初一期末英语作文关于日常生活的小短文

关于日常生活的小短文

"You are what you eat." Nutrition experts often use this saying to promote better eating habits. What we put in our mouths does become a part of us. But we can look at this statement another way. W hat we eat r eflects who we are- -as p eople and as a culture.Do you want to understan d another cu Iture?

Then you ought to find out ab out its food . Learning a bout America n food can g ive us a rea I taste of A merican cult ure.

"你吃什么就成为什么样子"营养专家经常使用这句话来倡导更好的饮食习惯，

入嘴的东西确实成为我们的一部分.但我们也可以从另一个角度来看这句话，我们所吃的反映出我们自己一一不论就人或文化而言.你想了解另一种文化吗? 那么你应该去认识他们的食物.认识美国食物可以让我们得知美国文化的精髓。

What is "Am erican food"? At first y ou might thi nk the answe r is easy as pie.

To man y people, Am erican food means hambur gers, hot do gs, fried ch icken and pi zza. If you have a "sweet tooth，" yo u might even think of ap pie pie or c hocolate chi p cookies. I fs true that Americans do eat those things.

But are those t he only kind of vittles you can find in America?

何谓「美式食物」？乍听之下你可能认为答案容易得很。对许多人而言，美式食

物就是汉堡、热狗、炸鸡和披萨。如果你是好吃甜食的人，你可能会想到苹果派

或巧克力片饼干。美国人确实吃这些东西，但这些就是你在美国唯一找得到的食

物吗？

Except for Thanksgivin g turkey, it *s hard to f ind a typica lly ’’America n" food. The United Stat es is a land of immigran ts. So Ameri cans eat food from many different co untries. Whe n people mov e to America, they bring their cooki ng styles wi th them. That’s why you can find aim ost every ki nd of ethnic food in Ame rica. In som e cases, Ame ricans have adopted food s from other countries as

favorites.Americans I ove Italian pizza, Mexic an tacos and Chinese egg rolls. But the American version doe sn’t taste q uite like th e original!

除了感恩节火鸡以外，挺难找到典型的美国食物。美国是个移民之地，所以美国

人吃的食物来自许多不同的国家，当人们移居美国，他们也将自己的烹调带了进来。那也就是为什么在美国你几乎可以看到所有不同民族的食物。在某些情况中，美

国人把外国的食物视为最爱。美国人喜爱意大利的披萨，墨西哥的玉米饼和中国

的春卷，但是这些东西的美国版味道却不很道地！

As with any large country，the U.S.A has several di stinct regio ns. Each reg ion boasts i ts own speci al style of food. Visit the South an d enjoy coun try- style co oking.Journ ey through L ouisiana for some spicy Cajun cuisin e.Take a tr ipto New

En gland and sa mple savory seafood dish es. Travel t hrough the M idwest, "the breadbasket of the nati on," for del icious baked goods. Crui se over to t he Southwest and try som e tasty Tex-Mex treats.Finish your food tour in the Pacific Northwest w ith some gou rmet coffee.

和许多大国一样，美国有数个截然不同的地区，每个地区都以自己特有的食物夸口。走访美国南部享受乡村式的烹调；到路易斯安纳州品尝辛辣的凯郡式料理；走一趟新英格兰试尝它美味的海鲜：再到中西部「美国的而包之乡」品尝可口的烘培食品；乘船游览至西南部尝试一些好吃的墨式德州小吃，最后到太平洋西北岸，啜饮美食家的咖啡，作为美食之旅的句点。

Ameri cans living at a fast pace often just "grab a qu ick bite." F ast food res taurants off er people on the run eve rything from fried chicken to fried rice. Microw ave dinners and instant foods make c ooking at ho me a snap. Of course, on e of the most common qui ck American meals is a s andwich. If it can fit b etween two s lices of bre ad, American s probably m ake a sandwi ch out of it. Peanut but ter and jell y is an all-time America n favorite.

生活在快速步调之下的美国人通常只能「很快地吃几口」。快餐店提供赶时间的人各种食物，从炸鸡到炒饭，应有尽有。微波炉晚餐和实时餐点使得在家烧饭省事又快速。当然，最平常的美式速餐之一就是三明治。任何能夹在两片土司中间的东西，美国人就可以把它作成一份三明治，花生酱和果酱更是一直都深受美国人的喜爱。

Americans on the go al so tend to e at a lot of "junk food."Potato chips, candy bars, soft drin ks and other goodies are popular tre ats. Many pe ople eat too many of the se unhealthy snacks. But others opt for more hea Ithy eating habits. Some even go "al I natural."They refuse to eat any f ood prepared with chemic als or add it ives.

忙碌的美国人也趋向于吃一大堆「垃圾食物」。洋芋片、糖果、汽水和其它好吃的东西都颇受欢迎。许多人吃了太多这类不健康的零嘴，但是其它人则选择较健康的饮食习惯，有些人甚至选择「全天然」的食物，他们拒绝吃任何有化学制品或添加物的食物。

American cul ture is a go od illustrat ion of the s aying "you a re what you eat." Americ ans represen t a wide ran ge of backgr ounds and wa ys of thinki ng. The vari ety of foods enjoyed in the U.S. ref lects the di versity of p ersonal tast es. The food may be inte rnational or regional. S ometimes it's fast, and sometimes it's not so fa st. It might be junk foo d，or maybe it’snatural food. In an y case, the style is all

-American.

美国文化是「你吃什么就成为什么样子」这句话的好写照。美国人代表了范围广泛的背景和想法。在美国可享受到的各式食物正反映出个人品味的多样化。这食物可

能是国际性也可能是地区性的；有时是快餐，有时也不见得；它可能是垃圾食物，也可能是天然食品。然而无论如何，它们都是美式的。