei

8、gn; most American children and teenagers love to eat them any time of the day or night. Millions of hamburgers and French fries are eaten every year. Thousands of roadside restaurants prepare and sell them. These are not really restaurants in the usual sense; they often have little space for tables

9、and chairs. Many people buy their hamburgers and take them home to eat, or eat them in their cars. Sometimes it is not necessary to go inside in order to buy the hamburgers. They are ordered through a window in the restaurant and then are handed out through the window to the waiting customer. Someti

10、mes the customer does not even have to get out of his car. When an American family travels abroad, this is almost always the custom that the younger members of the family miss most. Task 4 1) No. They dont like anything but hamburger. 2) Ground sirloin is more expensive than ground chuck, but it has

11、 less fat. 3) She mixes the salt and pepper and onions with ground beef. 4) A patty is a flattened ball. 5) Because it will make the hamburger tough. They will be hard and tough. 6) Rare, medium, or well-done. Mrs. Wong: Have you tried cooking Chinese fried rice? Mrs. Adams: Yes, I made it last Satu

12、rday, just the way you told me to make it. Mrs. Wong: How did it taste? Mrs. Adams: Not as good as yours, but we all liked it. All except my teenagers. They dont like anything but hamburgers. Mrs. Wong: Oh, hamburgers! My children keep asking for hamburgers. I get so tired of hearing about hamburger

13、s! Mrs. Adams: I know what you mean. I get tired of making them. Mrs. Wong: How do you make them? I suppose 1 should learn how. Mrs. Adams: Theyre very simple, compared to your food. Mrs. Wong: What kind of meat do you buy? Mrs. Adams: Some kind of ground beef. I usually ask for either ground sirloi

14、n or ground round steak. Its more expensive than ground chuck, but it has less fat. Mrs. Wong: How much do you buy? Mrs. Adams: A pound makes four big hamburgers. Mrs. Wong: What do you mix with the ground beef? Mrs. Adams: I just add a little salt, some pepper, and sometimes a little chopped onion.

15、 Some people dont like it with onions, but 1 do. Mrs. Wong: So you mix the salt and pepper and onions with the ground beef. Mrs. Adams: Yes, and divide the mixture into balls. Then make the balls into patties. Mrs. Wong: What is a patty? Mrs. Adams: You just press down on a ball and make it flat. Pa

16、tties are flattened balls. If you want to get more than four patties out of a pound of meat, just make the patties thinner. But dont handle the meat too much. Mrs. Wong: Why not? Mrs. Adams: Because it will make the hamburgers tough. Theyll be hard and tough. Mrs. Wong: Then I suppose you cook them

17、on top of the stove. Mrs. Adams: Yes, in a hot frying pan. Put some butter in the pan and let it melt. Then put the hamburger patties in. Mrs. Wong: How long do you cook them? Mrs. Adams: That depends on how you like them. Some people like them rare red inside. Mrs. Wong: I dont like them rare! Mrs.

18、 Adams: If you like them medium or well-done, cook them longer. Mrs. Wong: Then you put them between pieces of bread. Mrs. Adams: Most people use special rolls. You put the hamburger inside the big roll, and serve it with ketchup and pickles. I let my family spread ketchup on their own hamburgers, i

19、f they want it. Mrs. Wong: Is that all you need to do? Mrs. Adams: Thats all. Task 5 A. 1) 4,700, ten, eleven 2) London, Paris, same, apple pies, coffee, Cola, orange drink, thick milk 3) white, cream, yellow, green 4) paper bags, thick paper cups B. 1) F, 2) F, 3) T, 4) T C. 1) In an ordinary resta

20、urant you go to a table and sit down. A waiter or waitress brings you a menu and you choose your meal. Then you wait for the food. The waiter brings the food to your table, and at the end of the meal he brings you the bill. Then you pay for the meal and go home. In a fast food restaurant you look at

21、 the price list in the widow or on the wall rather than a menu. Then you go to the counter and give your order. You dont wait for your food. The staff behind the counter have special machines and special routines. They prepare the food very quickly and put it in boxes, cups or bags. 2) Because you e

22、at it from the bag or box with your fingers. Do you want a good meal? Do you want a quick meal? Then go to a fast food restaurant. There are now thousands of fast food restaurants in the cities of the world. One famous name is Harrys Hamburgers. Harrys Hamburgers come from America and they are 22 ye

23、ars old. There are 4,700 Harrys Hamburgers in 25 different countries. In England the restaurants open at ten oclock in the morning and close at eleven oclock at night. They are open every day of the week and every week of the year. But they close on 25th December, Christmas Day. All the restaurants

24、serve the same food. In London or New York, Paris or Madrid, people eat the same hamburgers, French fries and apple pie. And they drink the same drinks: coffee, Cola, orange drink or thick milk shake. In an ordinary cafe or restaurant you go to a table and sit down. A waiter or waitress brings you a

25、 menu and you choose your meal. Then you wait for the food. Sometimes you wait for half an hour. Thats a long time. The waiter brings the food to your table, and at the end of the meal he brings you the bill. Then you pay for the meal and go home. In a fast-food restaurant you dont sit at a table an

26、d look at a menu. You look at the price-list in the window or on the wall, and choose your meal. Then you go to the counter and give your order. You dont wait for your food. The staff behind the counter have special machines and special routines. They prepare the food very quickly, and put it in box

27、es, cups or bags. Quarterpounder hamburgers come in white boxes, cheeseburgers in cream boxes, half-pounders in a yellow box and fishburgers in green boxes. They put French fries and apple pies in paper bags and serve all the drinks in thick paper cups. At Harrys Hamburgers you pay for your meal bef

28、ore you eat it. The person at the counter takes your money and gives you your order. People often eat in the restaurants. They get their food on a tray and take it to a table. Fast food is finger food you eat it from the bag or box with you fingers. After the meal you put your bags, paper cups and b

