A taste of two cities两个城市的风味

张琳

巴西的圣保羅和日本滨松市有着密切的联系。巴西的圣保罗有着众多的日本餐厅，而日本滨松市到处都可以看到巴西餐厅，这与20世纪时两个国家的移民有着千丝万缕的联系。

1 The city of S o Paulo， Brazil， has hundreds of Japanese restaurants. A world away， in Hamamatsu， a city on the east coast of Japan， there are many places to buy and eat Brazilian food. Why is each country s food so popular in the other？ The answer to this question dates back to the early 20th century.

2 In 1908， people from Japan began to immigrate to Brazil to work on coffee plantations（种植园）. Many of these Japanese immigrants who were called nikkei moved to S o Paulo and settled in a neighborhood called Liberdade. Like many immigrants， they spoke their native language and prepared traditional foods from their home country. Over time， the nikkei opened many Japanese markets and restaurants in the Liberdade district. Today， this neighborhood has one of the largest Japanese communities outside of Japan. Restaurants sell ramen noodles（拉面） and sushi everywhere. Also， each weekend， there is a large street market， in which street sellers sell traditional Japanese goods and foods. The event is popular with both city residents and tourists.

3 In the 1980s—three generations after the first nikkei settled in Brazil—a reverse immigration began to take place. Over 300，000 Japanese Brazilians， later generations of nikkei， moved to Japan， mainly to work in electronics and automobile factories. Many settled in Hamamatsu. Most Japanese Brazilians spoke only their native language （Portuguese）. They also missed the foods and culture of Brazil. As a result， all over Hamamatsu， food shops and restaurants have sold traditional Brazilian foods since then， such as p o de queijo （a type of bread） and feijoada （a bean stew with beef and pork）.

4 Today， it s possible to eat excellent Japanese food in S o Paulo and traditional Brazilian food in Hamamatsu. Whether travelling through Brazil or Japan， it s worth visiting these two cities to experience the tastes and cultures of their unique immigrant communities.

Choose the best answers according to the text.

Detail 1. Why did the first nikkei move to Brazil？

A. To eat Brazilian food.

B. To spread Japanese culture.

C. To get jobs in planting coffee.

D. To open Japanese restaurants.

Vocabulary 2. What does the underlined word “reverse” in paragraph 3 probably mean？

A. Opposite. B. Same. C. Traditional. D. Popular.

Detail 3. Why do lots of restaurants in Hamamatsu sell Brazilian food？

A. There are many tourists from Brazil.

B. Japanese Brazilians miss the Brazilian foods.

C. Japanese culture is similar to Brazilian culture.

D. Brazilian food is more delicious than Japanese food.

Gist 4. What does the passage mainly tell us？

A. Japanese food and Brazilian food are worth eating.

B. S o Paulo and Hamamatsu are famous for excellent food.

C. There is cultural communication between S o Paulo and Hamamatsu.

D. Immigration influences the food culture of two cities in Japan and Brazil.

Ⅰ. Analyze the difficult structure in the text

Whether travelling through Brazil or Japan， it s worth visiting these two cities to experience the tastes and cultures of their unique immigrant communities. 無论是在巴西还是日本旅游，这两个城市都值得我们去体验它们独特的移民社区的食物风味和文化。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句，whether引导让步状语从句。主句用了it s worth doing的形式，表示“值得做某事”，还用了动词不定式结构表示目的。

Ⅱ. Memorize some text？鄄centered chunks

the answer to ……的答案

date back to 追溯到……

settle in 安顿下来

be popular with 受……欢迎

take place 发生

as a result 结果

be worth doing 值得做……