展翅的中国鸡

重庆 袁 泉

主题语境：饮食文化 篇幅：338词 建议用时：7分钟

1Wenchang, a city in Hainan, is the birthplace of Hainanese chicken rice.On the island,Wenchang chicken is the basic ingredient for chicken rice.Song Shenmei, 69, is the fourthgeneration owner of a chicken restaurant in Wenchang,which he has been running for more than four decades.

2“People in Wenchang eat Wenchang chicken during all the festivals,”Song says,adding that during the Qingming Festival,or Tomb Sweeping Day,many overseas Chinese returning home from Southeast Asian countries eat Wenchang chicken at his restaurant.“Some overseas Chinese also like to watch me cooking, and when they learn how to make the dish, they cook it at home,”Song adds.Hainanese chicken rice not only satisfies the diners, but also embodies the taste of home for overseas Chinese from Hainan.It is a vivid reflection of the cultural exchange between people in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative(“一带一路”倡议),from history to reality.

3Michael Heng Yee Boon,president of Kota Kinabalu Hainan Association,is a secondgeneration Malaysian.Heng says chicken rice is always served during the Spring Festival,and his mother would make it into rice balls,which symbolize“reunion”in Chinese.

4Having tasted Hainanese chicken rice in both Hainan and Malaysia, Heng says the dish is different in the two places because of both the sauce and the way the dish is cooked.“Our ancestors came to Malaysia to do business not just with Hainanese.There are different races and different cultures here,so we have combined the cultures to develop Malaysia's Hainanese chicken rice,”he says.

5“The Hainanese chicken rice in Malaysia is very international, and it is enjoyed by the Malays and foreigners alike,”he says,noting that the dish embodies the wisdom of their ancestors.He believes that although culture is constantly evolving, the spirit of the Hainanese, especially their hard-working attitude, is still passed on from generation to generation in Malaysia.“It's a touching moment whenever we have Hainanese chicken rice.For us,it's not only a delicacy,but indeed a part of our cultural roots,and we will continue to pass it on,”Heng says.

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Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

“People in Wenchang eat Wenchang chicken during all the festivals,”Song says,adding that during the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, many overseas Chinese returning home from Southeast Asian countries eat Wenchang chicken at his restaurant.“文昌人在所有的节日里都吃文昌鸡。”宋说，并补充说，在清明节期间，许多从东南亚国家回国的华侨在他的餐厅吃文昌鸡。

【点石成金】本句中，adding 作伴随状语，表示主动，该动作与谓语动词says 几乎同时进行；that 引导宾语从句，其中eat 为谓语动词，returning home from Southeast Asian countries 充当many overseas Chinese 的后置定语，相当于定语从句who are returning home from Southeast Asian countries。

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the ingredient for……的成分；（尤指烹饪）原料

make...into 把……做成……

be involved in 参与；作为一部分；有关联

pass on 传递