Yunnan crossing-the-bridge rice noodles

青海西宁市第四高级中学 曹文华

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当年秀才攻读，其妻每日为其送去米线，其妻为避免丈夫食用时过凉，就将热油倒入汤内以保温，其丈夫使用时汤和米线仍然很热，需用小碗冷食，将砂锅内的米线用筷子重置于碗中，米线将两碗架作一桥，有妻子送米线过桥之意，故称过桥米线。

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Yunnan crossing-the-bridge rice noodles,with an over 100-year history,is one of the bestknown Yunnan snacks,and was listed as an intangible （无形的）cultural heritage of Kunming city in 2008．

It is composed of three parts∶stewed chicken or goose soup,slices of pork,fish and other vegetables,and rice noodles．

People who have never tried these rice noodles sometimes lose face（出丑）as they burn their lips when drinking the boiling soup too quickly．

The soup is boiling but in a misleading,calm way;its floating thick chicken or goose oil prevents steam and makes us try to taste it too soon．It is used to boil the raw meat slices and vegetables before the cooked rice noodles are added．

There are many stories about the invention of the dish．

One story is that during the Qing Dynasty(1644—1912)there was a scholar who studied on an island of Mengzi city,Yunnan Province．His wife made his favorite food,rice noodles,for him every day．

But the noodles always got cold when they were sent to the island．One day,the wife found that the chicken soup she sent to her husband was still hot．She soon figured out that the thick oil on the chicken soup preserved heat．She also found that the rice noodles tasted better if not boiled together with the chicken soup．

The smart wife therefore started bringing separated chicken soup,rice noodles and other ingredients to the island and combined them only after arriving at her husband’s place．

The rice noodles tasted so good that the cooking method soon spread across the city．

Local people named the dish “crossing-the-bridge rice noodles”in memory of the wife as she had needed to cross a bridge to the island every day.

Reading check

Match each word with its correct meaning according to the text.

1.compose A.to cover a larger and larger area

2.boiling B.one of the things from which sth is made,especially one of the foods that are used together to make a particular dish

3.preserve C.to combine together to form a whole

4.ingredient D.to keep a particular quality,feature,etc.

5.spread E.very hot

Language study

I.Words in the context

Ⅱ.Phrases

1.in a...way以一种……的方式

2.be used to do被用来做……

3.in memory of为了纪念……

Ⅲ.Difficult sentences

1.她还发现，米粉如果不和鸡汤一起煮味道会更好。

She also found that the rice noodles tasted better if____________ （not boil） together with the chicken soup.

【点石成金】that引导宾语从句，可以省略；if引导条件状语从句，省略了it was。在时间状语从句、条件状语从句和让步状语从句中，如果主语和主句主语一致，并且从句中含有be动词，这时，可以省略从句中的主语和be动词。

When（he was）asked the reason for his absence from school,he kept silent.当被问及他旷课的原因时，他保持沉默。

If （I am）invited,I will go to their wedding.如果我受到邀请，我就会去参加他们的婚礼。

2.这种米粉味道如此好，以至于这种烹饪法很快就在城里传开了。

The rice noodles tasted__________good__________the cooking method soon spread across the city.

【点石成金】句型so...that...意为“如此……以至于……”，so后面接形容词或副词。当修饰名词时，要用such...that...。

The programme has been so organized that none of the talks overlap.日程做了精心安排，以使每一讲没有重复内容。