29、oxes in a big litter bin. Many people dont eat in the restaurants but take their meal away. They get their order in a strong paper bag and take it to their office, to a park or to their homes. But the food always tastes the same. Millions of people in the world eat it and like it. Harrys Hamburgers

30、sell millions of hamburgers in a year. Task 6 1) Two hamburgers, a cheeseburger, two small French-fries, a coffee, a cola and a chocolate milk shake. And its take-away. 2) Three pounds twenty-one pence. 3) They can find little packets of milk and sugar in the bag. Customer staff: Good morning. What

31、is your order please? Customer: Two hamburgers, a cheeseburger and two small French-fries, please. Customer staff: Do you want drinks? Customer: Yes, please. A coffee, a Cola and a chocolate milk shake. Customer staff: Right. Do you want to eat here or take away? Customer: Take-away please. Customer

32、 staff: Two hamburgers, a cheeseburger, two small French-fries, a coffee, a cola and a chocolate milk shake. And its take-away. Thats three pounds twenty-one pence please. Customer: Here you are. Customer staff: Thank you. Heres one pound seventy-nine pence change. And heres your order. Customer: Th

33、anks. Is there milk and sugar for the coffee? Customer staff: Yes, there is. We put little packets of milk and sugar in the bag. Customer: I see. Thank you. Customer staff: Thank you. Enjoy your meal. Task 7 1) Tomato soup for Sally and mushroom soup for Peter. 2) Sally orders roast mutton with mint

34、, boiled potatoes and some Brussels sprouts. Peter orders roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with gravy, and some boiled cabbage. 3) They both have some apple tart and vanilla ice-cream. 4) Because both the food and the service there are excellent. Peter and Sally are having Sunday dinner together at

35、a well-known restaurant in Bayswater. Waiter: Good evening, sir; good evening, madam. Theres a table for two over by the window. This way, please. Peter: Thank you. Could we see the menu, please? Waiter: Certainly. Here you are, sir. Peter: Thank you. Well, now, Sally, what do you fancy? Sally: I th

36、ink Ill have some tomato soup first. Peter: And Ill have mushroom soup. Bring us some rolls and butter with the soup, please. Waiter: Yes, sir. Peter: What kind of meat do you prefer, Sally? I see they have roast beef, pork chops, mutton and steak. Sally: Id like roast mutton with mint, please, and

37、boiled potatoes. Some Brussels sprouts, too, please. Peter: Ill have roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with gravy, please, and some boiled cabbage. Sally: Afterwards, Id like some apple tart and vanilla ice-cream. Peter: The same for me, please. (to Sally) What shall we have to drink, Sally? Some red

38、 wine? Sally: French burgundy is my favourite, you know. Peter: All right. (to the Waiter)A bottle of French burgundy, please. Waiter: Straight away, sir. Sally: Its nice to have a meal out for a change, isnt it? Peter: Yes, and this is one of my favourite places. Both the food and the service are e

39、xcellent here. Task 8 A. 1) Cosmopolitan means “consisting of people from many different parts of the world”. 2) He means that all those kinds of food have already become a normal part of a Londoners diet today. 3) The Indian and Pakistani restaurants are the cheapest ones. 4) No. Almost all the res

40、taurants there serve Cantonese dishes, but theres one that specializes in Peking cuisine. 5) They are going to have a look in the Guanghua Bookshop. B. 1) sprung, mushrooms, immensely, with 2) under the sun, represented, somewhere or another 3) come onto the scene 4) all the more 5) colorful, atmosp

41、here, overhead 6) soup, boiled, As for, sweet, sour, fried chicken, green Nick and David are walking through Oxford Street looking for a place to eat. Nick: You Londoners certainly have a very cosmopolitan taste these days! It seems almost impossible to find an English restaurant here anywhere. Near

42、ly every restaurant I see seems to be Italian, Greek, Chinese or Indian! David: Youre right. These foreign restaurants have sprung up like mushrooms all over London and have become immensely popular with everyone. There can be no doubt that our eating habits have changed greatly in the past eight or

43、 ten years. Italian spaghetti, Greek kebabs and salads, Chinese chicken chow mien and Indian curries are all a normal part of a Londoners diet nowadays. In fact, we hardly ever think of such things as being foreign anymore. Nick: This is true in the North of England and the Midlands, as well, at any

44、 rate in the larger towns and cities. But here in London, every nationality under the sun seems to be represented in a restaurant somewhere or another. David: Yes. The big American hamburger and steak houses are very popular nowadays. Several Japanese and some Korean and Indonesian restaurants have

45、come onto the scene recently, too. Nick: That makes London all the more fascinating, doesnt it? David: Thats right. But most of these restaurants are rather expensive. Nick: I hear that the Indian and Pakistani restaurants are the cheapest ones. David: Yes, and the food is usually excellent. But the

46、re are plenty of good Chinese restaurants, too, where the prices are very moderate and the meals superb. The best ones are down in Gerrard Street, behind Piccadilly Circus in what we call “Chinatown”. Nick: Why dont we go to one of them now? Is Gerrard Street far from here? David: No. Well just turn

47、 right here and go down Wardour Street through Soho. Itll only take us about ten minutes to get to Gerrard Street. Nick: Wonderful! Im dead keen on Chinese food, you know. David: Almost all the restaurants there serve Cantonese dishes, but theres one that specializes in Peking cuisine. Nick: Oh, her

48、e we are; I can tell by all those signs in Chinese that this is the street were looking for. David: Yes. There are about twelve very good Chinese restaurants here. Well have a look at both sides of the street first and then decide on one. Nick: I see that there are some Chinese supermarkets here, too. David: Oh,