Cecilia Chiang- s road to Chinese food 江孫蕓的中國(guó)美食路

1、PAGE PAGE - 4 -CeciliaChiang?sroadtoChinesefood江孫蕓的中國(guó)美食路彭姝喆美國(guó)中餐女王江孫蕓，漂泊萬(wàn)里，跌宕數(shù)十年，獲得餐飲界的“奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)”，讓世界看到中國(guó)美食的傳承。1CeciliaChiang，namedthe“motherofChinesefoodinAmerica”，afamedrestaurateurwhohelpedintroducerealChinesefoodtoAmericainthe1960s，diedonOctober28，2022attheageof100.Openedin1961，CeciliaslegendarySanFr

2、anciscorestaurant，theMandarin，wasarguablythebestChineserestaurantintheUSforover30years.ShechallengedtheAmericanideaofChinesefoodandtransformedtheirappreciationforauthenticChinesecuisine.2MsChiangwasborninWuxiin1920astheseventhdaughterinawealthyfamily.Afterherparentsdied，Ceciliamanagedthebusinessesfi

3、nanceswhilestillinherteens.3MsChiangcametoSanFranciscoin1959.OnceinSanFrancisco，shemettwoacquaintanceswhowantedtoopenarestaurant.MsChiangagreedtoputupahugedeposit.Butwhenthetwowomenquit，MsChiangfoundtoherhorrorthatthedepositwasnotrefundable（可退還的）.Shedecidedtoopentherestaurantherself.“Ibegantothinkth

4、atifIcouldcreatearestaurantwithWesternstyleserviceandthedishesthatIwasmostfamiliarwiththedeliciousfoodofnorthernChinamaybemylittlerestaurantwouldsucceed，”shewroteinherbook.4TheMandarin，whichwasopenedin1961asasmallrestaurant，introducedcustomerstomainlySichuan，ShanghaiandCantondishes.Theearlydaysweree

5、speciallytough.Butlittlebylittle，Chinesediners，andafewAmericans，cameregularly.Overnight，thetablesfilledandbecameahugesuccess.5MsChiangenjoyedmanyextraordinaryhonors.In2022，whenshewas93，shereceivedthelongoverdueLifetimeAchievementAwardfromtheJamesBeardAwards，knownasthe“Culinary（烹飪的）Oscars”atNewYorksL

6、incolnCenter.CeciliaconsidereditherlegacytohaveredefinedwhatAmericansknowaboutChinesefoodandculture.Inheracceptancespeech，Ceciliasaid，“Thisisanincrediblehonor.JamesBeardwasoneofmyclosepersonalfriends，sothisawardholdsaspecialplaceinmyheart.”.ChoosethebestanswersaccordingtothetextDetail1.WhendidMsChia

7、ngstarttomanagethebusinessesfinances？A.Inthe1920s.B.Inthe1930s.C.Inthe1950s.D.Inthe1960s.2.WhydidMsChiangopenarestaurantalone？A.Shewantedtoliveabetterlife.B.Sheneededtogetherdepositback.C.Shedecidedtohelpheracquaintances.D.ShewishedtospreadChinesefoodacrossAmerica.3.WhatcanbeMsChiangschiefachievemen

8、t？A.ShechangedAmericanseatinghabits.B.ShewonanOscarawardforherrestaurant.C.SheshowedAmericansthecharmofChinesefood.D.SherecordedmanyrecipesforChinesedishesinherbook.4.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesMsChiang？A.Smartbutstubborn.B.Adventurousbutcareless.C.Devotedandbrave.D.Enthusiasticandambitious.Dis

9、cussionHaveyoueverheardofCeciliaChiangbefore？Canyousearchformoreinformationabouther？.Analyzesomedifficultsentencesinthetext1.CeciliaChiang，namedthe“motherofChinesefoodinAmerica”，afamedrestaurateurwhohelpedintroducerealChinesefoodtoAmericainthe1960s，diedonOctober28，2022attheageof100.江孫蕓，被譽(yù)為“美國(guó)中餐之母”，是

10、一位著名的餐館老板，她在20世紀(jì)60年代把地道的中國(guó)美食引入美國(guó)，于2022年10月28日去世，享年100歲?！军c(diǎn)石成金】本句中，named為過去分詞作后置定語(yǔ);afamedrestaurateurwhohelpedintroducerealChinesefoodtoAmericainthe1960s作同位語(yǔ)，其中，who引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞為afamedrestaurateur。2.Butwhenthetwowomenquit，MsChiangfoundtoherhorrorthatthedepositwasnotrefundable.但當(dāng)這兩名女士離開時(shí)，江女士驚恐地發(fā)現(xiàn)，押金是不可退還的?！军c(diǎn)石成金】本句中，that引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句，toherhorror意為“使她震驚的是”。.Memorizesometextcenter