世界各地受欢迎的美食节

山东 李全忠

世界各地举办的盛大的美食节都具备一些特殊的元素和场景，只有参与其中，你才会发现自己不只是一个食客，而是一个可以吃出品位、吃出文化的“美食家”。

主题语境：饮食文化 篇幅：318词 建议用时：6分钟

1One of the major things to explore in every destination is its food!With these perfect food festivals around the world, you can have a big chance to taste delicious food and enjoy a range of entertaining activities and events.

Pizzafest

2Join a number of people on this fine night of September when the village of Naples gears up to make and consume more than 100,000 pizzas of every kind, including 50-odd historic versions, such as classics Napoletana, Margherita, and Marinara! No wonder it's among the best food festivals in the world for pizza lovers!

Where:Naples,Italy

Herring Festival

3The Herring Festival is one of the unique cultural food festivals around the world.Each April,schools of herring swim into the Ringkøbing Fjord in Denmark to spawn(产卵)in its sheltered waters.And when they do,it's party time for fishermen, and for scores of people coming into the town to enjoy platters of pickled, filleted, fried, caked, and baked herring! There aren't many food festivals around the world serving this delicious fish.So,make sure you don't miss this one!

Where:Hvide Sande,Denmark

Salon du Chocolat

4Are you a fan of chocolates and fashions alike? Then you must head to taste some high-quality chocolates produced in Ecuador and attend the Salon du Chocolat festival in Quito.The festival lets you relish the taste of the finest of chocolates, and watch a fashion show with models wearing dresses made of...Can you guess?

Where:Quito,Ecuador

Dumpling Festival

5Does your mouth start to water when you think of steamy and juicy dumplings? If yes, then this festival is just for you.Savour (品尝) the taste ofzongzidumplings—glutinous rice with different fillings wrapped in bamboo, lotus or banana leaves—on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month.Engulf (包围) yourself in a sea of dumplings and the friendly hospitality of the Chinese people.

Where:Hong Kong,China.

Reading Check

Inference 1.What's the function of the first paragraph?

A.To give a definition.

B.To lead in the topic.

C.To give the background.

D.To explain the importance of food.

Vocabulary 2.What does the underlined word“relish”mean in paragraph 4?

A.Abandon.B.Compare.

C.Improve.D.Enjoy.

Detail 3.What do we know about the Dumpling Festival?

A.We can feel Chinese people's enthusiasm.

B.We can have delicious roasted meats.

C.We can dress up on a beautiful night.

D.We can taste the finest of chocolates.

Language Study

I.Discover the useful structure in the text

“with+名词+介词短语”作状语的复合结构

With these perfect food festivals around the world, you can have a big chance to taste delicious food and enjoy a range of entertaining activities and events.通过这些世界各地的完美的美食节，您将有很大机会品尝美味佳肴并享受一系列娱乐活动和盛事。

Ⅱ.Text-centered chunks

a range of 一系列

a number of 一些；许多

a sea of 大量的……