2019 外研社新版教材课文unit 1 food for though. 纯手打,欢迎下载 Unit 1 Food for thought A child of tw o cuisines Growing up in the England with a British father and a Chinese mother,I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork-and chopsticks! Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has come to live hot pot! But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother. He once told me he is surprised by what he saw on the table when he first visited my mother’s parents in China. He was even shocked at their wedding when he saw how the Chinese ate almost every part of an animal. Even today, he still does not easily take to eating things like chicken feet. But I enjoy that sort of food myself. Last week, I went to the butcher’s and asked, “Do you have pigs’ ears?””No,” the butcher said, pulling at his own ears, “just these ordinary ones.” He must have thought I was joking. Dad can cook a super” full English breakfast” of bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter-Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen! He also does a typical Sunday roast. We all love roast beef and vegetables, but Mum said we’d better not eat too much roast food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies, according to traditional Chinese medicine. I’ll never forget my first visit to China. Mum encourage me to try different kinds of food, and I did! I loved everything. But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing that looked...